UCLA receivers hone in on dropped passes

LOS ANGELES — Theo Howard plunges his hand into a bucket of uncooked rice. Below the surface of the rice, the sophomore receiver twists and mashes the grains as the muscles in his hand flex and squeeze.
After a year of inconsistency, the UCLA receivers hope the cure to their drop epidemic can be found at the bottom of the rice bucket and on the receiving end of a heavy ball shot out of a jugs machine.
“One (drop) is one too many,” wide receivers coach Jimmie Dougherty said. &ld