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The Bruins are coming to town to face P.J. Fleck and his Minnesota Golden Gophers. Third down and five at the 30-yard line. Empty backfield for Difenbach. Given time, scan the center and you're caught. Smaje Morgan, the Michigan transfer, tackled at the 15-yard line. Key player on the 19-yard line. Difenbach, with time, throws on his back foot to the corner and incomplete. Intended for Landon Ellis. So UCLA will settle for the 37-yard field goal attempt.
Mattine Baghani is good. T.J. Thomas in the back field. And they will pass the ball directly forward. Thomas, good cut and dives forward, gets more than the first down. So a good challenge from P.J. Fleck. Here's Lindsey below on the diagonal trajectory and he has his man It's Jaylen Smith for Minnesota. Lindsey will let it fly. Advance in the protection bag. Underhand and throws a strike. Beautiful release from Drake Lindsey. This one from 56 yards away. Remember that last week he scored one from 60 yards. Good center. Clean grip. Dr. McGee No, he diverted it to the right.
First mistake of the season. Wayne Knight in the backfield. Difenbach himself will run and get a first down and more. He has a bit of agility in his game. Yes, this is a very good job reading this race and then seeing the space on the opposite side and being able to exploit it. First down on the 44. Throws a short pass. Wayne Knight, great out of the backfield. With momentum, he continues to advance and is finally tackled out of bounds near the 15.
Dieffenbach fakes, advances, runs, cuts inside and is tackled inside the five-yard line. Leiber Knight in the backfield. Knight around the corner, touchdown UCLA. Wayne Knight's speed towards Byrd He reached the edge and overtook Paytor. So he comes crossing on the sweeper this way, but Gurlock, number 19, has him marked, and simply overtakes him in speed towards the corner. That's the acceleration that Lindsey, with time on the bag, scans the near side, throws a strike. Jaylen Smith and Smith keep running. It cuts inside and eventually drops to the 25.
It seems they have to play very well on special teams, and we've seen a couple of returns that gave them good field position. But second and sixth, Xavier Ford straight ahead. Win five. Taylor remains the wildcat. He runs with the ball, looking for the first one, and I don't know. He just needed to get right there at the 30-yard line. And you can see him pick up speed and just surge forward. Yes, he did. Lindsey runs out, takes a step forward and breaks a tackle. Very well done, he throws the pass and it's caught. Simpson, Jacob Simpson inside the five-yard line.
Great creativity. It's the eleventh play of the offensive series. Taylor goes for that touchdown, but falls. But he is tackled at the one-yard line. Although Jackson appears and makes the first contact. No, I think it was out of bounds. I think it held up. That's how it is. That knee never touched the ground. He did a great job staying off the ground. Look at your left hand right here. She stays up right there and then manages to keep her left knee off the ground. He stretches towards the goal line. That should be a touchdown. play and the determination that the runner did not cross the plane before his knees touched the ground. It's a touchdown.
Touchdown Minnesota. Deven Thom emerges from the protective bag. Deven Thom finds wide receiver Brian Rowe Jr. completely open and throws a projectile. Gain of 26 yards. Deven Thom under pressure. Deven Thom finds time, releases the pass and it's complete. Wonderful work by Ty Deven Thom. Find Leland Smith. Woods, and is hit as soon as he receives the ball from Joey Gerlach. He rushed in there, didn't he? He calculated the starting count correctly and crossed the line of scrimmage.
Great opportunity for the Gophers' defense UCLA continues its winning streak, with Anthony Woods And he won't get the first down. Deven Thom hands Knight over, and he won't succeed. Minnesota's defense holds firm. Nester with the tackle. And the UCLA guard never gets to make the block on the rim, so wing John Nester, transferred from Iowa two years ago, comes in free, Knight ca n't get away from him and it's a fourth down stop. There's a UCLA player down, but PJ Fleck is highly motivated. Excellent work by Nester supporting from that corner position. a third and a fourth. It's third and nine at the 21-yard line. They'll
give the ball to Taylor and he won't get much out of it. Interesting sequence for the Gophers' offense, who will clear the ball with 1:42 remaining. First down at the 33-yard line. Deifenbach up the middle and is intercepted. And with 55 seconds left to play, the first mistake of the game for the Bruins. He tries to get past the linebacker, but Baranowski does a great job defending his zone. He knows where the tight end is, and while they're trying to connect with Noah Fox Flores up the middle, Baranowski is there. That's a reckless pitch from Ty
Diefenbach. You can't force the ball through the middle, especially against a good defense. Lindsey on the near side, short pass to Jaylen Smith. Turn and gain seven and a half yards, maybe eight on the play Second chance and one. Lindsey cannot be captured. Lindsey, and throws an interception. But there's a handkerchief in the play. Dante Lovett. Holding, defense, number 21. 10-yard penalty, automatic first down So he's working against Jaylen Smith, number eight, and you can see the grip, and then he's there while he did that And that's good. And that's the end of the first half.
