Grading the game
by John Berkowitz on Oct 11, 2009 8:02 AM PDT
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Quarterback
if you are an old timer or at least have access to some old game film you could have sworn that Jake Locker channeled the spirit of Husky Hall of Fame QB Bob Schloredt last night. Jake was responsible for 90% of Washington's offense on a night when mistakes seemed to have Washington headed for certain defeat. This won't go down as Jakes best game of his career but it just might be the most important. He made the plays when it counted as Washington scored 36 points last night and only entered the red zone once.
Grade A
Running Backs
Chris Polk was dinged up early when apparently his shoulder popped out of place. He returned to the game and finished with only 34 total yards against the toughest rushing defense in the Pac 10. What limited his production more than anything was the fact that Washington only had had the ball around 20 minutes last night and Jake Locker carried the load from beginning to end. Demetrius Bronson had his first extended action of the season because Johri Fogerson was out with the flu. Paul Homer didn't have carry or a reception but he had a great game making block after block.
Grade C plus
Wide Receiver
Jake Locker was on target most of the night but I counted at least three drops that would have resulted in big plays. James Johnson was mysteriously absent. He met up with some tough hombre's at CB. Devin Aguilar was last nights star with two big TD catches.
Grade C Plus
Tight End
Kavario Middleton continues to impress with his pass catching ability. Chris Izbicki also made an important catch. Four catches out of this group and a clutch TD catch by Middleton in the fourth quarter wipes out whatever inconsistencies the unit is having blocking
Grade B Plus
Offensive Line
Arizona pretty much shut everything down last night other than Jake Locker. To be fair Arizona also controlled the ball on offense all night which limited what the Huskies could do with the ball. Overall they couldn't get much blocked against a very good Arizona front seven. Greg Christine is likely out for the season with a broken fibula. That means Nick Wood is the the new starter at OG. Depth could be a problem going down the line. Cozzetto needs to get a couple more players ready for the rotation. Keep an eye on Senio Kelemete...he he keeps geting better.
Grade C
Defensive Line
Darrion Jones had his best night as a Husky but Washington still could not get enough pressure on Nick Foles. They did however shut down the Arizona running game for most of the night. That factor limited Arizona to four FG's on five red zone drives. In retrospect that was the difference in this game. Daniel Teo Nesheim had a good game this evening and a crucial sack on the final drive that prevented Arizona from driving into FG range to send the game to overtime. Everrette Thompson continues to make an impact on the inside. We will see more of him there with Jones healthy on the outside. Alameda Ta'amu continues to struggle and it makes you think that perhaps he should move over to the offensive side of things this spring because he doesn't seem to have the speed to be effective in this defense.
Grade B
Linebacker
Donald Butler and Mason Foster were monsters out there all night. When a defense is out on the field for fourty minutes bad things happen but when it mattered these guys made big plays. None was bigger than Mason Foster's interception and touchdown return. EJ Savannah returned to the game and had a solid night. Stopping the run is what gave Washington a chance to win this one. The linebacking trio were instrumental in helping do that.
Grade B plus
Secondary
When a QB starting only his second game torches you for over 350 yards it is easy to get on the secondary for their perfomance. What most people don't factor in was the absence of pressure on the QB by the defensive line. Another thing they aren't factoring in was the coaching staff's inability to adjust to a bubble screen that tore Washington up for most of the second half. Victor Aiyewa had some nice hits out there but a silly personal foul kept an Arizona drive going and changed the complexion of the game. That drive gave Arizona a lot of confidence. Greg Walker was improved but an Arizona TD pass went right through his hands on the goal line. A little bit of adjustment and that should have been batted down or intercepted. Nate Fellner showed why the Husky coaches have so much confidence in him. He had a solid debut. Desmond Trufant is just money. He is the best looking UW CB I have seen in over a decade. Quinton Richardson struggled again but had a great open field tackle which prevented a game changing gain. I would actually like to grade these guys higher because a lot of things happened that were out of their control such as depth, alignment, and pass rush.
