Huskies Win the Final Seconds

I have to admit that I stopped watching the Washington Huskies late in the fourth quarter when they went for a fourth down and didn’t make first down or score. The Huskies were down 30-23 at the time with around six minutes remaining. It was one of those games that was close throughout and I thought it was important for them to win especially going into the Apple Cup against the Cougars next Saturday.

I thought it was getting late and so I was ready to go off to bed. I couldn’t believe on line after checking emails and other things to see on social media that the Huskies had won 33-30. I thought I can’t believe it though I am happy for them. I felt bad for Utah because they played a pretty good game most of the way. Their offense did an outstanding job against the Huskies defense which has been the best in the country. I was frustrated because the defensive backs of the Huskies were giving up a lot of deep passes though the defense was stopping the run most of the time. The Huskies though have had injuries to their secondary so it was understandable they were having trouble as well. The Huskies earlier lost one of their defensive players to targeting as well. He was thrown out of the game well as getting a penalty.

I thought that Jake Browning in general was having a pretty good game though he should have thrown some passes away instead of being sacked. This is especially true just before going on fourth down that made me turn off the game. The Huskies running attack continued to be pretty good throughout the game that allowed the passing to go well.

This game was probably a good one for the Huskies to be in to prepare against the Cougars. I expect that this game will be a tight and tough game to play as well. Again the Huskies running game will need to be successful to keep the Cougars offense off the field. The secondary will need to play a better game against the Cougars than against Utah. The positive side to it they know Luke Faulk pretty well.

Stanford won their game against California on Saturday so they can win the Pac-12 north division outright however the Cougars do have a chance. Though I am Husky fan and I hope they do win it will be nice if the Cougars can find a good bowl game to be in just like the Huskies.