A fumbled snap, a host of (questionable) unsportsmanlike penalties, two interceptions (including one returned for a touchdown), and some simply awful announcing by the dreadful duo of Musburger and Herbstreit, and Pete Carroll's Trojans are still up three points at the half at Washington.When his receivers weren't batting the ball into the hands of Huskies, John David Booty looked his usual self, throwing laser beams that seem to overshoot his wideouts about 30% of the time and impressively find their mark the other 70. And Stafon (for the Musburgers out there, that's STA-FON, not Stefan) Johnson and Chauncey Washington kept USC's running game looking sharp like any 9 All-American backfield corps should.
On the other side, the Huskies' Jake Locker -- the man that ABC's announcing team called "the most accurate passer they've seen" -- did his best to live up to the "he looks like the next Vince Young talk", but didn't get much help from the rest of his throwback uniform-clad U-Dub offense.
Assuming USC can keep the turnovers in check in the 2nd half, it's probably an understatement to say the Huskies face an uphill battle in the next 30 minutes. But if the Trojans decide to play butterfinger again this half, there's certainly a chance that Ty Willingham's team could join the Saturday upset parade.
