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Nice light v. boring, predictable football game (OSU @ UW, 10.18.08)

October 19, 2008 · Leave a Comment

Thanks to the 4pm kickoff and clear weather, there was more pretty light at Husky Stadium this afternoon. And thanks to UW continuing to be an inferior football team, it was a predictably bad game. Not a terrible mis-match, a ‘la USC 69, WSU 0, but it was obvious from the very first play of the game in which UW was given a delay-of-game penalty that the Huskies were doomed to failure, again:

UW’s regular starting quarterback, Jake Locker, broke his hand in the previous home game three weeks ago. He was unhappy that a call by the officials was not overturned after being reviewed:

As the game wound down, I shifted my attention to the Rodgers brothers, the elder James, wide receiver (8), and the younger Jacquizz, tail back (1), who invigorated the Oregon State team with four touchdowns against Washington. Frankly, I was surprised that not a single other shooter was trailing them in the final minutes of a game that was long decided. Not that I made an especially great picture, but I did think it was the only relevant storyline remaining to pursue for a non UW-centric media outlet:

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