Grade C
Special Teams
Will Mahan's muff of a snap was a disaster for Washington in the third quarter.A dropped kick off and poor coverage were all part of a nightmare scenario that started in the third quarter. As Steve Sarkisian said maybe my half time speech wasn't that good. Washington somehow survived the ugly third quarter. Excluding the third quarter the Huskies improved in a lot of area's. The kick coverage was the best we have seen in some time. We even were able to generate better yardage in the return game which helped out an offense that needed all the help it could get. If you take away the third quarter it was the best UW has been all year in special teams. Paul Homer's 17 yard return was one of the bigger plays of the game.
Grade C Minus
Coaching
Nick Holt failed to adjust to the bubble screen last night. Only on the last series did the Husky LB's take chances on their own to stop it. Mark that down as savvy play for Foster and Butler and not an adjustment by the coaching staff. Steve Sarkisian's play calling wasn't great in the third quarter. He came out and called three long passes which were shades of Willingham and Lappano. That three and out series was a big part of a disastorous third quarter which almost cost Washington the game.
"We were limited in the secondary coming into the game," Sarkisian said. "It was pretty evident with Nate Williams being out and Justin Glenn being out. So we had a hard time getting into some nickel and dime packages. We ended up having to play base defense versus them and they were going to four-wide sets, so they knew we were in zone defense. We obviously couldn't play man-to-man with 'backers on wideouts. It presented a huge challenge for us to be able to deploy everybody to cover down on everything."
On the positive side Sarkisan unleashed Jake Locker from the onset. The scouting report said Arizona had problems with mobile QB's and Sark didn't ignore it. While we criticize the early calls in the third quarter his decision to unleash Jake tonight is a big part of the victory.
I was surprised that UW elected not to go with an onsides kick after the Locker to Middleton TD pass. We hadn't stopped Arizona on defense all night so like an Oregon game a few years ago it seemed the defense didn't have much left in the tank. That gutty call and confidence in his defense helped win the game.
Whenever you win a big game like this you deserve an A. Lets face it...Arizona was the better team,,,they had more tools...but this team found a way to win because they never gave up.
Grade A Minus
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Great to see luck swing our way for a change, and credit the players for never giving up and being there when opportunity presented. But…
1) Jake would have had an even bigger impact if not for some dropped balls. Too many passes hit guys in the hands and weren’t hauled in.
2) Jake’s physical skills are becoming awe-inspiring, but I don’t see him recognizing blitz packages and locating outlets so well yet. Maybe this has to do with failures on the line, but we saw an “inexperienced” Foles picking up our stunts as if he were Peyton Manning.
3) Why was an admittedly strong, but timid, immobile QB like Foles recognizing our stunts so well?
4) Why could we not adapt to their passing game? We’re all giddy about the outcome, but it bothers me to hear the flippancy in interviews that “we got it right when it counted” (one freak play). It wasn’t just the bubble screen; they picked us apart with simple slants just as much. I understand that we weren’t playing with our best DB’s, but as we’re getting our butts kicked up and down the field, shouldn’t we try jamming receivers at the line just a few times to mix it up? We’re going to make any QB look good if we always give those cushions.
5) Our special teams are not coming along, and given Sark’s emphasis on this part of the game, I’m sure that he can’t be happy. With his bad shoulder, I don’t think we can risk Chris Polk in such high velocity collisions, but is anyone else willing to hit the hole? And what’s happened to Mahan—he’s not hitting the ball like he was early on?
OK, enough. I don’t want to rip our guys, and there’s a tremendous amount of good to be found on the team. But I do want to see them continue some momentum of improvement into the second half of the season. We were one play away from being very dissatisfied last night, and we have some tough, but very winnable games coming up.
Keep in mind Verge that Zona’s cornerbacks are all Pac 10- 1st team candidates. Those fellas will be playing on sundays at a pro stadium near you soon. So I think the opposition may have effected our abililty to concentrate on the ball in the air more often then not.
