The Washington Huskies Saturday played a resilient Oregon St. team and came away with a 35-34 2OT win which will be a game the Dawgs look back on if they end up going to a bowl game.
In a game for the ages the game ended when Oregon St. coach Mike Riley decided to go for two instead of logical extra point try to send it to triple Overtime. In Addition the play selection was very questionable as the Beavers decided to go into a shotgun formation which told Defensive coordinator Nick Holt that they were most likely passing since Ryan Katz is not a scramble QB like Locker is.
You can say what you want about great games by Huskies but this one ranks as one of most all time great Husky games. Firstly there were ties in football games up till 1995 so really you can't say there was a better game then this one on Saturday night. Sure it is up their in the best games ever in Husky history with the 1990 game vs USC, 1991 Rose Bowl vs Michigan , the 1992 game vs Nebraska, the 1994 game vs Miami, 2009 game vs USC and 2009 game vs Arizona. All of these games were great Husky wins but none of those wins had the must drama as this one on Saturday night. If I had asked you would take one play for the game on a two point conversion with the Huskies defence with their defence you would most likely just want to play the full game to see what happened because the huskies D is so terrible sometimes.
That's what happened and on a magical weekend where the Hawks beat the bears, some of that magic that was in Chicago on sunday was in Husky Stadium on Saturday as the Beavers elected to pass and the pass was incomplete with no flags on the plays as Husky fans from all around the globe erupted in excitement.
It is not a true classic though without some controversy and with 4th and 1 for Oregon St. in the second OT Katz pass fell incomplete and the huskies started to celebrate although a late flag came in which was pass interference on UW giving OSU new life. If Oregon St. ended up wining that game their could of been major riots and these two football programs would of been bitter rivals as long as College Football existed.
The game started slowly for Washington they fumbled on their first drive but once the team got going the team looked unstoppable as they built a 21-0 lead mid way through the second quarter. Once Rogers and they Oregon St. offence got going it looked like the huskies would yet again be another typically Huskies loss. But in the second half the Huskies offence came but big including a interception in the end zone that kept this game tied at 21. That was all the scoring in regulation and we were going to OT tied at 21.
In OT Washington won the toss and decided to play on defence. Oregon St. made quick work of Washington on the Beavers first possession and led 28-21. With Washington needing a Touchdown Locker found Kearse over the middle for a touchdown that nodded the game up at 28. In the second OT this time UW got the ball and made quick work. On 2nd and 17 Locker found open for his fourth TD catch of the game and Locker's fifth TD pass of game. More importantly the Huskies retook the lead for the first time since they led 21-14. Oregon St. had a chance to score and on their possession they got into a long 3rd and 20. Oregon St. completed a 19 yard pass to set up the dramatic 4th and 1 where the questionable call gave OSU a 1st and goal. Where two plays later UW won on the incomplete pass on the two point conversion.
The Huskies Jermaine Kearse had a career day catching four out of five TD passes thrown by Jake Locker. Furthermore with Jake Locker having a TD to interception ratio of just above 4 to 1 does this put him back in the Heisman race. Also the Huskies are now smack damn in the middle for the Rose Bowl race. With Ohio State's loss to Wisconsin Oregon would be in the BCS National Championship game if the season ended today. This would mean Pac 10 #2 would be headed to Pasadena on January 1st.
Both of those opportunities for Washington is still a long shot considering we are so inconsistent in are play this year. However lets just enjoy this win as it is a major turn around to the 48-21 loss last year we had to the same Beavers.
Next week the Huskies travel to Arizona to take on the Wildcats. On Saturday Arizona defeated UW's rival WSU 24-7 despite QB Nick Foles going down with an injury. This will help are chances to try to start a two game wining streak something the Huskies haven't done in ages. The game starts at 7:15 again and will also be on ESPN the same station as on Saturday.
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