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THE GAME: The Washington soccer crew (4-0 general, 1-0 Pac-12), after 4 straight dwelling video games to open the season, lastly hits the highway to face fellow unbeaten UCLA (4-0, 1-0) in a Friday night time sport on the Rose Bowl. Kickoff is 7:30 p.m. PT and the sport will air on ESPN. Washington, the nation’s chief in passing offense, is off to a strong begin below new head coach Kalen DeBoer, and has moved as much as No. 15 within the newest AP Top 25 and No. 18 within the coaches’ ballot. Following the UCLA journey, the Huskies journey to face Arizona State.
QUICK HITTERS: Washington leads the NCAA-FBS in passing offense, and is No. 5 in complete offense … Husky quarterback Michael Penix, Jr. leads the nation in passing yards and passing yards per sport, and is No. 8 in passing touchdowns … Penix has not been sacked this season … UW has allowed simply two sacks, and each got here with backup QB and offensive line within the sport … the Husky protection has compiled 15 sacks by means of 4 video games, together with eight vs. Stanford final week … Washington has scored on its first possession of each the primary and second half in every sport this season … the Huskies have scored on 17 of 20 first-half possessions to this point this season, with 14 of these 17 going for touchdowns … Washington has punted within the first half simply as soon as this yr … UW has gone 3-and-out solely thrice in 45 offensive possessions this yr … six true freshmen have performed for the UW this season: DL Jayvon Parker, CB Jayvion Green, PK Grady Gross, WR Denzel Boston, S Tristan Dunn & EDGE Lance Holtzclaw … apart from the pandemic-shortened 2020 season – when as a result of cancellations, your complete UW schedule consisted of simply 4 video games, all at dwelling – the final time the Huskies opened a season with 4 consecutive dwelling video games was in 1976, when the Dawgs opened vs. Virgina, Colorado, Indiana and Minnesota … the Husky roster contains 31 newcomers in 2022; here is a breakdown: 20 freshmen, two junior faculty transfers, and 9 four-year faculty transfers … of the 114 gamers on the roster, 55 are listed as freshmen (17) or redshirt freshmen (38), with an extra 27 sophomores … that implies that 82 of 114 gamers (72 %) have three or extra years of remaining eligibility getting into the 2022 season … UW has 12 gamers who’re of their closing yr of eligibility in 2022.
TELEVISION: The Washington-UCLA sport will air on ESPN, with Roy Philpott, Andre Ware & Paul Carcaterra calling the motion. Fans with the correct subscription can even watch at ESPN.com/watch.
RADIO: All Washington soccer video games will air on the Washington Sports Network from Learfield, with Tony Castricone (play by play), former Husky tight finish Cameron Cleeland (analyst) and former UW basketball participant Elise Woodward (sidelines) on the decision. Radio protection begins 4 hours earlier than kickoff on the community’s flagship station – Seattle’s SportsRadio KJR 93.3 FM – with “Husky Gameday” dwell from The Zone for Husky dwelling video games. Statewide protection on the 12-station Washington Sports Network begins two hours earlier than kickoff. The complete broadcast is obtainable worldwide on the Huskies Gameday cell app and the Varsity app. The UW broadcast of this sport may even air on SiriusXM channel 84. Additionally, the Husky Football Coaches Show airs every Wednesday through the season (beginning Aug. 24), at 6:00 p.m. PT.
DAWGS IN L.A.: With the prospect of USC and UCLA leaving the Pac-12 Conference following subsequent season, this Saturday’s journey to Los Angeles might be the final for the Huskies for a very long time, apart from potential bowl video games, and assuming no different adjustments to the conferences. The Huskies, thanks partially to the COVID season in 2020, have solely performed in Southern California as soon as through the common season within the final six-plus seasons, in a 2018 go to to UCLA (UW additionally performed within the Rose Bowl sport later that season). Washington has not performed a sport at USC because the memorable Thursday-night win in 2015 and, barring adjustments, that would be the closing Husky go to to the Coliseum.
Huskies vs. Bruins History: UCLA enjoys a nine-game edge within the sequence, with 41 wins, 32 losses and two ties in 75 all-time video games towards Washington. The Bruins have taken that lead comparatively lately, having gained 14 of the final 19, with many current video games having been comebacks.
Last yr in Seattle, the Huskies rallied from 17-3 right down to tied the rating, however the Bruins broke the 17-17 tie with a landing move with 8:19 to go, then intercepted a UW move and ran out the final 4:50 to earn a 24-17 win.
Prior to final season, the Huskies and Bruins final met in Pasadena in 2018, when the Huskies gained, 31-24, behind 116 speeding yards and two TDs from Myles Gaskin, in addition to 265 yards and a TD passing, together with a speeding TD, from Jake Browning. In 2017, the Huskies gained, 44-23, behind 169 rush yards from Gaskin and 94 extra from Lavon Coleman. Prior to 2017, the newest UW-UCLA sport was in 2014, when the Bruins racked up 476 yards in a 44-30 win. The yr prior in Pasadena, UCLA held on for a 41-31 win regardless of the Huskies out-gaining the Bruins in complete offense. Cyler Miles got here off the bench for injured starter Keith Price and threw for 149 yards and two scores whereas UCLA’s Myles Jack rushed for 4 touchdowns.
