LOS ANGELES -- UCLA coach Jim Mora is hopeful quarterback Josh Rosen will be able to play at Washington State on Saturday. Clemson Tigers Jerseys .Regardless of Rosens status, there are fundamental issues for the Bruins offense to address.Rosen was twice knocked out of the 23-20 loss at Arizona State. A right leg injury left the sophomore limping in the first half, and a hard landing on his throwing shoulder in the fourth quarter sidelined him for the rest of the game.Mora would not go into specifics regarding either and instead took the approach used by NHL coaches, referring to Rosens ailments as upper body and lower body injuries. Still, Mora expects Rosen to exhaust every option to be able to play against the Cougars.He doesnt want to let anyone down and loves to compete, Mora said. I was impressed by the way he came back in and fought through some obvious pain and delivered a pretty good performance. I think he showed some grit, some toughness and I think his teammates appreciated that.Rosen threw for 400 yards and two touchdowns with one interception against the Sun Devils. Former walk-on Mike Fafaul was 3 of 11 passing for 44 yards and two interceptions in relief of Rosen, neither quarterback getting any help from the beleaguered UCLA run game as Nate Starks and Soso Jamabo rushed for just 40 yards on 17 carries.Despite spending the offseason installing a run-oriented offense intended to become more physical, UCLA is averaging 2.95 yards per carry, ahead of only Miami (Ohio) and Texas State among the 128 FBS teams.UCLA has 595 yards rushing this season. Washington State, a pass-heavy Air Raid offense that lines up with four receivers most of the time, has run for 381 yards in its last two games, outrushing Oregon and Stanford by 106 yards combined in those wins.Right now were just sub-standard in a lot of ways in the run game, Mora said. Thats not a statement that is going to astound people. We all know that.Those meager rushing statistics are exacerbated by the 15 sacks allowed, one more than UCLA surrendered all of last season.Mora wont assign the blame for the offenses struggles to any one player or position group. Instead, Mora pointed to a series of individual breakdowns that can cause a negative play, be it a running back not picking up the right defender in pass protection or misreading a block carrying the ball, a wide receiver not running the right route, or the quarterback holding the ball too long. And when the rush offense isnt effective, opponents can unleash the pass rush on Rosen or Fafaul.Its a fine line between being 6-0 and 3-3, and we have to find a way to get over that line and make those plays when they need to be made, Mora said.UCLA has been in this position before, starting 1-2 in Pac-12 play in four of Moras five seasons. The difference this time is the offenses confidence is a little shaken, Mora admitted, making the balance between making corrections and maintaining belief in the new system difficult.You have got to find a way to be critical and demanding and honest with yourself. At the same time you have got to find a way to build confidence back and thats tricky, Mora said. You got to have some success. You have got to try to create some success.Game notes Mora expects right tackle Kolton Miller (left leg) to return this season. Miller did not play against Arizona State and is still in a cast after suffering the injury against Arizona. Its just a matter of when, Mora said. Its a pain thing. If it was season-ending Id tell you. Jimmer Fredette BYU Jersey . He said Tuesday thats a big reason why he is now the new coach of the Tennessee Titans. Whisenhunt said he hit it off quickly with Ruston Webster when interviewing for the job Friday night. Florida State Seminoles Jerseys . The recently retired Stern was elected Friday to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and will be enshrined with the class of 2014 on Aug. http://www.cheapjerseysagent.us.com/Gators-51-brandon-spikes-blue-allstate-sugar-bowl-stitched-ncaa-jersey-dm-64.html . -- Former San Diego Chargers safety Paul Oliver was found dead at his Atlanta-area home Tuesday night, and a medical examiner said Wednesday that the ex-player committed suicide. Since its inception in 1965, the Major League Baseball draft has evolved from a quaint midsummer diversion to an exercise in efficiency. Area scouts descend upon every college, high school and cornfield in America in search of superstars and sleepers. Analytics departments track numbers to the decimal point. Prospects land on the radar before they can shave, and theyre paraded before scouts in showcases and summer leagues, where tools are graded and each wart and insecurity is exposed. The level of scrutiny makes it next to impossible for players to slip through the cracks.Yet T.J. Friedl slipped through the cracks. And then he crash-landed on 30 scouting directors heads after theyd strategized, mapped out their boards and spent most of the money available to them under MLBs meticulous slotting system. By the time his saga was complete, he had etched a strange new chapter in draft history.While the Cincinnati Reds were hosting St. Louis at Great American Ball Park on Thursday, Friedl, a left-handed-hitting outfielder from the University of Nevada, was in the city undergoing a physical exam. Everything checked out fine, and he reached agreement with the Reds on a $732,500 bonus, the largest ever for a player who was bypassed in the draft.Scouts, true to form, are trying to project what kind of player hell be. Friedl, a 5-10, 170-pound center fielder with 70-grade speed on the 20-80 scouts scale, reminds some evaluators of former Seattle Mariners outfielder Jeremy Reed. Others compare him to Brett