When the Washington Huskies look across the field Saturday, they'll see something familiar.
At the risk of comparing Arizona Wildcats' backup-turned-injury-replacement-starter Matt Scott to projected top-10 NFL draft pick Jake Locker, the two quarterbacks at least share a style.
Neither is afraid to scramble, and they could be two of the Pac-10's three best running signal-callers.
"It will probably be more similar to what our guys see every day in practice," Huskies coach Steve Sarkisian said Tuesday. "You better be accounting for the quarterback. He can pull the ball down, and he can run."
Scott entered Saturday's game when Nick Foles dislocated his right kneecap. Scott completed 14 of 20 passes for 139 yards and threw an interception in a 24-7 victory at Washington State.
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Scott ran nine times for gains of 29 yards but lost 36 yards on five sacks.
He played during the second half of the Wildcats' blowout win against Washington in 2008, not attempting a single pass during garbage time.
Ronnie Fouch played for Locker that day after the latter broke his thumb.
Locker, who completed 24 of 35 passes for 286 yards and five scores in a Saturday win against Oregon State, said he remembers Scott as a "real athletic guy" who "runs well" and has a "good arm."
Saturday, for the first time, the two will play on the same field.
"I think he has a bright future," Locker said.
Resilient Huskies
Saturday's 35-34 double-overtime win against the Beavers was meaningful to Washington for two reasons. One, the Huskies squandered a 21-point lead. Two, they managed to win the game anyway.
With the lead, Washington jumped offside four times and made other mental mistakes.
"You can relax" with a lead, Sarkisian said. "I thought we did that.…
"You can make it hard on yourself, never mind what they're doing."
Winning on an OSU incomplete two-point conversion pass was indicative of the team's attitude.
This year, the Huskies have lost three games - the opener at BYU and home games against Nebraska and Arizona State - but followed each with a win.
"I think they're growing," Sarkisian said. "I think they're believing in what's being called, and they're playing faster. Credit to our seniors for getting that done.
"We're a resilient group, that's for sure. I think this team could have easily cashed it in at any point."
Extra points
• Sarkisian gushed about senior linebacker Mason Foster, who had 12 tackles against Oregon State to increase his season total to 72.
"Guy's on pace for (almost) 150 tackles in a year," Sarkisian said. "It's ridiculous."
• Oregon State's Jordan Poyer returned four kicks for 105 yards Saturday. Sarkisian said kick coverage has been "a huge point of emphasis for us" all season, to no avail.
"We'll keep working on it," the coach said. "We practice a lot. Unfortunately we got out of the lane twice last week."
• The Huskies thought they had beaten Oregon State earlier in the second overtime, but cornerback Desmond Trufant was flagged for pass interference on fourth down.
Sarkisian joked the team had a dry run for celebrating minutes later.
"You get to plan your celebration for the second one," he said.
• It's foolish to hype one Pac-10 game and not the other, Sarkisian said.
"Every opponent's good," he said. "There's no point in trying to build one up and not another one.
"Forget what jersey they're wearing. Forget what helmet they got on. Just prepare to play well and play hard."