On the other hand I agree with your take on Jake not picking up blitz packages very well. I’m not sure if he realizes the situations when he is out there and the defense is running him down. Maybe he is trying to do his impersenation of Brett Favre by imporvising on the run. That’s all good and well if you can convert it, but when it leads to a sack that could be easily avoided especially if he is outside the tackle box. Jake needs to know when to give up on a play. I’ll take 3rd down and 8 over 3rd down and 18 any day. Other then feeling the pressure though, Jake’s game is pretty special.
In regards to Nick Foles- 95% of his throws were safe routes called my Sonny Dykes. Zona ran a lot of WR screens, which were basically a long handoff. But did you notice everytime Foles went vertical we were there? Foles only appeared great and unratteled simply because of all the dam screens Zona called for him. I don’t think Foles even used a 3 step QB drop. I think he received the snap, pivoted and thru to the screening WR. But once Foles went vertical most often we were there and it bit Zona on the buttocks.
All I saw was purple
Crazi's Grades
Locker didn’t light it up thru the air, had one outstanding run to avoid the sack and it went yard, and still cannot seem to throw the ball away to avoid sacks.
QB play = C+
Our RBs didn’t have a specatular evening either, but did manage to get something most of the time. That kept play action going through out the game.
RB play = C-
Our WRs were fabulous! Devon Aguilar was lights out awesome. Johnson made some great catches down the stretch.
WR play = A
Didn’t see much of Izbiki, but Middleton had the best game of his young Husky career.
TE play = A
The offensive line was fairly consistent in the passing game. Nothing great, but not Stanford-dreadful neither.
O line play = C
The D line is still struggling to put much pressure on opposing QBs. But we had gap control and that was HUGE! Arizona’s leagues best rushing offense was non-existent.
D line play = B
Linebacking play actually won the game for us. Not spectacular in underneath coverage, but made huge plays when it counted.
LB play = A
The secondary didn’t look specatular, but by design. We simply cannot play bump and run coverage on opposing WR units. So we were forced to play an umbrella defense in coverage. The Zona WR screens were essentially unstoppable, but once Arizona went vertical, the Husky secondary made critical stops.
Secondary play = C-
Coaching grade = A+
Coaches kept coaching even with a 12 point deficit w/ 4:22 leftt on the clock. Play calling was good, and game management was critical.
Special Teams grade = D-
We put Arizona in good field position through out the entire 3rd quarter due to blunders and mistakes on special teams. To a point it nearly lost the game for us. Not sure what is happening in the kicking game, but focus needs to be addressed in regards to the special teams units. Point blank: we won’t survive Pac 10 play if we continue to offer the opposition the short field.
Great win! More lucky then great though. But like Sark said, you don’t always have to play great, you just got to keep battling. WOOF!!!
All I saw was purple
What game were you watching???
Locker had a very good game, he still needs to work on the long ball, but besides that the only reason his numbers weren’t so hot were the COUNTLESS drops by our WR’s.
I don’t know how you can give the WR’s an A, they drop more passes that him them square in the hands then the recent Seahawk teams. I mentioned to another fan last night, “If our recievers don’t start catching the ball, Locker should bolt for the NFL.” They did make some good catches which helped us get the W, but if they catch the ball all game, we would have had the lead the whole game. Needless to say I was very disappointed with the play of the WR’s, and I think Sark might need to find a new WR coach.
DLine – You are too kind, they are getting no pass rush what so ever. Great job stopping the run, horrible job pressuring the QB.
Coaches – I really think you are related to one of the coaches. I give them credit for getting the players to give full effort all game and not giving in. But last nights defense was a joke, the defensive strategy and play calling was “Willingham-esque”. So far I’m not impressed with Holt, love the energy, question his ability to call a game with out the “bullets” that he had at USC.
Special Teams – they had a really bad night, but Folk has looked solid all season, and Mahan has looked solid 5.5 out of 6 games. Forget about last night, and they are they could be the best I’ve seen in the last 10 years at UW.
