OU’s Riley expects test from Kelly

Oklahoma’s Lincoln Riley gets a chance to match wits with UCLA’s Chip Kelly today in Norman in a game pitting two of the game’s more gifted offensive coaches.

Riley took over as coach last year, and the Sooners led the nation in total offense and quarterback Baker Mayfield won the Heisman Trophy. Kelly’s offenses at Oregon were among the nation’s best and he is back in the college ranks after a stint with the Philadelphia Eagles.

Riley expects his sixth-ranked Sooners (1-0) to be tested. His young defense will need to learn quickly to keep up.

“Knowing coach Kelly, his reputation offensively, they’re going to continue to challenge you, to play fast, put you in tough situations defensively,” Riley said.

The 35-year-old Riley said he has learned from watching Kelly over the years.

“I think maybe the principles and packaging were always eye-popping, and I thought they were always creative too,” Riley said. “You could always turn on the film and find something that was maybe a new idea or new wrinkle that you thought could help or build into your own system. When they were at Oregon, when those guys were on TV you were always trying to catch a peek of it to see what they were doing.”

UCLA (0-1) is still adjusting. The Bruins blew a 10-point lead against Cincinnati and had just 306 yards in a 26-17 loss .

Worse, quarterback Wilton Speight was injured in the second quarter and his status for Saturday’s game was uncertain. Freshman Dorian ThompsonRobinson stepped in last week and he may get the call in front of nearly 90,000 fans. The Sooners rolled to a 63-14 win over Florida Atlantic in their season opener.

• UCLA suspended six players for the opener, and three will be back: defensive back Mo Osling, defensive lineman Moses Robinson-Carr and defensive lineman Osa Odighizuwa. Running back Soso Jamabo will miss one more game and tight end Devin Asiasi and offensive lineman Boss Tagaloa will miss two more.

• Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray passed for 209 yards and two touchdowns against Florida Atlantic, but he ran just four times for 23 yards. He’s capable of much more — the firstround pick of the Oakland A’s is one of the fastest Sooners. Last season, he took off for a 66-yard run in the first play against West Virginia.

• New Oklahoma special teams coach Shane Beamer got off to a great start against Florida Atlantic when Lee Morris blocked a punt and Curtis Bolton recovered it in the end zone in the first quarter. QUESTIONS AT OREGON STATE QB

SPOT >> Oregon State quarterback Jake Luton’s availability for today’s game against Southern Utah remains unclear.

Luton left the opener at Ohio State with concussion-like symptoms after the first series and was replaced by backup Conor Blount. The Beavers (0-1) lost 77-31 to the fourth-ranked Buckeyes. Luton practiced as much as he was allowed this week, but coach Jonathan Smith said he hadn’t yet gotten the final word about whether he could return.

Blount completed 12 of 19 passes for 169 yards and two touchdowns against Ohio State. ARIZONA LOOKS FOR BETTER PERFORMANCE >> Arizona coach Kevin Sumlin wants to see more consistency from his team after the Wildcats struggled to score for the first three quarters in a 28-23 loss to BYU. He hopes the changes start today when the Wildcats (0-1) travel to face his former team in Houston (1-0).

“We have to be more consistent for four quarters,” Sumlin said. “If you run 42 plays in the first half and have 10 points, that’s not the efficiency that you need.”

The Wildcats took the lead against BYU with less than a minute before halftime, but the Cougars scored 21 unanswered points while Arizona ran just 11 plays in the third quarter.

Quarterback Khalil Tate was 17 of 34 for 197 yards and a touchdown last week, but top wide receiver Shun Brown only had one catch for 11 yards.