Scoring plays: P–Jermaine Kearse 8-pass from Jake Locker (Eric Guttorp kick).

Best play: After two long Chris Polk runs, Locker rifled his second scoring pass of the game to Kearse in the left flat of the end zone with 30 seconds to go.

Defense, you say: The Purple team posted a shutout. Enough said.

Statistics and stuff:

PURPLE

Jake Locker, 16-for-18, 200 yards, two TDs

Chris Polk, 12 carries, 95 yards, TD

Willie Griffin, four carries, 39 yards

Demetrius Bronson, four carries, 32 yards, TD

Jermaine Kearse, five catches, 70 yards,

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Scoring plays: None

Best play: Let’s give one to the White squad. Quarterback Ronnie Fouch completed a 7-yard pass to tight end Ben Hayes on fourth-and-2 to keep a drive alive – one that ended on a turnover.

Defense, you say: Safety Nate Williams was the recipient of a fumble recovery of Fouch, but it was running back David Freeman who knocked the ball out of Fouch’s grasp. Freeman was in pass blocking, and his helmet hit Fouch’s hand.

Statistics and stuff: Quarterback Jake Locker is now 14-for-16 for 168 yards.

Scoring plays: P–Chris Polk 9-run (Erik Folk kick).

P–Bronson 12-run (Erik Folk kick).

P–Willie Griffin 29-pass from Jake Locker (Erik Folk kick failed).

Best play: On Griffin’s catch in the flat, the best part of the half’s final scoring play was the block receiver Devin Aguilar put on linebacker Bradly Boussel to free up the remaining room for the touchdown.

Defense, you say: By the second-string unit, none. The Purple defense has allowed 13 yards and one first down.

Statistics and stuff: Locker is 12-of-13 for 164 yards and two touchdowns (one was a rushing

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Scoring plays: P–Jake Locker 10-run (Erik Folk kick failed)

Best play: Nothing really stood out. Running backs Willie Griffin and Chris Polk had their moments, and much of Locker’s success came off play action.

Defense, you say: The UW’s first-string defense forced a three-and-out, and Matt Houston had a sack of Locker on the Purple’s second drive

Statistics and stuff: Coach Steve Sarkisian called nine run plays for the Purple team in the first quarter, and eight pass plays. … Locker was 5-of-6 for 48 yards. … Griffin had runs of 12, 15 and 8 yards. …

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We have a few minutes before kickoff. Here is how the teams are going to be divided up, set by coach Steve Sarkisian:

PURPLE

QB: Locker

RB: Polk Griffin, Bronson, Homer

TE: Izbicki, Middleton

WR: Aguilar, Polk, Kearse, Bruns

OL: Habben, Ossai, Tolar, Kelemente, Schaefer, Ikehara

DL: Matthews, Ta’amu, Te’o-Nesheim, Jones, Elisara

LB: Butler, Foster, Tuiasosopo, Huppert

DB: Fogerson, Walker, Williams, Glenn, Richardson, Mosley

WHITE

QB: Fouch, Bean

RB: Shaw, Freeman, Sylvester, Togi

TE: Hayes, Savant

WR: Bruns, Leonard, Boyles, Chidiac

OL: Ikehara, Armelin, Christine,

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Arrived a couple hours before the game, and purple dots are already invading the campus. Good to see fans arriving early to catch all the pre-game functions in, and around, Husky Stadium.

I’ve been hanging out in the media workroom over at Hec Edmundson Pavilion. Players have been in and out of meeting rooms. Their emotions have interested me this morning. Yes, they’re hyped up to play a game. But there is almost a sense of relief, too, they’re experiencing. Maybe it’s because this is the “show” to cap the “rehearsals” of spring camp.

Saw Marques Tuiasosopo wandering

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There are marching band tunes that last longer than the Huskies’ final spring practice Friday before their annual Spring Game. It lasted a grand total of 54 minutes.

“I want to see them fresh tomorrow, play fast,” UW coach Steve Sarkisian said.

Here are some of the coach’s tidbits about the game Saturday:

&bull The teams will be divided up among first- and second-string players from the offense and defense. Sarkisian added “there will probably be some guys that flip-flop sides to even out the numbers.”

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Things were calm all over Husky Stadium as the team finished up its final practice of the spring before the “Purple and Gold” game scheduled for Saturday.

Athletic director Scott Woodward has been a regular at practices, chatting with boosters, talking to students and, once in a while, holding court with reporters.

Bob Condotta, the Seattle Times reporter, and I, sought him out midway through practice, and got him for a few minutes to discuss how the six-year agreement between the UW and Washington State moving the Apple Cup to Qwest Field starting in 2010 so suddenly fell through.

He certainly seemed perplexed by the sudden announcement to cease talks coming from WSU on Friday, specifically from AD Jim Sterk.

But as he also iterated, “I never did (think it was a done deal). I was clear with you guys the whole time that it was far from done.”

And apparently he was dead-on.

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