#ucla-bruins

#ucla-bruins

Such was the dominance of a player who would be called The Enforcer for the way he inflicted his will on college and NFL opponents. Easley finished that first season with nine interceptions and 93 tackles, school records for a true freshman, and was just getting started on the way to becoming the first player in Pac-10 history to be selected for the conference's first team all four seasons.

A week after its monumental upset of Penn State, UCLA could get some answers about the trajectory of its season. A road game against an opponent with plenty of its own urgency should tell the Bruins whether they're on the road to redemption or merely picking up speed on a route to nowhere. Michigan State (3-2 overall, 0-2 Big Ten) needs a win as badly as UCLA (1-4, 1-1)

I'm excited. Very excited. I exchanged texts with Coach Savage. Given what that baseball program has gone through this year with Jackie Robinson Stadium and things like that, the uncertainty going forward, the coaches, Coach Savage and the players have done a fantastic job of staying focused on winning and getting to the College World Series. So they're two wins away. Got a big series at home at Jackie, so I'm really rooting for those guys.