by Jerry Feitelberg

photo credit google images Kevin Hogan Stanford QB

The game between the Stanford Cardinal and UCLA Bruins last Thursday night was supposed to be a barn burner but turned out to be a blow out 56-35 for the Cardinal fifth win. The Cardinal came into the game ranked 15th and UCLA at 18th. UCLA came in looking for some compensation after losing the week before to the Arizona Wild Cats but found none losing their second straight game.

Bruins quarterback Josh Rosen left with a huge disappointment after throwing two big interceptions in the game which not only changed the dynamic for UCLA offensively but the Cardinal gained confidence on defense to hold the Bruins to 35 points for the blow out. The Bruins played on Sunday the week previous and turned around and played the following Thursday night they were exhausted to say the least.

The Bruins got seven days off this week as they play at Cal this Thursday night so they should be rested for that one. The Cardinal will host the Washington Huskies and although the Huskies are 3-3 the Cardinal shouldn’t let their guard down for this one as they say in the NCAA “anything can happen on any given Saturday”.

Listen to Jerry’s podcast with complete previews of the Washington-Stanford match this Saturday at Stanford Stadium