…. we just haven’t had many of these kinds of moments for a long time. Gekko hits:

1. I’m pumped for Foster. He has been making plays all year and now he’ll be all over sportscenter this week (and possible pac 10 D player of the week)

2. How good is Trufant. Really – did anyone see this coming?

3. I was surprised how long it took us to rush the passing lanes to take away those screens. We didn’t do it until the fourth quarter. I understand not blitzing, but we made Foles look like a Heisman candidate

4. BTW, Foles is going to be very good when he finds a long ball. He has outstanding composure.

5. The D-line is not going to figure out a pass rush this year. We are going to have to take a few more chances with blitzes once our Safety situation is shored up.

6. Walker whiffed on that INT – he committed the same sin that he committed in those two long TD passes vs. LSU… he started to drop / dive before he made the play. if he keeps his feet, that ball bounces off his helmet even if he doesn’t get his hands on it. Stay on your feet until your hands touch the ball or the ball carrier, young man!

7. I told you the right side of the line is our rock. No one is talking about what Tolar and Kelemete are giving us, but they have stepped up in what continues to be a shaky line (though this is one of the better/experienced D-lines we’ll face)

8. Jake is still looking for a little more touch on the long ball. He’s so close to having it.

9. I thought Q bounced back pretty well. That tackle he made in the open field by dragging down the receivers arm was outstanding.

10. Sark’s playcalling was a little ragged tonight. He didn’t set Jake up with many short passes early and I thought that affected rhythm and field position. We are looking like a team that needs the short passes to set up the run game.

11. We definitely got a call handed to us on that Jordan Polk fumble/incompletion. Clearly a makeup call from ND because Polk had the ball, took a step and switched hands.

Gawd, that was fun.

I thought it was a fumble but we only saw the play from the backside…perhaps they had a better shot in the booth.

… party at Gekko’s house.

a lot of us will be there if the Dawgs can qualify and get invited.

What a hell of a game. With 5 minutes left I’m thinking “well this sucks”…with 2 minutes left I’m thinking…“PLAY SOME D”….they did.

One of the more improbable wins I’ve watched in Husky Stadium. We lost every facet of the game except turn overs and score board.

I taped the game for my buddy Taft because he’s in eastern Washington trying to get a steelhead to hit a fly. He’ll be here for the Oregon game…he gets the tape then.

On to Tempe….will get into Sun City on Thursday.

Go Dawgs

has a hat matching his screen name.

i walked past the man on my way to celebrate post game. i should have grabbed him and affirmed our blogfan comraderie but alas, I chickened out. i was the 22 yr old w/ the retro baseball husky jacket and my wife had gold leggings and the nike weasel dog head hat on. we’ll see each other in the south parking lot soon enough my friend.

a couple of comments on the game.
play calling: to my recollection there was one pass to a TE in the second half, the td to middleton to set up the go-ahead pick six. that’s a strength that needs to be exploited against teams with good db’s like zona. on that note, props to chris izbicki on a great catch, even if it only went for about 6 yds. pass-catching TE’s we got, we ought to use them a little more.
the other thing i have to say about play calling is the lack of passes over the middle like the type that worked so well against notre dame. jake has improved a lot, but his biggest weakness is the loft pass down the line on fly routes. that pass has been open for three years running and jake has yet to find the right arc on that particular pass play. until he does, post plays plays downfield, please.

defense: it’s not like the dogs are without some tools, but holt loves to play high stakes. everyone in the world know holt’s gonna bring a linebacker or a corner, but i didn’t see a lot of guys show blitz and drop back into coverage. mr holt, please know we don’t have usc athletes and win a turnover by faking a blitz now and again.

special teams: sucked. except for nick folk: sucks in practice, comes through on saturdays.

finally, refs: we got burned on that unnecessary roughness in the first, lucky on the reversed fumble by jordan polk. both were awful calls that fortunately balanced each other out, but several more followed. the pac 10 really needs to get its shit together on this.

i’d feel a little ambiguous about enjoying this victory if washington hadn’t outplayed lsu and notre dame. as kurtis blow has famously rapped: “that’s the breaks”.

in the end, a big win for the dawgs that i was thrilled to witness. the game against ASU is more than winnable and should be a real barometer for how good this team really is.

But when are the Fans going to start supporting the Dawgs with all they’ve got? Seahawks fans pride themselves on being loud and causing false starts as they should. But as a young Tyees in the north end of the stadium we get bad looks for screaming our guts out on every down. Those kids are giving there all and I can’t imagine giving anything less as a fan. Hopefully the good old days of shaking the echoes of Husky Stadium will return soon, because homefield advantage should be embraced. Not frowned upon.

I love it when he does that.

The first time I leave early in five seasons (I hate late games. Had to catch a ferry) and I miss what may be the greatest ending in my history as a Husky. Needless to say I’m praying for a replay on FSN.