Golden Nuggets: Washington Quarterback Keith Price Will Play Against Cal Despite Two Sprained Knees
This Saturday's matchup was originally billed as one between two talented, young quarterbacks who can make plays through the air and with their feet. Washington's starting quarterback Keith Price, finally recovering from a right knee sprain sustained several weeks ago, sprained his left knee this past weekend against Nebraska. He does not plan on letting two sprained knees slow him down, however.
Price said his right knee is about 90 percent healthy and should be 100 percent by the end of the week. But his left knee is just "40 to 50 percent," he said.
Price practiced Monday wearing a heavy plastic brace on his left knee, while he had his right knee taped up. He moved gingerly on the left knee. Simple handoffs and dropbacks were somewhat of a chore.
"I’ll be fine," Price said.
Still, the injuries have taken a dimension away from Price. He’s been able to elude the pass rush, but the knee injuries haven’t allowed him to get out and run and make teams pay.
"It’s taken a lot away," he said. "I can’t lie. I haven’t been able to run."
And running is a big weapon in his quarterback arsenal.
"I never imagined playing without my legs," he said. "That used to be a big part of my game. But I will be all right."
After the jump the Huskies open as three-point favorites over the Bears, Brendan Bigelow joins several other Cal players who earned Pac-12 Player of the Week honors.
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- Washington is a three-point favorite over the Bears.
- Brendan Bigelow was named Pac-12 Special Teams Player of the Week.
- Wilner gives the team a B in its victory over Presbyterian. Special teams gaffes and penalties overshadowed an exceptional defensive performance.
- Despite Bigelow's touchdown, the special teams unit has plenty of work to do before heading up to Seattle.
- CalBears.com published several stories profiling players and coaches. They originally appeared in the September 3rd edition of the Cal Kickoff Gameday Magazine. Here's a list of who is featured: Darren Ervin and Avery Sebastian, Jim Michalczik and Eric Kiesau, Sean Cattouse, Marvin Jones and Keenan Allen, and Bryan Anger.
- Kaelin Clay will not play, once again. His academic issue is nearing a resolution, for better or for worse.
- Aaron Tipoti will return to action against UW.
- Ted Miller has an assortment of Pac-12 stats. Cal is the only team in the conference whose total defense is in the top-25 nationwide.
- Tedford speaks about preparing for UW at this week's press conference.
- Though he appears to be following in his father's footsteps, Will Kapp is his own man.
- CalBears.com checks in on the Golden Bears in the pros.
- BearTerritory.net sits down to talk with Brendan Bigelow, whose decommitment from Washington makes for an interesting storyline this weekend.
- Tarah Murrey was named the California Muscle Milk Student-Athlete of the Week.
- Robin Rostratter was named the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week.
- The women's team continues to climb the rankings. Cal is up the 11th in the TopDrawerSoccer.com poll and 18th in the Soccer America poll.
- CalBears.com interviews senior midfielder Katie Suits.
- The Bears defeated San Francisco 6-1 on Sunday.
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Keith Price's knees favor the Dawgs.
You guys are way too nice to beat up on a gimp, and everyone knows it. We await your forfeit.
Sorry, Stanfurd is the school around here that does the forfeiting.
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by atomsareenough on Sep 20, 2011 8:02 PM PDT up reply actions
This conversation made me laaugh.
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Clancy to launch missiles at Price…put in the young’ns and let them tee off!
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eh, that last sentence came out a little gruff, if you will. “I hope the secondary can mimic their game like they did against Fresno St. Go Bears, and don’t forget your Capri Sun’s and Home Run Pies after the game.”
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UW now favored by 1.5 . . .
Looks like Vegas thinks that this’ll be a close game.
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Price isn't that hurt
He’s beat up for sure,but he played the entire game against Nebraska and hasn’t had his mobility in any game this season while doing just fine. I wouldn’t hope for it to be too much of an advantage if I were a Cal fan (or a bettor).
That being said, I definitely don’t want him taking any hits he doesn’t have to.
I hope Montana got a few extra reps in practice to be safe.
I love Price and he’s a tough SOB, but watching him scramble/hobble in the Nebraska game and fall short of the 1st down line really scared me.
Work hard, play harder, rest easy.
How is the Great Northwest feeling about the Husky o-line?
All of the discussion i’ve seen has been about Price but nothing about the dudes protecting him. Also, i’m sadly too familiar with Polk’s running ability, but wholly ignorant of the Husky backfield’s pass-protection skills. Can they all keep Price in a comfortable pocket if he’s stiff-legging it?
They are doing adequately
Its hard to tell in the run game because Polk is so good that he gets yards and blows through guys even when there isn’t much there. They could definitely do a better job of creating wide open holes for him to get to the second level, where he really creates problems for safeties trying to tackle him.
On the pass protection side of things, I’ll just say that there haven’t been any noticeable problems. Price needs to learn not to run backwards when there is a guy in his face, but outside of that he’s been really solid both in and outside of the pocket. I can’t remember any throws he’s had to make when he’s been under pressure because of O-line failures. He is very good at escaping the pocket and waiting for something to open up down field. His injuries in the Nebraska game didn’t seem to effect that ability at all, but who knows what it will look like on Saturday.
by UW11Bowdown on Sep 21, 2011 10:02 AM PDT up reply actions
Oops, noticed you wanted to hear about the backfields protection too.
Polk is a decent to above average blocker when he needs to be, he definitely knows his assignment. Our FB Amosa is a good run blocker, haven’t really paid attention to his pass blocking much, probably because he doesn’t play on passing downs too often. Our freshman TE’s are getting better at blocking, hopefully they’ll improve even more in the Cal game. The other RB’s aren’t asked to do much blocking.
by UW11Bowdown on Sep 21, 2011 10:05 AM PDT up reply actions
Yup Saturday will officially mark the launch of his Heisman campaign. Hookers and blow to follow.
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by since1997 on Sep 22, 2011 8:17 AM PDT via iPhone app up reply actions
He is going to have a poor day because he will have limited mobility and because Clancy will cook up a good scheme against him, and because our players on defense are talented.
/rationalCalfan
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by atomsareenough on Sep 22, 2011 9:50 AM PDT up reply actions

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