Don't call it Stanford Stadium; call it Washington's House of Horrors. The Huskies troubles in Palo Alto continued Saturday night as they lost to Stanford 23-13, and the game didn't feel very close to the scoreline.
Like the California game last year, Washington got off to a good start offensively, scoring a touchdown, but then wilted. For a defense that was giving up third-down conversions more than half the time, Stanford buckled down and held UW to 2-12. That's an impressive improvement if you're the home team.
And defensively, UW never had an answer for either Davis Mills or Cameron Scarlett, as a beat-up Cardinal offensive line physically manhandled Washington up front. And that's where the game was won.
The coaches also made some mistakes too. From Chris Petersen's strange decision to go for it on UW's first possession of the third quarter down only three, to a botched fourth-down play because of a miscommunication with the punt team, it was a brutal game for those in the Purple and Gold all the way around.
The guys from Dawgman.com - Kim Grinolds, Chris Fetters, and Scott Eklund - give their thoughts on all the major talking points of the night, as well as where the Huskies go from here. Was that the worst defeat of the Chris Petersen era at Washington? It's definitely in the discussion, but more importantly - how to they respond? Do they rise from the challenge and take it out on an Arizona team that they also struggle with on the road?
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