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Demetric Felton Jr. is helping UCLA's offense move in the right direction

LOS ANGELES - They were going to talk like they always did, a father and son rehashing the game while parsing their feelings about what had happened.

Demetric Felton readied his words for the son named in his honor as he watched UCLA's deficit grow uncomfortably large in the third quarter Saturday. This wasn't going to be easy, even over the phone.

His son had predicted that the Bruins would beat nationally ranked Washington State on the road despite a winless start to the season, and here they were getting thrashed on national television.

Over the next hour, as the

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