UCLA spent part of practice Tuesday teaching its freshmen on the scout team how to mimic the style of play the Bruins expect from Texas A&M during their season opener Sept. 3.
What the Aggies unveil on offense probably won’t be much of a surprise.
Noel Mazzone, Texas A&M’s offensive coordinator, held the same post under Coach Jim Mora at UCLA for four seasons before departing Westwood for College Station in January. Mora said he didn’t expect Mazzone to deviate much from the fast-paced spread attack he ran with the Bruins.
“Noel is very smart and Noel will have wrinkles,” Mora said, “but coaches believe in what they believe in and when you start to game-plan, what you’ll do, he’ll look at our guys and say, ‘Who can I attack?