Advertising

The Seattle Times Company

NWjobs | NWautos | NWhomes | NWsource | Free Classifieds | seattletimes.com

The Seattle Times Winner of Eight Pulitzer Prizes

Huskies


Our network sites seattletimes.com | Advanced
Quick links: Traffic | Movies | Restaurants | Today's events | Video | Photos | Interactives | Blogs | Forums | Subscriber Services
Contact us

Originally published Saturday, December 6, 2008 at 12:00 AM

Comments (0)     Print

UW vs. Cal preview

UW stat leaders Passing PC PA Yds TD Ronnie Fouch 110 243 1,323 4 Rushing TCB Yds Avg TD Terrance Dailey 74 335 4. 5 1 Brandon Johnson 76...

At stake: For UW, the ultimate motivation is avoiding the infamy of an 0-12 season and becoming the first Pac-10 team since Oregon State in 1980 not to win a single game. UW also is looking to break a school-record 13-game losing streak that dates to a 37-23 win over the Bears last Nov. 17. Cal has no shot at the Pac-10 title and has a bowl game clinched; the Bears are playing for postseason positioning and a chance to finish all alone in fourth place in the conference.

What to expect: The Bears are heavy favorites and have advantages at every position. UW's hope is to replicate the winning formula of last season when the Huskies rushed for 360 yards and kept the Cal offense off the field. The Bears are coming off a rousing win over Stanford two weeks ago and figure to be fired up to avenge the loss to UW last season.

Notes: Washington and Cal are the only two teams in what is now the Pac-10 to have played every year since the league was founded in 1916. UW holds a 47-37-4 all-time edge but Cal has won five of the past six. Before that, however, UW had won 19 in a row, many in dramatic fashion. Coach Tyrone Willingham has his best record against any Pac-10 game against Cal, a mark of 8-2 that includes seven straight wins while coach at Stanford from 1995 to 2001. UW has scored just 46 points its last five games and has passed for fewer than 100 yards in three of those contests. Huskies have not thrown for a TD since the Notre Dame game Oct. 25 and just one in the past six games. Willie Griffin is expected to get his second straight start at TB. He rushed for 112 yards against WSU, only the second 100-yard rushing game of the season for the Huskies.

Injuries: UW: G Casey Bulyca (knee), RB Chris Polk (shoulder), QB Jake Locker (broken thumb), S Darin Harris (concussion), CB Byron Davenport (knee), RB David Freeman (ankles), DE Kalani Aldrich (back), CB Matt Mosley (knee), RB Brandon Yakaboski (knee), RB Brandon Johnson (disciplinary suspension), S Victor Aiyewa (groin) out; CB Mesphin Forrester (ankle) questionable.

Cal: LT Mike Tepper (pectoral muscle), LG Chris Guarnero (toe), RT Chet Teofilo (ankle), WR Michael Calvin (knee), NT Kendrick Payne (knee) are out.

Prediction: This is one of the stranger games in UW history, with a coach going out the door and another ready to step in. Players may not be as focused as normal. Worse, Cal will be fired up to avenge last year's loss. All signs point to a big Cal win. Cal 48, UW 6.

Bob Condotta

Noon at Memorial Stadium, Berkeley, Calif.

TV: FSN Radio: KJR (950 AM) The line: Bears by 35.

UW stat leaders
Passing PC PA Yds TD
Ronnie Fouch 110 243 1,323 4
Rushing TCB Yds Avg TD
Terrance Dailey 74 335 4.5 1
Brandon Johnson 76 194 2.6 3
Receiving Rec Yds Avg TD
D'Andre Goodwin 58 685 11.8 1
Jermaine Kearse 20 301 15.1 2
Tackles UT AT Total
Mason Foster 52 40 92
Nate Williams 34 34 68

Cal stat leaders
Passing PC PA Yds TD
Kevin Riley 109 214 1,342 14
Rushing TCB Yds Avg TD
Jahvid Best 155 1,083 7.0 9
Shane Vereen 124 630 5.1 3
Receiving Rec Yds Avg TD
Jahvid Best 27 246 9.1 1
Nyan Boateng 25 403 16.1 5
Tackles UT AT Total
Anthony Felder 35 45 80
Michael Mohamed 46 30 76

Who has the advantage?
QB RB WR OL DL LB DB ST
Washington
Cal × × × × × × × ×

Copyright © 2008 The Seattle Times Company

More Huskies headlines...

Print      Share:    Digg     Newsvine

Comments
No comments have been posted to this article.
Read all comments / Share your thoughts

advertising

More Huskies

UPDATE - 10:18 PM
Washington State's Klay Thompson will play Thursday against Huskies

Nothing unusual about schools paying recruiting services

UW women mount comeback, but lose in overtime to USC

Steve Kelley: What happened to the once-scary Huskies?

NW Briefs: Washington softball completes three-game sweep of New Mexico

Advertising

Video

Marketplace

 
Most read
Most commented
Most e-mailed
 
 
  1. Madrona dad killed by stray bullet as he drove through Central Area
  2. SPU surprises neighbors with sale of Queen Anne rec property
  3. Beer-drinking bridge builders will get training from a counselor
  4. Matt Flynn has good day in Seahawks' 3-way QB competition
  5. Boy's pat on president's head captured for history
  6. Why dealing for Kellen Winslow makes sense for Seahawks | Steve Kelley
  7. Police arrest New Jersey man who confessed to killing Etan Patz
  8. Amazon addresses criticism at meeting
  9. Driver fatally shot in Central Area
  10. Sources: DOJ sends letters to city blasting police-reform efforts
  1. Opponents of gay-marriage law say they have enough signatures Comments838
  2. Mariners try to extend some other team's misery for a change Comments337
  3. Madrona dad killed by stray bullet as he drove through Central Area Comments230
  4. Komen controversy hurting Race for the Cure Comments208
  5. Sources: DOJ sends letters to city blasting police reform efforts Comments136
  6. Typical CEO made $9.6M last year, AP study finds Comments119
  7. Driver caught in crossfire, fatally shot in Central Area Comments89
  8. It's been great; see you soon in my new columns Comments66
  9. Fact check: Ad exaggerates Obama's debt Comments63
  10. Eric Wedge not happy with Mariners after 14-strikeout perfromance versus Dan Haren Comments60
  1. Madrona dad killed by stray bullet as he drove through Central Area
  2. Dig into colorful history at Oregon's John Day Fossil Beds
  3. Get a sitter — please — for these 10 great date-night restaurants | All You Can Eat
  4. SPU surprises neighbors with sale of Queen Anne rec property
  5. Beer-drinking bridge builders will get training from a counselor
  6. Zumiez rebounds from recession better than most
  7. Boy's pat on president's head captured for history
  8. Driver fatally shot in Central Area
  9. Downtown building fetches $55M, thanks to Amazon effect
  10. Gates Foundation grants give local groups a boost

Most viewed imagesMore

Advertising