All the indications as to why Heaps chose BYU is on the wall. In the last 2 months I’ve been lobbying hard for Nick Montana over Jake Heaps. It had been publicized early on that Heaps was a Husky fan growing up, Heaps was spotted at UofW basketball games and during spring ball, yet the kid stayed away from committing for way too long. That told me that something else besides attending Washington was on the kids mind.

Then I got to thinking last winter about how Sark pulled in both Nick Holt and Doug Nussmeir as coordinators. How many of us thought getting Holt was outside the realm of the imaginable possibilities? I lobbied hard for getting both Holt and Nuss and it worked- not that I had anything to say about it. Since it worked I got online and decided to start lobbying hard for Montana instead of Heaps and it worked. Was I shocked that Nick Montana signed? Answer: NO! Getting Nick Holt was the biggest boost thus far in the Steve Sarkisian era. I had a feeling that Montana was going to pursue a pro style college offense in order to get acclimated as an internship professional football player. I clearly thought Notre Dame was the logical choice since his dad was a star in South Bend. Yet it is over 2,000 miles between home and South Bend. Would Montana instead go to USC? Not without a proven college offensive coordinator, something USC doesn’t have right now. So from my angle it was between Stanford and Washington. Forgive me if I am wrong, but I think the Trees are pretty stocked at the QB position, whereas Jake Locker has two more years of player eligibility at Washington. No question Nick Montana will redshirt, then for 1 season he’ll watch from the sidelines to see Locker in action. After that Montana will be in a position to take the reins of the Sarkisian pro-friendly offense for the next 3 years. All of this is predicated on the idea that Montana can win a starting job once Locker graduates. I see greatness in Montana, I see greatness in the Washington Huskies.

Furthermore I don’t think Jake Heaps wanted to have to compete for a starting QB postion. I think Heaps knew regardless coach Sark was pursuing Montana too and with a name like Montana- it would’ve escalated into a tough QB competition to get the starting job. I don’t know Heaps and I don’t pretend to, but I think he sort of wanted to take the easy route to becoming a starting college QB. Afterall how difficult would it be to beat out a kid named Montana for a QB position? I know I wouldn’t want to find myself in that situation.

Montana will lead us to a Rose Bowl, but he won’t be the first. I believe Jake Locker will get us there before he graduates. We’ve got 2 years to put it all together. Like I said earlier, this thing is going to explode into orbit very soon, if it hasn’t already.

Go Huskies! WOOF!!!

to be the starter when Jake leaves.

…will be that much better because of the competition.

As importantly, we’ll have ‘talent’ at the backup position. Depth is hallmark of great teams and a concern Sark is addressing.

More good news?

The nucleus of a great OL line may be shaping up…Riva…now Colin Porter. The kid from Redmond may “only” have 3 stars, but boy does that guy look like a born OG!

I believe the “Montana halo” will bring in a couple more “name” OL hosses. Erik Kohler visits this weekend…hmmm.

2010 is really starting to smell like a great Dawg class.

The only question I have is will it be the best Dawg class ever?

That Q would have been preposterous last November. Today it’s a really possibility.