UCLA

Gary Beban, UCLA’s first Heisman Trophy winner, and Cade McNown, a candidate to become the second, met Tuesday when Beban spoke briefly to the team after practice, with a more-personal conversation about the hype and the season ahead likely to come.

“There’ll be a comment or two,” said Beban, who lives in Chicago and was in town on business. “But I don’t think anything he doesn’t already know.”

Namely, focus on the team, not the trophy.

“What he said is exactly right and exactly what I believe in,” McNown said. “But it was awesome to have him out.”

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No decision will be made until after the season, but there’s a good chance that junior tight end Gabe Crecion will redshirt. Such a move would give him two years of eligibility after current seniors Mike Grieb and Ryan Neufeld have left. “He’s the one that pretty much brought [the thought] to me,” Coach Bob Toledo said. “He’s got a bad back and can see guys in front of him.” . . . There were no dramatic shifts Tuesday as the second depth chart was released. Two freshman have moved to second string, Ken Kocher at nose guard and Blake Worley at left tackle. Among the most-publicized newcomers, DeShaun Foster is No. 3 at tailback and Robert Foster is No. 3 at inside linebacker. . . . The Bruins go into full pads today for the first time, which may only be a formality for a team already showing greater intensity than diagramed for supposed light-contact drills. Toledo, having already stopped previous workouts to tell his players to tone it down, on Tuesday sent defensive backs Damian Allen and Marques Anderson to the sideline after they sandwiched flanker Freddie Mitchell with a hit following a catch.