"Legends are made on the shores of Lake Washington"
"BOW DOWN TO WASHINGTON"
So far I’m not impressed with Holt, love the energy, question his ability to call a game with out the "bullets" that he had at USC.
I think this is a brewing “elephant in the room” situation. Yes, we won. Yes, the defense made the big plays at the end to win the game. But I’m not sure I’m really seeing much improvement in this defense vs. the last 2 years.
No pass rush from our front four yet again. For the season, we have 8 sacks in 6 games – that is pathetic.
Our zone drops still aren’t that great. Granted, with no pass rush it’s easier for a QB to wait for WR’s to find gaps in the zone, but we still give up too many easy yards. The bubble screen was there all game long for Arizona based off the way we were playing defense – tellingly, it was only when Foster went off the script that we made a big play against that screen.
Holt showed a stubborn insistence on staying in his base defensive package for the vast majority of the game despite the frequency with which Arizona was going 4 or 5 wide. I heard the coaches after the game talk about the lack of DB’s to play nickel – really? They played at least 4 CB’s in the game last night at various times: Trufant, Richardson, Long & McDowell. They played at least 3 S’s: Aiyewa, Fellner & Walker. The few times I saw a nickel package, McDowell was out there. Do they really not have much confidence that he can play that role? Can Long not play nickel when he’s not at CB, or Richardson or Walker?
I don’t expect Rome to be built in a day, and I’m willing to show some patience with Holt – especially when we’re winning again. But the fact is the UW is currently 106th in the nation in total defense, giving up 418.0 yards per game. We are 106th in the nation in pass efficiency defense, allowing 66.5% completion percentage and 8.60 yards per attempt. If it weren’t for the 5 picks we have, we’d be even worse. We are 82nd in the country in rush defense, giving up 161.3 yards per game and 5.0 yards per rush.
There’d better be some notable improvement in the next 3 years…
Duct Tape
You are not going to see significant improvement on defense until they bring in more talent and depth. This year they just need to duct tape things together game to game and hope for the best….we all knew this coming in and the depth we do have is paper thin.
Being critical of Holt and Sark right now is unrealistic…they have these kids playing as hard as they can. We don’t have enough healthy kids left to for a nickel or a dime which was the case on Saturday.
It isn’t as simple as most people think. you can’t throw bodies out ther eif they don’t know what they are doing.
by John Berkowitz on Oct 11, 2009 6:24 PM PDT up reply actions
We don’t have enough healthy kids left to for a nickel or a dime which was the case on Saturday.
See, this is an excuse I don’t get – as I noted, we played 4 corners in the game and 3 safeties. Do we really not have any among that group that are capable of playing the nickel?
Probably not at the level they fell comfortable with...
do we have the guys, yes. Do we have the guys to play nickel well enough to put us in a position to play effect, probably not. That is the big difference. Plus we have a VERY solid LB group so to keep them in as much as possible it seems they are going away from the Nickel and staying more base.
Batts leaving the team is really hurting us now….
Agree with John
We’re not that fast on the D line, actually we’re a little slow up front. And when you are slow footed, that usually transcends to not having a quick first step.
I’m not too worried about the sack statistical numbers. To this onlooker they are over hyped anyways. Indeed you like to see negative yards and put opposing offenses in a hole. Getting a QB to hurry can be just as effective.
Holt knows what the hell he is doing- everybody needs to quit being the politically correct police. Do you think for a second that Pete Carroll would have him on his USC staff if Holt didn’t know what the hell he was doing? Give me a break!
Gap control is where we are getting killed. Every game we’ve won this season, we had decent gap control for the majority of these games. The games we’ve lost, not so much gap control. Quit worrying about sacks. Honestly, sack totals are no way near the top of any defensive coordinators radar. It’s all about gap control, anchoring, moving the L.O.S. with a solid push, and shedding blocks. Sacks are way down the priority list of things.
All I saw was purple
Gap control brother...
