Posted by ESPN.com's Ted Miller
It's not just that quarterback Jake Locker will start for Washington Saturday at UCLA. It's that he appears back to his old, fast self.
This from the Seattle Times:
No individual player in the Pac-10 is more important to his team than Locker. The Huskies would have no chance at UCLA without him. With him, their chances are good.
The big issue now is how he will hold up when he takes a few hits on his thigh. Guess here is coach Steve Sarkisian won't call too many planned runs for Locker, and Locker himself figures to be fairly cautious when scrambling, which runs counter to his typically aggressive thinking.
As we have previously noted to Locker: Jake, slide. Just slide.
It's not just that quarterback Jake Locker will start for Washington Saturday at UCLA. It's that he appears back to his old, fast self.
This from the Seattle Times:
Locker, who wore a protective sleeve around his right calf, displayed his trademark blazing speed and agility while taking the majority of the snaps with the No. 1 offense. He showed no ill effects from the injury suffered Oct. 24 against Oregon.
No individual player in the Pac-10 is more important to his team than Locker. The Huskies would have no chance at UCLA without him. With him, their chances are good.
The big issue now is how he will hold up when he takes a few hits on his thigh. Guess here is coach Steve Sarkisian won't call too many planned runs for Locker, and Locker himself figures to be fairly cautious when scrambling, which runs counter to his typically aggressive thinking.
As we have previously noted to Locker: Jake, slide. Just slide.
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Ted Miller
Miller has been covering college football since 1997, starting with Auburn and then heading West to Washington and the Pac-10. His columns for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer won first place in 2007 APSE Best Writing contest. The Atlanta native and University of Richmond graduate presently lives with his wife in Scottsdale, Ariz.
PAC-10 SCOREBOARD
Saturday, 11/21
Final Arizona State 13 UCLA 23 Final 19 Oregon State 42 Washington State 10 Final 25 California 34 17 Stanford 28 Final/2OT 11 Oregon 44 Arizona 41
