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LOS ANGELES — Quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson cleared respective hurdles for UCLA successful his archetypal vocation triumph successful the rivalry bid arsenic the starter.
Thompson-Robinson’s six-touchdown show was not lone different signature triumph for his career, but the 62-33 triumph provided the Bruins with their archetypal triumph successful the Coliseum since 2013.
“It means everything,” Thompson-Robinson said. “They had our tails the past fewer times we played, truthful to truly bent it up connected them this clip and truly get that triumph retired connected their tract is truly thing special.”
The elder backmost is not expected to instrumentality vantage of his super-senior twelvemonth offered due to the fact that of COVID-19 rules, but helium tin proceed to ascent UCLA’s all-time statistical lists successful the 2 remaining games this season.
Thompson-Robinson completed passes to six antithetic receivers, including 2 touchdown passes to Kyle Philips and 2 much to Kazmeir Allen. The backmost besides rushed for 2 touchdowns.
He threw for 349 yards against USC, astir matching his 364-yard show against USC from past year. He’s made a wont of playing large against USC. In the past 3 games against UCLA’s metropolis rival, Thompson-Robinson accounted for 14 touchdowns (11 passing and 3 rushing) 1,081 passing yards and 160 rushing yards.
Thompson-Robinson struggled aboriginal successful the archetypal quarter, throwing interceptions connected his archetypal 2 walk attempts of the game.
“Dorian stays poised,” Allen said. “If things are going bad, he’s ne'er short-sighted. He’s ever looking for the adjacent accidental and I deliberation that’s what I truly admit astir him.”
Philips, the Bruins’ starring receiver, shared a akin sentiment astir his quarterback.
“A batch of radical deliberation helium conscionable makes a batch of large plays connected his feet but he’s got a phenomenal arm,” Philips said. “He makes the close decisions and it makes my occupation a batch easier, being capable to play with idiosyncratic similar that.”
Coach Chip Kelly besides credits the violative enactment for immoderate of Thompson-Robinson’s occurrence against the Trojans.
“I thought our violative enactment truly did an outstanding occupation today, protecting Dorian successful the walk crippled and that allowed america to overcrowd the enactment of scrimmage aboriginal successful the game,” Kelly said. “We were fortunate to get the shot implicit the top.”
BROWN DOWN
UCLA moving backmost Brittain Brown missed his archetypal crippled arsenic a subordinate of the Bruins connected Saturday.
Brown was seen connected the sideline but not successful azygous due to the fact that of an undisclosed injury.
The moving backmost played a cardinal relation alongside Zach Charbonnet successful manager Chip Kelly’s two-back strategy during the archetypal 10 games of the season. The duo has combined for 1,479 yards and 18 touchdowns coming into the game.
Brown sat retired of Wednesday’s signifier and was seen moving successful the value country during the media viewing period.
Kelly said helium planned connected having Brown disposable but wanted to spot however helium progressed passim the week. Brown played successful each 7 games past season.
Without Brown, Charbonnet rushed for 168 yards connected 28 carries successful the game.
Backup backmost Chase Griffin was besides unavailable, missing his 3rd consecutive game. Griffin has continued to enactment successful signifier successful caller weeks.
Right tackle Alec Anderson was a notable instrumentality to assistance bolster the extortion up beforehand for Charbonnet and Thompson-Robinson.
Anderson was a precocious scratch for the Bruins up of their roadworthy crippled against Utah and didn’t marque the travel connected Oct. 30. His nagging injuries besides kept him retired of the Pac-12 South location crippled against Colorado past week.
Garrett DiGiorgio (Serrano High) made his archetypal commencement for the Bruin, past week successful spot of Anderson.
Thompson-Robinson mentioned aft the Colorado crippled that helium had to speech with DiGiorgio aboriginal successful the crippled but showed important betterment arsenic the crippled went along.
Kelly has spoken highly of the existent freshman, who joined the programme astatine the commencement of the summertime and spent immoderate clip getting archetypal and second-team reps.
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