UCLA football reversed itself from national punching bag to delivering two knockout victories. Interim head coach Tim Skipper is now 2-0 at the helm, this time smacking Michigan State 38-13 Saturday.

Skipper dipped into this motivational tactic ahead of the beatdown at East Lansing. Ben Bloch of the Los Angeles Times revealed Skipper left a gift on the team plane before the wheels went up. Expand Tweet

“Skip” addressed the “one hit wonder” narrative after the game, flashing a smile during his explanation.

“That was the message starting on Sunday and we preach it every single day moving up,” Skipper explained after the win . “We just wanted to see where we really were. And we wanted to come out and play 60 minutes of football. And we did it today with training and not being one hit w

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