BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — First-year coach DeShaun Foster can only envy the problems coach Brian Kelly has right now. Kelly was on the defensive this week, answering questions about sloppy play the narrowly overcame in — a result not sealed until a field goal attempt went just wide as time expired.
“We beat South Carolina on the road in a sold-out stadium in the SEC, against a team that beat the pants off of , who played (No. 2) Georgia right to the end,” Kelly said. “So, if we want to do that game, I guess we’re going to beat Georgia by a lot.
” LSU doesn't have Georgia on its schedule this season, but that’s beside the point. The Tigers (2-1) have the luxury of working on their shortcomings while still having an unblemished Southeastern Conference record. The Bruins (1-1), by contrast, are coming off of a humbling Big Ten debut — in Rose Bowl Stadium.
The Bruins dug themselves an early hole in that game when quarterback fumbled the ball away inside the UCLA 20-yard line. Foster said the Bruins must "stop beating ourselves.” “Let the game come to you," he added.
“Don’t play out of character.” Now UCLA visits famously raucous Death Valley for the Bruins' first game in . The forecast calls for a hot, humid mid-September afternoon in the Bayou State.
Foster, a former star UCLA running back before his six-year NFL career, wants the Bruins to embrace the challenge. “These are the games you come to coach," Foster said. "You don’t get these atmospheres .