While the Seattle Seahawks were getting their roster down to 53 players the northwest colleges were playing their first games of the season. The Washington Huskies played the big game of the four northwest Pac-12 teams taking on Auburn back in Atlanta Georgia. The games was competitive however the Huskies ended up losing 21-16. The difference in the game was that Auburn was able to score a touchdown in the 4th quarter while the Huskies were only able to get a field goal along with the fact that the Huskies made too many errors especially having opportunities to score. The positive side though the Huskies are still in the running for the national championship series but they would have to win all the remaining games on the schedule. Next Saturday they take on North Dakota in Seattle followed by Utah on the road in two weeks. Other then the errors in the game they will win both those games if they play the same as against Auburn. Myles Gaskin led the Huskies in rushing with seventy-nine yards that gave him the all-time career rushing for the Huskies going passed Napoleon Kauffman. Jake Browning threw for 296 yards with one touchdown 18 completions in 32 throws. Not bad at all in the first game against a good opponent. Receiver Aaron Fuller had the most catches and yardage with 7 for 135 yards however it was Quinten Pounds who scored the only touchdown on his only reception of 13 yards. I am sure next week against North Dakota the offense will be more crisp along with the defense.
The Washington State Cougars had their opening game at the same time as the Huskies against Wyoming. winning 41-19. The game actually was close until the fourth quarter when the Cougars scored twenty-one points to the Cowboys zero. The Cougars got the initial lead of the game in the first quarter scoring a field goal and then a touchdown then the Cowboys came up with a safety so the Cougars led at the end of the first quarter 10-2. The Cowboys got a touchdown to close with in one point in the second quarter than the Cougars had a field goal but the Cowboys had another touchdown to lead at half time 16-13. Wyoming had a field goal in the third quarter then Cougars had a touchdown to take another one run lead at 20-19. The Cougars dominated the fourth scoring three touchdowns including the last one with forty-four seconds left in the game. Gardner Minshew was the starting quarterback for the Cougars. It wasn't known by the public until the Cougars took the field. He threw for 319 yards and three touchdowns. The Cougars also had two running touchdowns as well. The next two games the Cougars will be at home playing next Saturday against San Jose State followed by Eastern Washington. Both of those games should be high scoring since San Jose State and Eastern Washington are known for their offenses doing so well as the Cougars.
The Oregon Ducks had an offense explosion beating Bowling Green 58-24. The big quarter was the second for the Ducks when they scored thirty points to take a half time lead of 37-17. They scored fourteen in the third and seven in the fourth quarter. Quarterback Justin Herbert rushed for a touchdown along with throwing five other ones. The Ducks had to come back after being down ten to nothing in the first quarter. The Ducks take on Portland State next week followed by San Diego State.
The Oregon State Beavers had to take on a big program in Ohio State and as suspected lost however big time 77-31. Basically that is all you can say about that game. The third quarter was only quarter that the Beavers outscored the Buckeyes 17-14. They take on Southern Utah next Saturday followed by Nevada the following week. Hopefully things will go much better for the Beavers the next two weeks.
Now to look at the Seattle Seahawks roster going into the first regular season game next Sunday in a couple surprise moves they put quarter Austin Davis and cornerback Byron Maxwell on the injured reserve list which means both will miss the whole season. I would have thought that Seahawks waive Davis and Maxwell instead. Among those waived by the Seahawks were veteran linebacker D.J. Alexander, last year's third round pick wide receiver Amara Darboh, cornerback Mike Tyson sixth round pick of last year. and seventh round pick this year quarterback Alex McGough who might return on the practice squad. The Seahawks put on tight end Ed Dickson signed as a free agent to the reserved/non-football injury. They acquired tight end Darrell Daniels from the Indianapolis Colts for wide receiver Marcus Johnson and safety Shalom Luani from the Oakland Raiders for a seventh round pick of next year.
The breakdown of the Seahawks roster as it looks now two quarterbacks in Russell Wilson and newly acquired Brett Hundley from the Green Bay Packers, six backs including fullback Tre Madden and J.D McKissic who will start the season injured, five receivers in Doug Baldwin, Tyler Lockett, veteran Brandon Marshall, Jaron Brown who played for the Arizona Cardinals up to this year and David Moore who was on the practice squad last year, three tight ends including Daniels who they just picked up from the Colts, Nick Vannett, rookie Will Dissly from the University of Washington, nine offensive lineman, ten defensive lineman, six linebackers including rookie Shaquem Griffin the twin brother of cornerback Shaquill Griffin, five cornerbacks and four safeties still without Earl Thomas. The Seahawks go with Sebastian Janikowski at placekicker, Mike Dickson at punter and long snapper Tyler Ott at long snapper. The look at the Seahawks roster at this time.
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