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did the things necessary for us to win the Obviously, the same could not be said for offense. School officials did not know if the 12 sacks are a school record for Arizona State or against the Cougars (1-5, 0-4 Pac-10). The rushing yardage was the worst on record at WSU (going back to 1957) and ranked third for an Arizona State defense. Forzani tied a football record that can never be broken with his 99-yard TD romp. The Canadian speedster, a former basketball standout who has only one year of previous football experience, flew down the left sideline past cornerback Josh Jordan (Tuel) put it in a spot which was just perfect for Forzani said.

Tuel, a true freshman making his second start, threw his first college touchdown pass, to Jared Karstetter late in the third quar- ter. Washington State had fallen behind 19-0 after going scoreless in the first quarter for the ninth game in a row and in the first half for the third consecutive game. Tuel was replaced by former starter Marshall Lobbestael for all of the second quarter and most of the third quarter after lofting two soft, fluttering passes that were easily intercepted in the first quarter. Tuel was under pressure on both passes. He was sacked eight times, but managed to complete 11 of 22 passes for 175 yards.

Lobbestael went 6 for 12 for 60 yards with no touchdowns or interceptions. he (Tuel) came back in the second half, he played a lot Wulff said. Danny Sullivan, Arizona senior quarterback, also spent some time on the bench. He was intercepted three times and passed for just 169 yards (19 of 29), but he passed for the first touchdown of the game and ran for the second to sour the mood of a season-high crowd of 26,010 that turned out for homecoming on a crisp sun- ny afternoon. team was fired up and ready to go, and they kept us on our heels for a good amount of the Sullivan said.

Arizona State coach Dennis Erickson said he was temporar- ily knocked out when he was bowled over by an ASU player on the sideline late in the third quarter. Senior wide receiver Kyle Williams sparked the ASU of- fense with a career-high 13 catches for 126 yards and a touchdown. Dimitri Nance ran for 113 yards and a touchdown for the Sun Devils. The last-place Cougars, who have lost three in a row, added to their rather remarkable list of injuries by losing starting cor- nerback Daniel Simmons to a broken fibula. It was not known if Simmons will miss the remain- der of the season.

Simmons was one of eight freshman starters (four on each side of the ball) for WSU. Two started on the offensive line, and three started on the de- fensive line (joined by junior end Casey Hamlett, a transfer from NCAA Division II Western Washington). The Cougars made late chang- es to the starting defensive line- up by inserting freshman tackle Dan Spitz for Toby Turpin and Hamlett for senior end Jesse Feagin. WSU senior center Kenny Alfred sat out the fourth quarter with a badly cut knee. Wulff is counting on Alfred, a Gig Har- bor High graduate, and several other key veterans being back in the lineup once the Cougars fol- low their bye week with a game at California (3-2, 0-2) on Oct.

24. CO OT BA Still a work in progress HUSKIES: Locker looks good, but UW finds some big holes in its game BY TODD MILLES The News Tribune It was must-win time Saturday night for the Washington Huskies if they realistically wanted to keep their bowl hopes alive. They provided some must-see drama. But they also had a series of miscues they must eliminate if they want to challenge the better programs in the Pacific-10 Con- ference. Arizona greatly enjoyed its third-quarter field possession as much as a warm day in the desert.

And a second-half rally, taking advantage of UW mistakes, gave them a 30-21 lead at Husky Sta- dium early in the fourth quarter when The Olympian went to press. Quarterback Nick Foles led three consecutive scoring drives after halftime, passing for a touch- down and running for another. He had 278 passing yards after three quarters. Alex Zendejas accounted for the other score on a 23-yard field goal. Jake Locker did his part with a pair of TD passes to Devin Agui- lar, and also ran one in from 56 yards in the first half.

Special teams let the Huskies down in the third quarter start- ing with Travis 49-yard return on the second-half kickoff that triggered a span of 19 con- secutive plays for the Arizona of- fense in UW territory. UW punter Will Mahan fum- bled a snap that led to the Zende- jas field goal, and later booted a 27-yard punt that was downed at the 36. Early mistakes a Locker in- terception on the first drive, and a near-fumble by Jordan Polk that was overturned by replay of- ficials on the next series were quickly forgotten after one dra- matic play by the star quarterback from Ferndale. Without Chris Polk, who left the game briefly with a left-shoul- der injury, and facing a third-and- 7, Locker immediately identified a blitz by linebacker Vuna Tuihala- maka. He ducked underneath the would-be tackle, took off and ran 10 yards down the field, then put a head-fake that froze linebacker Corey Hall long enough to bolt by him into the flat.

