Bruins Bow Down To Washington 24-7
by John Berkowitz on Nov 18, 2010 8:48 PM PST
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PrintThe Washington offense struggled for most of the game but the Husky defense rose to the occasion holding the Bruins to a single score and only 163 total yards on the evening. The Bruins picked up 92 of those yards on 13 plays in the first quarter on the way to scoring their first and only touchdown.
Jake Locker threw an interception in Husky territory on the next drive and it looked like the wheels were about to come off. The Husky defense stiffened and UCLA missed a FG and that was it for UCLA when it came to scoring opportunities in this game.
Cort Dennison made an interception at the Husky 39 to stop a Bruin drive in the second quarter. Locker engineered an eight play 61 yard drive that was highlighted by a three yard Locker TD run. The half ended in a 7-7 tie with the Huskies holding a 165-117 edge in total yards. Keep in mind that 92 came on that drive in the first quarter so the Husky D was basically dominating the Bruins.
Washington struggled to put the game away in the second half despite the dominance of the defense. The Husky offense was hamstrung by crucial penalties that kept wiping out big games. Cody Habben was the biggest culprit of the evening picking up three penalties.
The game was still in doubt in the fourth quarter when Washington blew the game open with two TD's. The first was on a 28 yard interception return by Quinton Richardson. The second was a two yard run by Chris Polk that was preceded by a 37 yard run by Jessie Callier.
UCLA used three QB's after Richard Brehaut was knocked out of the game with a concussion. They combined to complete only 6-25 passes and had three interceptions. The vaunted Bruin running attack was held to only 108 yards on the ground with most of that coming on their lone TD drive.
Chris Polk rushed for 141 yards on 27 carries. Jessie Callier added 105 on only nine carries. Jake was 10-21 passing for only 68 yards and an interception. He was obviously a little rusty in his last game at Husky Stadium but he comes out with a win and most importantly good health.
Game ball goes to CB Quinton Richardson who has his best game as a Husky. His interception return for TD broke open a close game that could have gone either way. Polk and Callier get them too after impressive running performances.
Next up for Washington will be the California Bears in Berkeley a week from Saturday.
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Love the uni’s. Solid game. For whatever reason the offense never looked in sync but the D did a great job to keep us in it. Big Kudo’s to Holt.
Agree offense not in sync – have not been in sync all year O big disappointment. Good thing UCLA QBs so inept plus their receivers not able to hang on to ball. A Win is a WIN. I am old school did not like uni’s.
by lorenzothedog on Nov 19, 2010 6:56 AM PST up reply actions
Huskies dominate after second series
But we couldn’t relax until midway through the 4th. Two more to go.
All that crap about traffic
and it wasn’t even that bad. Bunch of babies in this state creating panic over nothing, sigh.
I’m guessing all the publicity about the game and the potential impact on traffic resulted in a lot of people changing their driving times tonight.
People adapt
They did a good job of getting the word out and organizing solutions to minimize the problems.
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by John Berkowitz on Nov 18, 2010 10:38 PM PST up reply actions
My wife said her drive back from work in Bothell to Seattle was the best its EVER been on a weekday night. And that was an hour before gametime.
The University District was a ghosttown at 12:00 pm , aside from UW fans, when I walked up the Ave. to buy a black sweatshirt for the game.
Much ado about nothing (probably for the best).
The traffic into Montlake around 3 was easy easy
and then my brother and I snuck onto one of those charter shuttlebuses after the game to get back to Northgate.
No problems at all!
remember the I-5 repaving?
I think this was probably similar to the I-5 repaving project on the northbound lanes between the Rainier brewery and the I-90 exits a few years back. There was so much hype about it in the papers and TV news that everybody was aware when it was happening and enough people made adjustments that it turned out to not be the nightmare it could have been.
Same thing last night – the commute on 520 at 5PM is as bad as it gets, so putting a game at 5PM at Husky Stadium would take bad and make it worse if people didn’t adjust their schedules and commutes to account for it. But many people did, and it turned out to not be the traffic snarl it easily could have been if people hadn’t adjusted for the day.
The Most Exciting Moment
The most exciting moment in the game for my friends and family was in the fourth quarter when the cops were called into our section, just a row behind us (and 8 behind T90Dawg) and about 6 seats over. Drunken lout didn’t want to leave peacefully and had the Taser used on him. He actually stayed standing, and then as he’s walking out, decides to get physical with the cops when they’re directly behind us; he got taken down and cuffed and then escorted down the stairs.
Taser Thursday
I love it!
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by John Berkowitz on Nov 19, 2010 2:33 PM PST up reply actions
You're in section 42?
I’m in 40 and saw everyone standing up and looking over in that direction. Didn’t see the majority of the activity, only saw the troopers escorting him down the stairs.
Section 44
We’re in Section 44, row OO. The guy who got escorted out was sitting in row PP.
First time in eight years of season tickets we’ve had any problems in our section (that I know of).
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