Preview Washington Huskies Football at UCLA

The Washington Huskies take on the

UCLA Bruins for the first time since

coming to the Big Ten Conference.

The Huskies are a 10.5 favorite in the 

game. The game takes place at the

Rose Bowl.

News is that Jonah Coleman who

didn't play against Purdue is expected

to play. Status of Tuesday November 18

they are not sure whether wide receiver 

Denzel Boston will be able to play. 

Last year the Huskies best the Bruins 

31-19 at Huskies Stadium. The last time 

they played at the Rose Bowl was September 

30, 2022 when the Bruins won 40-32.

This year the Bruins have an overall record 

of 3-7 and are 3-4 in Big Ten. The Bruins

are averaging 19.4 points a game while

giving up 32.4 points a game. 

The Bruins are averaging 122 yards on 

the ground while they passing 202.7 yards

in the air.  What is making why they are 

giving up so many points the defense is

giving up 244 yards on the ground and

187 in the air.  This means that if Jonah

Coleman is back he should have a big

game in the Rose Bowl. The other Huskies

running backs should have a big day too.

The Huskies should start out running the

ball which will setup the pass.

The UCLA Bruins quarterback is Nico

Imaleava a sophomore who transferred 

from Tennessee. He has completed 63.7

percent of his passes. He has thrown 259

passes completing 165.  Nico has 12 Tds

and 7 interceptions. Nico leads the Bruins

in rushing attempts as well as yardage.

96 attempts for 474 yards and four touchdowns. 

Jaivian Thomas a sophomore who transferred  is second in attempts 

81 carries for 294 yards.  Jalen 

Berger a senior is third in carries 

and Anthony Woods is fourth.

The Bruins have four wide receivers 

with at least 20 catches. Sophomore 

Kwazi Gilmer leads with 37 catches 

for 432 yards and three touchdowns.

Rico Flores Jr. has 25 catches for 271

yards but no touchdowns. Number three

is Mikey Matthews a transfer from

California with 23 catches for 272 yards

and a touchdown. Titus Mokiao-Atimalala

has 20 catches however leads with 12.6

yards per catch and has three touchdowns.

The Huskies success this season has been

at home however they are 2-2 on the road 

which is better than last year. The Bruins

have struggled at home 2-3 so we hope 

to see that again. Go Dawgs!

WSU Cougars Beat Southern Utah

The Cougars beat the Thunderbirds 

as expected 98-74.

The Cougars had 48 points inside. They

took 12 more shots and made 12 more 

more than the Thunderbirds the exact difference in the game. The Cougars 

shot 57.4%  compared to 48.2 for the

Thunderbirds which are both healthy 

percentages.

The Cougars outscored the Thunderbirds 

by 14 in the first half and 10 in the second.

The Cougars had four players score in 

double figures. They were led by ND Okafor 

with 27 points. This is his highest output 

since coming to WSU.  He was 6-6 in the

first half shooting and 12 of 24 overall.

The Cougars success may have Okafor 

in the middle of it all.  The Cougars are

now 2-3 on the season. Go Cougs!

Washington Huskies Men Win In Overtime

For most of the night the Washington Huskies were behind then they tied in regulation 

then won in second overtime.

Final Huskies 99 Southern 33

The Huskies were shorthanded so it

was a tough night. A team like Southern 

wanted to show that they belong.

While ahead they were able to get

to balls ahead of the Huskies.

Freshman Hannes Steinbach was out

with an injured ankle. The Huskies had 

only nine healthy players. Wesley Yates 

led the Huskies for the second game 

in a row with 23. In all they had four 

players in double figures.

Quimari Peterson who has been coming

off the bench played 50 minutes in this

one with players out. He had 15 points.

Desmond Claude who had been hurt

played  35 minutes coming off the

bench. He scored 20 points.

The Huskies I am sure happy not to

play again until Thanksgiving so guys

will get healthy. Go Dawgs!

Look at Washington, Washington State and Gonzaga Men's Basketball

Washington Huskies are off to a good 

start in non-league men's basketball 

action with a 3-1 record. The only loss

is against Baylor

The Huskies face Southern who have

a 2-2 record on Tuesday. The two losses have been to Arkansas and Marquette who are

on the same level as the Huskies.

They have won their last two games

however not to the same level as

the Huskies.  The Huskies have one

more game in November on Thursday 

the 27th against Nevada at home.

Happens to be Thanksgiving.

The  WSU Cougars  men's have two

games remaining in November as well.

The Cougars are getting off to a

rough start with a 1-3 including a loss

to the Huskies last Friday 81-69.

The  Cougars had a roster turnover

both in graduation and the transfer

portal so mostly new guys trying to

get to know each other.

On Wednesday they play home to

Southern Utah.  The Thunderbirds

have a 1-4 record.  Monday night

they lost to Gonzaga 122-50 in

Spokane.  The Zags had a 32 point

lead at halftime however the second 

half was worse for the Thunderbirds 

as the Zags scored 40 more points than them. This allowed the Zags to play six

players off the bench for at least 15

minutes.

