Friday Dots: Bring on the Nittany Lions

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Football Dots

Former Vegas Oddsmaker:

• History, however, is not on the UW’s side. Our friends at Black Shoe Diaries point out that Penn State is 6-0 all time in the Fiesta Bowl.

• Adam Jude details the inspiration Byron Murphy draws from his cousins. The two have a rare form of dwarfism, and will be among the 90 or so friends and family who will watch Murphy play in his home state tomorrow.

• Jude also gives us a little compare and contrast on the two feature RBs in tomorrow’s game. Spoiler alert: They’re both fans of each other.

• Larry Stone with a feature on Salvon Ahmed, who is learning the virtue of patience as a runner from Myles Gaskin.

• 247 Sports likes what Chris Petersen is doing in the recruiting game, and breaks down UW’s 11th ranked 2018 class.

Dawgman’s Fiesta Bowl coverage:

• Game Preview
• Media Day
• Staff Predictions
• Interview with KJ Carta-Samuels on his final game as a Husky

Go Dawgs indeed:

• The Daily has a nice media day slideshow, especially if you like Jenga.

• The Pac-12 is now 1-5 in bowl games after Stanford was edged by TCU and Wazzu was run off the field by Michigan State. ASU plays NC State at noon, and USC plays Ohio State tonight at 5:30.

Dawgman Guys on KJR this morning at 10:00:

Basketball Dots

Retro Dot

Last time Chris Petersen coached in the Fiesta Bowl: