Late Saturday afternoon it was important for both the Washington State Cougars and the Washington Huskies to win on the road in the San Francisco area. Unfortunately only one team lost and I actually thought it would be the Cougars losing instead of the Huskies.
The Cougars came back to win the game over Stanford in Palo Alto California. Stanford Cardinal had a two touchdown lead in the first half but the Cougars claw their way back into the game. It was an offensive game throughout. The game looked like it may go into overtime however under two minutes left in the game the Cougars kicked a field a field goal to win the game.
The Huskies on the other hand didn't play a very good offensive game however I didn't think the defense was that outstanding either. I thought the linebackers were missing throughout the game. Head Coach Chris Peterson made a move at the quarterback position near the end of the third quarter replacing Jake Browning for backup redshirt freshman Jake Haener who had only played against North Dakota earlier in the season. Haener ended up doing well throwing two interceptions with the second returned as a touchdown near the beginning of the fourth quarter. California Bears than went for a two point conversion. Jake Browning returned to the lineup after the touchdown by California. The Bears were leading at the time 12-7. The Huskies did get the ball and move down the field where they could have gone for a touchdown to take the lead but they choose to go for a field goal on fourth down instead of going for it. There was a little bit over five minutes remaining in the game. So the score ended up 12-10.
The neighbors to the south the Oregon State Beavers made quite the turnaround on the road at Colorado. The Buffaloes were leading 31-3 in the second quarter when the Beavers made their move. Half time they were behind 24-3. Both teams made a touchdown in the third quarter than the Beavers scored 24 points to the Buffaloes 3 to tie the game at the end of regulation. The Beavers made a touchdown in overtime and the Buffaloes tried to but were unable to do so which ended the game 41-34. It was the Beavers first win after losing 22 games straight on the road.
The Oregon Ducks were beaten badly on the road by the Arizona Wildcats 44-15. The second loss on the road after losing last week to the Cougars. This time they were not able to comeback to make it a close game like against the Cougars.
This means the Cougars are at the top of the north division with only one conference loss while the Huskies, Ducks and the Cardinal each have two losses. The Cougars win their remaining games they will win the north division and go for the Pac-12 championship. November will be an interesting month for these teams.
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