The final game for the Cougars in

November will be next Monday.

The game will be against Chaminade.

All know about them is they are NCAA 

division 2 and in Hawaii where the

game will be played.

The Zags have two games remaining

in November as well.  The two games

will take place MGM resort in Nevada.

The first one will be Monday against

11th ranked Alabama. That should be

a great game  to watch.  They put their

5-0 record on the line.  The second 

game will be on Tuest against Maryland.

Go Zags!

 

News Expect Naylor To Return

Sunday word came out that Josh

Naylor is going to sign a five year 

deal with the Seattle Mariners.

Naylor was a major player when 

they traded for him a week before 

the deadline from Arizona. He was 

a major contributor for the Mariners 

making the playoffs and almost

getting into the World Series.

The Mariners made him a priority 

as they don't have a first baseman 

in their minor league system to

come up yet. Had they not signed

him they would have had to sign

another free agent to play first

base or trade for one.

As the saying goes it is best to go

with who you know then try to

find someone who are not sure of.

Naylor became a strong member 

in the middle of the lineup as soon

as he arrived.  He plays solid first

base too. Though he can hit home

runs he can hit a lot of doubles as

well. Also he likes hitting in T-Mobile 

Park as well. We haven't found a lot

in the that category.

Naylor is 28 years old so five years

seems like the right amount of years

for him and the Mariners.

Naylor sees to be a leader and hits

the way the team wants the everyday 

lineup to do so. I hope Julio can

follow suit and hit more the other 

way. I expect Cal will do the same.

Cal hitting 60 home runs on the season 

we can count on pitchers continue

throwing him different. If he can hit

more doubles that will bring his batting 

up and driving in more key runs will

help.

Next on the list will the Mariners pursue

Jorge Polanco and or Eugenio Suarez 

or both. Polanco showed his value

though a bit inconsistent he did do quite

well when the Mariners needed him.

Suarez didn't hit well at T-Mobile Park 

on his return. He is an assit in the

locker room however is that enough.

Do the Mariners want to keep looking

at Ben Williamson for third base.

I believe he can improve at the plate

especially with Naylor returning.  They

seem to be similar type hitters though

Williamson hits right handed instead of

left handed. We know he is playing third.

Polanco will be an assit being dh against

righties and playing second base against

lefties as Cole Young looks to improve.

We have to remember  he is still young of 

age.

See what the Mariners do next. Enjoy

the Hot Stove League.

Rams Beat Seahawks Again

The Seahawks are 0-5  now while facing 

Matthew Stafford at quarterback 

as a Ram. 

It was the Seahawks worst game of the

season and Sam Darnold continues 

to have trouble against the Rams.

Darnold threw four interceptions which

didn't help matters.

The Seahawks were in the red zone 

three times in the first half and had 

to settle for three field goals. They were

down 14-9 at half time.

The final score was Rams 21 Seahawks 19

The Seahawks stop the Rams under two

minutes so had a chance to win anyway.

The Rams punter was able to kick

the ball inside the one yard line to make

it difficult on them. The Seahawks wasted

some time on the clock as. In the end though

Kicker Jason Myers went for a 62 yard 

field goal. It looked like it was long enough

however the ball went way to the right

though so the Seahawks lost.

Next week the Seahawks go to Tennessee 

where the Titans have had a very good

season. The Seahawks have done well 

on the road so we hope they are able

to bounce back.  Go Hawks!

WSU Cougars Win At Home

Saturday evening the Cougars beat

Louisiana Tech easily 28-3. 

The Cougars first score was almost

midway of the first quarter when 

quarterback Zevi Eckhaus threw

a 23 yard touchdown pass to wide

receiver Josh Meredith.

Eckhaus had ran for a touchdown run

at 12:11 of the second quarter. LA

Tech had a field goal to end the first

half. There was no scoring in the third 

quarter.

Eckhaus had another touchdown run 

of one yard early on in the 4th quarter.

Running back Kirby Vorhees ran for

a touchdown for l9 yards to put icing

on the win. He led the Cougars with 

76 yards followed by Eckhaus 56 yards.

Highlights is LA Tech Bulldogs use

two quarterbacks. Evan Bullock mainly

a throwing quarterback completed  four

of ten passes for 36 yards. The other

is Trey Kukuk who is more run first.

He led the Bulldogs with nine carries

for 39 yards. Throwing he completed

five of eight for 24 yards. For a team

that throwing is their game they only 

had 60 yards total.

Another key the Cougars had the ball

just over ten more minutes than the

Bulldogs. They carried the ball on the 

ground 39 times compared to throwing

the ball 25 times. 

The Cougars defense only allowed three

first downs on eleven tries on third downs.

They had three sacks while the offense

wasn't sacked at all. Eckhaus being mobile

ran out of the pocket to pass several times

though the offensive line did a good job

protecting him when he stayed in the

pocket.

Next Saturday the Cougars play at James

Madison and final regular season at

home the following Saturday at home

against Oregon State where they hope

to return the favor after losing at Corvallis.

Go Cougs!