Gardner, a 2015 All-Star who has 215 stolen bases in nine seasons with the New York Yankees.Friedl, in contrast, sees a kindred spirit in Lenny Dykstra -- the scrappy, pre-steroidal Dykstra who compensated for his lack of size with his hustle and heart.I wanted to model my game after his, Friedl said. When Lenny Dykstra was on the field, his size didnt matter, because he was tough as nails. And his uniform was always dirty. After watching him play, I told myself, if I came home and my uniform wasnt dirty, I didnt play the game the right way.If his professional fairy tale continues, Friedl will be tormenting opponents and testing the stain-removing acumen of clubhouse attendants for years to come. Flash back to the late spring, and he was a garden-variety overachiever eagerly awaiting his junior year at Nevada. Through a combination of confusion and fate, Friedl is now a member of the Pioneer Leagues Billings Mustangs.Invisible manIn the 50-year history of the draft, a select few players have been passed over in June and gone on to make a mark in the big leagues. In June 1998, University of Mississippi outfielder Bobby Kielty went undrafted because of a back injury, only to appear on the scouts radar when he hit .384 in the Cape Cod League. The Minnesota Twins signed Kielty to a $500,000 bonus in February 1999, and he went on to play seven seasons in the majors.In the 1999 draft, Florida State junior Kevin Cash was passed over because scouts were convinced he couldnt play third base professionally. Everything changed when Cash went to the Cape Cod League, both catchers on his team suffered injuries and the coach asked for volunteers. Cash raised his hand, and he instantly looked like a natural behind the plate. Toronto scouts Tim Wilken and Chris Buckley signed him for a $60,000 bonus, and Cash spent eight years in the big leagues as a backup catcher with the Blue Jays, Red Sox and three other clubs.Friedl is different. This wasnt just a case of baseball misjudging his talent. He was hiding in plain sight, and the executives, scouts, statistical analysts and agents/advisers who operate baseballs draft machine either didnt know who he was or didnt realize how good he was.Ive been working the draft for 14 years, and this is the craziest thing Ive ever seen, said Adam Karon, Friedls agent. Its so bizarre. Almost nobody knew this kid was eligible for the draft -- including himself.In a sense, it was fitting that Friedl would be the one to buck tradition. He has been sneaking up on people for most of his life.Friedl grew up with three older sisters in Pleasanton, California, the San Francisco suburb that produced Giants shortstop Brandon Crawford. He was a quick, assist-minded point guard on the Foothill High School basketball team, a three-year letterman and a .308 hitter for the baseball team. But his lack of size and strength limited his options, and his choices came down to junior college or trying to make the team at Nevada as a walk-on. He chose Option B.Friedl hit .216 in 37 at-bats as a freshman at Reno. He was buried on the depth chart and resigned to being a spare part again as a sophomore. When coach Jay Johnson laid out the options, Friedl decided to preserve a year of eligibility and sit out the season as a redshirt.I took that pretty hard, Friedl said. Ive always played with a chip on my shoulder, and that was my MO after that. My whole thing was, Just prove yourself. Nothing in my life has been given to me, and Ive had to earn everything Ive gotten. I stepped back after the redshirt and said, Every game, Im going to grind and play with a chip on my shoulder and work 100 percent.When Friedl returned for his third year in Reno, Johnson had departed for Arizona and been replaced by a new coach, T.J. Bruce. The Nevada staff saw enough potential to give Friedl a scholarship, and he responded with a breakout season. Friedl ranked 11th in the nation with a .401 batting average, while finishing second in triples (nine), 17th in on-base percentage (.494) and 24th in hits (89).People say to me, What did you guys do to him? Bruce said, laughing. I tell them, We stayed out of his way. Thats part of the deal sometime, isnt it?Confusion all aroundUnder MLB rules, college players need to be 21 years old or have exhausted three years of academic eligibility (not three years of actual playing time) to qualify for the draft. It never occurred to Friedl that he met the second requirement until a week before the draft, when he received a call from a scout with an undisclosed team.He basically told me, What would you say to being drafted? Friedl recalled. I told him, Thanks for the offer, but Im not draft-eligible this year. And he told me, Well, you are. But since the draft was so close and interest seemed minimal, Friedl politely demurred and said he planned to return to Nevada for the 2017 season.Friedl monitored the draft on the MLB Network, but oonly to keep tabs on his teammates. Wayne Gallman II Clemson Jersey. . He was overjoyed when Nevada second baseman Miles Mastrobuoni went to Tampa Bay in the 14th round, and doubly thrilled when Cleveland selected Wolf Pack outfielder Trenton Brooks in Round 17.Unbeknownst to Friedl, his time would come. In late June, he attended the Team USA trials in Los Angeles and played well enough to earn a spot on the squad that would travel to Taiwan, Japan and Cuba. In his month with Team USA, Friedl hit .290 with a .536 slugging percentage and wowed the staff with his effort.He has been unbelievable, Team USA manager George Horton told MLB.coms Jonathan Mayo in July. Not in our wildest dreams when we were putting this team together did we expect to get what we are getting out of him.After his performance for Team USA, the