Dots: Day Before the Day Before the Ducks Come to Town

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• Given how noncommittal Pete seemed to putting a time table on success during the tough cultural adjustment within the program last year, it's great to hear Coach Petersen say that the Huskies are "pointed in the right direction."
• The father of Dante Pettis happens to be the third-base coach for the Houston Astros.
• The ESPN Pac-12 Blog has released weekly picks yet again. In what is still a strange sight to see, all five see a close Washington-Oregon game, with two picking the Huskies to win by a slight margin.
• ATQ takes a look at Oregon's loss to Washington State in an attempt to question why the Ducks were so conservative in the passing game.
• In case you needed a means to become furious on this fine Thursday evening, the Pac-12 VP of Officiating has declared that the Azeem Victor targeting call and ejection were correct. He disagrees with just about everyone I have heard declare an opinion on the hit, including many USC and Oregon fans.
• Cable's main football story over at the News Tribune focuses on Myles Gaskin, who experienced a potential breakout performance a week ago today.
• Washington fans should be hoping for a UCLA victory over Stanford tonight due to the Pac-12 North implications. Plus, I'm personally very bored of Stanford's success.
• I know Sark's struggles have been talked to death around here, but I figured I'd include this tweet from the former Husky coach.

  This is a very difficult time for my family and me. I am facing these challenges the best I can and your support helps immensely.

  — Steve Sarkisian (@CoachSark) October 14, 2015