Huskies and Cougars Win Mariners Lose

The Washington Huskies Saturday night had another slow start where the Colorado Buffaloes scored on their first possession of the game. It seems that the Huskies are starting off slow especially on the road which is understandable in a way. It is easy to be nervous especially if you are young.

The Huskies though came back and scored a touchdown in the second quarter on a Myles Gaskin one yard run. Gaskin had a big game he was able to score another touchdown in the 4^th quarter. The Buffaloes had a hard time stopping the Huskies running attack giving up 254 yards rushing and Gaskin had 207 of those yards.

The Huskies dominated the second half after the score being 10-7 at half time. The final score in the game was 37-10. It is hard to get back into the game when the other team is running the ball very effectively.

The Huskies will be playing at Corvallis to face the Oregon State Beavers next week. The Beavers lost last week to the Cougars in Pullman 52-23. The Huskies should be a big favorite against the Beavers.

Speaking of the Cougars they played at home against Nevada. They beat them 45-7. Luke Falk passed for five touchdowns in the game including the first three touchdowns with two coming in the first quarter. They had two other touchdowns on runs and a field goal as well.  Nevada didn’t score until late in the 4^th quarter so they would not be skunked. Luke Falk completed 36 passes in 47 attempts for a total of 478 yards. His longest completion was 60 yards. If he continues to do well this year he should be a first round pick as long as he doesn’t get hurt.

Next Friday the Cougars may be playing their toughest game of the year outside of the Apple Cup and a bowl game. They take on USC Trojans in Pullman. That should be an exciting game to see. At this point hard to know who will win the game. I am sure that the Trojans will be favored however the Cougars could easily upset them especially if Faulk has a great game and the defense can keep the Trojans from scoring too much.

In baseball the Seattle Mariners were beaten by the Cleveland Indians on Saturday Night. The final score was 11-4 however most of those runs were given up by Ariel Miranda in the 9^th inning. He gave up five of those runs. It shows to me that Miranda is worn out after pitcher so much for the Mariners over the season. Andrew Moore started the game going four innings giving up three runs and then he was followed by Marco Gonzales who pitched two innings with three hits but didn’t give up a run in the game.

Danny Altavilla followed Gonzales. Two runs were scored against him but they were both unearned because of errors. The Mariners fielding has been very poor in the last eight or nine games. Ryan Garton pitched the eighth inning giving up a run before Miranda took the mound. The Mariners have to win almost the remaining seven games to have any chance in getting to the playoffs.

I am sure the last two weeks in the season will help Jerry Dipoto evaluate what the team will do during the off-season. I am sure that some more changes will happen especially with what we have seen the last two off-seasons. I am sure he will look at the heart of the players well as the talent. How hungry they are to make the playoffs. I am sure he and Servais are not happy what has happened in September when they had a chance to make the playoffs. Go M’s, Huskies and Cougars.