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by John Berkowitz on May 27, 2009 7:13 AM PDT
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PrintBig news this week is coming from the Husky Softball and Golf teams. Both have a solid opportunity to emerge as national champions at the end of the season.
The softball team qualified for the Women's College World Series, sporting a cumulative 8-4 record against six of their potential opponents. The only team they have yet to face is Missouri, and upset WCWS qualifier who beat UCLA to make it to Oklahoma City.
Washington is led by junior pitcher Danielle Lawrie, who was named the USA Softball National Collegiate Player of the year last night.
The golf team is currently fourth after the first round of the NCAA golf championship, being played at Inverness Golf Club in Toledo, Ohio. Washington led halfway throught he first round but fell back a bit on the final nine. Nick Taylor led UW with a one under par 70.
"There's a stretch of holes that are very tough and we have to play those well," Washington coach Matt Thurmond said. "We're going to get the birdies on the easy holes but we need to play holes 3 to 7 well."
More Heaps
I heard some rumors earlier this week that Skyline QB Jake Heaps had made up his mind one way or another. One set said BYU and the other set from a different source said UW. Neither source has spoken directly to Heaps or the Heaps family recently.
Such is the life of one of the top football recruits in the country, who seems to be taking things in a very mature one day at a time manner. Jake and his family recently spent four hours on the UW campus looking at academics.
Something tells me if you are spending four hours on the local campus looking at academics, you still haven't made up your mind one way or another.
BYU was the first to offer during his sophomore year, followed soon thereafter by Washington. BYU's recruiting of Heaps has been longer and more consistent than Washington's. The word is he feels very comfortable with both the Cougar coaching staff and Provo in general.
Word on the street is Tyrone Willingham and Tim Lappano did not invest the time that BYU has. They really didn't get serious until Steve Gervais hit campus last year and let them in on how agressive BYU had been. I guess that isn't much of a surprise; Willingham's recruiting style was never been described as aggressive.
The other side of the coin is that Nussmier and Sarkisian have done a good job recruiting him ever since they hit campus December. One of the first recruiting stops Sarkisian made was at Skyline HS when he arrived at UW.
So the consensus is UW is coming from a bit behind on this one. This is why you will continue to keep hearing rumors of BYU holding the lead.
My opinion based on the countless rumors out there that it is a race between UW, BYU, and Notre Dame. In the end it will come down to UW, and BYU, and finally.... Jake hasn't made up his mind yet.
Expect a firm decision sometime in June.
Vacation
Kate and I leave on Thursday for Boston to attend her 20 year reunion at BC. After that we head down to St John in the US Virgin Islands for four days of fun in the sun. I have never been to the Virgin Islands but I am thinking any place with a beach and a Redstripe should be pretty good.
As usual I will post when I can depending on my Internet connection.
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Boston
There is a computer museum near the waterfront and Hay Market Square that has equipment in it that I help maintain in the mid 60’s early in the tour.
Red Stripe always tastes better near the source as opposed to the exported version.
Have fun….Jack
Same can be said
for just about any beer imho. Ditto on the have fun!
by hairofthedawg on May 27, 2009 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Boston
As a friend of mine says Boston is great except for those damn Bostonian’s!
by John Berkowitz on May 27, 2009 10:25 AM PDT reply actions
A waitress
tried to rip us off at a resteraunt in Hay Market the day I went to the museum, fortunately we figured it out, she received a 5 cent tip, a penny from each of us instead of the $20 extra on the bill.
Notre Dame?
Since when has Notre Dame entered the picture for Jake?
I think we can cross Cal off the list with the recent commitment of Hinder; LSU is a great program, but not so great at turning out NFL QB’s, so I have my doubts Jake will end up there; Tennessee is a very good program and Kiffin is doing a good job selling himself, but I’d guess the distance is ultimately going to work against them.
BYU vs. UW for Jake, and I’m betting that the fact that the Huskies were Jake’s team growing up combined with the excitement in the program now under Sarkisian plus the pedigree Sark & Nussmeier bring to the table will ultimately win out.
