Horrible loss – simply awful. Blame this one on both the offense, defense and coaching staff.

Why Sark didn’t call for a review on that Austin TD “catch” is beyond me – another coaching error on his part. And why he only ran Polk 7 times in the 1st half when he had more than 100 yards rushing – I just don’t get that. We were gashing the heck out of the Bruin D, yet Sark kept having Jake throw the ball with moderate but limited success.

Jake himself didn’t have his best day, making some bad decisions that killed drives. One sequence there he tried twice in a row to force a ball to Middleton, and early in the first quarter ignored an open Kearse on an underneath route in favor of trying to force something further downfield that he eventually just threw away.

The defense generated some turnovers, but that was just about the only way they got UCLA off the field. Almost no pass rush yet again, and that’s against a UCLA offensive line that has been really bad. We shut down their standard running game pretty well, but were gashed repeatedly by the wildcat. They finally wised up and realized that when Knox was lined up at QB that he was keeping it (you knew he wasn’t going to throw the ball).

Just an unfathomable loss, and yet another missed opportunity that should haunt this staff and team in the off-season. We should be bowling, but this loss, along with the losses to Notre Dame and ASU will likely be the difference.

Better hope Sark the recruiter can hang on to the blue-chippers he’s got committed, because the UW momentum is slipping.

John—

I know you said it’s not a “moral victory,” but to even write those words in a blog post, in any context, in any way, is a complete joke. I can’t even believe you would begin to fathom the idea of writing about a “moral victory,” especially against a team that is 0-5 in the Pac-10. What a joke.

Fact #1: Sark is the worst red zone offensive playcaller in the nation

Fact #2: Locker is the most overrated QB in the nation

Fact #3: Our O-Line is a useless abomination

Fact #4: Our pass coverage is AT LEAST 9th in the conference

I mean, some serious heat. Red zone playcalling vs. Notre Dame, Oregon, and UCLA was a joke. There have been instances of bad red zone playcalling all year. Clock management vs. ASU lost us the game. Also, he needs to grow some fu*king cojones and challenge some plays. Not challenging the 2 point conversion at ND and the touchdown today by UCLA is unforgivable. Those timeouts he saved really came in handy, didn’t they?

Did we make the right hire? I’m starting to think NO. Sark is a rookie head coach. ’Nuff said.

The more I read the blogs the more I hate them. Let me see if I have this right. After going 0 and 12 and with a coach who would not recruit everyone thinks in a first year of a new coach UW should be going to a bowl game. This is not a quick fix we all should have known it would take some time. Sark is the right coach for some of the talk of getting a new coach is wrong. I said from the start 3 to 4 wins would be a great start.

For those of you who think you are a better head coach go apply for a coaching job and show me how great you are as a coach. When any of you turn around an 0 and 12 team and take them to a bowl in your first year let me know.

Things will get better we just have to be patient we have a great class coming in UW will get better

like Robert said above me, what did you all expect? I know I personally wasn’t expecting us to beat ‘SC, and play wire to wire against some of our opponents this season. What I don’t like about Sark will honestly all be fixed with time and a more talented O-Line, Deeper Runningback core, and a pass rush. Our redzone offense sucks, and we don’t have a big bruising back, who we can use in the redzone to blast through the inside and score. As much as I love Polk, he isn’t that great in the redzone. But he is great every down back from 10 to 10. We are bringing in some good Linemen so the line problem should be fixed sooner rather than later, which would help all facets of the game. And Pass rush wise, we aren’t that great, but with some solid pass rushers we should be better, along with some good interior D-Linemen and a good corner opposite of Dez. I’m not worried about the next 3-5 years of QB play with the signing of Montana, and Cooper’s signing along with Chris Polk is a very, very solid young backfield already. Sark is one of the premier recruiters on the West Coast already, as evidence of a top 50 ranked class as a new HC of an 0-12 team, along with a top 25 class this season, potentially a top 20 class when all is said and done with a 3-6 team.
That being said, he is like a freshman quarterback, you see the potential, but you see the mistake a little bit clearer at times.
(not bad for a first post on here right ;))

Ok, I’m not satisfied either, it stings every time I sit down to watch the game. But seriously, we’re acting like this should be a totally different team! It’s nearly the same team. Our lines are obviously the root of the problem, but instead of calling for Sark’s head already, let’s enjoy the fact that the t.v. can stay on late into the 4th quarter! It’s going to take some time. Sark made mistakes, Jake made mistakes, our defense isn’t capable of stopping UCLA but seriously, 0-12 last year, I know we want to forget it, but it does explain a lot of this. I’m excited for the future of Washington football. Let’s stay on our teams side and not fall by the wayside.

they should win. The Huskies are talented enough to have won 6 games this year. This new head coach talk is just nonsense.

Kirk If Jake had played all year I think they would have won two games. You have to remember the last coach was LAZY and all he wanted to do was play golf. This team just ran out of gas. Teams with the best talent will win 9 out of 10 times and tw never recruited any real talent. If you think I am wrong just watch the NFL how many ex UW players are playing on Sunday.

Sark was left with a big mess that will take time to fix. I don’t think any so called top coach would take this team to a bowl game. This is why I say everyone needs to be patient.

Kirk I understand your point even with the last coach out of the equation you still need the top high school talent you can get. Without some top talent you are going uphill and I still think 3 wins. I think there has been alot of improvement take away two games UW has been in every one which is something no one could say last year.

We all know Sark can call a great game just go back to the Rose Bowl and I think the higher powers got it right with Sark. He can recruit and is showing everyone that he can bring in a top class. UW is going down a long road that will take some time to fix but Sark will fix it.