Huskies, Zags and Cougs Open Up Monday Night

The Washington Huskies beat Colgate 

Monday night  90 to 76. Colgate is

expected to finish third in the Patriot

League.  Not the level of Big Ten but

good basketball though. Congratulations 

Huskies. 

Nikola Dzepina international player led

the Huskies with 27 points and seven 

rbis.  He made 10 out of 17 from the 

field. When the Huskies went on a

12-0 he had  seven points.  We could 

see the Huskies bringing in more

international players though they have

done that in the past.  Gonzaga has been

known for doing so why not join in. 

Might be a good bifes for the Cougars too.

LeJuan Watts who started at one of the

guard spots was next with 22 points.

He primarily made his points from the

foul line going 14 of 16. Not bad at all.

Wesley Yates III who was the Huskies 

only starter last year started this one 

coming off the bench though he played

30 minutes. He scored ten points with

all coming from outside the three point 

line.  The Huskies only used four bench

players in the game.  Next game for them

is next Monday against Mississippi State.

Gonzaga beat Purdue 78 to 72.  The game

was pretty close most of the way. Each half Gonzaga scored three points more then

Purdue. They only led in double digits 

for a very  short time. 

Braden Huff who was hurt in January 

and missed the rest of the season 

led the Zags playing  36 minutes 

and scored 10 points. He shot 4 for 11

in the field. He led with seven rebounds.

David Fogle led the Zags with 22 points

however made six of eighteen from the

field although he made 9 of 10 at the 

foul line.   Next game up for the Zags 

is home against  New Mexico State on

Saturday. Go Zags

The Washington State Cougars weren't 

as lucky as they lost to Davidson 76-61.

Davidson had a good lead at half time

34-22.  The game has been tied at 13-13 

then Davidson went on a 9-0 run to open

it up. 

Jaylen Harrell led the Cougars with 13

points off the bench.  Dominick Robinson 

had 10 points off the bench too. Jamari

Phillips had 11 points the only one who

started and scored in. He didn't shoot

that well going 3 of 12 with two  being

from the three point line. 

Davidson won the game because they

shot well making 54..7 percent from

the field to the Cougars  35.3 percent.

They made seven more three pointers

than the Cougars who took one more 

shot. The difference in the game for

sure. The Cougars shot 20.8 percent 

from  3 point land. The Cougars next

game is also on Saturday at  High Point 

which is in North Carolina. Go Cougs!

Seahawks A Surprise Loss To the Bears

 Not sure the Seahawks were prepared 

Monday evening as they were against the

Chiefs last week.

The Bears showed why they are a good 

offense and their defense played well 

too.

Sam Darnold was off most of the night 

too.  He got a touchdown near the end

of the end of half throwing to Jaxon 

Smith-Njigba. They missed the extra point. 

The Bears went on a eight minute drive

in the first quarter making it 7-0. The

Seahawks got into the red zone early 

in the second quarter however had to

settle for a field goal. They are ranked

30th in red zone.  The Bears kicked 

two field goals before the touchdown late

in the first half. Score 13-9 Bears. The 

Seahawks all they had to do was play 

in the second half but ended up not 

happening.

The Bears scored a touchdown on a

run in the third quarter the only score in 

the period. Darnold thre another pass

for a touchdown to Cooper Kupp making

it 20-17 lead for the Bears. The  Bears 

recovered quickly on another touchdown

to take the lead 27-17.  The Bears stopped

the Seahawks and then scored another 

running touchdown and that was the game.

So  close  then became far for the Seahawks.

The Final   Bears 34 Seahawks 17.

D'Andre Swift carried the ball 27 times 

for 69 yards however scored the three

rushing touchdowns.  Former Washington 

Huskies wide receiver Rome Odunse had 

four catches for  87 yards a team high.

He didn't have a touchdown but certainly 

helped them get one. 

Now the Seahawks are 4-4  so can't 

afford not many more losses. Next 

Sunday the Seahawks play division 

rival Arizona Cardinals at home.

Go Hawks. 

Cole Young Wins Gold Glove

Come Young in his second season with

the Mariners wo the gold glove at 2nd 

base. He was one of a few who had a 

good season over all. He led  the majors 

with 16 defensive saves of runs. 

Come had his ups and downs at the plate

but ended at .246 which is around the major

league average at .244 and number five as

Mariners starters and his 66 rbis was the same 

Not bad for a player of 23 years old. Expect him

to get better each season.

Where he was real impressive was his batting

average with runners on base at .298 and

53 of his rbis. Only Randy Arozarena had a 

better average with runners in scoring position.

The teams overall batting average was .233.

We wish Cole a long and successful career

as a Mariner.  It has been a while they have

had a good second baseman. We will see 

him primarily at second though occasionally 

at shortstop. We likely see Brendan Donovan 

there on occasion and Michael Arroyo too.

Most likely late in games he could be playing 

back at second even if he starts at shortstop.

Thank you Cole and congratulations. 

Preview Chicago Bears at Seattle Seahawks

This week the game is on Monday night. The 

Seahawks are favored by three points this

week. Hopefully they will do the same as 

against the Chiefs last week.

News is they will have  Jadarian Price and 

Zach Charbonnet are expected to play this

week. We will have to see how that goes

The Seahawks did strengthen the offensive 

line acquiring Quenton Nelson left guard

from the Indianapolis Colts. Anthony Bradford 

will back up both Nelson and Grey Zabel who

moved over to right guard.

Chicago Bears have a 5-2 record second in

the NFC. They lead the NFC in rushing. D'Andre

Swift is their leading rusher with 476 yards

with  seven touchdowns. Kyle Monangai who

is number two with 324 yards and three td's.

Will miss out the game because of a thumb 

injury. 

Very known Caleb Williams is the Bears 

quarterback. has 1020 yards passing with

five touchdowns and one interception.

Luther Burden III is the Bears top receiver

with 35 catches for 491 yards and two 

touchdowns. Former Washington Huskies 

Rome Adunse with 24 catches for 381 yards 

and with no touchdowns yet.

The Bears are ranked seventh in NFL. 

They acquired defensive tackle Jeffrey 

Simmons from the Tennessee Titans

to improve their defense.  

Go Hawks. 

Huskies Win Cougars Lose

This has been a rough season for both

these teams. They both had to go to 

a backup quarterback with one by injury 

and the other by lack of work.  

The Huskies got a win with a treat on 

Halloween. Both teams played very 

good defense and both offenses 

struggled for much of the game though

a few good performances on both sides.

The final was Washington 17 Nebraska 10

The game came down to the last 1:30 in

the 4th quarter. This was a treat for sure.

The Cornhuskers got their only touchdown 

in the first quarter at 1:40 left. The Huskies 

didn't score until 41seconds in the half with

a 50 yard field goal.

Both Huskies quarterbacks were available 

to start but they decided to go with Elijah

Brown. He completed 19 of 30 passes for

136 yards. 

In the middle of the 4th quarter coach Jedd 

Fisch decided he needed some help so brought 

in Desmond Williams Jr.  The Huskies still

looked like they were going to lose at the two

minute warning.  

On a third down Williams was sacked so

it was 4th and 18. The Huskies had no 

choice but to go for it. With a Nebraska 

player all over him he was able to get the

ball off and receiver Chris Lawson caught 

a 24 catch with a foot just inbounds. The

Huskies had the ball at the 25 yard line.

Williams was down twice then he found 

Lawson again for a 25 yard touchdown 

with  1:30 left. 

Nebraska had a chance since they were

down by three points.  15 seconds later 

defensive back Alex McLaughlin stepped 

in front of  the receiver and intercepted the

pass and ran for 48 yards touchdown.

The Cornhuskers need two scores to win

or tie do they kicked a 42 yard fiend goal

at 31 seconds to go. They went for an

inside kick but who recovered it was no

other than Chris Lawson and that was the 

game. Lawson had a career game so far 

with 12 catches for 155 yards and the 

touchdown. Desmond Williams Jr was

7 of 13 for 99 yards. The Huskies are now

5-3 and need one run in the final four 

games to get into a bowl game.

Next Saturday the Huskies are home 

to play early afternoon against Penn 

State. Go Dawgs.

The Cougars and the Aztecs had more

of a higher scoring game with San Diego

State able to win 26-20.  It was a close 

first half with SDSU leading by a  field goal 

17 -14. 

The third quarter the Aztecs kicked a 

field goal the only scoring that period.

At 9:47 left the Aztecs had a touchdown 

to go up by 12 . The Cougars had a

touchdown with 6:55 remaining but

couldn't score again. 

