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• Former UW star Ed Cunningham is stepping down from ESPN over concerns about the safety of playing football.
• The Seattle Times’ Adam Jude has his UW mailbag in advance of the season opener.
• Jude also examines specifically how the Huskies are looking to become even faster.
• Todd Milles at the TNT looks into how past UW QB’s view Jake Browning.
• This ESPN insider article looks at the UW team from a betting perspective. All 3 say to bet the over on UW at 10 wins and seem to agree that 20-1 to win the national title is about right.
• Another ESPN insider piece says that Washington is one of 6 teams with a chance at winning the national title.
• Our Rutgers sister site, On the Banks, interviewed our own John Sayler asking UW questions in advance of Friday night.
• Athlon has their game preview and prediction for the Rutgers game.
• The UW home site has 10 questions with new UW receivers coach Matt Lubick.
• The team is headed out today to fly to Rutgers.

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