Kibble and Bits - Husky punter Will Mahan tears ACL
by John Berkowitz on Sep 8, 2010 4:00 PM PDT
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Husky punter Will Mahan sprained his non kicking knee last night at practice. If he can't go on Saturday walk on Kiel Rasp will take over the punting duties. The severity of the injury will be determined later this afternoon. Special teams coach Johnny Nansen says he has a lot of confidence in Rasp but he isn't ruling Mahan out of the game either.
Update: According to Softy Will Mahan has torn his ACL and will be out for the rest of the season. He will be able to redshirt this year and return next season.
I think it is no big surprise that the coaches weren't happy with the performance of the offensive line last weekend. Two guys who are getting a lot of work this week with the one's are Erik Kohler and Colin Porter. Kohler got his first taste of action this week and Porter is expected to get his indoctrination this week against Syracuse.
I wrote that Kohler and Porter were being groomed to be starters. The question of course is if it is going to be this season or next season? To do it this season they need to beat out some incumbents that have a lot of experience and time in the weight room. Kohler and Porter were both working at guard yesterday.
Taz Stevenson is getting some looks with the offense and it was at running back not wide receiver. Johri Fogerson was out yesterday so perhaps they were just trying to get a healthy and fast body in the depth to run with the scout team this week. Fogerson is bothered by a pulled hamstring. Stevenson saw action last week on special teams.
The Huskies are going to play fourteen true freshman this year. Thirteen played last week and Colin Porter is scheduled to make his debut this week.
TB Jesse Callier
SS Sean Parker
LB Cooper Pelleur
LB Garret Gilliland
LB Princeton Fuimaono
DE Hau'oli Jamora
WR Kevin Smith
CB Greg Ducre
TE Michael Hartvigson
DT Sione Potoa'e
OT Erik Kohler
SS Taz Stevenson
FB Zach Fogerson
OL Colin Porter
Pac 12 Alignment
A couple of weeks ago we heard that the California and Arizona schools were going to be kept together and the Northwest schools would team up with Colorado and Utah.
According to Bud Withers of the Seattle Times it doesn't look like that is going to happen and some variation of the zipper is going to be the final solution.
The AD's have a teleconference scheduled on the subject today.
Pac-10 commissioner Larry Scott is not believed to be a fan of that format, because it overloads the big TV markets in one division. Do that, and why not just call the Northwest schools, plus Colorado and Utah, the Outpost Division? Or maybe the Trail Mix Six?
Oregon and LSU to play
The Oregon Ducks will travel to Cowboys Stadium to open the 2011 season against LSU in a nationally televised game on ESPN. It will be the third annual Cowboys Classic at the state-of-the-art facility in Arlington, Texas and second featuring a team from Oregon.
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freshmen and redshirts
Not really surprised by any on the list other than Fuimaono – I would have figured he’d be redshirted to allow him time to build up strength and size. I’m guessing he’s seeing time exclusively on special teams right now, because size-wise, he’s a smaller safety playing OLB.
It’s a little disappointing that Burnett ended up getting passed-up by Gilliland given the Spring Practice head-start Burnett got. Hopefully Victor is able to better understand the defensive playbook with another year of practice under his belt.
I see Lagafuiana is redshirting, which I suspected would happen despite some early hype on him. There are enough bodies ahead of him at DT to keep him off the field, and it will be good for him to get a Tokolahi dose of Ivan-transformation to his body. Imagine his inherent explosiveness in a lighter, stronger body…
Good to see Shirley redshirting too. We don’t have his kind of quickness off the edge right now, but he’s really undersized and would get pushed around worse than Crichton did last year. Hopefully he, Hudson and Jamora can provide us significantly better DE play for us in 2011.
by kirkd on Sep 8, 2010 5:14 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Tamu
I’m going to be watching the big guy Saturday. I think he has something to prove and I’m sure the coaches are “lighting a fire under his ass” after last Saturday’s performance. I hate to single any one out because there was certainly plenty of shared responsibility last Saturday. Special teams comes to mind. Isn’t it kind of ironic that Folk hit’s a monster field goal, on grass, and on the road. If I’m not mistaken it’s the longest one he’s ever hit.
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It is the longest one he's ever hit, and it's the 3rd longest in UW history.
The altitude in Provo helped with his 54-yarder. The ball still had some considerable sail as it crossed the crossbar.
Golden!
by Carl Shinyama on Sep 8, 2010 6:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Holt
After listening to Holt it sounded like Gilliland had just picked up the schemes better and his FBI was better than Burnett’s.
