Dots: Getting Defensive

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Football Dots

• Washington and Colorado have defenses that don’t make anything easy for opposing offenses, and on Friday, they will clash in Santa Clara.

• D-Line coach Ikaika Malloe brings his players together for meals as often as he can. The Mochiko Chicken is a Malloe family favorite!

• Jake Browning is moving back up the QB power rankings after rebounding from a couple of slow games. He also made the Pro Football Focus top 10.

• Budda Baker put on a show, writes PFF in their Apple Cup game grades.

• D.J. Beavers made PFF’s national team of the week after a strong showing against the Cougs.

• Here’s Chris Petersen’s entire Monday press conference.

• High praise for Colorado’s secondary, as BSN Denver calls them the most disruptive force in college football. Washington’s air attack against the Buffalo DBs will be a crucial matchup on Friday.

• A former Boise State assistant under Chris Petersen, Klayton Adams, predicted the UW-CU clash this summer.

• An unfortunate byproduct of a successful season: assistant coaches getting poached.

• Well, that’s one way to put it:

• What the Dawgs hope to hoist on Friday night:

Non-Football Dots

• UW Volleyball beat WSU for the Pac-12 title! Sounds oddly familiar...

• To make their championship season even better, Courtney Schwan was named Pac-12 player of the year, and they will be seeded 8th in the NCAA tournament.

• So far, Markelle Fultz is living up to the hype.