Huskies are being run over on the road again in the Big Ten

When it came to ponds, the Huskies with this guy took in too much secondary water and drowned.

Early in the second quarter, the 5-foot-10, 170-pound sophomore from Miami, Fla., tackled Boston, who was 7 inches taller and 40 pounds heavier, winning that battle and coming away with the ball, his second Pass, ground theft, in UW 46.

Two plays later, the Hoosiers (8-0, 5-0) took a 14-0 lead when backup quarterback Tayven Jackson, son of a former Washington State cornerback, connected with Omar Cooper on a 42-yard touchdown pass met. Cooper beat UW corner Elijah Jackson to the ball, caused Jackson to miss the tackle, and went in standing with 13:24 left in the first half. Indiana's Jackson completed 11 of 19 passes for 124 yards in his first start of the season, replacing the injured Kurtis Rourke.

The Huskies, who have struggled scoring the last two games, responded with a six-play, 75-yard drive to keep this game interesting. Jonah Coleman broke off a 46-yard run by getting out of tackles and stiff-arming Hoosiers to lay the ball on the Indiana 19. Giles Jackson, who was not related to any of the aforementioned Jacksons, took an end-around handoff and scored from the 6, getting the ball over the goal line on the bounce. With 10:34 minutes left in the quarter, UW was down just 14-7.

Coleman finished with 104 yards on 19 carries, his fourth time with 100 or more in eight appearances.

The half ended with both teams trying to tire each other out. Indiana held the ball for 19 plays before settling for a 19-yard field goal from Nicolas Ridcic as time expired, giving the Hoosiers a 17-7 lead at halftime. The Huskies consoled themselves by forcing the home team into consecutive runs of 3, 2, 0, 0, 0 yards (the last three at 1 yards) to force the kick rather than give up six points.

As was the case at Iowa, UW struggled up front, particularly on the left side of the offensive line. They opened with redshirt freshman Soane Faasolo at tackle and junior Gaard Memmelaar at guard, two players who were dealing with nagging injuries before the bye. Redshirt freshman Kahlee Tafai and sophomore Landen Hatchett replaced her in the second series. The four players then alternated in different combinations.

The Huskies came out of the break the way they should have come out of the break – alert, opportunistic and productive.

On the first play, Indiana's Jackson's pass was deflected into the air by UW corner Thaddeus Dixon to the right, and defensive tackle Jacob Bandes threw a “look what I've got” interception at the Hoosiers' 24. It was just nine seconds away the clock has come off.

Four plays later, freshman quarterback Demond Williams Jr. faked a handoff to Coleman, tucked the ball under his arm and scored by running around the right end from 8 yards out with no one on defense near him located. It was Willams' first Husky touchdown, one of likely many more to come, and UW finally fully committed, trailing just 17-14 at 12:45 of the third quarter.

Unfortunately for the visitors from Montlake it was only a brief respite, a fleeting glimmer of hope that didn't last long. Indiana came in at right guard and moved the ball 75 yards in 14 plays, allowing Justice Ellison's 5-yard scoring run to extend the lead back to 24-14 with 5:03 left. Ellison led all rushers with 123 yards and 29 carries.

Things got worse. In the fourth quarter, Myles Price returned a punt 65 yards to the UW 14, with Adam Mohammed's game-saving tackle preventing an immediate score. Five plays later, Jackson, the Hoosier quarterback, did the honors from two yards out, giving his team a 31-14 lead and effectively fending off that play with 8:55 left.

A 23-yard field goal by Grady Gross rounded out the score.

“When things don’t go our way, you have to find a way to get out of it,” Coleman said darkly. “It's quite difficult because things happen quite quickly. We just have to keep going.”

In the Big Ten, all roads lead to misery for UW.

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