Dot...Dot...Dawg (9/4): Shiny helmet edition

Lacking inspiration on hump day? This might help out:

Mid-week dots...

• First off, the shiny gold helmets are in production! The Nike Blog twitter account posted this picture on Monday:

  Washington's super-reflective gold helmets are kind of amazing. The in-production batch (via @hydrographics1 ): pic.twitter.com/EEZpgYg70X

  — Nikeblog.com (@nikeblog) September 3, 2013

• Pacific Takes' Pac-12 roundtable discusses whether or not the Huskies are ready to make the leap this year after its convincing win over Boise St.

• UW moves up to No. 3 Ted Miller's Pac-12 power rankings on ESPN.

• Todd Dybas from the News Tribune breaks down the Huskies' use of Jaydon Mickens and the bubble screen.

• Daniel Rubens from The Daily writes about the progress UW's secondary made last Saturday.

• Adam Jude from the Seattle Times profiles Evan Hudson, focusing on his transition from tight end to defensive tackle.

• Monica Lee from GoHuskies.com profiles senior wide receiver Kevin Smith.

• Sark is having a "blast" with the new up-tempo offense.

• The Husky Haul's Eric Nelson offers some points of emphasis the Huskies should focus on during the bye week.

• Go Mighty Card! previews the Washington Huskies with our own Anthony Cassino.

• Washington released all of the times of its games along with the television schedule for this coming men's basketball season. The Huskies will have 30 of their 31 games televised, with their road game against Tulane still pending television coverage.

• Here's a nice gift you can consider buying your favorite Cougar fan. I'm sure they'll love to have it on their coffee table.