Three years from now, I suspect no one will remember that the Huskies' special teams' cost them this game, or that Carl Bonnell showed why he's the best passing QB the Huskies have, or that former running back Curtis Shaw had four catches in his first game as a reciever, or that the Dawgs blew a chance to win that was gift-wrapped by the very worst officiating decision I've ever seen.
Instead it will be remembered as another chapter in the Legend of Jake Locker--this time when he left the game strapped to a gurney, motionless, but made it back to the sideline by game's end. Who writes this stuff?
Here's the hit again, which gave Locker a sprained neck--he'll be evaluated further here in Seattle:
It was clearly a helmet-to-helmet hit--not the only one Oregon State dished out. On the Huskies' last play, an incomplete pass on 4th and 2 that lost the game, an Oregon State safety flew helmet-first at Anthony Russo.
Hopefully the Pac-10 will mete out some kind of punishment before reckless Beaver defenders kill somebody--keeping in mind of course that it was the 1960 Washington Huskies that pioneered helmet-to-helmet hitting.
It looked like the Dawgs might get some divine inspiration when OSU's Yvenson Bernard stretched out for the goal line after his knee went down, the ball hit the ground and popped out, and the refs ruled it a fumble. Then the Huskies rushed to the line and got a play off before a review could come. Really, this was the worst officiated play I've ever seen--the Beaver fans were booing all though the Huskies possession, and even after OSU got the ball back and was icing the game. Rightfully so.
So for two years in a row, the Beavers have knocked our starting quarterback out of the game--last year ending Stanback's career, this year nearly ending Locker's. The Times' Bud Withers points out that UW DT Dan Milstein suffered a career-ending injury against the Beavers in '04.
The Beavers, not the Ducks or the Cougs, will be the team I most look forward to beating next year.
Huskies host Cal next week at 12:30.
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Oregon State 29, Washington 23
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October 18, 2008. Mark your calendars boys and girls. Let's start the campaign now - I want hundreds of fans to harass the Beavs as they empty the busses into Husky Stadium. BTW - Pac-10 refs are embarrassing.
Seth. Love the blog, but that hit wasn't dirty. I'm a Beaver fan first and Huskies fan second. I've been to most of the Huskies games this year, went to see the Locker era begin in Syracuse, etc.
I don't get why there should be bad blood between the Huskies and Beavers based on this (or Stanbeck, or Milsten), but it seems to be spreading pretty quickly. Locker lowered his head into what would have been a clean tackle.
I hope that Jake is okay, and I hated seeing him down, but please keep perspective on thinking that the Beavs are a cheap team.
The beavers fucking cheered, players were jumping on top of each other, and their band was playing the fight song when Isaiah Stanback went down. Classless. I am almost at the point of hating the Beavs more than the Ducks, because those were actual players doing it, not their fans so much.
You are deluding yourself otis k if you don't think that was a prime example of a helmet to helmet hit. You can clearly see in the video the Beaver player's helmet bounce off of Locker's, I'm not sure what you were watching.
Yes, their helmets hit... but it was not a dirty hit. In fact, if you see the game on tv (not on YouTube) you can see it's actually the facemask that hits Locker meaning that he wasn't leading with his head down which is what the penalty was designed for.
It was a very unfortunate play, and I hope for a quick recoveryfor Jake, but dirty? Not at all.
Hmmm... No offense, Otis, but what the hell game where you watching?. You're obviously looking through your "Beaver goggles" with this one. Nice try, dude.
In the interests of fairness, here's Mike Riley's take: "They didn't call a penalty, I know that," said Riley. "When you look at that play - and I'm really, glad Jake is OK - he lowered his head and shoulder into the sidelines. I'm trying to figure out how Al was going to tackle the guy if didn't go down to meet him. Is he supposed to take him in the chest, or what? It wasn't called, nobody on their sideline reacted until after Jake was down. ... I didn't see anything wrong with the hit."
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