Stanford Men's Basketball defeats Washington 58-56

Wow! Stanford defeated No. 17 Washington in one of the most crazy final seconds decisions I've seen.

After a back and forth game, Stanford was ahead 58-56 with 5 seconds left on the clock, Washington's missed the shot, Justin Holiday got the rebound but Jeremy Green was called for a foul with 2 seconds left. Holiday to the line.

And Holiday missed both the free throws! Dwight Powell pulled in the rebound and I thought Stanford had the win. But Powell was called for traveling.

Final 2 seconds, inbound pass to Holiday. And he missed the shot.

Rough night for Holiday, huge win for Stanford! Was a great night for the photographers specifically Nhat Meyer and Kyle Terada, because there was pizza in the media work room! ;-)

Washington defeats Cal 16-13

Cal Football played Washington this weekend to fight for a bowl game. Whichever team lost was going to be eliminated from bowl eligibility. Unfortunately, that team was Cal.

There was a great Washington fumble that D.J. Holt was able to land on. Unfortunately, the next play put the ball right back into Washington's hands.

The first half was 0-0 until the last seconds with Giorgio Tavecchio lined up for a 54 yd field goal. And he made it! After knowing the heartache he must have went through after Oregon, it was awesome to see him have this hero moment.

Second half had some more action, Mike Mohamed sacked the quarterback and forced the fumble.

Which was picked up by Cameron Jordan for the touchdown.

Second half also had some rain and hail!

Cal put in a great effort and was ahead 13-10 at the near end of the 4th. But Washington got down to 1st and goal. Cal defense did an amazing job of holding Washington. That left it at 4th and 1 with 0:02 left. Washington Coach made a bold call to go for touchdown for the win as opposed to field goal for the tie to send it into overtime. Either he has zero confidence in his field goal kicker (and worried a Boise State vs Nevada situation) or he has a LOT of faith in his offense. Regardless of the reason, it was the right call and Washington snuck in the end zone for the win.

Regular blog readers might recognize these people even though they've missed the last few games.

This was the last home game at Memorial Stadium as it is. The stadium is receiving a major renovation next year while Cal plays at AT&T Park and will be re-opened for 2012! Goodbye lovely photo work tunnel

Full set up at: http://www.goldenbearsports.com/2010-2011/football/vswashington