As expected the Cougars threw the ball

for 299 yards and the Aztecs ran the 

ball for 202 yards. The Cougars again 

couldn't run the ball .

The Cougars are now 1-8 so we won't 

see them in a bowl game. Next week 

the Cougars will be off and then play

Colorado St. at home. Go Cougs. 

Preview Washington State at San Diego State

This Saturday afternoon the Cougars take

on the Aztecs in San Diego. The Aztecs 

are favored by 2.5 points at home so

anything will  go. 

This is another game that the Cougars 

will play at the same time as the Huskies

at 4pm Pacific time.  A good way to spend

some time  before going out on Halloween.

You can even flip between both games

as I will.

Last week the Aztecs lost to Colorado 

State in a high scoring affair  56-49.

They have an overall record of 3-5.

Neither team may not make a bowl

game though the home team wins

they have a chance to get in one.

Want to see offense the one to watch.

You can always flip to see the Huskies

or any other game on. This also a good

game for Cougars to see in person.

Jayden Denegal is the Aztecs quarterback 

who is second season after transfered from

Michigan where he played in seven games

in two seasons. This year he is down to

55 percent completions of passes. Also last

year he averaged just over 150 yards a

game to 128 yards.Last year  he had 8 

interceptions and this year  5 which is the

same rate. If the Cougars defense causes 

an interception at that right time that will

help them.  Unlike Owen Eshleman the

Cougars quarterback he doesn't carry the 

ball often and only averages one yard per

carry. 

Javion Kennard is the Aztecs running 

 back who is averaging 5.8 yards per 

carry this season. The  Cougars are 

averaging giving up 171.9 yards a

game and 5 yards per carry. The Aztecs 

not being a great passing team they will

try to run the Cougars who must defend 

better to win. Both teams whoever does

best in turnovers should win.The Cougars

are best against short yardage so the.

Aztecs need will need to run on enough 

long carries. 

Lucky Sutton is the Aztecs other  running 

back and he missed three games and

this will be his third game back. He has

hsd more carries than Kennard. His first

game back in a win over Fresno State was 

his best game having 110 yards on the 

ground averaging 6.1 yards. Last week 

he followed up running for 98 yards. 

Both runnings could find great success 

 against the Cougars who should find

a way to stop them both.

Although the Aztecs will run the ball

most of the time and quarterback 

Denegal isn't great in completions 

their top three receivers are explosive

so the Cougars defensive backs will

have to be sure to contain them. 

The Cougars win could come down 

to their defense and on offense QB 

Owen Eshleman has had success 

running the ball but they did lose 

both games he started although 

against Boise State they were in it 

until the 4th quarter.  Again this 

should be an exciting game with

both teams playing better in the last

couple weeks. Go Cougs. 

Preview Washington Huskies At Nebraska

The Washington Huskies after a week off and

the win against Purdue we are hoping for another 

good game.  

Elijah Brown is expected to start for the second

week in a row. Desmond Williams Jr right now

is listed as questionable to play. The Huskies 

have a record of 4-3 while 1-3 in the Big Ten.

The Huskies have to win two out of their 

final five games to qualify for a bowl game.

It won't be easy to do so however beating 

the Cornhuskers would help.

Nebraska has an overall record at 5-2 and a 

home record of 4-1 so it won't be easy for 

them to win but we will see. Nebraska is

averaging 35.6 points a game and they are

favored by 7.5 points. They are averaging 

235.9 through the air and 194.4 yards on the

ground which is  very impressive..The Huskies 

defense hasn't been as good as expected 

but against Purdue they did a good job.

They will need not give up big yards to the

Cornhuskers. Passing game the Huskies 

are giving up 205 yards in the air. The 

Huskies are number 6 in the country in

interceptions so coming up with some on

the road will certainly help to win.

Anthony Colandrea is the Cornhuskers 

quarterback with 14 touchdowns and 4

interceptions. He has thrown for 1570

yards while completing 62.6 percent.

Jamal Rule a freshman is averaging just 

over 55.85  yards a game with five td's.

His understudy is Mekhi Nelson who is

averaging  44.18 yards a game with 4

touchdowns. So a worthy combination.

Kwazi Gilmer is the Cornhuskers number

one receiver is averaging just over  70

yards a game and 1 touchdown per game

as well. 

We hope for an exciting game and an

upset by the Huskies. Go Dawgs.