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Huskies Beat Cal On Last Play, 16-13

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Posted by admin on November 29, 2010 – 8:35 am
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With the season on the line and with the elements going against them, Washington’s offense saved their best drive of the game for the last.

Down 3 on the road and with 4:39 on the clock, Jake and the Huskies had one last chance to win or tie the game, a tall task amidst driving rain and hail. They didn’t disappoint, though, and the offense marched 78 yards in 9 plays to the California one yard line with 2 seconds left.

UW was faced with a 4th and goal and decided to go for the win rather than the tie. And, instead of running a third consecutive quarterback sneak, running back Chris Polk took the ball and plunged into the endzone, finishing off a dramatic last drive that kept UW’s bowl hopes alive going into the final game of the season.

Jake carried the offense in the final minutes, as the senior quarterback was 3 for 3 passing for 54 yards–including a clutch 46 yard catch by w.r. Jermaine Kearse–and ran 4 times for 14 yards to get the Huskies into scoring position. Jake ended the game completing 17 of 27 passes for 237 yards and a touchdown, an 80 yard toss to D’Andre Goodwin.   

“It’s exciting,” Jake said following the game. “It’s right where we want to be as a football team, and I’m so proud of these guys for fighting and competing the way they did.”
  
The last-second ending set off a jubilant celebration for the visiting Huskies and their purple-clad faithful just as the sun broke through, a somewhat fitting and symbolic occurrence considering what the win meant for the season. The win kept bowl hopes alive for the Huskies (5-6), and a victory in next week’s Apple Cup will give Washington a berth in either the Sun or Holiday Bowl, with an outside chance of the Alamo Bowl.
                                                                                                                            
For a complete summary of the game and stats, click here. Next week, Washington travels to Pullman for a game with Washington State in the annual Apple Cup. The game will kick off at 4:00 P.S.T.

‘The Drive’ Redux: Jake Leads Huskies To Last Second Road Win Over #18 USC

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Posted by admin on October 3, 2010 – 7:06 am
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2 weeks after one of the toughest games of the college football career, Jake responded with quite possibly the guttiest and most clutch performance of his career.

A year removed from a game defining drive that brought the highly ranked Trojans down 16-13 in heart-stopping fashion, Jake and the Huskies had a chance for an encore performance. Down 31-29 with 2 1/2 minutes to get into field goal range and starting from their 23 own yard line, the Dawgs didn’t disappoint. After 3 consecutive incomplete passes, Jake hit D’Andre Goodwin for 18 yards on a crucial 4th and 11 to keep the drive alive. Chris Polk, Jake and the offense kept the rest of the drive on the ground to run the clock down, and with 3 seconds to go clutch kicker Erik Folk repeated his 2009 heroics to give Washington a 32-31 victory.

Afterwards, Jake described what he told his offense before they started the game winning drive. ”So when we got in the huddle I said ‘I love you guys. We’ve got one more down to continue this drive and give ourselves a chance to win this game.’ And there wasn’t one guy in the huddle that thought we couldn’t do it. I looked at each guy in the eye and saw confidence and that’s why I think we were able to convert.”

Jake ended the day with 310 yards on 24 of 40 passing and a touchdown, and also rushed for 110 yards on 12 carries. He also was able to shake off an injury suffered on the goal line early in the 4th quarter, a quarterback sneak that got the Huskies a crucial 1st down on 3rd and 1. The hard hit to the turf knocked him out of the next play, but back up q.b. Keith Price came in to throw a 1 yard t.d. strike to tight end Chris Izbicki to go up 29-28.  There was some concern Jake would be out for the rest of the contest, but he was back at it for the next offensive series.

 ”I knew I was coming back in the game,” Jake explained. “I just got my bell rung. I got a little woozy and fortunately was able to come back.”

 The victory ended a 32 game win streak for the Trojans when playing at home in the evening, and was in stark contrast to just 2 years ago when the Huskies lost 56-0 in L.A.

You can find a complete recap here. Also, be sure to follow Bob Condotta’s Huskies Blog for up to date news and player quotes.

Washington vs USC, Saturday @ 5 p.m.

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Posted by admin on October 2, 2010 – 8:51 am
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The Huskies (1-2) travel down to the Coliseum in L.A. for a 5 p.m. kick-off with the 18th ranked Trojans (4-0) in a game  that marks their first Pac 10 contest of 2010.

The Dawgs will look to rebound off of a hard home loss vs. Nebraska a couple of weeks ago. Last weekend, the Huskies had a bye week that was good timing to get healthy and refocused before Pac 10 play.

“I think it helped to get some guys back and really, really healthy going into this week and starting off Pac-10 play.” Jake said earlier this week. “I think mentally as well, to give us another week of work to fix some of those problems we had and to really focus on them and put them behind us.”

USC will look to avenge a 3 point, last minute loss last year in Seattle, a win that was the talk of the nation after a clutch drive by Jake & company carried the Huskies to victory over the then #4 ranked Trojans. The Trojans have history on their side, as they have won 32 straight night games at home.

The game will be televised live on ESPN2. Next week, the Huskies will open a 2 game home stand vs Arizona State.