Kirk
I was told they were currently third behind UW and BYU. I think they are a long shot.
by John Berkowitz on May 28, 2009 7:31 AM PDT up reply actions
Not sure who he'll choose
between UW and BYU. But one thing’s for certain, he has a tough decision to make in the next couple of weeks. We all want him to be a Dawg, but I’m confident in Sark’s ability to bring in a good QB that will proudly wear the purple and gold. Hopefully Heaps makes the right choice.
by ChazzReinhold on May 29, 2009 9:47 PM PDT up reply actions
st john
go snokeling at trunk bay. it is great. we were there last year…
No clue...My wife made the reservations
This is where we are staying.
Looks like it is the main island. I know we can take ferry over to the Britshi part.
by John Berkowitz on May 28, 2009 7:33 AM PDT up reply actions
UW Sports
The good news is that in general athletics are doing very well at the UW. The softball, golf, an M/W crew are all legitimately in the hunt for a national Championship. This is really awesome and the result of a lot of hard work from our coaches and athletes.
It would sure be nice to improve on football, baseball, and Women’s Bball.
Crew
I’m the hugest Washington crew fan there is (or at least crack the student top 5) but the women aren’t going to win a national championship. I mean seriously. I wish I could say they got embarrassed at pac-10s, but I don’t think anyone was (reasonably) expecting them to finish higher than third. Give it another year and they’ll be in the running, but not this year. The women’s novices (class of ‘12) should win and the four has a decent shot, but… we won’t win the team trophy nor take the varsity. Best case scenario would be like last year to get second in the team competition.
As for the men… again, the freshman will OWN, the JV should win, the four should win, the frosh four is yet to debut so who knows, I would assume they kick some pretty hardcore rear, and the varsity has a decent shot, but… it won’t be a surprise to me if they finish as low as fourth. I think the men will get the Ten Eyck trophy.
Naturally, if anyone out does my predictions I’ll be thrilled, but this is what I’m anticipating, looking at numbers.
Btw… HELL YEAH CLASS OF ’12!!!
Not like the Utah Jazz... it's about REAL jazz. Go Dawgs, Go Blazers!
by jazzaholic17 on May 28, 2009 11:20 PM PDT up reply actions
I am a huge Crew fan too
It all comes down ro rowing that perfect race and both the men and women are capable of doing that on any given day. This year I really think the men have the best shot at doing it.
by John Berkowitz on May 29, 2009 8:34 AM PDT up reply actions
1PM Eastern Time
The DAWGS play Georgia the other dawgs.
Washington Husky Football-1991 National Champions
DAWGS get big win!
Over the “other dawgs” 3-1
by doubledeucedawg on May 28, 2009 1:45 PM PDT reply actions
so it was today!
Congrats to the UW Womens Softball team!!!!
Congrats to the softball team
Also Heaps will go to either UDub or BYU. All the other schools appear to be mostly out of the hunt right now.
by subliminalnirvanaist on May 29, 2009 5:36 PM PDT reply actions
Recruiting
Why is it that everyone one of our recruits was bumped down in terms of positional rankings on Scout.com? Everyone of them except Tevin Carter who was not ranked but is now…#58. I know they dont matter but its a perception and they are lowering these kids because they picked UW and not USC…nonsense. Cant wait for the season to start!!
First off, I don’t think it’s worth getting all that worked-up over recruiting rankings.
Second, people really over-state the idea that recruits that pick USC get big bumps up and those that don’t get moved down.
Third, it’s still waaaaay early in the evaluation process to bother much with the specific rankings. There are still many players that Scout.com likely hasn’t seen in person or on film, or only have a very small amount of data to review. Rankings will change all the way up through January. Part of that is getting more exposure to players – seeing how they perform in combines, how they do during their senior seasons and getting more film to evaluate. Part of that is taking into account the number and quality of offers a kid has. Let’s say a kid is currently rated a 2-star, but he gets offers from USC, LSU, Oklahoma, Florida and Alabama. Scout.com is smart enough to know that the coaches are the best judges of talents, and bump up a kid’s ranking if the quality of offers to him suggest it should be done.
I’m not saying the recruiting services are extremely accurate, or that those lists aren’t monkeyed with (guys not performing at the events sponsored by that service, coaches off the record telling these recruiting experts to move up or move down a particular recruit, etc.) But IMO, best to take these rankings with a sizeable heaping of salt – in the whole, they’re reasonably accurate, but in any specific instance you can find huge mistakes.
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