The UCLA Bruins somehow have a quarterback competition brewing. While Ethan Garbers has gotten off to a sluggish start this season, Justyn Martin got the nod against Penn State due to Garbers being injured.
The Bruns lost, 27-11, but Martin’s first start had quite a bit of positive takeaways.
On such takeaway was the poise he showed, as DeShaun Foster said, per Mike Regalado of Bruin Report Online.
“It says a lot. You know, Justyn came out and played a good game, able to stay ahead of the chains in some situations and stuff. You know, other situations we might have wanted to do differently, but the fact that where we played at and the way that he played, that was really a positive. So, I’m happy with how Justyn played, and Sam Yoon was also in there for his first time, too. So that was also good to have two guys that haven’t played and in that type of environment it was good that they were able to show up.”
It was a tough Big Ten environment with a packed crowd, and Martin looked like an experienced quarterback. That could be a sign of promise for UCLA.