You weren’t imagining things if it seemed like UCLA quickened its offensive pace on the way to its first victory of the season.
But imagine this: It wasn’t coach Chip Kelly who ordered the hurry-up against California.
“I wouldn’t say tempo necessarily [came] from the coaching staff,” Thompson-Robinson said afterward. “I think I was just pushing guys more to just go because Cal’s defense was always standing up and stuff, so I just wanted to get the play rolling and stuff like that but other than that, coaches called the same [things] we always call every week.