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People are jammed into the Rose Bowl for this game. It is a hot day - 87 and sunny. Hopefully that is not pleasing for the visitors from up north ...
Great start - WSU fumbles the kickoff and Derrick Palmer falls on it at the 15.
Morris gets back-to-back carries and advances the ball to the 3.
QB Nathan Short throws a 1 yard TD pass to Woodley Martin. 7-0, 13:11 left in the 1st quarter.
We are getting Vern Beals this time - he missed our meeting last year.
3 straight runs for WSU and a punt.
35 yards on a pass to Martin - he sold the D with the play fake.
We had a 3rd and 10 conversion on a pass to Morris, but that comes off with an offensive pass interference call.
We are forced to punt from the WSU 42.
Very nice pass play from Beals to Ned, 30 yards as he drags one foot in bounds.
3rd and 5 at the UCLA 41 - and WR Luke Childs turns our CB around. Not a good thing. 41 yards on a TD pass. 7-7, 8:07 left in the quarter.
12 yard run by FB Fred VanWagner.
The give is to Morris on 3rd and 5, and he rambles for 23.
Shy is 1-5 after missing a wide open Derrick Palmer.
3rd and 5 at the 35 - Shy hits Palmer for 14.
OT Paul Glover leaves with a knee injury - I believe that breaks his string of injury-free football at 8 quarters.
Our drive is stopped at the 19 - Ellis nails a 37 yard field goal. 10-7, 2:55 left in the quarter.
27 yard run by John Putzier, who had been contained for most of the first quarter.
And a 56 yard TD strike to Ned. Our defense is giving up way too many big plays so far. 14-10, 1:34 left in the 1st quarter.
QB Beals is 3-3 for 127 yards and 2 TDs.
19 yards to Palmer, as the offense goes to work again.
3rd and 5 at our 44 - Morris is stopped for no gain. Punt.
Ugh, another 48 yard pass to Childs as Beals bought time with his scrambling.
3rd and 8 from our 30 - 20 yard pick up by WR Marcus Mitchell.
And a 10 yard TD pass to WR Bill Perry. Everyone is getting in the act against our defense. 21-10, 12:29 left in the half.
The defense appears to now be keying on Morris after his fast start.
We fail to pick up 3rd and 8 and punt from our 41.
Meanwhile, we are doing a decent job against the run but aren't covering anyone.
Anderson rushed in to sack Beals.
Dickerson left with a jaw injury.
On 3rd and 10 WSU picks up 12 on a screen pass to move into field goal range.
Beals scrambles for 15 yards - we are just screwed on defense this game.
We are whistled for a facemask inside the ten.
3rd and goal from the 2 - and the Cougars are called for a pass beyond the line of scrimmage. Not much room for that ...
25 yard field goal is good. 24-10, 6:18 left in the half.
Morris takes the kick up to the 42.
3 and out, we punt again. The offense just can't get going and the defense can't get stops. We are lucky to be as close as we are.
Holding against the Cougars.
We finally get a 3rd down stop. Punt.
Reynolds fumbles after a catch and WSU takes over at their 46.
3rd and 3 at our 47 - a 25 yard pass to Putzier is called back for an ineligible receiver.
We stop the 3rd and 8 - punt.
And we are stuck on our 4.
24 yards to Martin - do we have enough time to get in FG range?
We get 9 on 3rd and 10 and punt it away.
SS Lon Hector stops a pair of runs to end the half.
Halftime Notes:
- that was bloody.
- Shy is 10-21 for 146 yards. He hasn't thrown any picks, but his inability to string together completions is slowing down the offense. And we aren't even a speed bump for their attack.
- We probably need to force a pair of turnovers in the 2nd half to steal this one.
WSU is called for defensive holding to start the 2nd half.
Morris runs for 13 yards and is tackled near midfield.
Argh - Shy made a very good play on 3rd and 12, getting the ball to Palmer for a first but he fumbled and WSU recovered.
Putzier runs for 15, he is up to 66 yards on the day now.
A defensive holding call wipes out a sack for Parsons.
Putzier picks up another 1st, into field goal range.
22 yard TD pass to WR Jason Ned, his 2nd of the day. 31-10, 9:09 left in the 3rd. And I think that is probably game. I haven't seen anything so far that makes me think we are stopping their offense.
Morris runs the kick out to the 45.
12 yard pass to TE Reynolds.
A holding call sets up a 2nd and 22 for us.
We then run the ball twice. We just can't get out of our own way with penalties and fumbles. Punt.
20 more yards to Ned, down at the Cougars 47.
Beals now is 14-16 for 300 yards and 4 TDs. Pretty damn efficient.
The offense is whistled for holding.
59 yards on a bomb to WR Childs, who is just toying with our secondary.
The defense makes a goal line stand, so WSU has to settle for a 21 yard field goal. 34-10, 2:31 left in the 3rd.
Our short yardage QB is whistled for intentional grounding on 2nd and 1. That experiment is over, Shy is getting all the snaps from now on.
Punt.
Another 3rd down conversion for Beals, up to our 38.
13 more yards for Putzier, who is now over 100 on the day.
ILB David Davis finally forces a turnover with an interception.
Shy is sacked on 3rd down as we let any momentum just slip away. Punt.
30 yard pass to Ned, who made one heck of a grab. 5 for 158 and 2 TDs. Our DBs are collectively his bitches.
We knock Beals out of the game with a hip injury. About 45 minutes too late to matter ...
ILB Davis has his 2nd interception of the day inside the 10.
And we give it right back on a fumble. I guess we gained 20 yards in the deal.
The WSU offense just isn't the same without Beals. 3 plays, 7 yards, and a 41 yard field goal. 37-10, 6:36 left in this debacle.
17 yard run for Morris, as he is hoping to get his 100 for the day (82 now).
We punt from their 48 - not sure why at this point.
Sack for DT Johnny Rackers. They punt after 3 plays.
We run the punt back to the WSU 28.
28 yard TD pass to Palmer on 3rd down. Great route, good pass. 37-17, 2:32 left in the game.
We don't get the onside. Game over.
Putzier runs for 8 on 3rd and 3.
Well that game was men against boys. I'm very afraid of what USC is going to do to us. And I'm disturbed about a two game losing streak to WSU.
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