The Monday Morning Wash

by John Berkowitz on Aug 1, 2011 8:32 AM PDT

Welcome to August....College football camps across the country are about to open and we are only a week away from the opening of camp at Washington. I just started to smell the beginning of football season in the air over the weekend.

Kate and I went up to Door County, Wisconsin to attend a wedding this past weekend and right in the middle of the reception a college football game broke out...well sort of...it was really a halftime spectacular featuring the University of Wisconsin marching band who came to serenade the happy couple.

Even though I am not a Badger fan I have to say that performance was pretty spectacular and right up my alley as far as entertainment goes. We supposedly play the Badgers in Madison sometime around 2017 so I am looking forward to taking in a game with Kate's family. (Oh ya...I have taken quite a bit of crap about Willingham over the years.) They love football in Wisconsin and while the Packers will always be number one the Badgers own the state on Saturday.

I think Vic will stick

LB Vic Aiyewa signed a free agent contract with Tampa Bay where he will join Mason Foster on the roster of the Buc's. Foster has done well enough in camp so far according to reports that he is a favorite to nail down a starting job. I really like Vic's chances of sticking. I think his best years are ahead of him.

Quack

CBS Sports says that for Oregon to escape the complete wrath of the NCAA they are going to have to fire head coach Chip Kelly.

Same at Ohio State. Tressel had to be fired. I wrote it on March 21, more than two months before he was finally forced out.
I know it when I see it, and now that Butch Davis is gone, I see only one more big-time college coach out there who has to be fired. Not "might" be fired. Not "could" be fired.

Has to be fired.

Oregon's Chip Kelly. Has to be fired.

CBS Sports

Olin retiring?

Former Husky Olin Kreutz was unable to come to an agreement with the Chicago Bears and the two have parted ways. Seems like they were less than $500,000 away from an agreement and Kreutz decided to bg it and retire.

Kreutz’s tenure with the Bears officially came to an end after general manager Jerry Angelo and coach Lovie Smith announced that the team would move on without him. The Bears signed ex-Seattle Seahawks center Chris Spencer to a two-year deal as Kreutz’s probable replacement.

Daily Chronicle

Taking the conference by surprise?

Greg Bell from the official UW site says the Huskies are sneaking into the Pac 12 this season which I take to mean being under the radar before the season begins.

Despite a third-place finish in the Pac-10 last season, their first bowl win since 2001 and the media predicting them to finish third this season in the Pac-12 North, the Huskies represented themselves quietly here as the steadily rising program tucked into the conference's upper left corner. Nothing flashy or particularly pithy to see or hear from the purple and gold amid all the glitz in L.A., 39 days before UW's opener against Eastern Washington.

Except, that is, for the continued drumbeat of progress and rise back to the top of the league, evidenced by four consecutive victories to end 2010.

What about Bob?

Bob Condotta of the Seattle Times is running a series on the 10 best players on the team. OG Colin Porter is his subject today and he has him tagged at number eight.

At 6-4, 307, he's regarded as maybe the most powerful of Washington's linemen, winning the "Construction Crew'' weight lifting award at the post-season banquet.

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No Doubt

Even my Duck friend agrees: Chip Kelly has got to go! Only question is – when? Yet I would not put it beyond OU to hang in with Chip too long, and then get their butts handed to ’em bye the NCAA.

by The Dude 4 Real on Aug 1, 2011 9:05 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs

I hope this happens

by CODawg on Aug 1, 2011 9:58 AM PDT up reply actions

"I'd love to talk about it"

Kelly mentioned during the Pac 12 media conference that he could explain his relationship with Lyles and the $25 grand paid out. I’m thinking someone had better start speaking up because the longer this sits in limbo, the more pressure mounts. I’m waiting anxiously to hear what Kelly has to say about situation. I cannot see how he can justify the payment, especially after the fact that Lyles himself came clean. Still waiting…

All I saw was purple

by crazidawg on Aug 1, 2011 9:29 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs

Oregon

I’m starting to get Oregon overload. Starting to fall into the who cares category. It seems like every thread ends up being all about Oregon. How about that Porter write up?

by Juneautom on Aug 1, 2011 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

Hearing Ya'

Go get ’em, Vic! And best of retirement fortunes to Olin.

by The Dude 4 Real on Aug 1, 2011 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions

It's sort of a big story

And big stories typically last awhile until the pubic gets some questions answered. Now is this was Ohio State I could careless. But this story comes from one of our heated rivals and it does deserve some of our attention. If Chip gets the ax, does Bellotti step back in?

All I saw was purple

by crazidawg on Aug 1, 2011 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

Agreed

I’m with you 100% on this Duck issue, Crazi.

by The Dude 4 Real on Aug 1, 2011 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions

Chip is never going to really discuss this...

… Because he can only come off as either a dunce or a cheater. His best bet is to resign under the guise of protecting the program from distraction, maintain the facade of “innocence”, and position himself as a candidate for UNC, tOSU or an SEC position

Damn, my eyeball tastes good.
@chrislandon

by Gekko Mojo on Aug 2, 2011 8:05 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions

Agreed

He is not going to talk about it unless he has to. And if that ever happens, he may resign or ask to resign before he mentions a word about it. If any or all the allogations are true, wouldn’t it makes sense to fire/resign now to minimize sanctions? If that were to happen, I could see Phil approaching Mike Bellotti as head coach so that they can salvage a top 10 recruiting class and keep the winning mementum going.

All I saw was purple

by crazidawg on Aug 2, 2011 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions

Colin Porter

What a massive man. Hope he pile drives Steinkuhler and/or Cricht into the turf at Lincoln.

by Juneautom on Aug 1, 2011 11:21 AM PDT reply actions

OR much?

PK’s team: This is a huge story and deserves all the coverage it gets. Keep the posts/comments coming. Meanwhile,
Jaydon Mickens ATH Dorsey HS being heavily recruited by Sark. Previously committed to USC but will take more visits including Huskies.

Support our student athletes, have faith in the coaches! "...it's how you play the game!"

by Purpledawg on Aug 1, 2011 2:25 PM PDT reply actions

Need More Beef...

…obviously but just wondering if one or two guys other than Banner and Garrett will jump on board the DAWG wagon? Brostek or ?…I’m not sure who they are but there must be a few Cali kids in the mix.

Washington Husky Football-"Hear the bark, feel the bite!"

by dawgfan22 on Aug 1, 2011 9:04 PM PDT reply actions