I would trade UW's secondary for WSU's secondary. WSU's secondary is out of postion most of the time and is worse than UW's. The only reason they beat UCLA was that Cowan was hurt and couldn't hit the receivers deep when they beat the corners. The start of the game was horrible and UCLA scored when Bell made a 60 yard and made Hicks look stupid. Hicks redeemed himself when he laid the wood on Breazell and bruised his ribs. Bell got his ACL torn and left the game. Hussain Abdullah still plays out of postion and misses a lot of opportunities to pick the ball. One of the only good defensive players is Mattingly. He played good against ASU, when Doba finally started him, and kept WSU in the game. WSU only plays defense at home or when they blitz. WSU's LBs are improving. Trent can't cover the TE and is slow. Dunn is doing better and Evans is okay. On the Husky LB's EJ Savannah is very athletic but couldn't find the ball when when Oregon was running the wing-T. I'd give a slight edge to WSU. Defensive line I'd give the nod to the Huskies especially at defensive end. WSU can only stop the run by putting 8 in the box or zone blitzes. I think Cal's qualtiy offense is going to take their frustration out against WSU. Back to the Arizona UW game - How does a team blow a 15 pt 4th quarter lead? Can you say Dawg-It?
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I'd Rather Be Fishing for Summer Steelhead!