attention from teams built to the point that Friedl needed an adviser to run interference. He chose the Sosnick, Cobbe & Karon group, which had represented former Nevada stars Kevin Kouzmanoff, Darrell Rasner and Braden Shipley in previous drafts. But this would not be a typical negotiation. Because the draft had passed and most teams had already spent their full allotment, Karon essentially had to squeeze blood out of a turnip.Under MLBs draft system, each team is allotted a specific pool. Any money spent over the pool limit is subject to a 75 percent tax. And once teams exceed their allotment by more than 5 percent, they lose a first-round draft pick in the following years draft.I had one team tell me, Wed give this kid over a million bucks if we had it, Karon said. Thats when I said, This is a really interesting situation. If everybody is out of money, maybe he goes back to school. If he waited, maybe he could have gone in the first or second round next year. But I think that would have been a bit of a risk for him. Teams look for a track record in the draft, and T.J. didnt have that.While Karon declined to give specifics on the talks, several sources said the field of candidates came down to the Reds and Tampa Bay Rays, both of whom had sufficient wiggle room to make a serious run at Friedl.Although the planets aligned in the Reds favor, they were in a position to swoop because they had done their legwork. National cross checker Mark McKnight, West Coast supervisor Rex De La Nuez and assistant general manager Sam Grossman had seen Friedl at the trials in Southern California, and they had the scouting reports ready to convince scouting director Chris Buckley to take the plunge. Yes, thats the same Chris Buckley who signed Kevin Cash out of the Cape Cod League 17 years ago.We didnt outsmart anybody, Buckley said. There was some confusion in this case, and we were the benefactors. But we also had three guys who took the assignment seriously and did a professional job of covering Team USA. They didnt just say, This will be a good guy for us next year. They did the work and said, No, this year.A baseball mysteryInevitably, scouting directors and personnel throughout the game reflect upon Friedls story and ask themselves, How the heck did this happen? Amid the second-guessing and finger-pointing, teams are conducting CSI-caliber autopsies to determine how everybody whiffed.Were the scouts entrusted with covering Northern California negligent in failing to put Friedl on their radar?Being an area scout is so very difficult and this situation is their worst nightmare, said an American League personnel man. Im sure every scout in that area is trying to retrace their steps seeing Nevada and how they could miss him.Were the numbers crunchers at fault? How can anyone bat .401 as a redshirt sophomore and go undrafted?I think most analytics departments take a broader look at performance history, and his freshman and summer numbers werent very good before this year, said a National League evaluator. In addition, Nevada plays in an offensive league, so teams had reason to suspect that Friedls numbers were artificially inflated.Bruce, Nevadas coach, is understandably sensitive to the perception that he played coy with the biographical information and tried to hide Friedl and bring him back to Reno for another season. The Nevada baseball website appears to debunk that notion. It clearly states that Friedl played for the Wolf Pack as a freshman and redshirted as a sophomore before returning for the 2016 season.?If somebody says I was hiding him, I wouldnt have vouched for him to go to Team USA baseball, Bruce said. Im trying to exhaust every avenue on my end, because I dont want anybody to take blame for this. Ive texted my friends in the industry and said, I apologize if I did anything. I just think there was a lot of confusion on a lot of peoples parts -- especially with that redshirt.For Friedl, nothing can obscure a head-spinning odyssey that has left him, his family and his friends in a state of disbelief. During his adventure with Team USA, he spoke several times a week with his mother, who constantly asked him, Is it reality yet? Has it hit you?Late last week, Friedl passed through Nevada to pick up his gear, and he received an invitation from a friend to speak to a group of teenagers at a high school camp. During one point in the conversation, he was asked to share the biggest lesson he has learned.I told the kids, It doesnt matter if youre the highest-recruited kid out of high school or a walk-on, non-recruited kid, Friedl said. No matter what, never stop working.Thats the biggest lesson Ive learned from Coach Bruce: The game always knows. The moment you take the game for granted and think you have everything, thats when itll be taken from you. But as long as you keep your head down and keep working hard, the game will reward you.Friedl has found that rewards -- and pleasant surprises -- come in bunches. On Friday, he hopped a flight to Montana and arrived in Billings around noon. He went directly to Dehler Park with his luggage and found his name in the starting lineup for the Mustangs game against the Ogden Raptors.Several hours later, Friedl launched the second pitch he saw over the fence. And when his debut was complete, hed gone 3-for-3 with two home runs. After a lifetime of overachieving and striving to validate his worth, T.J. Friedl has to deal with a new reality: He wont have the luxury of sneaking up anymore. Cheap NFL Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys China Cheap Jerseys From China Cheap NFL Jerseys Authentic Wholesale Jerseys China Cheap NFL Jerseys China NFL Cheap Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys ' ' '