A lot more than 2 seconds debate over final play

HUSKIES UPDATED: 12:40 P.M.

Now that I’m back, we can get into that final 2 seconds.

There’s a lot of stuff that ran Sunday (and we linked to the best on Sunday morning), but let’s look at today’s stories.

The Pac-10’s head of officials, Verle Sorgen – you might remember the name from such fiascoes as Oregon vs. Oklahoma – was quoted as saying he didn’t see anything wrong with the final seconds or Steve Smith’s touchdown catch on a fake punt.

John McGrath had his opinion of what happened, and it had nothing to do with the timekeeper, the officials or the rules.

There were a lot more opinions on the beat writers’ blogs, with Mike Allende of Everett writing pretty even-handed commentary, Bob Condotta of the Times defending – correctly – Isaiah Stanback and the News Tribune’s Don Ruiz has three points he agrees with.

The best I could find at the P-I was quotes from the Huskies saying the last seconds shouldn’t have mattered, that they have to get better. In Everett, Allende looks to the future and sees UW’s confidence leading to a bowl game.

As a final bonus, here is the Times’ quick summary of the game.

UPDATE: The News Tribune’s Don Ruiz is already looking ahead to Friday, when college basketball starts. Here is his story on the new generation of Husky players.