Locker then raced to the end zone to complete a 56-yard touch- down run the longest of his ca- reer to tie the game at 7 with 4 minutes, 55 seconds remaining in the opening quarter. The play not only settled down the offense, it infused energy to the whole sideline, defense in- cluded. And Nick unit respond- ed with two goal-line stands in the first half. The first one came on the final play of the quarter when Butler stopped quarterback de- layed sneak short of the end zone, holding him to a 2-yard gain. The Wildcats settled for 18- yard field goal to grab a 10-7 lead.

Locker led the other scoring drive of the first half, con- necting on his final four passes of the series. The last one was a 5- yard TD strike to Aguilar off play action, and the Huskies had a 14- 10 lead with minutes to go in the first half. Again, Arizona got close to scoring. 6-yard pass to Delashaun Dean was stopped cold by Mason Foster just inches from the end zone. This time, Wildcats coach Mike Stoops elected to go for it on fourth-and-inches, but running back Greg Nwoko ran right into the back of left guard Conan Am- ituanai, and was held for no gain and for no points with 45 sec- onds remaining in the half.

Extra points Three Huskies receiver Goodwin (concussion), running back Johri Fogerson (flu) and safety Nate Williams (concus- sion) sat out Saturday. Fogerson was expected to return after miss- ing three days of practice this week, but JOE News Tribune Washington quarterback Jake Locker runs for a 56-touchdown in the first quarter of the game against Arizona on Saturday. UW-ARIZONA, LATE game ended before press time. Read about it at www.theolympian.com/sports career day lifts OSU PAC-10: Beavers get 189 yards, four TDs from Jacquizz Rodgers in win over Stanford News Tribune news services Jacquizz Rodgers upstaged Toby Gerhart. Rodgers ran for a career-high 189 yards and four touchdowns in Oregon 38-28 victory over Stanford on Saturday in Corvallis, Ore.

The loss snapped three-game winning streak and dropped the Cardinal out of the top spot in the Pacific-10 Confer- ence standings. four rushing touch- downs in the game matched a school record held by several others. His older bother, James Rodgers, caught five passes for 71 yards and another score for the Beavers. Gerhart, who was grabbing some preliminary Heisman buzz, ran for 96 yards and two touch- downs. Going into the game, he was averaging 130 yards rushing to rank fourth in the nation.

Oregon Sean Canfield completed 22 of 32 passes for 290 yards and a touchdown. No. 13 Oregon 24, UCLA 10: The Ducks scored three touchdowns in the first four minutes of the sec- ond half and held the Bruins with- out an offensive touchdown. Kenjon Barner returned the second-half kickoff for a 100-yard touchdown, and Talmadge Jack- son returned an interception 32 yards for another score just 13 seconds later. Jeff Maehl took a short recep- tion 20 yards for the third touchdown of the early third quarter as Oregon won its fifth straight game.

Nate Costa passed for just 82 yards in his first career start as the Ducks trailed 3-0 at halftime. Akeem Ayers made an aston- ishing interception in end zone for the only touchdown late in the third quar- ter, leaping to snag pass, then tucking his feet inbounds as he fell. Wulff worried after latest concussion to lineman Danaher WSU NOTES: Junior return thanks to history of head injuries BY HOWIE STALWICK For The News Tribune PULLMAN A third consecutive loss and a few more injuries left Paul Wulff frustrated Saturday, but he seemed most concerned afterwards about the latest con- cussion of offensive guard Brian Danaher. A junior, Danaher missed the Oregon game Oct. 10 after suffer- ing a concussion the week before at USC.

Wulff cited of concussions as a rea- son for limiting his playing time and not returning him to the start- ing lineup Saturday against Ari- zona State. Danaher, a former walk-on who has been a part-time starter the past two seasons, grew up a diehard Cougar fan while living near Pullman in the small town of Colfax. Bitter feelings Wulff says Washington State players and coaches have been collecting as in chips on their shoulders with regard to disrespect they believe some op- ponents have shown them during two very trying and very losing seasons in charge of the Cougars. Wulff was upset after Oregon coach Chip Kelly asked officials to review lone touchdown, when Marshall Lobbestael scored on a quarterback sneak late in the third quarter. Oregon was leading 45-0 at the time.

Kelly had a one-word response when asked if he was concerned about opinion: Sales down A sagging economy, continued struggles on the field and a lack of popular opponents on the home schedule this year led to a steep decline in season ticket sales at WSU. The Cougars sold 11,419 sea- son tickets, but that ranks fifth in school history. The fourth-best total of 13,232 came in 2008, when Washington, Oregon and USC all missing from this home schedule came to Pull- man. Sales of student all-sports pass- es have reached 10,500, and more will be sold by basketball season. The Cougars sold a record 11,346 passes last year.