Foot Ball IQ…I think that’s what that stands for?
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I think so
Yeah, Holt made it pretty clear that Gilliland had a better grasp of the defense than Burnett. I’m not sure whether to be impressed with Gilliland or disappointed in Burnett given Burnett’s head-start…
when Cort was out
i didn’t see Gilliland but Tucker came in for him. when that happened there was some dropoff. last week it was Cort then Gilliland on the two deeps.
i watched the second half of the 3rd and whole 4th quarters again, yeah i’m a sucker for punishment. the right side of the line was all screwed up. on a qb draw Habben did not block the OLB and you could see Christine on his knees yelling at him. on another qb draw Christine pulled left as if it was power, the play Jake scored on in the first but Jake went off the R guard hole. don’t know if was exhaustion or what but pretty glaring mistakes. easy on first look to think it was a bad zone read but really was a blocking snafu.
Mason Foster
That guy got the game ball from the Honks. Number two was Nate Williams and Don James singled out Eric Folk. Can Folk punt?
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Agree.
I think most of these freshmen’s greatest impact will be on special teams.
I agree on Burnett. On the other hand, a redshirt year will do him good. It might actually be a benefit in the end; no matter what happens this season, I still have to think his ceiling is higher than Gilliland’s. That’s not a knock on Gilliland, who might be one of the biggest surprises (along with Pelluer) of this class.
I’m not sure that redshirting Shirley is about him playing end at all. I don’t know if you’ve seen him in person too much, but I don’t know if he has the frame to be anything but a situational end. I think this is about making him a bona fide OLB, even if that means him playing with his hand down some in obvious passing situations. He could be a force at 240, but honestly, I don’t know how much more than that he can carry. Crichton, Hudson, and Jamora all have significantly bigger frames than he does. I also think the future at end is a little brighter at the moment than it is at linebacker. He and Kearse (who looked good prior to being injured), along with Pelluer (if he doesn’t grow into an end) and Fuimaono could really help turn this into something of a position of strength in the next couple of years.
Shirley
If he can make the switch to OLB, I’d be very, very happy. And yeah, he’d definitely benefit from a redshirt year if that’s what the coaches are planning. I haven’t been able to attend practice since the season started (not sure I’ll be able to get out of work early enough to do so this year), but it’d be interesting to know if he’s getting scout team looks at DE or OLB. Not that him at DE on the scout team would necessarily preclude the staff from thinking of moving him, but it’d be nice to get him reps there sooner rather than later…
Edge Rusher
We just don’t have one at this point. We need the 4.5 guy coming off the edge. OK I’d settle for 4.6! On certain situational downs, can’t we find a guy to get this done?
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Exactly what so many...
…of us have been saying all along!
Do that, and why not just call the Northwest schools, plus Colorado and Utah, the Outpost Division? Or maybe the Trail Mix Six?
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EXACTLY, Dawgfan!
No less than the fate of the UW program depends on getting the Zipper format. If you don’t play the L.A. schools every year, you are “out of sight, out of mind” and the top Southern Cali kids will not be interested. We might as well be Fresno State!
by 206 on Sep 8, 2010 7:31 PM PDT up reply actions
oh, c'mon
Washington didn’t play in L.A. in 1982, 1985, 1990, 1992, & 2000 back before the Pac-10 went to a full round-robin in 2005. It’s important to play in L.A. frequently, but it doesn’t have to be every year. No less an authority than Dick Baird, the UW recruiting coordinator from the mid-’80’s through ’98 says the recruiting angle of playing every year in L.A. is overblown.
Even if the conference were split North/South, with 9 conference games we’d play in L.A. 2 out of every 3 years. If we win, we’ll attract attention from the SoCal kids.
Those were also our glory years
Washington didn’t play in L.A. in 1982, 1985, 1990, 1992, & 2000
. OK granted maybe not 85 but 84 we should have won the NC and Don James was our coach!
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@ Kirkd, the thing you are not considering
is that both before and after the round robin, all of the teams have had the same type of schedules. In other words, before the round robin, every one of the non-LA schools had periodic years where they would not play in LA. After the round robin, of course, every team has played each of its conference members, which includes 1 guaranteed LA game for the non-LA members.
If we divide the conference into a non-zippered, N-S alignment, some of the schools will always get LA games, while others will not. This is unfair. Before the round robin you could say that UW did not get an LA game every year, but this was also the case with all of the other non-LA Pac-10 schools, which still made it fair, unlike what a non-zippered N-S division split would be. N-S division split = unfair to the schools in the North division.
