Washington Huskes vs. Stanford Cardinal: Betting odds, point spread and tv info

The Cardinal have made the most of it, using the extra time on game day to do a walkthrough at the hotel that has helped reduce mental mistakes.

Quarterback Kevin Hogan also has 12 touchdowns to just two interceptions after throwing a pick and being held without a score against Northwestern.

Although the player of the game went to the winning goalscorer, the main key to Stanford’s victory came from fifth-year senior Haley Rosen, who finished the game with both a goal and an assist. The Cardinal jumped five spots to No. 10 in the latest Associated Press Top 25 poll.

Stanford will entertain Washington this week.

ABOUT WASHINGTON (3-3, 1-2 Pac-12): Freshman quarterback Jake Browning, who has started the Huskies’ first six games, is listed as day-to-day after suffering a right-shoulder injury in last Saturday’s 26-20 loss to Oregon. However the Cardinal have rebounded in spectacular fashion. There’s also the chance that junior Dwayne Washington returns from a knee injury, which would give the Dawgs a pair of runners with 100-yard ability, something that would be quite useful considering how much the passing game has struggled.

Halfway through the season, Washington’s defense ranks 25th nationally in yards per play allowed (4.68), 16th in scoring (16.8 points), 16th in yards per rush allowed (3.11), and tied for eighth in preventing touchdowns in the red zone (opponents score touchdowns on only 36.36 percent of their red-zone trips against the Huskies). He threatened the school record of 379 all-purpose yards set by Glyn Milburn in 1990 and likely would have broken it if coaches hadn’t opted to sit him in the fourth quarter.

Stanford coach David Shaw presented the game ball to McCaffrey when it was over, a rare occurrence at Stanford. Teammates reacted with thunderous applause and hoisted McCaffrey onto their shoulders.

“The thing that’s so interesting about defense, you can play 70 really good snaps and (if on) five somebody breaks down, and that’s 35 points, and all of a sudden it looks like you’re not playing good defense”, Petersen said. “Not just a great runner, but a great runner, a great receiver, kickoff returner (and) punt returner”.

MATCHUP TO WATCH: Washington TB Myles Gaskin vs. the Stanford defense… The Cardinal will conclude the regular season at home against Oregon, rival Cal and Notre Dame. And when it comes to the Cardinal, they’re far better than above average.

And if that’s a little surprising, considering how inept Stanford’s offense appeared in a 16-6 loss at Northwestern to begin the season, then it’s no more surprising than the defensive numbers the Huskies have posted this year despite losing four starters to the National Football League draft. “A lot of teams fold after a loss like that first game and a lot of people were against us, and we remember that”.