Mackay watches Injured Cougar Cory Mackay, using hand devices to operate the car his parents recently purchased for him, drove to Pullman to watch homecoming game. Mackay remains paralyzed be- low the waist following a spring highway accident. taking on-line courses this semester and plans to return to campus in January for spring se- mester. Media attention ESPN gave the Cougars a little bit of love and a little bit of grief in recent days. The weekly tradition of having fans wave the WSU flag in the background during lege football program inspired a humorous television commercial.

ESPN Ryen Russillo and Scott Van Pelt briefly dis- cussed the Cougars on Friday. a Russillo said. feel so bad for those kids, not even going to make fun of Van Pelt said. you Russillo said. not forget, last year they had a tryout of the student body at Russillo was referring to the open tryout the injury-riddled Cougars held at midseason for a scout team quarterback.

Fresh- man Peter Roberts, a former Woodinville High School stand- out, won the tryout and helped out the Cougars the remainder of the season. UFL debuts Ex-Cougars Wale Dada and Derrell Hutsona played in the in- augural game of the United Foot- ball League on Thursday in Las Vegas. Dada started at cornerback for the Las Vegas Locomotives, who defeated the California Redwoods, 30-17. No individual defensive sta- tistics were provided, but Hutsona gained 7 yards on five carries as a reserve running back for the San Francisco-based Redwoods. Three former Cougars were cut in training camp by UFL teams.

Florida let go of defensive linemen Rien Long and Mkristo Bruce, and offensive lineman Patrick Afif failed to stick with New York. The UFL, billed as a minor league designed to groom players for the NFL, drew approximately 5,000 fans to Sam Boyd Stadium for the first game. Attendance was announced at 14,209. The four league teams each play six regular-season games. PAC-10 FOOTBALL Pac-10 Overall Pct.

Pct. Oregon 3 0 1.000 5 1 .833 Arizona 1 0 1.000 3 1 .750 Stanford 3 1 .750 4 2 .667 USC 2 1 .667 4 1 .800 Oregon St. 2 1 .667 4 2 .667 Arizona St. 1 1 .500 3 2 .600 UW 1 1 .500 2 3 .400 California 0 2 .000 3 2 .600 UCLA 0 2 .000 3 2 .600 WSU 0 4 .000 1 5 .167 Saturday Oregon 24, UCLA 10 Arizona St. 27, Washington St.

14 Oregon State 38, Stanford 28 Arizona at Washington, late Saturday, Oct. 17 California at UCLA, 12:30 p.m. Ch. 4 USC at Notre Dame, 12:30 p.m. Ch.

5 Stanford at Arizona, 4:30 p.m. Vs. UW at Arizona 7:15 p.m. FSN WSU CONTINUED FROM B1 ARIZONA STATE 27, WSU 14 Arizona St. 7 6 6 8 27 Washington St.

0 0 7 7 14 First Quarter 9 pass from Sullivan (Wen- zig kick), 4:55. Second Quarter 7 run (kick failed), :21. Third Quarter 9 run (kick blocked), 13:24. 23 pass from Tuel (Grasu kick), 2:22. Fourth Quarter 10 run (G.Robinson pass from Sullivan), 12:25.

99 pass from Tuel (Grasu kick), 11:33. ASU WSU First downs 22 10 Rushes-yards 37-220 32-(-54) Passing 190 235 Comp-Att-Int 22-33-3 17-34-2 Return Yards 57 77 Punts-Avg. Fumbles-Lost 3-3 5-2 Penalties-Yards 6-70 10-85 Time of Possession 29:02 30:58 Nance 21-113, K.Williams 1-53, Bass 4-30, Marshall 6-27, Osweiler 3-(minus 1), Sullivan 2-(minus 2). Washington Forrest 1-15, Tardy 4-4, Mitz 3-1, Team 1-(minus 3), Winston 7-(mi- nus 3), Solomon 1-(minus 10), Lobbestael 3-(minus 19), Tuel 12-(minus 39). Sullivan 19-29-3- 169, Osweiler 3-4-0-21.

Washington Tuel 11-22-2-175, Lobbestael 6-12-0-60. K.Williams 13- 126, McGaha 4-21, G.Robinson 3-35, Nance 2-8. Washington Blackledge 5-37, Karstetter 4-45, Simone 4-43, Forzani 1-99, Mitz 1-12, Solomon 1-2, Winston 1-(minus 3). WASHINGTON ST. SCHEDULE SEPTEMBER 5 Standord 39, WSU 13 12 Hawaii 38, WSU 20 19 WSU 30, SMU 27, OT 26 USC 27, WSU 6 OCTOBER 3 Oregon 52, WSU 6 10 Arizona State 27, WSU 14 24 at California, TBA 31 Notre Dame at San Antonio, 4:30 p.m.

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