Game Thread: Washington @ Cal

[RegentDenali]

 

[mrwallace2ku]

Huskies gonna have to "put up OR shut up" today...Gawd I love the Pac!

 

[yeodonie]

Go Cal!

 

[RegentDenali]

Cyler Miles warming up.

 

[WizardHawk]

Cyler Miles warming up.

I've heard there are going to be about that many fans in the stands today. Baseball game on TV they are more interested in en sech.

 

[RegentDenali]

Tacoma News Tribune:

BERKELEY, CALIF. — The popular read on Washington’s Pac-12 Conference game at California on Saturday, say, two months ago, was likely that this is one of the few games on the Huskies’ schedule they should certainly win.

The Golden Bears won one game and lost 11 in 2013, and looked bad doing it. The Huskies easily beat them, 41-17, at Husky Stadium last year.

But Cal (4-1, 2-1 in Pac-12) has looked much better since the start of the 2014 season, winning four of its first five games with the lone loss coming on a successful, last-second Hail Mary by Arizona. The Bears are in first place in the Pac-12 North, qualifying so far as one of the biggest surprises in what has already been a season of upheaval in college football.

The Huskies (4-1, 0-1), meanwhile, enter this game at California Memorial Stadium (3 p.m., Pac-12 Network) facing questions about their inconsistent offense and a young secondary that will have its hands full against the Bears’ balanced, high-scoring attack.

If UW harbors any hopes of competing for the Pac-12 North title — each team in the division has a loss, so it’s still wide open — this visit to Berkeley can be classified as a “must-win.”

But it’s no longer the “definitely will win” it appeared to be before everyone actually started playing.

“It’s going to be crazy. Nobody’s that much better than anybody,” Huskies linebacker Travis Feeney said of the early Pac-12 results. “Anybody can beat anybody on any given day. There’s no easy games in the Pac. Every team’s good.”

 

[RegentDenali]

PRIME NUMBERS

WASHINGTON

No. Name, Pos., Ht., Wt., Year

2 Kasen Williams, WR, 6-3, 217, Sr.

Will he finally be a bigger part of UW’s offensive gameplan this week?
8 Hau’oli Kikaha, OLB, 6-3, 246, Sr.

7 sacks already this season, and should lead effort to pressure Goff
10 Cyler Miles, QB, 6-4, 225, So.

Could use a bounce-back game after rough outing against Stanford
20 Kevin King, S, 6-3, 183, So.

Expected to return from illness and play
CALIFORNIA

No. Name, Pos., Ht., Wt., Year

1 Bryce Treggs, WR, 5-11, 185, Jr.

Team’s leading receiver with 22 catches, 312 yards, 5 TDs
8 Michael Barton, LB, 6-0, 225, So.

Team-high 35 tackles, including 3 for loss
9 Trevor Davis, WR, 6-2, 190, Jr.

Returned two kickoffs for TDs last week at WSU
26 Griffin Piatt, S, 6-3, 200, So

33 tackles, and 3 INTs leads team

 

[seahawksfan234]

This game should tell us a lot. I went into Husky Stadium two weeks ago expecting to have left by the third quarter being down 3 scores. The team put up a good performance against a good Stanford team, it will be interesting to see how we can do against a team that is not as talented as Stanford.

 

[Ironbreaker]

I think we score, problem is going to be stopping Cal.

 

[WizardHawk]

Just don't give up the explosive plays, or at least not many.

 

[WizardHawk]

Wow, the flag wasn't on UW for once.

 

[RegentDenali]

3 and out. Way to go Huskies!!!

 

[seahawksfan234]

Good job getting the ball back. Let's see if Cyler Miles can put his talent to use.

 

[Ironbreaker]

...and the refs make their presence known.

 

[seahawksfan234]

I'm interested to finally watch Miles on TV. I buy the cheap tickets and sneak into the Dawg pack and it's difficult to scout him in the student section due to being in the North Endzone the view sort of sucks.

 

[seahawksfan234]

Mickens needs to run that route to the first down, can't stop a yard short.

 

[Ironbreaker]

Cant be getting into 3rd and long all day again.

I did like the first long ball attempt though.

 

[pistlpete]

Mickens needs to run that route to the first down, can't stop a yard short.

We had the same problem vs Stanford.

 

[HaroldSeattle]

To bad that bomb was under thrown. Lucky it was pick off.

 

[WizardHawk]

Baker looked lost on that play