You are preaching to the choir.
by John Berkowitz on Oct 12, 2009 5:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Really, you must be joking . . .
Gap control is very important in the running game, but what about the passing game? Any offense with a mediocre QB will light us up until we get some sort of a pass rush. I don’t care about the sack numbers, I care about Foley having ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD to make each and every pass.
I’ve got really bad news for you Crazi, if we don’t get some sort of a pass rush, ASU’s QB is going to throw for 300 yards, WSU’s QB is going to throw for 300 yards. No pass rush is going to cost us games, period.
"Legends are made on the shores of Lake Washington"
"BOW DOWN TO WASHINGTON"
Do you think for a second that Pete Carroll would have him on his USC staff if Holt didn’t know what the hell he was doing?
I think we shouldn’t ignore the fact that Carroll took away defensive play-calling responsibilities real early on from Holt when he was there. Yes, that’s Carroll’s specialty and it’s hard to give up doing what you think you do best, but I think we shouldn’t ignore that fact. Obviously Pete valued how Holt coached the defense in practice and what he brought to the staff, but he obviously didn’t have the utmost confidence in his gameday play-calling…
Guys, we won the game- chill on the pass rush thing for chrimeny sakes! It’ll come, but when you’re a little slow footed up front then you have to rely on gap control.
We’re getting their. Can’t we just be happy that we’re 2 wins away from being bowl eligible? I didn’t include the WSU game, because that game should be in the bag. We are only 2 wins removed from being bowl eligible. Chill out on pass freakin’ rush. WOW!
All I saw was purple
What game are yout watching- Part II
Lear I don’t think Locker had a very good game. Many of those passes our receivers dropped had something to do with future pro corners in very good coverage. I dropped my grade on Locker because he continues to take costly sacks. Hell the kid is outside the tackle box and can through the ball out of bounds, but continues to take costly sacks. Keep in mind that I don’t buy into stats too often- I am not a stat monger like you. I try to put some of the unmeasurable intangibles into what I am seeing and dammit Locker needs to learn how and when to throw the ball into the stands to avoid another 15 yard sack.
In regards to our D line. I ask you Lear, what game were you watching? Did you see Arizona’s Sonny Dykes was calling 98% WR screens? Maybe you don’t get it. Those screens are quick strikers. Translation: Nick Foles was taking less then a 3 step QB drop fella 98% of the time. My question to you- how the hell can our D line get pressure on Foles when he is freakin’ releasing the ball as soon as he takes the dam snap? Figure that out and we’ve got a lengthy converstaion on our hands.
In pro style offense- you have 80 game, where the QB utilizes either a 5 or 7 step QB drop. You also have 90 game w/ max protect schemes, where the QB takes 3 steps drops or less. Foles had the ball gone at 3 steps or less. And 90 game is beneficial to passing offenses, when opposing defenses are bearing down on you- it allows you to play the passing game without the headaches of worrying about constant defensive front pressure. Get it?
We can hash out our D line’s inabilty to put pressure on an opposing QB if and when we see an opposing QB take more then a 3 step drop. But if the ball is releashed as soon as the ball is snapped then their is no need to discuss pass freakin’ rush because it is non-existant. The ball is gone!
If you want to criticize any particular part of our defense then you could argue our inability to play bump and run coverage. That was the reason why those Dykes screens were money all night. We can’t play bump and run, because if the opposing offense spies bump and run then can you say audible … audios … touchdown!
Get real…
All I saw was purple
Ok, now we are getting somewhere
We didn’t Holt call for some press coverage? Why didn’t we play ANY bump and run coverage?? Nick “freakin” Holt was getting out coached the ENTIRE second half. I have yet to here a good reason why we didn’t at least TRY something different to stop the bubble screens.
By the way, yes pass rush can slow down the bubble screens. If the defensive ends jump into the passing lane, guess what, it throws everything off. Want an example, see Mason Fosters interception.
It’s quite simple, our offense is showing good improvement. Our defense looks pretty darn similar to last year. Holt has not impressed me, end of story.
