Chip Kelly is not worried about measuring up to the school across town.
Speaking with reporters on Wednesday, the UCLA football coach said that he did not feel overshadowed by rivals USC and joked about there being few clouds in the sky in Los Angeles, per Greg Beacham of the Associated Press.
UCLA’s Chip Kelly does not feel overshadowed by USC: “In the short time I’ve been in Los Angeles, there aren’t many shadows because there aren’t many clouds in the sky.” pic.twitter.com/bMxgdyBAXo
— Greg Beacham (@gregbeacham) July 25, 2018
The three-time Pac-12 champion Kelly, who was just hired by the Bruins in November, has already generated a tremendous amount of excitement with his arrival. But one of his measuring sticks in Westwood will be how he does against USC. The Trojans have defeated UCLA in their last three straight matchups and finished higher in the standings in all three of those years too.
Kelly has enjoyed success against USC in the past though (going 3-1 against them in his four years coaching Oregon), and he definitely sounds like a man who is not concerned about stacking up to his now-crosstown rivals.
