Dots: Previewing Stanford

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Football Dots

• Adam Jude writes that stopping Bryce Love will be a test for the Husky defense.

• Jude also has a story on Coach K and how he elevated UW’s defense to best in the land.

• Husky Headlines Podcast with Jude & Jon Wilner, previewing the Stanford game.

• Rule of Tree goes into the vault to review last year’s Stanford-Washington game. It’s a fun read.

• RoT also provides a brief history of the Washington-Stanford football rivalry. They also ask where the physicality has gone from Stanford’s offense.

• The News Tribune has their story on the coaches’ plans for Azeem Victor and the “juice” he gives them on the edge.

• This ought to go over well with the Jon Wilner haters here - his Pac-12 picks.

• SF Gate says Stanford must stop Dante Pettis to slow down Washington.

• Preview and prediction from Athlon Sports.

• Video preview of the game from CBS.

• Our friends at Pacific Takes say UW is still the class of the conference.

• Not UW related, but interesting break down from Jon Wilner on UCLA’s defense, and how it got this bad with all the recruiting success.

Basketball

• For the men’s team, it’s all about getting back to the dance. Their first regular season game of the year is Friday night vs. Belmont.

• For the women, it’s about sustaining success they’ve had after the best run in program history.