The Washington Huskies were looking to continue the surprising trend this year of the #1 team getting upset For a quarter and a half what was thought to be a miracle was turning into a reality as they had forced a turnover on a fumble and also on downs. However, when the Oregon offence woke up their was no looking back as it was becoming obvious that the Ducks were on route to a 53-16 win.
For the Huskies to have pulled off the upset today the Dawgs would of had to play a perfect game. And yet it was a much improved game from last Saturday, their is still plenty of room for improvement. Numerous times during the game the Huskies wide receivers dropped balls with some of them would of led to a first down. Also, the Huskies had a horrible 3rd down conversion rate of 2-16. When you are trying to upset a superior team like Oregon that stat has to be more 10-16. Lastly we needed to be way more discipline to win this game as the Huskies had 12 penalty's for a total of 84 yards. That stat is also unacceptable as the number of penalty's must be in the single digits.
There were some positives that came from the game on Saturday. Keith Price looked very calm in the pocket, he made good decisions through out the game and his numbers showed that as he finished with 14/28 127 yards 1 TD and no INT's. He did not turn the ball over shows his composer and will help him hopefully help him through out the four years he wears the purple and gold.
Oregon is now 9-0 for the first time in school history. The football crazy fans in Eugene are counting down the days till the BCS National Championship game. The Ducks control their own destiny which means if they win out they will most likely be in that game. My thought is that they will go undefeated and beat whoever opposes them in the Title game.
The big reason why Oregon wore Washington down today was because of the Oregon's deadly running game. LaMichel James had another great game with 26 carries for 121 yards and three TD's. He is in the hunt for the Heisman Trophy. He used strength and speed to power his way to a great day.
If you are a Huskies you have to feel optimistic. I am a very optimistic person who believes on November 6th 2010 the Husky football program will change forever. I believe that Coach Sark is the coach to bring us to a bowl game. We have a bye week to recharge are batteries. Lets finish at least 5-7 this year. Build some momentum in the first two games next year. Fight hard versus Nebraska, beat Cal in Pac 12 opener then on October 1st 2011 we go into Utah and beat them in a classic game because of Keith Price getting the experience in Saturday's game. The Dawgs will be 4-1. I have a feeling! Call me stupid but I have a special feeling that the Huskies program is turning around.
So the Huskies will have a dozen days to prepare for Senior night. It will be a very emotional day for the Seniors who when the signed their letter of intent four years ago thought they had a good chance to get to a bowl game. Well its still possible but its unlikely the Seniors will want to play one of their best games of their carer to try to get to 4-6 and keep their bowl hopes alive. The game is a Special Thursday night game at 5pm on ESPN.
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