Huskie Blow Out

The University of Washington Huskies took care of Rutgers on Saturday. I am not sure how good that Rutgers are supposed to be though they are in the Big Ten.

The Huskies passing attack was real good especially in the first quarter. John Ross who was out last year caught two passes for touchdowns in the first quarter and then after a field goal by Rutgers he ran back a kickoff for a touchdown. Although the Huskies scored more points he did all that they needed to win the game.

Pettis the Huskies punt returner also returned one for a touchdown as well. I believe the Huskies running game will be better than how it looked on Saturday. They ran for ninety-one yards on thirty carries. I expect they will improve next week against Idaho. Being the first game things do not always work out the way they should even in a big win like this one.

The Huskies defense was Ok and Rutgers scored ten of their thirteen points in the fourth quarter against the Huskies backup players.

In other Pac-12 action the Washington Cougars lost to Eastern Washington 45-42. The game was close in the first half however EW got ahead by ten points in the third quarter. In the fourth quarter each team had a touchdown until with seventeen seconds left the Cougars scored another touchdown to make it the three point difference. EW has been a tough team playing University of Washington and Oregon pretty close the last two years. It would be smart if Cougars or anyone else in the Pac-12 not play EW at the beginning of the season because they are very tough team though they are a lower level team. EW are very similar to the Cougars where they like scoring a lot of points. The Cougars need to look at improving their defense. They have a good passing attack but do not run the ball nearly as often. The Cougars passed forty-one times in the game for over four hundred yards while running the ball twenty-five times for 97 yards. EW ran the ball the same amount of times as the Cougars but ran for one hundred and ten yards. Not a large difference while they passed the ball thirty-five times for four hundred and ninety-six yards. For the amount of times both starting quarterbacks threw the ball each only had one interception in the game.

The Cougars take on Boise State next Saturday who should be favored in the game. The defense will need to play a better game to win because Boise State put up forty-five points in the game they played on Saturday.

Next week we will see how both the Huskies and Cougars do. The Huskies should be 2-0 after next week while the Cougars likely will be 0-2.