No major changes. Dwayne Washington is listed as the starting tailback, followed by Deontae Cooper and Lavon Coleman. Junior offensive guard Dexter Charles is still listed as the backup to Siosifa Tufunga, and John Ross III is still listed as a starting cornerback and backup receiver. Ben Riva is listed as the third-string right tackle behind James Atoe and Coleman Shelton.
Also: why not call timeout immediately after Arizona’s third-down play, giving the Huskies 25-30 seconds to try to score if Casey Skowron made the kick?
“Your second question, probably the thing I’m most discouraged about that whole thing is that he got a free kick. That was not the intent, and live and learn on that. We practice that every week ourselves, that if they ice you right at the end, you’re going to take a free kick. And so I tried to call timeout a little bit earlier, twice, and for whatever reason it wasn’t called, and that’s on me to make sure that we don’t even mess around with that. So that was probably as frustrating as anything. Going back and looking at it, we looked at our charts again, where we were, I would do exactly the same thing. I would run another play to probably our most sure-handed guy. That didn’t even enter my mind that was going to happen. It really didn’t. I know everybody else was probably thinking that, but it didn’t.”
But what did the Huskies have to lose by calling timeout with 30 seconds left?
“I guess we could have done that, yeah, and had a chance to return something,” Petersen conceded. “I think the main thing is going back to the first part of killing the clock, that whole situation. I would have done that the same. I would have run one more play and see where we were, and if we can run that thing all the way out.”
I don't have an issue with how that series was called. I would have used all timeouts after Az had the ball, but I highly doubt that would have mattered.
It's easy to look at one or two plays or one or two decisions and go ballistic. That's why I always say we need to look at the overall picture and trends. If Copper doesn't fumble, the whole narrative on the boards is different. Sweatpants are sporting boners, talk of winning out and getting to 10 games, ow UW got a win over a top 15 team that beat Oregon, etc etc. Reminds me of when Sark got the win off the pick 6 off the foot. He got the win and it masked his ineptness in that game. I said it yesterday, taking care of the details are the supposed to Petersen's brand. He isn't doing that. But I do think this is one of the easiest things to correct for a guy that works hard at coaching and is smart enough to understand where changes need to be made. He won't be taking weeks off to go on drinking benders and spend a practice or two working on dance moves.
I agree with Race's assessment that this team is better today than it was in September and they will take a leap forward next year. The players don't quit, the fight through adversity and play tough and hit hard.
With every win or loss there is a massive overreaction by the fans. We are either back or there is no hope. I said after the 5 games that the offense had showed me that this team was not going to be a 10 win team. I was right, but they have improved. Those of you who are the most angry are the ones who were stupid enough get all fucking giddy over Petersen and not realize what it takes to come in and build a program. I mocked Sark over his dude brah act, but was not alarmed after his first year. After the Nebraska bowl win, at the end of year 2, I was optimistic that he figured it out and I was in support of him. Problem is he thought he had it all figured out too and could take his foot off the gas (and put his dick in a waitress)
Right now I am not happy with the lack of attention to detail, but think Petersen is the type of guy who will fix it. 18- 20 games. Stop getting boners over a win and shitting your pants over a loss. This team wins out and goes 9-6. That's my bold prediction.
I don't have an issue with how that series was called. I would have used all timeouts after Az had the ball, but I highly doubt that would have mattered.
It's easy to look at one or two plays or one or two decisions and go ballistic. That's why I always say we need to look at the overall picture and trends. If Copper doesn't fumble, the whole narrative on the boards is different. Sweatpants are sporting boners, talk of winning out and getting to 10 games, ow UW got a win over a top 15 team that beat Oregon, etc etc. Reminds me of when Sark got the win off the pick 6 off the foot. He got the win and it masked his ineptness in that game. I said it yesterday, taking care of the details are the supposed to Petersen's brand. He isn't doing that. But I do think this is one of the easiest things to correct for a guy that works hard at coaching and is smart enough to understand where changes need to be made. He won't be taking weeks off to go on drinking benders and spend a practice or two working on dance moves.
I agree with Race's assessment that this team is better today than it was in September and they will take a leap forward next year. The players don't quit, the fight through adversity and play tough and hit hard.
With every win or loss their is a massive overreaction by the fans. We are either back or there is no hope. I said after the 5 games that the offense had showed me that this team was not going to be a 10 win team. I was right, but they have improved. Those of you who are the most angry are the ones who were stupid enough get all fucking giddy over Petersen and not realize what it takes to come in and build a program. I mocked Sark over his dude brah act, but was not alarmed after his first year. After the Nebraska bowl win, at the end of year 2, I was optimistic that he figured it out and I was in support of him. Problem is he thought he had it all figured out too and could take his foot off the gas (and put his dick in a waitress)
Right now I am not happy with the lack of attention to detail, but think Petersen is the type of guy who will fix it. 18- 20 games. Stop getting boners over a win and shitting your pants over a loss. This team wins out and goes 9-6. That's my bold prediction.
I feel like I should pay you 20 sven bucks to write my article this week.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5ngqBQbO2I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-a9-cbzSA5k
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I think many of us here have only been able to slog thru these last 20 or so years (aside from the 2000 season) because of the drink.
It's easy to look at one or two plays or one or two decisions and go ballistic. That's why I always say we need to look at the overall picture and trends. If Copper doesn't fumble, the whole narrative on the boards is different. Sweatpants are sporting boners, talk of winning out and getting to 10 games, ow UW got a win over a top 15 team that beat Oregon, etc etc. Reminds me of when Sark got the win off the pick 6 off the foot. He got the win and it masked his ineptness in that game. I said it yesterday, taking care of the details are the supposed to Petersen's brand. He isn't doing that. But I do think this is one of the easiest things to correct for a guy that works hard at coaching and is smart enough to understand where changes need to be made. He won't be taking weeks off to go on drinking benders and spend a practice or two working on dance moves.
I agree with Race's assessment that this team is better today than it was in September and they will take a leap forward next year. The players don't quit, the fight through adversity and play tough and hit hard.
With every win or loss there is a massive overreaction by the fans. We are either back or there is no hope. I said after the 5 games that the offense had showed me that this team was not going to be a 10 win team. I was right, but they have improved. Those of you who are the most angry are the ones who were stupid enough get all fucking giddy over Petersen and not realize what it takes to come in and build a program. I mocked Sark over his dude brah act, but was not alarmed after his first year. After the Nebraska bowl win, at the end of year 2, I was optimistic that he figured it out and I was in support of him. Problem is he thought he had it all figured out too and could take his foot off the gas (and put his dick in a waitress)
Right now I am not happy with the lack of attention to detail, but think Petersen is the type of guy who will fix it. 18- 20 games. Stop getting boners over a win and shitting your pants over a loss. This team wins out and goes 9-6. That's my bold prediction.
He pretty much dodged it, 35 seconds is plenty of time