Washington State Cougars pulls off the upset win in Los Angeles after coming from behind late in the fourth quarter to defeat the #19 UCLA Bruins 31-27 to improve to 7-3 on the season and continue to be in contention to win the Pac-12 North following OR defeating Stanford just before the kick off of this game.
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Marks, the biggest target for Luke Falk in coach Mike Leach’s Air Raid offense, is one of 35 Washington State players from California with ample reason to play well in Pasadena.
Bruins quarterback Josh Rosen set a UCLA record with 57 pass attempts, and he appeared to have finished a spectacular comeback with a 37-yard touchdown run that gave UCLA a 27-24 lead with 1:09 to play.
The helmet will be worn during Saturday’s home game vs. Washington State to honor UCLA’s “long-standing relationship with the Navy SEAL community”. “Everyone is going to focus on the last drive and last play, but there is so much that led up to that point”. “But there were so many things that led up to that point”.
Washington State in turn is 6-3 overall, 4-2 in the Pac 12.
College football rankings for Week 12 are rewarding the Washington State Cougars. Defensive back Ishmael Adams was called for holding when Washington State backup quarterback Peyton Bender was sacked on a third-and-10 play from the UCLA 14.
“We didn’t finish in the red zone like we wanted to”. UCLA center Jake Brendel set a school record on the same drive with his 49th career start, surpassing linebacker Spencer Havner’s 10-year-old mark. We keep shooting ourselves in the foot, (we) just can’t get over the penalty hump.
Why You Need To Care UCLA is three wins away from the South Division crown and a likely rematch with Stanford. UCLA entered the game having won the previous five meetings between the schools. “You don’t see them reach too high or too low”.
But Falk, who passed for 331 yards in the game, drove the team 75 yards in 66 seconds for the winning score. His numbers (2,562 yards, 18 touchdowns) are not as gaudy as Falk’s, but for the last three weeks the Bruins have become increasingly dependent on his play.
The UCLA football twitter account shared this tweet showing the SEALs frogman logo on the left side and I have to say, it looks pretty awesome. After further examination, Falk was taken to the locker room and did not return.
Falk was injured with just under three minutes left in the first half when he was picked up and slammed into the turf by Jacob Tuioti-Mariner.
Falk returned to start the second half, promptly leading an 11-play, 47-yard touchdown drive capped by a 4-yard pass to Gabe Marks for a 21-16 Washington State advantage.
But WSU came out at of the tunnel after halftime with the edge, because Falk was back in the game.
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Saturday night we play the Bruins again in the Rose Bowl, and they’re not the top team in the country, but they’re in the top 20.