"Legends are made on the shores of Lake Washington"
"BOW DOWN TO WASHINGTON"
Where are you Lear? Cloud Nine? Come back to Earth fella!
LSU is a perfect example of why we can’t play bump and run. Both times we crowded the opposing receivers they killed us on easy TDs.
We don’t have lock down corners right now. So you are seeing a lot of cloud coverage. Who cares how many passing yards the opposition racks up, just don’t let them score.
Some of you fellas want to go from being an 0-12er to a BCS contender over freakin’ night. We can’t do what you want us to do- it is impossible to play bump and run coverage without lock down corners. You do and it’s audious muchochos! We’ve got good players on defense, but no where near BCS contending depth. To me 3 wins is looking pretty good. Some of you had us penciled in at 3 or 4 wins on the season. Got news for you, we’ve reached that total and the season is only half over.
Keep in mind- Sark had really good skill player talent on offense. In fact during the offseason he marveled over the fact that he was surprised to have so much skill player talent on offense.
Defensively we don’t have that same level of talent. Good, but not great and no depth. Lighten up on Holt- we got the win and for the most part if the defense does not get that interception and return it for a score we don’t win that game. Defense won the Arizona game, not the offense. You guys are trippin’. All I can say is WOW!
Who’s ready to yell out “BRING BACK DONATELL!” You’re kidding right? Again WOW!
All I saw was purple
We aren't play LSU level talent anymore.
The defense won the game? Giving up 33 points and over 500 yards of offense isn’t winning the game. Could you say Foster “won” the game, sure. But right now the defense is our achilles heel, if we want to win 3 more games before the end of the season, we need to see big improvement from the defense.
"Legends are made on the shores of Lake Washington"
"BOW DOWN TO WASHINGTON"
Locker
Locker was putting the ball on their hands, away from the corners all night long. He did his job quite well. Those drops should have been caught, no question, no discussion. If the ball hits BOTH of your hands in the MIDDLE of your hands, and the FBS level you HAVE to make the catch, period.
"Legends are made on the shores of Lake Washington"
"BOW DOWN TO WASHINGTON"
Translation: Nick Foles was taking less then a 3 step QB drop fella 98% of the time.
That’s a pretty serious exaggeration. And it doesn’t change the fact that he usually had all day long to stand in the pocket. C’mon crazi, you can’t deny the fact that our pass rush from our front four has been awful this year.
You guys are really making this harder then it is...
It’s all about progress. We’ve got 3 wins right now and the season is only half over. That’s pretty good, not to mention we are 2-1 in Pac 10 play. Chill on the pass rush thing.
We’re not going to be able to do the things you want us to do- we are who we are and we just need to continue doing what we’re doing and continue to improve in many areas. But if you think we are in for a 6 QB sack night- FORGET IT! WE don’t have speed on the D line- Ty didn’t recruit blazing speed up front. He recruited bulk and size. So we have to play to our strengths and that is concentrating on stopping the run with gap control and manage to get some pressure on the opposing QB in obvious passing downs.
Maybe our numbers don’t show it, but I think our defense is playing pretty dam good! Have you seen Pac 10 play lately? I’ve got news for you, it’s not an offensive-driven league anymore. It’s become a defensive league and when we are sitting 2-1 in Pac 10 play that tells me we are doing something noteworty on defense.
Go Defense! WOOF!!!
All I saw was purple
I'd settle for 1 - 2 sacks per night!!!
“but I think our defense is playing pretty dam good!” – Wow, just wow, that about says it all. If this is pretty dam good, I’d hate to see pretty bad.
"Legends are made on the shores of Lake Washington"
"BOW DOWN TO WASHINGTON"
Our defense is only marginally better than last year. The biggest reason we have 3 wins? Jake Locker, Chris Polk and Steve Sarkisian. We have by far the biggest playmaker in the conference back this year, we finally have a stud RB again to complement Jake, and we have a coach who calls a good game and has the team believing in themselves, a stark contrast to last season.
