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Postgame Quotes at UCLA
10/8/2022 6:00 PM | Football
Postgame Quotes
(at) No. 18 UCLA 42, No. 11Â Utah 32
Pasadena, Calif. (Rose Bowl)
Sat., Oct. 8, 2022
Kick: 12:45Â p.m. PT | End: 4:07Â p.m. PT
Attendance: 42,038
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Head Coach Kyle Wittingham
Opening remarks
"That's a really good football team we played today. They deserve a ton of credit. They're athletic, fast, they have a lot of length, so, they were as advertised. I thought we did some good things particularly on offense. I thought Cam played well. He threw for nearly 300 [yards] and gave us another 70 rushing, 60 if you take away a couple of the sacks. Devaughn Vele had had another big day with nearly 100 yards. The whole problem really in the second half was that we couldn't get any stops. The stop we did have we got roughing the passer, so that was really our chance to get right back in it and take the lead. We made that mistake and didn't seem to recover from that. We couldn't get a stop the rest of the way. Again, they're a good team, 6-0 for a reason, and we got to now bounce back. Very eerily similar situation to last year at about this time. I can't remember exactly what the situation was record wise but very similar at 4-2. I would be willing to bet a lot of money that no one goes through this conference undefeated, there are too many good teams. By no means are we out of contention and the key now is for us to pick ourselves up and go back to work on Monday."Â
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On breakdowns with run defense
"Our run defense was pretty good for the most part, it was the big plays that killed us. Lose a gap and whenever we lost a gap, they exploited that. We missed too many tackles and we had a few breakdowns. They had a bunch of big plays both in the receiving game and the rushing game. That really is what did us in was their big play capability."
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On the roughing the passer call in the 3rd that would've given them the ball with a chance for the lead
"Who knows how it would have turned out. That play didn't cost us the game, I don't want to paint that picture, but we had complete momentum there and had we got the stop we would have got the ball back coming off a touchdown drive and you never know.  Did that one play cost us the game, no. It never comes down to one play. At that point in the game that was a critical play because we had momentum and we lost it just like that."
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On Tavion [Thomas] getting back on trackÂ
"Tavion played his best game of the year. We were leaning on him quite heavily for a while there. We got to the point where we needed to start throwing it but proud of the way he played. He caught the ball well out of the backfield. Hopefully he can stay in a positive direction and be a force for us. It was around this time last year that he started to get some traction and really started to become a major player for us."
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On defensive performance resembling that of the Florida game
"A little different today. The quarterback run game of Florida was damaging, that wasn't so damaging today. It wasn't a ton of yards, 17 net, it wasn't a big deal like the [Anthony] Richardson kid from Florida. Like I said the big plays of over 30 yards it was more than we usually give up. Credit them they got really good athletes. Chip has done a good job of putting everything together, he's got a 5th year quarterback, and this is a year that they can really flourish."
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On preparation for road games opposed to home games
"I think our process is good it's the same process we have always used, and it works. We do things that we believe in. You don't panic and try to pull out some gimmicks, that usually works in the reverse direction."
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On where you go from here
"We talked about that in the locker room. This is very reminiscent of last year and we picked ourselves up off the mat last year and regrouped. It's about how you respond; everyone would love to go undefeated but at the end of the day there's probably one undefeated team in the country so you've got to respond. Everyone's got to respond from losses at one point or another, you just hope it's not too often."
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#1 Clark Phillips III, cornerback
on the Utes' defensive struggles
"Man, we just made a lot of mistakes today. Made a lot of mistakes and they capitalized. They made more plays than we did. That's why the score was the score."
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#7 Cameron Rising, Quarterback
on what was different from Florida and UCLA's defenses
"I think a little bit of that. But more so us making mistakes. We didn't make plays that we should have made."
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on how disappointing the result was
"It was just bad ball. We put bad ball on tape and it's really not something we're looking to do. There's a lot of stuff that I need to clean up to make sure that we're rolling as an offense to be better."
UCLA head coach Chip Kelly
on his reaction to the win over Utah
"I think they had a great week of training. They understand that how you train during the week is how you play on Saturday. These guys have really started to figure that out. We had confidence going into the game. Our confidence was based on demonstrated ability. They trained at a really high level this week, and when you are playing six games into the season and it's your best week of training, those are the results. The tough thing is that you can't replicate that every week, or at least, that's the challenge. So those guys have got to understand that. I told them that if you fall in love with the process, the process will love you back. And that is what was on display tonight."
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on this being a complete win on offense and defense
"And special teams. Our return game did a really, really nice job. I think in all phases, and to be a good football team, you are going to need all phases. And I think they've handled it – we have always talked about three things happen during a game. Momentum swings, adversity, and just random acts. And in losing Blay [Stephen Blaylock] early, our guys didn't miss a beat. He is the leader for us on the back end, but he's out, he's out. So he is out for the rest of the game, so who is the next man up? Credit to that group on the back end. I thought they did a really nice job against an outstanding quarterback. I've got all the respect in the world for Cam Rising."
