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Huskies fill the role of sad sacks

Things got so bad in the second half for Washington on Saturday, when UCLA outscored the Huskies 39-0 en route to a 46-16 rout, that Bruins defensive end Dave Ball recorded sacks on three consecutive plays.

On the second one, Ball and his twin brother, Mat, arrived at quarterback Cody Pickett simultaneously, each getting credit for half a sack.

Noted Mike DiGiovanna of the Los Angeles Times: "The count on the play: two Balls, one strike."

Too much of a bad thing

The Huskies aren't the only ones to discover a Woes Bowl in Pasadena. Two weeks ago, winless Pasadena City College got pasted 66-7 at home by Mount San Antonio College.

"Things got so bad that I decided to put in an all-new punt-block team," Lancers coach Tom Maher told the L.A. Times, "and we got penalized for having 14 players on the field."

The Rush is off

Is Rush Limbaugh's demise really so surprising? The Philadelphia Eagles entered October with the NFL's No. 1 rush defense.

He needed a little extra

David Rosenbaum's longest field goal is a measly 27 yards -- but who else can claim a 62-yard extra point?

"I saw it as a chip shot," Rosenbaum, of D.C.'s Wilson High School, told The Washington Post. "I have hit longer ones in practice."

Rosenbaum had to kick the unusual PAT against Spingarn on Friday because, after Rosenbaum returned a kickoff 69 yards for a touchdown, his team was hit with three 15-yard penalties -- for excessive celebration, unsportsmanlike conduct and taunting.

Gloating wasn't necessary. Wilson won, 41-0.

Jock talk

* Former major-leaguer Ken Caminiti, to the Houston Chronicle, on serving jail time for a drug conviction: "That was a real eye-opener for me, walking down the corridors in prison and having people walk up and say, 'Hey, Caminiti, sign my crack pipe.'"

* T.J. Simers of the L.A. Times, on the impact of Limbaugh's ESPN demise on sports-talk radio: "If this catches on -- you say something stupid and you have to quit -- we might all be listening to music again."

Phillips or flathead?

The independent Canadian Baseball League, which went belly-up this summer, owes more than $1.2 million to 339 creditors, the Saskatoon StarPhoenix reported.

The bills range from the $78,928.24 owed to the Vancouver, B.C, law firm of Bull Housser & Tupper to the $2.16 owed to Lakeside Fasteners in Kelowna, B.C.

Just the CBL's luck: If the lawyers don't put the screws to 'em, the fastener people will.

-- Dwight Perry, The Seattle Times