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LOS ANGELES -- Moments after being denied a final play on a drive he felt was destined to be a historical game-winner, Washington quarterback Isaiah Stanback denied reporters the cliched excuses that would be expected after a controversial loss.

"I'd rather not talk about the end of the game," he said. "I really wouldn't."

Despite being asked about the end of the game a dozen different ways, the dreadlocked quarterback simply shook his head and answered the same way: "I'm not going to speak on it."

It would have been easy for Stanback to lean forward toward the microphones and recorders and complain. It would have been totally understandable, really. Stanback had just directed a 10-play, 65-yard drive in the final 1:34 and was forced to watch the clock run out as the Huskies lined up for one final play with two seconds left, even though replays showed they should have had five seconds after gaining a first down.

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