By Robert Kuwada
BruinReportOnline.com
October 28, 2010
Safety Dalton Hilliard was injured in a collision with cornerback Aaron Hester late in practice on Wednesday. He was down for about five minutes and medical personnel brought out a backboard, but eventually he was able to sit up, then walk with assistance off the practice field.
Coach Rick Neuheisel said he had a stinger, but the post-practice report was that he had suffered a concussion and might have precautionary X-rays taken on his neck and shoulder areas.
Hester took a few moments to gather himself, but was able to return.
SHAQ'S BACK
While without offensive tackle Sean Sheller and receiver Ricky Marvray, both suspended for a violation of team rules, the Bruins will get to see another player who ran into some trouble in Westwood.
Cornerback Shaquille Richardson, one of three players who were arrested before the start of fall camp on suspicion of felony theft, is a second-team corner at Arizona and was the Pac-10 defensive player of the week following an Oct. 16 victory over Washington State in which he had seven tackles, two interceptions and broke up three pass plays.
"We signed him and thought he was going to be an outstanding corner, really believed that he had all the skills to be that kind of guy," Neuheisel said. "It looks as if we were right."
The other players involved in that incident also ended up leaving UCLA - outside linebacker Josh Shirley went to Washington and receiver Paul Richardson is at Colorado.
"All of those kids were given an opportunity to return to UCLA, but there had to be some penalty and all of them chose to not have a penalty and to go elsewhere," Neuheisel said.
PLAYERS STILL NURSING INJURIES
Cornerback Sheldon Price (knee) did not practice and WR Nelson Rosario (ankle) was dressed, but did little for a second day in a row. Offensive lineman Jeff Baca also did not practice, he has been hospitalized with a staph infection.
HERE COMES THE REAL TEST
Remember when UCLA plowed through the No. 1 rushing defense in college football in its victory at Texas? That ranking proved a tad fraudulent, built against Rice, Wyoming and Texas Tech, all of which were and still are ranked 94th and lower in rushing offense.
Arizona, which comes to the Rose Bowl with the No. 7 rushing defense, has a little more legitimacy to it. The Wildcats have played three teams ranked between 36th and 77th in rushing offense and only one opponent that is ranked lower than 100th. Even the Citadel has some chops - the Bulldogs are ranked 12th, averaging 224.5 rushing yards per game. They had 150 against Arizona.
NEUHEISEL TRYING TO GET HIS POINT ACROSS
Neuheisel spent more time with the defense than usual on Wednesday and stopped practice late to get into the Bruins a little about the tempo.
"I wanted to remind everybody how important these last two periods were," he said. "I wanted to make sure that they understood that we had to give everything we had these last two periods to get what we needed out of today
