![]() ![]() Washington: The Huskies showed they’ll be more than just Air Penix with a couple of hard-nosed rushing efforts by Virginia transfer Taulapapa and Davis, who combined for more than 125 yards and two touchdowns by halftime. They were disciplined and tough against their second straight FBS opponent, a good sign with the Big Sky Conference opener in two weeks. Portland State: The Vikings were never really in the game, but punched above their weight class for the second straight week after nearly upsetting San Jose State in the opener, a 21-17 loss decided with a about a minute to play. But once we settled down, that was just the University of Washington’s front seven doing a hell of a job on him." Our guys were all hyped up playing in Husky Stadium. "That was the University of Washington, that wasn’t us," Portland State coach Bruce Barnum said. The Vikings played hard-nosed, clean football with no turnovers, but it had little effect against the more athletic Huskies. Washington held Portland State to 131 total yards and just 50 yards passing by quarterback Dante Chachere. So just his poise and him just being able to stand there and just be confident within himself, I can be confident in myself." And you know, when I have a calm quarterback going into the game, it makes me calm myself. "Me and him hang outside of football, so, I mean, we have that connection already," McMillan said of Penix. Later in the second quarter he caught a 37-yard pass from Penix to set up Taulapapa’s 6-yard score for a 28-3 lead with 2:13 left in the half. His TD catch was the seventh longest reception in school history and capped UW’s fourth 99-yard drive. McMillan finished with four catches for 127 yards. Penix had 248 yards passing by halftime as Washington built a 31-3 lead, a late first-half overthrown interception his only blemish on the score sheet. ![]() "We just knew that the offense is totally different than last year and a lot more explosive." "We saw that something big was going to happen," wide receiver Giles Jackson said. With more than 1,100 yards in two weeks, the team is matching the vision that UW had when it brought in DeBoer, a two-year head coach at Fresno State, to replace Jimmy Lake. The Huskies had 500 of their 617 yards by the end of the third quarter. Cameron Davis scored two rushing touchdowns and Will Nixon and Denzel Boston added rushing TDs of their own as the Huskies ran for 241 yards and five touchdowns. He also threw to Ja’Lynn Polk for a 12-yard score in the half. Penix broke open the game with an 84-yard touchdown pass to Jalen McMillan with 9:51 left in the second quarter for a 21-0 lead. ![]()
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