Washington Huskies Win in Overtime

The University of Washington Huskies beat the Arizona Wildcats in overtime 35-28 to take their record to 4-0 overall and 1-0 in the Pac-12. Watching the game I didn’t think the game should have gone into overtime the Huskies missed a couple of field goals plus the Wildcats scored to tie the game with less than a minute to go in the game.

The Wildcats were without some of their top players though the Huskies had more talent than them anyway. The Huskies had not beaten the Wildcats in Tucson since I believe 2006. In my mind the most disappointing thing in this game was the defense. For a team that defense is supposed to be their strength they gave away several long distance runs and passes including the play that setup Arizona’s last score to tie the game.

On the positive side the Huskies running was the best has been all season long and Jake Browning continues to improve each week and the passing game was unstoppable. Another positive is that they did win on the road. The first three games were not only against teams that were not up to the Huskies they were all played in Seattle.

Next Friday the Huskies will be playing a national televised game on ESPN against Stanford in Seattle before playing Oregon the following week. The winner of the game will be on track to win the north division of the PAC-12. The media picked Sanford and Huskies one and two in the division before the season started. The winner not only will probably win the division they may be in line to play in the national playoffs as well. Whatever the case whether they win or not this is the best Huskies team we have seen in some time. All the defense has to do is hold their own since the offense looks they should score enough points to be in every game. The defense will have to improve and not give up too many easy points. This is especially true since Stanford may have the best player in Chris McCaffrey who is dangerous whether running the back, catching, punt and kickoff returns. The important thing is to contain him and not have him make too many big plays. The Huskies do have one of the best defenses around to do so if they play up to what they should. Anyway Friday’s game will be exciting in manner and be the best game of the year in the PAC-12. Go Huskies.