No Fumbles, No Glory
Washington coach Rick Neuheisel, on versatile Husky quarterback Marques Tuiasosopo, who lost two fumbles against UCLA last Saturday: “You could coach the turnovers out of him, but by doing it you’d coach some of the magic out of him. He’s just a quarterback who makes plays.
“… All I know is, we’d be hard-pressed to go on without him. The guy pumps the blood in our veins.”
He’ll probably need a little antifreeze in those veins on Saturday in Pullman.
Trojans, Huskies, what’s the dif?
Los Angeles Times columnist T.J. Simers chimes in on the local rivalry in Los Angeles, but you can just as easily replace USC and UCLA with UW and WSU.
“As you know there are three kinds of people in Southern California: USC Trojan alumni, UCLA Bruin alumni and just plain common folk who never get anything to brag about,” writes Simers.
“Now some of you commoners might have been married formerly to Trojan alumni before you discovered there is no way to make them happy, or worked with Bruin alumni before they were hauled off for smoking funny cigarettes.
“The problem here, of course, is there’s no avoiding these people - they are everywhere, which makes you wonder if these institutions just give away degrees to speed up the process of soliciting donations from the alumni.”
Recycled, but still good
A Cougar fan and a Husky fan were fighting over a magic lamp when suddenly the genie appeared. The genie said, “If you two will stop fighting, I will give each of you one wish.”
The Husky thought for a moment and said, “I want a huge wall, 150 feet tall all the way around the UW campus to protect our heritage. Make it so no one can get in or out, especially any of those Cougars.” The genie blinked his eyes, nodded his head, and the Huskies’ wish came true.
Turning to the Cougar, the genie asked, “Now what is your wish?”
With a huge, ear-to-ear grin on his face, the Cougar replied, “Fill it with water.”
Just can’t hack it
Again, from Simers: “UCLA coach Bob Toledo - with not even the hint of a smile on his face - said Monday, `I will try to outcoach Paul Hackett this Saturday.’ “I would think placing a cardboard cutout of Toledo on the UCLA sideline would do the trick.”
College football knows how to vote
Bud Geracie in the San Jose Mercury News: “Suggestion from sign-carrying political protester in Florida: “Let the BCS Decide.”
The last word …
“I think it’s pretty obvious what coach Wade Phillips is doing in Buffalo. Rob Johnson will start and Doug Flutie will be the short reliever.”
- L.A. Times columnist T.J. Simers