Our Larry Stone wraps up the Huskies’ 27-17 loss at Arizona State with this:
Afterward, players and coaches kept talking, in quiet tones, about how they have to learn to finish. But they’re running out of time to incorporate all the teachable moments that keep mounting — dropped balls, missed tackles, inopportune passes — into an effective closing strategy.
Now the Huskies have pushed themselves to the absolute brink. At 4-6, it will take two victories in their final two games to become bowl eligible. That means beating a weak Oregon State team in Corvallis, and then taking down increasingly dangerous Washington State in the Apple Cup at Husky Stadium.