Washington

(#2 12-0) California 63 - (#17 7-4) Washington 0

BERKELEY - With the Pac-10 title already under their belt the Golden Bears would shift their focus to a National Title bid. Cal couldn't be knocked out of a Rose Bowl bid, but a slip up against the hungry Huskies could leave them thinking about what could have been. Steve Sarkisian and his crew have enjoyed quite a turn around, and a win today would guarantee a 2nd place finish in the conference.

Washington would start the game with promise, and QB Jake Locker would look like an elite QB, but Cal's defense stepped up and stopped a promising drive. Washington's rushing attack would look frail for most of the game, but once in a while the read-option would catch Cal off guard. It was obvious that Coach London was focused on keeping Locker in the pocket, this gave speedy HB Chris Polk a few openings, but not enough to make a difference.

With Washington's offense contained the Golden Bears were able to play their broken record all game long. Kevin Riley had a good game, going 14/16, mostly because Washington had their eyes glued on the backfield. Shane Vereen added yet another 200 yard game to his Heisman resume, and left the game in the 4th quarter feeling good about his season. With the game in hand Cal brought in the reserves and Covaughn Deboskie-Johnson ran for 52 yards and a TD to chew up the clock and send the Huskies packing.

GAME LEADERS

Passing : K.Riley (Cal) - 184YDS 3TD
Rushing : S.Vereen (Cal) - 253YDS 5TD
Receiving : A.Lagemann (Cal) - 51YDS TD
Defense : M.Kendricks (Cal) - 4TKL 3TFL SACK