Washington Huskies Links: Football Recruiting Hits Fever Pitch

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• Washington’s big recruiting push over the last two weeks yielded another talented prospect Saturday, when four-star linebacker Brandon Kaho signaled his intent to sign with the Dawgs.

• Chris Landon gave his analysis of what impact the new early signing day (which runs from Dec. 20 to 22 this year) will have on the recruiting landscape.
• Joan Niesen of Sports Illustrated has high praise for Oregon State’s hiring of former Washington offensive coordinator Jonathan Smith, grading it the third-best move on this year’s head coaching carousel.
• Oregon defensive coordinator Jim Leavitt will reportedly stay in Eugene, to the tune of $1.7 million per year. Phil Knight’s generous patronage of the UO athletic department means that Leavitt is now one of the most highly compensated assistant coaches in the nation.
• Theo Lawson writes that the new Dec. 20 early signing day has forced the Washington State Cougars coaching staff to burn the candle at both ends. Many schools, including Washington, find themselves in a similar situation to the Cougs, who are attempting to woo next year’s recruits while simultaneously preparing to play their season finale bowl games.
• Likewise, Andy Staples says that the new signing period has thrown college football recruiting into uncharted territory.
• Percy Allen recaps the men’s basketball team’s narrow 80-77 victory over Loyola Marymount on Sunday afternoon.

• In case you missed this from last week, Sam Vecenie of The Athletic examined how Washington engineered the biggest upset of the young basketball season when they took down the Kansas Jayhawks.
• The Seattle Times offers a quick breakdown of the women’s basketball team’s tough loss to North Carolina.
• The Pac-12 announced this morning that it will partner with SiriusXM to create the “SiriusXM Pac-12 Radio” channel. The conference expects the channel to debut in early 2018.