This was the season to get the season ticket package for the Washington Huskies (3-4, 2-2). They have played four home games so far this season against a loaded schedule of good football teams. The Huskies opened the season by losing a tough game to LSU, in a game that proved that this Washington squad was not a pushover. The following week they hosted a solid Idaho team, currently 3-0 in WAC play, and gave them their only loss on the season to date. Next up was the upset of Southern Cal which stamped the Huskies as officially back from the abyss. After dropping two straight on the road, Washington returned home to meet an Arizona squad that was riding high. A crazy and late TD won that one for the home team. Next up? The surging Oregon Ducks come visit beautiful Husky Stadium this Saturday. They had better come prepared. While QB Jake Locker is the featured player for Washington, the team has seen improvement across the board. They have not beaten Oregon since 2003 and have not looked good in dropping five straight series games. But this squad has a different feel to it, especially at home.
As for Oregon (5-1, 3-0), the stakes are extremely high. The Ducks sit atop the Pac 10 standings with their 3-0 record but four programs—USC, Arizona, Arizona State and Oregon State—are all sitting one game behind at 2-1 and more importantly still await the Ducks on the 2009 schedule. And the two other teams left for Oregon, Stanford and Washington, both host the Ducks in stadiums that are tough places to play (Stanford and Washington are combined 6-1 at home this year) and do so sandwiching the Oregon-USC game that the national media is focusing on as the battle for the conference. So Oregon has done a nice job getting on a roll after dropping game one to Boise. But the job is only half finished.
As for Oregon (5-1, 3-0), the stakes are extremely high. The Ducks sit atop the Pac 10 standings with their 3-0 record but four programs—USC, Arizona, Arizona State and Oregon State—are all sitting one game behind at 2-1 and more importantly still await the Ducks on the 2009 schedule. And the two other teams left for Oregon, Stanford and Washington, both host the Ducks in stadiums that are tough places to play (Stanford and Washington are combined 6-1 at home this year) and do so sandwiching the Oregon-USC game that the national media is focusing on as the battle for the conference. So Oregon has done a nice job getting on a roll after dropping game one to Boise. But the job is only half finished.
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