Once again, I’m not ready to pronounce any long-term judgments on Holt. But progress on that side of the ball so far has been minimal.
By the way,
Can anyone explain the rule on illegal kicking, as charged against us after Mahan’s muff?
It Was Not A Drop Kick.........
as the ball had already hit, bounced and rolled a few times before Mahan kicked it forward.
So
it was ruled illegal because he muffed it (again) outside the tackle box? Because it is legal to drop the ball inside the box and still kick it, and it’s legal to run out of the box and kick it rugby style.
I understand the intent of the rule as applied to non-punting situations, but loss of down and 15 yards from the point of infraction seems a bit harsh in this one. Oh well…
Good Win W/out Jori
-Having Johri out with the flu was huge. When Fogerson come backs I doubt we will see Chirs Polk returning kicks. After Jake, Johri is probably the best natural athlete on our team. Finding a way to win with so many others hurt and ill was huge!
-Zona is tough as heck, and bye stopping the run we eventually were able to take advantage of the inevitable mistakes when a team can only play the passing game.
-Still scratching my head about why we kept throwing at their corners, who once again looked like the best pair of CB’s in the conference. When we threw over the middle we had much more success, as one would expect. Not sure we threw to a slant pattern even once? We did not see that happen.
-Defense is getting better with bending but not breaking. It was great to see and hear the crowd get into the game on that final defensive stand that succured the awesome victory. But it seems that we must adjust better. Hopefully Nick Holt will be up for taking more chances as his younger and less experienced players get further into this season.
-It is always great to win, and that victory last night was as gutsy as they get. If we can remain as pumped and focused as we were last night, even in the face of such mistakes and adversity, we will have a great shot to win in all our remaining games.
perplexed
on the goal line stand with fourth down on the three inch line I think was the highlight of the game.
But I still don’t understand the preceding play. The Zona back fumbled and the Huskies recovered in the end zone but Zona got the ball back on the three inch line. This looks like another PAC-10 anti Washington call. The receiver was definitely not down when he fumbled. The ball was kicked accidentally though was that the reason.
Please enlighten me.
O-line rushing four on five is not inducive to getting to the QB! Giving the opposing QB all the time in the world doesn’t get the defense off the field. A freshman completing 90 percent of his passes. Yes, it happened yesterday in Husky Stadium.
Given up for another moral loss the finish was as exciting as they come. I hope all the recruits were impressed.
perplexed
The Dawgs didn’t recover that fumble. Our guy kicked it back to the reciever who initialy fumbled it was deemed that reciever recovered it at the 3" line.
John B,
I think we understand now that Johri and Bronson have to get more carries. Like I said, Polk is a young player whose body cant take the beating of 25 + carries a game and not get hurt. He sat last year with a bum shoulder and it popped out again this week. That worries me for the last half of the season. Polk is obviously the best back we have (if not one of the best in the Pac 10) and needs to get 90% of the touches, but its in the teams best interest to have Bronson ready if needed.
It looks like your prediction is coming true. I think we will see moreof Fogerson and Bronson in coming weeks. The shouder popping out is a problem even though he returned to the game.
by John Berkowitz on Oct 12, 2009 7:11 AM PDT up reply actions
I think we just need to get those guys ready if needed...
The best way is to beat someone good so we can start getting back ups in….not really a game like that left though. That is one positive about playing a lesser team which we have yet to play this year…heck even Idaho is playing really good football.
Hopefully we can get Polk out into the second level without being touched but so far that isnt looking like how this is going to play out…he will have to keep running hard and playing to the best of his abilities…I really like Polk and want to last all year!.
Either way his future is VERY bright.
not really a game like that left though.
I think the Cougits are still in the PAC-10 and on our schedule. Funny things happen in this game though. Usually an upset. But that would be a stretch barring a rash of injuries which could even things up.
Twice the Huskies knocked out of the Rose Bowl and a premier field goal kicker missing the only field goal in his career that would have won the game.
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