Huskies Dominate Cougs in Apple Cup

Once again the Washington Huskies beat the Washington State Cougars in easy fashion 41-14. The score doesn’t actually indicate how one sided the game actually was. The Huskies led the game 24-0 at half time and it could have been a bigger lead than that. The Cougars scored both touchdowns in the fourth quarter when it looked like the Huskies would shut them down.

This game reminded me of the Super Bowl between the Seahawks and the Denver Broncos. The Huskies shut down the mighty Cougars passing attack in the same way the Seahawks took care of Payton Manning.

Most of the evening Luke Falk had a hard time when trying to pass the ball; he threw two interceptions in the first half along with being sacked four times. Things didn’t get any better for him in the second half either.

The Huskies lost receiver/punt returner Dante Pettis in the first quarter to an ankle injury and then lost backup running back Coleman to another leg injury. Both of them are expected to play in whatever bowl game the Huskies end up going to. With both of them out running back Myles Gaskin did most of the work scoring four touchdowns and running for almost two hundred yards in the game.

The Huskies defense especially with the defensive line and the secondary did such an outstanding job. Often Falk had some time but none of the receivers were opened so eventually the line was able to sack him. This all shows what might have been if the Huskies had not lost to Arizona State earlier in the season. They also lost to Stanford a couple weeks ago however the Arizona State game was the big one to lose. Anyway it has been a good season winning now ten games and sure beats losing all the games or winning only a few.

In the NFL the Seattle Seahawks won the road against the San Francisco 49ers. Not always easy for them on the road however we are talking about the 49ers. Again the Seahawks started out slow however picked it up in the second half. Russell Wilson was the man to get the offense going while the defense played a solid game. The final score was 24-13 however the 49ers didn’t score their touchdown until the last play of the game. The game was still up for either team until the fourth quarter. The Seahawks had a lead of 14-6 going into the final quarter.

The rushing game was again a sore spot for the Seahawks they only gained 90 yards on 30 attempts for an average of three yards per carry. The passing game had a total of thirty-four attempts so it was nearly fifty-fifty running and throwing the ball. A lot of that happened to do with rain at the game. The 49ers only had three more plays than the Seahawks in the game so that part was pretty even. It was nice to see the secondary play a solid game on their second time without Richard Sherman and Kam Chancellor. Next week will be the challenge facing the Philadelphia Eagles in Seattle. The Eagles are having a pretty good season and should be favored in the game. Have more details later in the week. So go Hawks.