The Monday Morning Wash
by John Berkowitz on Feb 13, 2012 2:26 PM PST
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PrintVery busy at work this morning and really not much going on out there in the college football world so I didn't have a chance to publish much today. The players are now deep into their winter conditioning programs and the coaches...especially the new ones are spending a lot of time in the film room getting to know what the players are capable of.
Over at the stadium there is plenty of action going on almost around the clock. It is pretty fascinating watching them excavate while building the foundation of the new stadium at the same time. It is pretty hard for me not to check those cameras out at least a couple of times per day.
Split
Nice split for the basketball team down in the Willamette Valley this weekend. It is never easy to sweep down there. If the Huskies can keep sweeping at home and at least split on the road they should be able to grab a berth in the tournament and have a pretty good shot of winning the conference title outright.
For the eleventh straight week there isn't a Pac 12 team in the Top 25. The Huskies only have an RPI rating of 61.
New Undergrad Coach
Danny Razore a 22 year old assistant coach from Bellevue HS has been named as an undergrad assistant coach by the Huskies. His hiring should help re-cement the pipeline between UW and Bellevue. He will be working under DC Justin Wilcox on the defensive side of the ball.
Merger
The Mountain West and Conference USA are going to merge into a 18-24 team colossus. Not only will they have a championship game in football they will also have semi-final games which should be pretty interesting.
Crybabies
California is still upset about the loss of Tosh Lupoi and the supposed skullduggery that went on during the last couple weeks he was at Cal. Word is that Cal actually called the commissioners office to file a grievance.
Mensa
Ryan Leaf called former San Diego Chargers coach and the present head man at Oregon State an idiot while on the road promoting a book about his wasted life. I guess no matter how many chances this guy gets he will never get it, be humble, or ever have a firm grasp on his own reality.
“I know the Chargers made mistakes, but I made a bunch of mistakes myself, and I’ve got to take responsibility for that. I mean, Mike Riley is an idiot, but I can’t do anything to change that. He wasn’t supposed to be a head coach in the NFL. Why was he there?”
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Pivotable Series this week
If the Dawgs take care of business at home, they are in a good position to win the league, position themselves well for the PAC-12 tourney and get into the big dance. We have 3 tough games remaining, Arizona, @UCLA and @WSU. We should beat USC and ASU, and taking 2 of the other three would put us at 14-4 for the league which would be a nice finish for this young and erratic team. Lets beat Arizona at home and prep for the road for the rest of the year! Go DAWGS!
Benno
IF we make the tourny...
Which road team will show up? Vs. OU, or vs. OSU Dawgs? Erratic are my feelings when I think about this young team on the road…
A showing in the tourney like what we did against UO would be unacceptable.
Plus, it’s neuteral court and Romar’s teams always play pretty well in the Pac-12 tourney, I’m not too worried about it.
I said tourny meaning the dance
What I get for not proof reading..
by S_o_Smith on Feb 13, 2012 8:32 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Oops, I should have infered it.
My response actually doesn’t change at all though : )
by UW11Bowdown on Feb 14, 2012 10:55 AM PST up reply actions
Erratic are my feelings when I think about this young team on the road…
We must hope that the force is strong in them, Master Yoda.
by Sundodger on Feb 13, 2012 4:00 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Arizona game Saturday
Could it be the last home games for Wroten and Ross? I think they should both come back but it’s possible both could be lured by the $ of the NBA and leave. Dawg pack needs to let them feel the love Saturday.
I’m concerned about the road games at WSU and UCLA. Both teams came into Hec Ed and played us tough until Ross took over and put the team on his back for big wins. I think the WSU game is bigger because a loss would be considered a “bad loss” and severely hurt our chances for a berth in the tourney
agree on WSU
that would be a bad loss. That is a guy that will aggravated me to …. it is game a tournament team would win. I see a UCLA loss. I am predicting 4-1 finish. Pac 12 regular season title. Finishing second the tournament and getting one of the final NCAA bids
A 4-1 finish would be good enough for an advantageous seed in the Pac-12 Tourney,
and that’s all we can hope for in the near term.
Hopefully Romar can coach up better team play soon . . . for the NCAA Tourney.
Would be a shame for Wroten & Ross to go this early. While I do very much hope both do get a shot as Pro’s, my guesstimate is that they just aren’t quite ready.
by HuskyInExile on Feb 13, 2012 10:16 PM PST up reply actions
I dont see us winning the Pac 12 title if we lose another game.
Cal would have to lose two for that to happen, and oregon would have to lose one, because of the tie breakers. Our backs are truly against the wall, time to man up and win out or win the tourney. Critical we not stumble against ASU this thursday and we really need to beat AZ any which way, ugly or not.
The title will be split
If two or more teams finished tired, regardless of tie breakers. Tie breakers are only used for tourney seeding.
by B Money on Feb 13, 2012 11:56 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
Cal
Doesnt have that easy of schedule either. They could easily lose 2 games. At CU and at Stanford. Plus a game against Oregon.
Oregon could easily lose two this weekend let alone the one we need them lose.
Ryan Leaf is an idiot, but I can't do anything to change that.
He wasn’t supposed to be a quarterback in the NFL. Why was he there?
Hindsight....I remember thinking that he should've been the first pick over Manning!
And I’m a genius! (in the mirror…)
I have a dynasty fantasy football league
This is where you keep all your players every year. I took Ryan Leaf over Peyton Manning. Now who is really the biggest idiot
Well I mean
He has to be scoring you points on his book tour huh?
by datboyeddiep on Feb 14, 2012 10:41 AM PST up reply actions
I also thought the same during that draft
I still think the same! Am I an idiot!?
Seriously though, I probably only thought that cause I’m a pac-10 homer!
by datboyeddiep on Feb 14, 2012 10:40 AM PST up reply actions
Shaq article in Sea Times
Just blasted a hole in the butt hurt Cal fans conspiracy theories about Tosh flipping Shaq. He said that when Tosh left Cal, it was Sark and Wilcox that took over his recruiting at UW. That Wicox was the real reason for the final decision.
by Regent Denali on Feb 15, 2012 1:33 AM PST via mobile reply actions
Wilcox is why we got Shaq
But Tosh leaving is why their class fell apart in the first place. I understand their misery and hatred toward Tosh (and by association us). What I don’t like, is the moaning, butt-hurt, finder pointing way they’ve dealt with it. It’s really put a bit of a stain on an otherwise great fanbase.
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