.Sequestered somewhere on the UCLA campus Monday, squirreled away for safe keeping, was quarterback Richard Brehaut, whose moment appears at hand.UCLA will play Kansas State on Saturday at the Rose Bowl without starting quarterback Kevin Prince, who is out three to four weeks with a broken jaw.Brehaut, a freshman, is expected to start.
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He was the backup for last week's game at Tennessee.Brehaut wasn't made available for interviews on Monday, but his teammates practiced free speech on his behalf.
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"He's been looking pretty good," senior wide receiver Terrence Austin said. "I think he has everything down. I see him making good reads in practice. He looks confident back there."The we-believe-in-you-kid pep talks are hardly the preferred offensive scheme heading into the third week of the season. But after X-rays Sunday showed Prince had a fractured jaw, UCLA's coaching staff was left scrambling to get Plan B up to speed.
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Senior Kevin Craft, who started all 12 games in 2008, will get a look during this week's practice and could see some playing time, but offensive coordinator Norm Chow is an opponent of job sharing so the lion's share of snaps appeared ticketed for Brehaut. The Rancho Cucamonga Los Osos High product played in UCLA's season opener against San Diego State, going two for two for 39 yards mopping up a 33-14 victory. Craft has not taken a snap at quarterback this season.
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"He's probably going to get the jitters out there," Austin said of Brehaut. "When you're in high school, you play in front of 10,000 people and that's a big crowd. In college, it could be 90,000. We have to get out there and get him in a rhythm."UCLA has lost its starting quarterback to injuries in each of the last four seasons. But linebacker Reggie Carter said, "Regardless of who is back there, as long as they don't give up the ball we should be fine. We're not going to let teams score too many points."