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‘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.

Huskers Beat Huskies With Big Plays

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Posted by admin on September 19, 2010 – 8:11 am
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The Nebraska Cornhuskers brought their A-game on Saturday to Husky Stadium, and left with a 56-21 victory over the Huskies.

The Huskers exploded out of the gate with a 14-0 lead, and the Dawgs would never catch up. Holding a 28-14 halftime lead, the Huskers started the second half with a one-play, 80 yard touchdown run from quarterback Taylor Martinez and did not let off the gas pedal: they added a defensive touchdown, a 65 yard touchdown run by Roy Helu Jr. and a 19 yard run by Rex Burkhead to cap the scoring.

For the Huskies, outside an 80 yard drive in the first quarter and a 2 play, 78 yard scoring drive in the game, the offense struggled to get anything going. Jake ended the game with 130 yards of total offense, with 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions. Afterwards, Jake was asked if this was the type of game that will define the Huskies season.

“You can’t (let it linger), if it does it will affect the way you play the rest of the season” Jake said. “It’s the third game of the year, there is still a lot of football to be played and the greatest part of this is we get to play another one in two weekends so it’s going to be important to put this one behind us, have two good weeks of work and get ready to start Pac-10 Conference.”

You can read the full interview with Jake here. And, for a full recap of the game you can go here.

The Huskies have this week off and will prepare for the start of Pac 10 play, beginning in 2 weeks at the USC Trojans on October 2nd.

Week 4 Buzz

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Posted by admin on September 26, 2009 – 8:11 am
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A lot of excitement around the internet after the big victory last Saturday over the #3 USC Trojans.

Monday:

Finally, somebody in the mainstream media thinks Jake is worthy of a Heisman watch.

And Rivals shows Jake’s stock is rising in its most recent ranking chart.

Tuesday:

Jon Wilner of the Mercury News believes Jake is the best quarterback in the Pac 10.

Bob Condotta of the Seattle Times says that Jake’s stock has skyrocketed with the Huskies.

Jon Ellsworth of the Bleacherreport.com says that Locker is the best quarterback in the West and should be considered a Heisman candidate.

Wednesday:

Wes Bunting of the National Football Post says that Jake is the best NFL prospect out of all positions in the country. That is big praise.

Pete Carroll still likes Jake’s abilities an awful lot.

Thursday:

The Seattlepi Sports Blog has this nice story on Jake’s relationship with Kyle Roger the success of the fund raising efforts in Kyle’s honor, spearheaded by Jake’s announcement in the media of the cause.

Friday:

Todd McShay, ESPN.com NFL draft analyst, says that Jake has moved up to #7 overall in his player rankings.

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Don’t miss today’s game at 6 p.m. against the Stanford Cardinal in Palo Alto, CA. Look for the game on Comcast College Sports, channel 412-415 depending on where you live.

GO DAWGS!

Epic Victory for Locker & The Huskies

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Posted by admin on September 19, 2009 – 4:33 pm
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The Washington Huskies shocked college football nation today at Husky Stadium, beating third ranked USC Trojans 16-13 on Erik Folk’s 22 yard field goal with 3 seconds left. It was the first victory for the Huskies against USC since 2001.

Jake led a great team effort against the Trojans. Locker was 21 of 35 for 237 yards and a rushing touchdown, in addition to leading the offense down the field on the game winning drive. With 4 minutes to go, the Huskies got the ball back after USC tied the game 13-13 and didn’t give it back. Locker made some key 3rd down throws, with great catches by Jermaine Kearse and James Johnson on the drive, ending in Folk’s 3 field goal of the day.

It was a great day for Husky nation. A ton of links to come.

Week 3 Buzz

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Posted by admin on September 16, 2009 – 2:59 pm
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Less than 3 days until the Huskies and Trojans kick off their respective conference seasons against eachother at Husky Stadium.

The Trojans, ranked 3rd in the nation, are 2-0 after winning at home against San Jose State and a thrilling victory at #8 Ohio State last weekend. The Huskies are 1-1, dropping the first game to LSU and winning at home against Idaho last Saturday.

USC Washington FootballLeading up to the nationally televised game against USC, a lot of internet spotlights on Jake and the Dawgs:

Saturday: Buster sports details how intriguing it will be to see watch the USC defense against Jake and the Husky offense.

Sunday: There has been increased clamor about the strides the Husky offense has shown 2 games in, and how well Jake has improved in his passing efficiency.  Jake is currently at 60% completion percentage for the season with only 1 interception.

Monday: Jake spoke to reporters and answered questions on a variety of topics–you can find many of the quotes here. Included in the interview, Jake spoke about getting amped for the game and channeling the emotions: “Football has a lot of emotions involved in the game,” Locker said. ”It’s something that will be addressed to the whole team today. We have to put it behind us and understand we are getting ready to prepare for a good football team and don’t want to give them any reason to prepare or play harder this week. We have to take care of what we can control and that’s practice this week and how we prepare Saturday. Let all that other stuff take care of itself. Don’t need to talk about it, just worry about ourselves and focus on ourselves and go from there.”

Tuesday: Everyone’s favorite Cougar fan, Seattle PI columnist Jim Moore, wrote that “If Locker’s not a Heisman Trophy candidate in the making, who is?”

Wednesday: Tim Booth of the AP writes about how USC Coach Carroll has praise for the abilities of Locker: “I think Jake is one of the best players I’ve ever seen in this conference, in all the years we’ve been here,” Carroll said. “He’s the most extraordinary athlete at the position we’ve seen, and I saw that as a freshman.”

4 TD’s for Locker as Huskies Cruise to Victory

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Posted by admin on September 13, 2009 – 5:27 pm
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Jake and the Husky offense was clicking on all cylinders Saturday, as they scored touchdowns on their first 5 possessions en route to a 42-23 victory over the visiting Idaho Vandals.

Jake continued to look comfortable in the pro-style offense as he improved his season percentage to 60%, hitting 17 of 25 passes for 253 yards and 3 touchdowns, in addition to 18 yards rushing and a touchdown on the ground.

The junior quarterback made some highlight worthy plays throughout the afternoon, including a signature scramble and pinpoint 35-yard strike to D’Andre Goodwin on 3rd and 14 from the Vandal 41, which led to his own 3 yard touchdown run on the next play.

In describing the dynamic play, Locker said that ” a (defensive) guy kind of got free on the right side there and I tried to get out and I saw another guy so I was just turning to figure out a way to get out of there and not take a sack. Then once I did had a lot of room to work with from the hash to the sidelines, so I just got my eyes downfield to see if a guy could get open and he was running across the field wide open so I just threw it down to him and we were able to convert on a big third down.”

For more details, stats and photos of the game, visit gohuskies.com.

The Huskies now prepare to hose #3 ranked USC (2-0) at Husky stadium this Saturday, a game where the Trojans will be heavily favored. The game will be nationally televised at 12:30 p.m. on ABC.

Photo of the Week

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Posted by admin on June 20, 2009 – 4:51 pm
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