The 2010 sport was a uncommon Thursday night time contest in Seattle, with the Huskies beating the Bruins, 24-7, as UCLA was held off the scoreboard after the primary quarter. Chris Polk rushed for 138 yards and Jesse Callier added 107 in what was largely a defensive sport (UW out-gained UCLA 321 to 163 yards). In 2009 in Pasadena, the Bruins held off the Huskies’ comeback try for a 24-23 victory. In 2008, UCLA pulled away late for a 27-7 win. But in 2007 in Pasadena, the Bruins beat the Huskies, 44-31, in a sport that featured 41 mixed factors scored within the fourth quarter after a 10-10 tie on the half. The Huskies bought the win in 2006 in Seattle, getting back from 16-0 behind to win, 29-19. In 2005, the Bruins wanted a fourth-quarter comeback to safe a 21-17 win because the Huskies led 10-0 at half and 17-7 after three quarters. In 2004 in Seattle, Maurice Drew ran for 322 yards and 5 touchdowns because the Bruins got here again from a 24-7 deficit to win, 37-31.
In 2003 on the Rose Bowl, 18th-ranked Washington constructed a 16-7 halftime lead, however the Bruins stormed again to win going away, 46-16. UCLA’s 39 second-half factors had been essentially the most ever towards a Husky crew in a second half. In 2002, the Bruins parlayed a 24-14 halftime lead right into a 34-24 win. In 2001, the Bruins gained, 35-13, as tailback DeShaun Foster rushed for 301 yards in a sport the Huskies performed with out injured beginning quarterback Cody Pickett (the one sport Pickett missed after separating his proper shoulder the earlier week vs. USC).
In 2000, with a 35-28 win, Washington broke the Bruins’ three-game profitable streak within the sequence. UCLA had gained video games in 1997, 1998 and 1999 to take the sequence benefit, which, previous to the ’97 assembly was tied at 27-27-2. In 12 of the final 17 conferences (all however 2002, 2004, 2006 and 2007) between Washington and UCLA, one or each of the groups has been ranked. Going by rating alone, the Bruins managed to upset the Huskies in 4 of these video games – most notably the 1990 loss at Husky Stadium that knocked apart the UW’s nationwide title hopes. In that ’90 sport, the unranked Bruins handed No. 2 Washington a 25-22 loss. In the subsequent assembly in 1993, Twenty second-ranked UCLA beat the Twelfth-ranked Dawgs, 39-25. Prior to 2004, the newest “upset” was in 1999, when an unranked UCLA crew beat No. 22 Washington, 33-20. The UW-UCLA sequence first bought underway in 1932, when the Huskies posted the primary of 4 straight shutouts towards the Bruins. UCLA bought its first win within the sequence in 1938 with a 13-0 win in Los Angeles.
EXPERIENCE AND YOUTH: Thanks partially to the prolonged eligibility that resulted from the pandemic, Washington’s 2021 roster is outstanding for each its youth and its expertise, unexpectedly. The roster contains 18 people who’ve began no less than one sport on offense, and one other 18 on protection. All totaled, these 35 gamers (one in every of them, Alex Cook, has began on offense and protection) have began 248 video games (147 on offense, 101 on protection). And, that doesn account for the handful of veteran transfers who had been mulit-year starters at their earlier faculty, and likewise would not account for specialists, who’re additionally seasoned starters at their positions.
All that stated, the UW roster contains simply 12 gamers of their closing yr of accessible eligibility: CB Jordan Perryman, LB Cam Bright, EDGE Jeremiah Martin, S Alex Cook, WR Brennan Holmes, PK Peyton Henry, OL Jaxson Kirkland, OL Henry Bainivalu, OL Corey Luciano, P Kevin Ryan, LB (*15*) Moll and RB Wayne Taulapapa. Of the 114 gamers on the present roster, 55 are listed as freshmen (17) or redshirt freshmen (38), whereas 27 extra are sophomores. That implies that 82 of 114 gamers (72 %) have three or extra years of eligibility remaining, getting into the 2022 season.
THE PAC-12: Prior to the 2011 season, the Pac-10 Conference added Utah and Colorado to increase to the Pac-12. Washington, which together with California is one in every of two faculties who’ve been within the convention since its founding in 1915, performs within the Pac-12 North, together with the opposite three Northwest faculties (Oregon, OSU, WSU) and Stanford and Cal. Under the present system, every faculty performs all 5 division rivals, plus 4 of six groups within the different division every season. The first two seasons, the Huskies didn’t face UCLA or Arizona State. In 2013 and 14, the Huskies did not play Utah or USC. In 2015 in 2016, neither UCLA nor Colorado had been on the UW schedule, whereas the Huskies did not face USC and Arizona in 2017 or 2018. The 2019 season marked the beginning of a brand new cycle, transferring the rotation again to the place it began. Therefore, the Huskies 2019 and 2020 scheduled didn’t embrace UCLA and Arizona State. In 2021 and 2002, Washington should not scheduled to play USC and Utah.
