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LOS ANGELES -- Coach Jim Mora began his fifth season at UCLA with plans to contend for the Pac-12 and national titles behind a run-based offense built to grind out hundreds of yards on the ground.Seven games in, Mora would settle for even three yards and a cloud of dust.The Bruins utter inability to run the ball is among the biggest mysteries of the Pac-12 season. After managing 43 yards rushing in a 27-21 loss at Washington State last week, UCLA (3-4, 1/3 Pac-12) ranks 126th out of 128 FBS teams with 91.1 yards rushing per game and a comically low 2.8 yards per carry.Hopefully weve come to a point where we can get it fixed, but its an obvious understatement to say its not acceptable and that it hasnt been good, Mora said. Its as bad as Ive ever seen. Thats our issue. It all comes down to that.Only Texas State and Georgia State have managed fewer yards per game on the ground than the Bruins, who are off to the worst start of Moras half-decade in Westwood after three losses in the Bruins last four games. Last weekend in Pullman, the preseason favorites to win the Pac-12 South posted a measly 1.7 yards per carry, providing no help for backup quarterback Mike Fafaul in the rain.These rushing struggles dont make sense on paper for the Bruins, who entered this season with a specific mandate from Mora to run the ball aggressively. UCLAs new offensive coordinator, running backs guru Kennedy Polamalu, has three talented ball-carriers -- Soso Jamabo, Nate Starks and Bolu Olorunfunmi -- running behind a fairly experienced offensive line.Instead, UCLAs line has been bossed around almost every week, and none of the three tailbacks has seized the job left by Pac-12 rushing champion Paul Perkins. The struggles have completely derailed the Bruins season, putting even bowl eligibility in jeopardy -- a shock for a team led by touted quarterback Josh Rosen, who missed last weeks game with an injury.Theres really one issue that weve had, that is something we havent been able to fix yet, and thats our run game, Mora said. Were playing good defense. Were throwing the ball well, but were not running it well, and when you cant run it, its tough to do anything consistent on offense.With No. 19 Utah (6-1, 3-1) bringing one of the nations best defensive lines to the Rose Bowl on Saturday, UCLAs problem doesnt seem likely to go away immediately. But after using zone-blocking strategies last week to no effect, Moras staff is making even more changes this week to the Bruins rushing attack this week, streamlining its concepts and rethinking certain unnamed strategies.Were simplifying the task, Polamalu said.When Polamalu replaced Noel Mazzone as the Bruins offensive coordinator and play-caller in the offseason, he intended to implement a complex power-running offense. While he hasnt given up, Polamalu notes that the Bruins current offensive line was recruited to block for Mazzones high-tempo passing offense.Its not that theyre not running hard, Polamalu said. Its a scheme, and technique, and those things are what were improving on and teaching every day. I told the guys, `Just work on the little things and dont worry about tomorrow.Even with a late-season surge, the Bruins probably have wasted the sophomore season of Rosen, one of the nations most promising quarterbacks. 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Air Max 95 Mens Sale . -- Matt Kuchar and Harris English ran away with the Franklin Templeton Shootout, shooting a 14-under 58 on Sunday in the final-round scramble to break the tournament course record.South Africas George Coetzee is hoping to defend his title as he targets a second consecutive win at the Tshwane Open at Pretoria Country Club this week. Coetzee is confident that playing on the course he grew up on gives him a great advantage to seal a fourth European Tour victory.The 29-year-old finished seventh in the Commercial Bank Quatar Masters two weeks ago, before a final-round 69 put him tied-26th at the Omega Dubai Desert Classic last week. George Coetzee won last years tournament by a single shot I know Im playing well, which only adds to the excitement of the tournament. Coetzee told the European Tour website. Ive struck the ball very well the last three weeks but mentally I havent been quite as sharp as I wouldve liked, maybe because I havent been used to posting really low scores for a while.Coetzee enjoyed a good run of form following an emotional victory at the Pretoria Country Club last year, going on to win his third European Tour event at the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open in May, and says his knowledge of the Pretoria Country Club may give him an advantage. Charl Schwartzel has finished in the top 10 in his last three European Tour events and is the top ranked player in the event Its wherre I grew up.ddddddddddddI played my first event there so to win last year was a dream come true, Coetzee said. Its my home course and Ive got a lot of good memories, so I probably know the course better than anyone.Knowing the course gives me a bit of a head start on some of the guys, but the standard on the tour is so high, just knowing the place well isnt going to be enough.It is quite a thinkers course though, so the guys who have played it before do have a bit of an advantage. Haydn Porteous is one of three 2016 season European Tour winners playing in this event The biggest threats to Coetzee are in-form compatriots Charl Schwartzel, a 2011 Masters champion, and Haydn Porteous, who won his maiden Tour victory at the Joburg Open in January.Schwartzel has finished inside the top 10 in his past three European Tour events, but is yet to feature in a European Tour event in 2016. Also competing are fellow South African Brandon Stone, who secured his first maiden victory at the BMW SA Open in January, and course record-holder Jacques Blaauw, who finished second in last years event. 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