Washington Huskies Football and Basketball Links: Destiny Controlled

The Seattle Times — How WSU helped the Huskies and more we learned from UW’s win over Colorado

Adam Jude’s highlights from Saturday extend beyond the game at Husky Stadium, and take into account the fact that Washington State’s win over Oregon could potentially set up an epic Apple Cup in Pullman that will decide which program wins the Pac-12 North division.

The Athletic — Final thoughts from No. 15 Washington’s win against Colorado

Christian Caple’s takeaways from Saturday’s win over the Buffs include wondering when Myles Gaskin will make his return to the field, Ben Burr-Kirven’s continued outstanding play and the fact that the Dawgs control their own path to the Pac-12 championship game despite their road loss to Oregon.

The Seattle Times — UW Huskies crushes Nevada in second half for 91-73 exhibition road win

Mike Hopkins’ squad posted a dominant win yesterday over the Wolf Pack, whom ESPN’s Jeff Borzello ranked as his No. 4 preseason team just a few days ago. After narrowly missing the NCAA Tournament last year, going dancing seems to be an absolutely attainable and realistic goal for a Huskies program that hasn’t played in a relevant postseason game for the better part of a decade.

Dots

• The men’s soccer team fell to Stanford by a final 3–1 score.
• Wazzu is up to No. 12 in Chris Vannini’s weekly rankings, and is trailed closely by Nos. 17 Stanford, 18 Oregon, and 20 Washington.
• Sports Illustrated reports that Justin Herbert is likely to return for his senior season in 2019.
• Wazzu makes Andy Staples’ latest top 10 rankings.
• Tony Castricone makes a good point about the Washington football team’s strength of schedule.