Originally published November 22, 2008 at 8:45 AM | Page modified November 22, 2008 at 8:35 PM
PrintWSU's Jared Karstetter catches a place in Apple Cup history
Wide receiver Jared Karstetter's 48-yard pass reception in the fourth quarter set up a tying touchdown in regulation, making the Washington State freshman's first Apple Cup one to remember.
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Players on Washington sideline can only watch as Jared Karstetter pulls in a 48-yard pass to set up a WSU field goal to force overtime.
PULLMAN — At the very least, you can say this about Jared Karstetter: He won't soon forget the calendar year 2008.
Last March, he was the most valuable player in the Class 4A state boys basketball tournament, as Ferris of Spokane won its second straight state title. In football, with Washington State enduring a rash of early injuries at wide receiver, he started the WSU opener.
And Saturday, just when WSU's hopes were all but history, here was Karstetter again, hauling in a 48-yard pass from Kevin Lopina with 31 seconds to play and WSU down 10-7. It was the clutch play of the 101st Apple Cup that ended in the Cougars' 16-13 overtime victory.
"It was just a 'go' route," said the 6-foot-4 Karstetter. "We had a flat route [as an option] with a streak on the outside. Kevin [Lopina] pumped the flat route and the corner kind of hesitated."
Karstetter bolted behind cornerback Quentin Richardson and safety Tripper Johnson. Lopina, who endured a strong rush all day, had enough time, and found Karstetter on the right sideline, to the UW 18.
Karstetter said he was surprised to work free against the Huskies' zone coverage.
"I thought they'd just kind of backpedal to stay behind everything," he said.
Lopina said, "I told Karstetter in the huddle, we needed to take a chance here, I pretty much knew where I was going to go with the ball if that corner 'sat,' and he did."
On the next play, Lopina threw a low "out" pass, and Karstetter caught it as he dived but stayed in bounds. The Cougars had no timeouts with about 10 seconds left when he caught it.
"I probably should have just tried to reach down and grab it and get out of bounds," Karstetter said.
The Cougars scrambled up to the line, and Lopina spiked it with two seconds left. Nico Grasu booted a 28-yard field goal to send it to overtime.
"That was probably the most nerve-wracking part," said Lopina, "looking at the clock, trying to get everyone on the ball, making sure we didn't have a procedure penalty."
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