Dots: Petersen named to Dodd Trophy watch list

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• The big news yesterday was the commitment (or lack thereof) of Asa Turner, the big 6’4” 4-star safety. But curiously, there was no Tweet from Turner himself or the typical WOOF from Coach Petersen - just a Tweet from his high school announcing his commitment, which was confirmed by recruiting guru Greg Biggins. Turner was reportedly down to UW and Notre Dame with a decision imminent. What exactly happened here nobody is too sure of, but reading the tea leaves tells me he’s probably heavily leaning towards UW.

• Moving on from the drama of recruiting...it shouldn’t come as a shock but Chris Petersen was named to the preseason watch list for the Dodd Trophy, given annually to the national coach of the year. Here’s the entire list.

• Dawgman reaches the top 3 of their top-30 countdown of Most Important Huskies. #1 won’t be controversial at all.

• Washington has a nice history of players from the Kitsap region - in fact 29 players from Kitsap high schools have lettered for the Dawgs. The Kitsap Sun details them here.

• U of A’s Wildcat Radio is making their through Pac-12 football previews and hosted Alex from the Dawg Pod to chat about the Huskies.

• Big #72 ready to get healthy and have a huge senior year:

• Myles Gaskin will cement himself as a Husky Legend in the 2018 season:

• Speaking of Mr. Gaskin, he’ll be a big part of this continued trend:

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