Washington State at Washington

“The Huskies, boasting the Pac-12″™s top-ranked red-zone defense, forced the Cougars to settle for field-goal attempts on two long WSU drives early the game. However, he has already endeared himself to the Huskies faithful, in large part due to last season’s Apple Cup win over the Cougars. And Bender’s performance? “He started off pretty good, but as we collapsed as a team, he collapsed”.

“I was wearing my Washington State gear, and they didn’t acknowledge me”.

Yeah, that just about covers it, and the fact WSU turned it over seven times – the team’s most in a single game since 2009.

The Washington Huskies are in control, leading 17-3 after a one-sided first half in the 2015 Apple Cup.

But Washington State had made plenty of mistakes before giving up two defensive touchdowns in the fourth-quarter.

“It meant a lot to us getting that sixth win”, Washington linebacker Keishawn Bierria said.

The Odds: With Washington State quarterback Luke Falk listed as questionable the line and over/under for this game is not now on the big board in Vegas.

The top three things some people know about these Washington State Cougars are passing, passing and passing. In relief of Falk against the Buffaloes last week, Bender went 13-of-22 for 133 yards and a touchdown. The temptation will be to lay the points on Washington and fade a team starting a freshman quarterback on the road. “I don’t even want to think about the word “lose” right now”, Eklund said. Myles Gaskin wound up with 138 yards on the day on 32 carries and two rushing touchdowns. But a loss and the Huskies will either see their consecutive bowls streak end at six or be one of the few 5-7 teams in the country invited this year to fill all the available bowl slots.

“SEATTLE “” The Apple Cup is staying in Seattle. It’s huge in Washington and it’s huge to us. “It’s our legacy we have to leave”.

I’m not ready to write the Buckeyes off just yet though, and I think the bookmakers have overreacted by making them an underdog here in MI. “These last two games are going to put a real good taste in the mouth of anybody that loves OSU football and OSU university”. We could make individual plays. That is on the docket. “We’re going to play a full 60 minutes and go hard”. Per STATS, it was the first time since at least 1996 the Huskies had three defensive scores in a game. They also had a season-low 319 total yards. Washington accomplished that and did so emphatically, blasting Oregon State 52-7 a week ago and then breezing past the Cougars on Friday.

Along with Falk’s injury, the Cougars may have lost standout wide receiver Gabe Marks.

“For whatever reason, our guys played wide-eyed”, Leach said. “We’ve kind of had our backs to the wall”.