Drake Lindsey needs to take care of the ball And Lindsey hands the ball to Taylor. Taylor finds a way. Turn forward and get the first down. A hard run, in the opening series of the second half for the Gophers. Another carry, four. This time UCLA was ready. This time from 56 yards. The previous one failed. He hit one from 38 yards. This one from 56 again. And he diverted it to the right. His second miss of the season. Initial run of 38 for the Bruins here in the second half. Wayne Knight in the backfield. They hand it over to him. He's locked up. Break outwards. He escapes down the sideline.
Wayne Knight spinning. He keeps moving and lands at the 30-yard line. What a run. I want you to watch Wayne Knight and how he takes away the defender's angles. The defender has him right there. It's John Nester, who had that stop on fourth down early in the game, and Wayne Knight easily beats him thanks to that first step, that explosiveness and speed. Again, he's a small player. 1.70 meters, 87 kilos. Morgan had the big 55- yard reception in the first half. And a pitch down the middle. Trapped. Touchdown UCLA. Noah Fox-Moreno with his fourth reception of the season. First touchdown of the year. 27 yards.
This is a great piece of work, leaving the deep completely confused. Look, he's going outside because the wide receiver is going outside and then the tight end runs straight up the middle. Nester cannot follow him, he is completely free and Diefenbach manages to locate him. Good protection from the offensive line and Fox-Moreno scores the touchdown Inside his own 20-yard line. And this one is blocked. Out of bounds at the 20-yard line. Hey, you can tell Weston took too long on this Australian-style punt and Lieber goes right through the personal protector and hits him square in the face. He blocked it with his mask. Great work stretching
over the front leg. Weston wastes a lot of time and there he is, straight to the mask, and now he's shortstop for UCLA. First and goal at the nine-yard line. Here's a quick delivery through the center. Thomas cuts inwards. Bruins touchdown, but there's a flag on the play. Holding, offense, number 55, 10-yard penalty, first down is repeated. That's Eugene Brooks. So let's see, here's the 55 in the middle of your screen. He's working on the 99. There's a slight pull on the shirt right there. And that's the holding they're marking.
Blayne Knight is back in the game as a running back. And he'll throw it under pressure. Loose ball, recovered by the Gophers. Diefenbach, under pressure, drops the ball and Theo Randall of Minnesota recovers it and takes it away Two turnovers for Minnesota. Let's see what Minnesota can do about this. And so they exited the quick screen pass. They will opt for the original move.
Here's that quick screenswipe you mentioned. Great run by TJ Thomas after the reception. Lindsey through the middle, caught downfield by Noah Jennings inside the five-yard line. Lindsey throws to the back of the end zone, caught, touchdown by George Roll. What a great reception for George Roll. It will initially block. There's the fake and the passing action, and now he just throws it out high, watch it spread out in the air and he manages to bring it down for a touchdown.
Beautiful pitch by Drake Lindsey and great execution by George Roll. That's the first touchdown of his career. Touchdown reception and we're tied at 17. Diefenbach will throw up the middle, caught by Maizel, touchdown and just like that. 75 yards. Ty Diefenbach throws a perfect pass. I'm telling you, this is a great release. He's going to put this ball right on the seam, but watch Diefenbach advance into the protective pocket, maintain his position, and keep looking towards the field. He advances away from the defensive wing. Myslinski gains a lot of ground, right through and trapped.
Javon Tracy, how did he manage to keep that ball? Jaylin Woods, good legal shot. It's not high. He simply goes straight for the chest with his left shoulder. And Lindsey throws it out again. Lindsey, pass to the sideline and caught. Jaylin Smith. This is an incredible release and a great reception. That ball was placed in the perfect spot. The coverage wasn't bad. Lindsey in trouble. He broke a tackle, got rid of him, and Taylor was the target, but Samiel deflected that pass. 24-20.
7:31 left to play in the last quarter. First and 10 at the 25-yard line. Diefenbach throws another long one. Trapped. Myslinski again on the sidelines. Aidan Myslinski, 75 yards, touchdown. UCLA. Myslinski's second touchdown of the game, a 75-yarder. Wow. So when you draw the safeties, what happens is that the cornerback has to play a little more open and then you can run right alongside him. Then they use a run fake to keep those safeties down and then a small half-turn to gain ground and allow Maizel to run after the cornerback, which he manages to do.
Almost the same play that Iowa used to score. There's nothing like having your dad with you in the band. Lindsey will try on his own and is intercepted by Scooter Jackson. far. So he doesn't try to lay his hands on the receiver. She twists her hips and runs with it down the field, and the ball simply lacked height. He launched it with a trajectory that was too flat. One step away from their ninth victory of the season. Knight with that speed. Knight out of bounds. What's that? Now 20 in his points per game. That's crazy.
Wayne Knight, the Wildcat, and watch him move forward. Cat-like speed, Wayne Knight. Indiana and now what, excuse me, Chesney is doing here at UCLA. Diefenbach to the center and incomplete on third and 11. He threw it and it's good. 34 to 20 UCLA. He's watched a lot of football according to the rankings we were given on Tuesday night, but this team should definitely get promoted. They are undefeated. They were behind a couple of teams with two losses, teams with one loss. They deserve to be much higher up after a resounding victory here as visitors in Minnesota.
First 9-0 start since 1998, fourth time in program history, and boy, have they found a great backup quarterback who is now firmly established as the starter while Ty
