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Warren was a truck, but I don't expect nor hope to see him get many more games with 35 carries. In fact I think we should have gotten McClelland a half dozen or so carries last week and maybe even a few to Boose. It doesn't hurt to keep the defense on its heels with a rotating group of fresh RBs and McClelland in particular looks like he can bring some extra lightning to Warren's thunder. And of course Doaks showed us what he can do last year so I expect he'll be sharing the load with Warren when he gets back.

And not to poop in the soup, but let's not forget that UCLA's defensive line had zero experienced depth. IIRC, the announcers mentioned that ALL of their DL backups were true freshmen. So it was smart to wear UCLA down with Warren and even Ridder (although as mentioned I think it could have been even better with giving McClelland a bit of the load.) But I don't think that's going to work every game. We're going to have to spread the handoffs around and even more importantly develop an effective passing game.