Stanford has seven interceptions, including three from junior corner Ryan Fernandez. Safety Aaron Focht leads the Cardinal in tackles with 47. Picks determines this one. Jamien McCullum has just 14 catches, but none was bigger than his TD snag to beat USC on the game's final play. The Cardinal has just the two.
Depth makes the difference.
That's saying something considering they're protecting a redshirt freshman QB with a bad knee. Washington, despite more bulk and experience, has allowed 19 sacks of mobile QB Marques Tuiasosopo and has fallen victim to several penalties, including a handful of problematic holding calls against Cal. Weeks ago, this would way heavily toward the Huskies. Not so now. He is one of the prime reasons the Huskies are 6-1, despite poor starts and bad breaks.