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(at) No. 18 UCLA 42, No. 11Â Utah 32
Pasadena, Calif. (Rose Bowl)
Sat., Oct. 8, 2022
Kick: 12:45Â p.m. PT | End: 4:07Â p.m. PT
Attendance: 42,038
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Head Coach Kyle Wittingham
Opening remarks
"That's a really good football team we played today. They deserve a ton of credit. They're athletic, fast, they have a lot of length, so, they were as advertised. I thought we did some good things particularly on offense. I thought Cam played well. He threw for nearly 300 [yards] and gave us another 70 rushing, 60 if you take away a couple of the sacks. Devaughn Vele had had another big day with nearly 100 yards. The whole problem really in the second half was that we couldn't get any stops. The stop we did have we got roughing the passer, so that was really our chance to get right back in it and take the lead. We made that mistake and didn't seem to recover from that. We couldn't get a stop the rest of the way. Again, they're a good team, 6-0 for a reason, and we got to now bounce back. Very eerily similar situation to last year at about this time. I can't remember exactly what the situation was record wise but very similar at 4-2. I would be willing to bet a lot of money that no one goes through this conference undefeated, there are too many good teams. By no means are we out of contention and the key now is for us to pick ourselves up and go back to work on Monday."Â
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On breakdowns with run defense
"Our run defense was pretty good for the most part, it was the big plays that killed us. Lose a gap and whenever we lost a gap, they exploited that. We missed too many tackles and we had a few breakdowns. They had a bunch of big plays both in the receiving game and the rushing game. That really is what did us in was their big play capability."
Â
On the roughing the passer call in the 3rd that would've given them the ball with a chance for the lead
"Who knows how it would have turned out. That play didn't cost us the game, I don't want to paint that picture, but we had complete momentum there and had we got the stop we would have got the ball back coming off a touchdown drive and you never know.  Did that one play cost us the game, no. It never comes down to one play. At that point in the game that was a critical play because we had momentum and we lost it just like that."
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On Tavion [Thomas] getting back on trackÂ
"Tavion played his best game of the year. We were leaning on him quite heavily for a while there. We got to the point where we needed to start throwing it but proud of the way he played. He caught the ball well out of the backfield. Hopefully he can stay in a positive direction and be a force for us. It was around this time last year that he started to get some traction and really started to become a major player for us."
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On defensive performance resembling that of the Florida game
"A little different today. The quarterback run game of Florida was damaging, that wasn't so damaging today. It wasn't a ton of yards, 17 net, it wasn't a big deal like the [Anthony] Richardson kid from Florida. Like I said the big plays of over 30 yards it was more than we usually give up. Credit them they got really good athletes. Chip has done a good job of putting everything together, he's got a 5th year quarterback, and this is a year that they can really flourish."
Â
On preparation for road games opposed to home games
"I think our process is good it's the same process we have always used, and it works. We do things that we believe in. You don't panic and try to pull out some gimmicks, that usually works in the reverse direction."
Â
On where you go from here
"We talked about that in the locker room. This is very reminiscent of last year and we picked ourselves up off the mat last year and regrouped. It's about how you respond; everyone would love to go undefeated but at the end of the day there's probably one undefeated team in the country so you've got to respond. Everyone's got to respond from losses at one point or another, you just hope it's not too often."
Â
#1 Clark Phillips III, cornerback
on the Utes' defensive struggles
"Man, we just made a lot of mistakes today. Made a lot of mistakes and they capitalized. They made more plays than we did. That's why the score was the score."
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#7 Cameron Rising, Quarterback
on what was different from Florida and UCLA's defenses
"I think a little bit of that. But more so us making mistakes. We didn't make plays that we should have made."
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on how disappointing the result was
"It was just bad ball. We put bad ball on tape and it's really not something we're looking to do. There's a lot of stuff that I need to clean up to make sure that we're rolling as an offense to be better."
UCLA head coach Chip Kelly
on his reaction to the win over Utah
"I think they had a great week of training. They understand that how you train during the week is how you play on Saturday. These guys have really started to figure that out. We had confidence going into the game. Our confidence was based on demonstrated ability. They trained at a really high level this week, and when you are playing six games into the season and it's your best week of training, those are the results. The tough thing is that you can't replicate that every week, or at least, that's the challenge. So those guys have got to understand that. I told them that if you fall in love with the process, the process will love you back. And that is what was on display tonight."
Â
on this being a complete win on offense and defense
"And special teams. Our return game did a really, really nice job. I think in all phases, and to be a good football team, you are going to need all phases. And I think they've handled it – we have always talked about three things happen during a game. Momentum swings, adversity, and just random acts. And in losing Blay [Stephen Blaylock] early, our guys didn't miss a beat. He is the leader for us on the back end, but he's out, he's out. So he is out for the rest of the game, so who is the next man up? Credit to that group on the back end. I thought they did a really nice job against an outstanding quarterback. I've got all the respect in the world for Cam Rising."
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Players Mentioned
Head Coach Kyle Whittingham weekly press conference - 9.15.25
Monday, September 15
Utah: 31, Wyoming: 6 | POST GAME PRESS CONFERENCE
Sunday, September 14
Crimson Corner with Bill Riley - Keith Kelley, voice of the Wyoming Cowboys
Tuesday, September 09
Ute greats Ron McBride and Roy Jefferson Ring of Honor Induction
Monday, September 08