DeShaun Foster didn’t mince words in his press conference on Tuesday about UCLA’s performance against Washington on Friday in the Bruins’ 31-19 loss.
Initially, Foster slyly tried to sidestep questions about the loss before realizing what a long shot that was.
“I know you guys aren’t going to agree with this,” Foster said. “But I’m going to leave this weekend at this weekend and let’s get onto SC.”
A reporter then questioned “So no Washington talk?” gauging Foster’s seriousness about the request.
“I knew it wasn’t going to work. It was worth a try” Foster said with a laugh. “Played a good first half, second half didn’t go the way we wanted. Third quarter was OK, fourth quarter was not exactly what we wanted at all.”
Foster then dove into specifics about what went wrong in the loss.
“Back to the same things, penalties and turnovers. We just couldn’t overcome some of the stuff that was happening,” Foster said. “Our defense played a good game, Jedd [Fisch, Washington’s head coach] had a good scheme for us.”
UCLA was outscored 17-9 in the second half which included a lost fumble, a turnover on downs and a missed field goal. UCLA was called for nine flags and turned the ball over twice in the loss.
“I would just like to see us deal with adverse situations just a little bit better. I don’t think we were at our best when our best was needed,” Foster added. “A similar situation to Minnesota. I could tell our guys over that.”