The Huskies today will face one of the best teams in College football when they travel down to Eugene for a tilt versus the #1 ranked Ducks of Oregon.
For Husky fans traveling to Eugene has been a nightmare the past five years including their last trip in their season opener in 2008. It was August 30th and Husky fans had high hopes for their team after a 4-8 2007 team which showed a great offence and a struggling defence. The Huskies got off to a very sluggish start and after the first quarter we were trailing 14-0. The second quarter saw the Huskies creep closer to the energetic ducks but a disaster of a second half saw the Ducks run away with a 44-10 victory.
However, a 44-10 loss today and the majority of the Huskies fans would be pretty satisfied considering the terrible performance last Saturday. Washington was defeated 41-0 to the Cardinal of Stanford, a team that Washington thought they had a chance to compete with at the start of the year.
To put this into perspective. I can't recall a huskies game that I thought we were going to get destroyed by so much. Chip Kelly and his Oregon Ducks team might have one of the best offences in College football history scoring at a pace of just under a point per minuet. Which is best in the country this year.
Thus, the scariest thing of the game today I have not touched on yet. Jake Locker, who has been battling a hip problem maybe all year and will not start in today's rivalry game. Instead, it will be true Freshman Keith Price. Keith Price has been in a few of the games this year, most noticeable would be the USC game where he found Chris Izbick for a 1 yard touchdown catch. Price has a QB rating of 126.7 but those numbers are misleading as he is only thrown nine passes but he has completed five of them. After today's game we will have a good understanding of where he will stand for next year. The reason for not starting Nick Montana is if he sees no game action this year he can still be a Freshman next year.
This game will also mark the first game my buddy Boseko Lokombo plays versus my favorite team. Bo was a grade 12 student when I was in grade 10. He decided to sign his letter of intent with Oregon. Other schools who were in the mix were: WSU, Cal, Boise State an LSU.
My key for the Washington Huskies today is to believe. I believe that anything is possible. The Husky players have to as well. Your not going to win anytime in College Football if you think your going to lose. I believe.
The spread in today's game is an enormous 35 points. That is a spread that you don't see everyday in Pac 10 play. The Huskies haven't done so well against the spread this year going 2-6. My prediction for the game is the Huskies will be feeling the pain a number of times and will end up losing 65-7.
The game has been picked by ABC and will be at 12:30pm.
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