Sure
But I still think the recruiting importance is over-stated as Dick Baird asserts (and he’d know better than 99.9% of us). In this day and age of cell phones, e-mail, IM, Skype, etc., I don’t think homesickness is as much of an issue. And really, how often a SoCal player gets to play in front of his family and friends back home in L.A. is less of an issue than simply leaving the area in the first place.
I think it has a small effect on recruiting, but not a significant one overall. The much bigger issue is TV money. If the conference doesn’t split TV revenue equally (which isn’t likely given that I doubt there are 4 votes against it once Utah and Colorado join), then allowances need to be made to make up for the discrepancy, since games vs. the L.A. area schools are more likely to be televised.
I agree
I feel like the recruiting importance is more fan-derived than anything else. I honestly don’t think the impact would be that noticeable at all.
by Brian Floyd on Sep 10, 2010 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Offensive Line
I was dissapointed with the play of Tolar. Being he is a senior now I expected dominance from him. He was very promising a couple years ago and never has seemed to live up to his promise.
Did Any Of Them...
…play well? Seriously the entire offensive squad was disappointing in their performance.
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Mahan plan B and plan C
Let’s not forget that Folk once fancied himself a K/P combo.
Otherwise…
You can also compensate by …. Wait for it …. Not punting as often. You hearing me Sark? Free Jake! Open it up and let ’er rip!
Damn, my eyeball tastes good.
by Gekko Mojo on Sep 8, 2010 6:36 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Kyle Rasp from Nathan Hale
is the backup. used to be a lb in h.s.
every time i watched practice last year, Rasp was fine and can get some boomers.
My only criticism of him would be consistency, as he would shank about 1 out of 3 attempts. His hang time is good but not as good as Mahan’s was. Not sure on his accuracy as far as pinning in a corner though. Get him past the first punt and i think he will do adequately the rest of the season.
Wow...one good thing out of this
We don’t have the immediate need for a punter next year. So Kyle Rasp bursts into the spotlight on a team that is coming off of a week of errors on special teams.
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The Main Thing...
…is for him just to be able to make the catch and get the punt off. I’m glad he gets a warm-up against a “cream puff” like Syracuse…are you reading this Orangemen? Just kidding of course! Gosh,chill out!
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oh no you didnt...
… Just call syracuse a cream puff. That is just bad Kharma.
Damn, my eyeball tastes good.
by Gekko Mojo on Sep 8, 2010 10:07 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Ha ha
That is so FUNNY! Creamsicle – I get it! Maybe next you will “squeeze the orange?” How about an "orange crush? Good job Dawg Fan and buttplunger…woof woof.
Like I said...
…are you 10 years old? Go home to your Momma!
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Speaking of his momma
His momma is so fat, she sat on a rainbow and skittles popped out!
Sorry, I couldn’t resist.
"Legends are made on the shores of Lake Washington"
"BOW DOWN TO WASHINGTON"
Anyone who's not seen Adam Pittser yet
needs to watch this.
His footwork looks a little rough, although it’s quicker than I thought. He does seem to have pretty good touch on his deep ball with good height and spiral, but it looked like he has Locker syndrome a bit when trying to lead a reciever in space. He’s set a vist for October 8th (ASU weekend), and it looks like he’ll land an offer. Here’s hoping he does.
Onething that Jake and Adam have in common is the offense they are running in high school. Neither came from a throwing offense.
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by John Berkowitz on Sep 9, 2010 6:20 AM PDT up reply actions
Elite 11
I was scanning my directv and happened to stop on ESPNU and they had a show on the Elite 11 QB Camp.
Everyone was surprised about Pittser and he finished second at the camp. The QB Counselors were all impressed at how Pittser threw the ball.
He came in as the 12th "under the radar" guy
and really turned some heads. You can see what they saw, although I would like to see him in some game time passing situations.
Just let yourself imagine . . . .
how good Jake would be right now if he had 5 years of Sark instead of just 2. Makes you wonder.
"Legends are made on the shores of Lake Washington"
"BOW DOWN TO WASHINGTON"
well, for one...
…we probably wouldn’t have had Jake for 5 years if Sark had been here the whole time.
True
But that would probably mean he’d had a lot more success (wins).
"Legends are made on the shores of Lake Washington"
"BOW DOWN TO WASHINGTON"
Not sure what to make of all the changes
With kids getting looks almost everywhere what have we learned from last week? Is Sark mad as hell and is he shaking things up in practice or are we really not as far along as we’d hoped?
Regardless, I am going to reserved judgment until the Syracuse game.
All I saw was purple
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