NCAAF: Washington bids to ride black-out to victory vs. UCLA

Date:

Share post:


From a white-out to a black-out.

After suffering a 35-6 loss to then-No. 6 Penn State last Saturday in the Nittany Lions’ annual white-out game in University Park, Pa., Washington will return home for its own black-out night when they take on UCLA (4-5 overall, 3-4 Big Ten) on Friday in Seattle.

The usually purple-clad Huskies (5-5, 3-4) instead will don black uniforms, and fans are also encouraged to wear black.

“Some great uniforms coming out,” Washington coach Jedd Fisch said. “So excited about that.”

The Huskies this season have played in a black-out at Rutgers (Sept. 27), a stripe-out at Iowa (Oct. 12) and a red-out at Indiana (Oct. 26) before last Saturday’s white-out.

They lost all of those games, although they are 5-0 at Husky Stadium.

Washington likely needs to defeat UCLA to become bowl eligible as its last game of the regular season is Nov. 30 at No. 1 Oregon.

The Huskies have had a short turnaround after not getting back to Seattle until 5 a.m. Sunday following their game at Penn State.

“Short week, a little bit of a cram session,” Fisch said. “But as I told the staff, ‘Sleep Saturday.'”

Quarterback Will Rogers is expected to start against UCLA after getting benched at halftime last weekend for Demond Williams Jr.

“Will was a victim of circumstances, a little bit,” Fisch said. “He was 10-for-13 in the first half, just we weren’t able to get anything going.”

The Bruins have won three in a row, including a 20-17 decision against visiting Iowa last Friday. They have games remaining against rival Southern California and Fresno State as they try to qualify for a bowl game.

The win over the Hawkeyes was UCLA’s first in four tries at the Rose Bowl this season.

“I didn’t want to make too big of a deal about us being back home, but we kind of treated this game like a road game,” Bruins coach Deshaun Foster said. “I just think my guys, they came out and they earned the right to win. Just in how they practiced (last) week and I think as long as we continue to do that, this team can really just take off.”

UCLA quarterback Ethan Garbers started his collegiate career at Washington in 2020 — he was named the Huskies’ offensive scout squad MVP — before transferring to Westwood the next year.

–Field Level Media

spot_img

Related articles

NCAAF: No. 24 UNLV shakes off slow start, tops San Jose State

Jai'Den Thomas ran for 135 yards and a touchdown to lead No. 24 UNLV over host San Jose...

NCAAF: Michigan State sends Purdue to 10th consecutive loss

Aidan Chiles completed 15 of 31 passes for 159 yards and two touchdowns to help Michigan State earn...

NCAAF: Iowa QB Cade McNamara slams ‘ridiculous’ rumors

Iowa quarterback Cade McNamara released a statement Friday slamming the "100% false" media reports that suggested he had...

NCAAF: Report: Iowa CB Jermari Harris opts out of rest of season

Iowa cornerback Jermari Harris has opted out of the remainder of the 2024 season in order to prepare...

FREE

Get the most important breaking news and analyses for Free.

Thank you for subscribing

Something went wrong.