Washington Football: Cal stuns Huskies, 3 Takeaways
By Matt Barry
It was a devastating loss for Washington football on Saturday. The Huskies didn’t allow an offensive TD but still lost 12-10. Here are three takeaways.
Chris Petersen’s Washington football team lost a stunner to California Saturday 12-10. The Huskies hadn’t been playing great football in recent weeks and injuries have been a problem, but this loss may have exposed some bigger issues. These are our three takeaways from a damaging loss in Berkeley.
The Myles Gaskin injury has been tough to overcome
The other backs have done an adequate job in recent weeks to help fill the void left by Myles Gaskin. However, it seems that the void is now becoming more prevalent and the Huskies offense was largely ineffective on Saturday.
Kamari Pleasant had 12 carried for 62 yards, but Salvon Ahmed was nonexistent, with minus two yards on 8 carries. Everytime Ahmed got the ball, he was surrounded by a sloth of Bears. This put more of a burden on Browning and the passing game. The senior quarterback would muster just 148 yards through the air on the day.
Receiver Ty Jones had the only UW touchdown. Without Gaskin and receiver Quinten Pounds, who is out for the season, the playmaking ability of the Huskies is weaker than earlier this season. Washington will need to get Gaskin back to help the run game and subsequently the passing game. Not only does he make defenses respect the run, Gaskin is a reliable pass catcher out of the backfield.