Dots: Husky softball in the College World Series, NFL Dawgs, and more!

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Non-Football Dots

• TODAY at 11:30am on ESPN the Husky Softball team take on Oklahoma to open the College World Series. Here’s a preview from OU Insider.

• News broke yesterday about Noah Dickerson deciding to return to school for his senior year. Here’s the Seattle Times story and a full Pac-12 basketball roundup from AZ Desert Swarm.

To the football!

• For those subscribers to The All-American, new member of the writer’s room Bruce Feldman posted an in depth Q&A with Husky headman, Chris Petersen. ($)

• Not Washington related, but SB Nation’s Steven Godfrey (co-host of Podcast Ain’t Played Nobody) published his detailed look into the NCAA’s investigation into Ole Miss. If you want to feel good about the NCAA, look elsewhere. But it’s a great read. Crooked Letters: Inside the NCAA’s year long, twisting investigation into Mississippi football.

• Athlon posted their top 50 running backs in college football. Happy to see Myles Gaskin #6. Not happy to see that he’s out of the top 5 because of a running back from FIU.

• Jon Wilner assesses Pac-12 North skill positions. Washington comes in #2.

• More from Wilner on the future of Pac-12 football. In short, I hope you like Las Vegas.

• Nick Harris made a pre-season watch list...along with a whopping 57 other players. The junior center is now on the 2018 Rimington Trophy watch list.

• All-Pro Special Teamer Budda Baker could benefit from the NFL’s changes to the kick off rules.

• Kevin King is feeling good after shoulder surgery and OTAs.

• Sidney Jones, fully recovered from his achilles tear, is turning heads at OTAs.

• Evidently Buccaneers fans really wanted a DB selected in the first round. So much so that Dirk Koetter has had to defend his selection of Vita Vea.

• Haven’t heard Cory Littleton’s name in a while - congrats on the opportunity!

• Future Husky:

• Potential future Husky (here’s his junior year film):

All for today. Don’t forget to watch the Husky Softball team on their quest for a College World Series Championship!