Footless in Seattle...

In the Stands Report by Bookemdano: The Las Vegas odds makers had the Wildcats favored by 3 1/2 points. Why? Because the Arizona Wildcats owned the best rushing attack in the Pac-10, so Arizona got the nod from the folks in Nevada and were a slight favorite to upend the Washington Huskies in Seattle last night.

But what the odds makers didn't take into consideration was the shoe size of Arizona receiver Delashaun Dean. With two minutes and 37 seconds to go in the game, Arizona quarterback Nick Foles unleashed one of his 53 pass attempts to Dean. The pass didn't hit Dean in his hands, but instead the ball bounced off his foot and into the hands of Husky defender Mason Foster, who returned the foot-flicker for a 37-yard touchdown to give Washington a 36-33 win. A freak accident. A freak interception. A dagger into the hearts of the Wildcats. But it wasn't the freak play that cost Arizona, it was the inability to score touchdowns.

Eight times the Wildcats found themselves in the red zone...but they walked away four times with only a field goal to show for their efforts. The Wildcats' heralded rushing game accumulated for just 77 yards as Arizona was forced to abandon its rushing game and go strictly to a passing attack.

Arizona quarterback Nick Foles completed 39 of 53 passes for 384 yards and one touchdown. Foles' efforts should have produced a Wildcat win, but unfortunately the "foot fault" changed the outcome of the game. The Wildcats hope to put their best foot forward next Saturday when they return home to face the Stanford Cardinal.