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UW at UCLA
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Looking at the 2013 records and remaining schedules for both teams, it's remarkable how similar the Bruins and our our Huskies are this year, at least in regard to scoreboard results:
Both schools started the season with easy victories at home over former football powers, Boise State and Nevada, from the Mountain West Conference that can now be considered mid-level cupcakes. However, nowhere on UCLA's 2013 schedule can an FCS Div.-1AA donut hole be found which must seem odd to doogfans these days. I suppose they haven't found the Oregon Way yet in Westwood.
Huskies and Bruins have each lost games back-to-back in similiar fashion to the only two Pac-12 North programs, Stanford and Oregon, considered worthy of BCS ranking. The slight difference of the Huskies getting blown-out of no longer hostile Husky Stadium by Oregon compared to the Bruins losing to the ducks at always tough Autsen is insignificant.
The fact that Sark has no signature road wins in 4.75 seasons at UW comparable to Mora's incredible second half turn-around victory over Nebraska at Lincoln in September should in a reverse-karma kind of way work in the Huskies favor. Sark is obviously due,.... isn't he?
Both schools have gorged their way undefeated through the Pac-12 cupcake portion of their respective schedules and both are now looking down the barrel of November's final three games. UCLA is in line to challenge for the Pac-12 South division championship, but will have to get past the Huskies, and UW is....... well, playing for whatever Pride remains and the minor bowl crumbs available.
UCLA will host the Sun Devils at the Rose Bowl on Nov.23 (Saturday after hosting UW on Friday) in what could be the game-of-the-year for all the marbles in the Pac-12 South. Will the young and talented Bruins be looking past the veteran and lesser talented Huskies? If I'm UCLA coach Mora, there's no way my team is allowed to watch film of UW's recent desert demolition in Tempe. As a parent, I know how youngsters are with cartoons.
Lots to think about for Friday's game in Pasadena. Last chance in 2013 for Sark to garner that elusive signature road win (as a veteran Dawg, I'm too old to doog what signature means) and another night game with trick-or-treat costumes substituted for football unis and bowls of ESPN2 candy waiting for Woody while the Huskies and their fans again have no shot at a Rose or BCS Bowl. Has anybody not heard the low rumbling calls for a coaching upgrade? Woody, are you there or still submerged hiding in Snakeoil's pool?
I envy those of you who are travelling south for this one. As a football game against a traditional foe, it will probably be like all the other slobber-knockings we've received from the Bruins in the past on their home turf, but as always, delivered in a beautiful place. I for one have not been impressed by the two most recent Husky blow-out wins over undoubtedly two of the worst programs in major college football, both struggling under new coaching staffs that will likely pass-up Sarkball soon enough.
It's late season when old Dawgs still look for that November surge that used to thrill us to the bone as the Fall chill gets crispy and nature's colors go from brilliant to faded. Lots of the usual Sarktalk about improving with each game as the Huskies work though the final month of another doog season, but there are still the IP, OL holding, and special teams IH's penalties and most frustrating of all, Sark's claims that "we are a run first" offense coupled with one Sankey running play-call followed by 3, 4, or 5 aerials thrown to the flanks or down the field, often too long or too short for sore thumbs.
How can we still care about this propaganda here late in the fifth year of Sark's football program at Montlake? Well, there are still exciting, athletic, and talented Huskies suiting up and going on the field who are fun to watch along with the disappointments that still bring our attention to line-of-scrimmage weaknesses. I will turn on the big screen HD and watch while probably complaining as usual. Hope to see a large and boisterous white, black, pink, or even Purple clad crowd of travelling Dawgfans filling-up one and hopefully both ends of the Rose Bowl. You know it's really true that in that rare event when Huskies win on the road, the colors you wore didn't matter.
Both schools started the season with easy victories at home over former football powers, Boise State and Nevada, from the Mountain West Conference that can now be considered mid-level cupcakes. However, nowhere on UCLA's 2013 schedule can an FCS Div.-1AA donut hole be found which must seem odd to doogfans these days. I suppose they haven't found the Oregon Way yet in Westwood.
Huskies and Bruins have each lost games back-to-back in similiar fashion to the only two Pac-12 North programs, Stanford and Oregon, considered worthy of BCS ranking. The slight difference of the Huskies getting blown-out of no longer hostile Husky Stadium by Oregon compared to the Bruins losing to the ducks at always tough Autsen is insignificant.
The fact that Sark has no signature road wins in 4.75 seasons at UW comparable to Mora's incredible second half turn-around victory over Nebraska at Lincoln in September should in a reverse-karma kind of way work in the Huskies favor. Sark is obviously due,.... isn't he?
Both schools have gorged their way undefeated through the Pac-12 cupcake portion of their respective schedules and both are now looking down the barrel of November's final three games. UCLA is in line to challenge for the Pac-12 South division championship, but will have to get past the Huskies, and UW is....... well, playing for whatever Pride remains and the minor bowl crumbs available.
UCLA will host the Sun Devils at the Rose Bowl on Nov.23 (Saturday after hosting UW on Friday) in what could be the game-of-the-year for all the marbles in the Pac-12 South. Will the young and talented Bruins be looking past the veteran and lesser talented Huskies? If I'm UCLA coach Mora, there's no way my team is allowed to watch film of UW's recent desert demolition in Tempe. As a parent, I know how youngsters are with cartoons.
Lots to think about for Friday's game in Pasadena. Last chance in 2013 for Sark to garner that elusive signature road win (as a veteran Dawg, I'm too old to doog what signature means) and another night game with trick-or-treat costumes substituted for football unis and bowls of ESPN2 candy waiting for Woody while the Huskies and their fans again have no shot at a Rose or BCS Bowl. Has anybody not heard the low rumbling calls for a coaching upgrade? Woody, are you there or still submerged hiding in Snakeoil's pool?
I envy those of you who are travelling south for this one. As a football game against a traditional foe, it will probably be like all the other slobber-knockings we've received from the Bruins in the past on their home turf, but as always, delivered in a beautiful place. I for one have not been impressed by the two most recent Husky blow-out wins over undoubtedly two of the worst programs in major college football, both struggling under new coaching staffs that will likely pass-up Sarkball soon enough.
It's late season when old Dawgs still look for that November surge that used to thrill us to the bone as the Fall chill gets crispy and nature's colors go from brilliant to faded. Lots of the usual Sarktalk about improving with each game as the Huskies work though the final month of another doog season, but there are still the IP, OL holding, and special teams IH's penalties and most frustrating of all, Sark's claims that "we are a run first" offense coupled with one Sankey running play-call followed by 3, 4, or 5 aerials thrown to the flanks or down the field, often too long or too short for sore thumbs.
How can we still care about this propaganda here late in the fifth year of Sark's football program at Montlake? Well, there are still exciting, athletic, and talented Huskies suiting up and going on the field who are fun to watch along with the disappointments that still bring our attention to line-of-scrimmage weaknesses. I will turn on the big screen HD and watch while probably complaining as usual. Hope to see a large and boisterous white, black, pink, or even Purple clad crowd of travelling Dawgfans filling-up one and hopefully both ends of the Rose Bowl. You know it's really true that in that rare event when Huskies win on the road, the colors you wore didn't matter.
Comments
UCLA has beaten two bowl eligible teams on the road (and Utah could end up being a third).
UW's only road win was over 3-6 (0-5) Illinois.
By the way, I consider the Illinois road game to be a moral defeat. C'mon...... sixteen(16) penalties? That can't be considered a Husky victory if for no other reason than because of the smell.
Sunday morning the LA papers will be clamoring Sark to USC while running Mora out of town
Hope this helps.