I was at the game and it was a fumble except that the whistle was blown, you could hear it in the stands. If anything the ref got a little whistle happy and probably blew it too soon but Warren was stopped and with all the emphasis on safety I think that is why the ref blew the whistle as quick as he did.
Warren only looked good in the first series after halftime. He just didn't seem to have the quick first step last night so I'm wondering if he may have been hurt. Doaks seemed to have a quicker first step last night and it seemed like he was hitting the creases quicker because of it. What's with the floating shotgun snap?!?!? I felt the shotgun snap was not crisp and caused some of the problems with the running game because Desmond was spending too much time getting control of the floating snap. Overall it was a typical first game with mistakes from both teams. UCLA, for much of the game, seemed to not be focused. I watched their sidelines a bit since I was sitting on the visitor side and at one point the Defense was together supposed to be having a meeting and they were all looking up at the scoreboard watching the video shots of the crowd.
I was surprised to see Desmond staring at his primary receiver so much. Against better defensive backs, if he doesn't fix that problem, he'll be throwing more interceptions like the one right before halftime. UCLA's defensive scheme seemed odd last night. Talk about bend but don't break, the underneath passing routes were wide open all night. UC definitely should have had more points last night but they kept shooting themselves in the foot.