Bruins deal Scott Glicksberg into offensive line shuffle
UCLA FYI
The lineman has a shot at returning to the starting lineup after replacing an injured Darius Savage against Washington.
It seems that every week brings a new front five for the UCLA offense and, this week, Scott Glicksberg is the latest reshuffled player.
Glicksberg bounced from starter to reserve to being suspended a week for violating athletic department rules. Now he has a shot at returning to the starting lineup after replacing an injured Darius Savage early in last week's game at Washington.
"It's been up and down," he said, "playing next to somebody new all the time."
The fifth-year senior said it helps that the players trust offensive line coach Bob Palcic, who gave them a simple instruction in training camp: Whoever plays hardest in practice during the week gets to start on Saturday.
"Coach Palcic is just trying to find the best combination of five that he can," Glicksberg said. "Nobody feels like it's anything personal or anything where he's not giving people a fair chance."
With an open date on their schedule this weekend, Coach Rick Neuheisel said the team will once again evaluate the line situation heading into the next game Nov. 28 at Arizona State.
Wharton is a Times staff writer.
david.wharton@latimes.com
