Dots: Lorenzo Romar's Beautiful, Wonderful, All-Good Very Terrific Day

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Football Dots

• Good God, we're all so ready.
  

  Getting closer! 8-31-15 #UDUB #Woof #ThePursuit #NeverDone pic.twitter.com/j9jqkPM7Ja

  — Chris Mitchell (@CMitch3505) August 23, 2015

• Some video interviews following Washington's Sunday practice.
  
  
  
  
  
• Adam Jude names five freshmen he expects to contribute in 2015. For what it's worth, I don't think there's a snowball's chance in hell that Jake Browning plays this year, and I truly don't understand what's driving him to treat Browning like Washington's heir apparent at quarterback. Then again, he's got infinitely more access to the players and coaches than I do, so what the hell do I know?
  
  
• Jude also spoke to Dexter Charles, who said his unexpected medical retirement "doesn't seem real."
  
  
• Mason Kelley's latest feature is on Brian Clay's effort to juggle graduate-level coursework with a demanding football schedule.
  
  
• Sports Illustrated's Lindsey Schnell previews the Pac-12, and envisions Washington closing with a 6-6 record, 4-5 in conference play.
  
  
• It seems to me that nobody can accuse the Ducks of lacking paranoia after they called the cops on a Pac-12 Networks crew that had the audacity to climb a staircase that offered a view of the practice field. I get wanting to protect your team's advantages, but it is really necessary to treat practices as if they were state secrets?
  
  
• Boise State has a starting quarterback, and his name is Ryan Finley. Meanwhile, the Idaho Statesman's Chad Crippe draws out a rough depth chart for the Broncos.
  
  
• USA Today's Dan Wolken profiles Utah State quarterback Chuckie Keeton, who will visit Husky Stadium on Sept. 19.
  
  
• It's getting to the point that the Seattle Police Department's officers might not even know who Chris Petersen is.
  

  And the Power 5 college football schools with no arrests in the past year pic.twitter.com/vhAd30ijto

  — Mike Rosenberg (@RosenbergMerc) August 21, 2015

Basketball Dots

• The men's basketball coaching staff had themselves a nice little Friday.
  

  I'm honored to say that I am fully committed to the University of Washington‼️ pic.twitter.com/mBoCqDyqPm

  — Markelle fultz (@MarkelleF) August 22, 2015

  Congrats to @MarkellF on his commitment to Washington Huskies. He will get buckets immediately for Lorenzo Romar. Young Paul Pierce.

  — Fran Fraschilla (@franfraschilla) August 21, 2015

• Aaron Beach put together a great primer on everything five-star 2016 guard Markelle Fultz will bring to Washington, and SI's Chris Johnson wrote about Fultz's meteoric rise.
  
  
• ScoutHoops' Rob Harrington wrote a lengthy and informative evaluation of Fultz.
  
  
• SB Nation's Ricky O'Donnell says that Lorenzo Romar landed "a likely NBA lottery pick" in Fultz.

Misc. Dots

• A telling reaction to Steve Sarkisian's fireball-fueled Salute to Troy train wreck.
  

  Coach Sark is still having fun at USC! #ThingsHaven'tChanged

  — Michael Hartvigson (@OneMike84) August 23, 2015

• A nice honor for the best voice in the biz.
  

  Bob Rondeau, the voice of the Huskies, threw out the first pitch at tonight's @Mariners game. #GoDawgs #GoMariners pic.twitter.com/4XjEMplGTD

  — Washington Huskies (@UWAthletics) August 23, 2015