Friday Dots: Why all the nitpicking? Because UW is good

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Football Dots

• Todd Milles from The News Tribune has a story on the trend of Australian punters making an impact in college football. Tomorrow’s game will feature two in UW’s Joel Whitford and OSU’s Nick Porebski.

• Chris Fetters spoke to UW Special Teams Coordinator Bob Gregory, and wonders if Whitford could be the first of many Aussies to play football for UW.

• Kyle Bonagura of ESPN says the criticism UW faced for not being able to run the ball early in the season is all about expectations that come with being a national power.

• Scott Eklund interviews the lesser-known Sirmon from the 2018 verbal commit class; Jacob’s cousin Jack.

• WR Austin Osborne’s 2018 commitment sounds about as solid as they get.

Dawgman stuff for UW/OSU:

• Numbers
• Chris Petersen Thursday press conference
• Staff Predictions
• Game Hub with depth charts and more

DataPoints courtesy of Go Huskies:

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• Mike Leach is entertaining.

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Non-Football Dots

Women’s soccer moves to 8-3 after beating Utah last night.

Big weekend in SoCal for Husky volleyball:

Retro Dot

Last time UW played in Corvallis: