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.