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Goodbye to Byron Murphy
- Husky standout CB Byron Murphy announced the expected decision that he would be foregoing his final two years of eligibility in order to enter the NFL Draft.
Thank you Husky Nation! Excited for this next chapter! pic.twitter.com/c9v27BOXsl
— Byron Murphy JR (@byronmurphy) January 7, 2019
- Dawgman ($) looks at what Byron Murphy’s departure means for UW’s secondary
Goodbye to Matt Lubick
- Matt Lubick is out as the WR coach at UW
#UDub co-OC/WRs coach Matt Lubick is leaving coaching for a business opportunity in his native CO: “I feel fortunate to have had the opportunity to work w/ UDub football. It’s an amazing place w/ special ppl. I have a great opportunity w/ a new challenge I’m looking forward to.”
— Bruce Feldman (@BruceFeldmanCFB) January 7, 2019
- Christian Caple at The Athletic ($) notes that this is the 4th time in 6 years that the Huskies are searching for a WR coach and looks at candidates for the job
- Chris Fetters ($) also has 10 potential names for candidates to replace Matt Lubick as the WR coach
- Brandon Huffman of 247 Sports ($) has a wrap up on a number of different UW targets for the 2020 and 2021 classes
- Jon Wilner writes that Alabama smells blood when it comes to stealing Pac-12 recruits from the West Coast
Wall Street Journal’s Most Valuable Pac-12 Football Programs as of January 2019:
— WestCoastCFB (@WestcoastCfb) January 7, 2019
1. Washington $441M
2. Oregon $349M
3. USC $326M
4. UCLA $302M
5. ASU $301M
6. Stanford $233M
7. Utah $214M
8. Colo $208M
9. Cal $199M
10. Zona $166M
11. WSU $142M
12. OSU $128M
*Corrected Version
Ben Burr-Kirven had a fantastic season for the Huskies. pic.twitter.com/3UnXIqAHT1
— PFF College (@PFF_College) January 7, 2019
Goodbye to the 2018 College Football Season...And hello 2019
Pac-12 in Final AP Football Poll of 2018
— SportsPac12 (@SportsPac12) January 8, 2019
10. WSU
13. Washington
—Receiving Votes—
27. Stanford
29. Utah
33. Oregon
Alabama about to lose by 28+...last time UW lost by that much was in 2013. The most a Chris Petersen-coached UW team has lost by is 25 at Oregon in 2014. #Dawgman
— Chris Fetters (@Chris_Fetters) January 8, 2019
Just left Clemson’s locker room. There was a big Pac 12 logo on the wall. So congrats to the conference for coming so close to a national champion.
— Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) January 8, 2019
- ESPN has their way-too-early top-25 for next year and the Huskies are their 3rd ranked team in the Pac-12
- And so does Sports Illustrated where the Huskies are higher ranked and 2nd in the conference
- The Huskies are 25/1 to win next year’s national title if you’d like to lose money not betting on Alabama or Clemson
HOT OFF THE PRESSES!!!
— Covers (@Covers) January 8, 2019
Futures odds from @SuperBookUSA to win the 2020 #CFBPlayoff National Championship: pic.twitter.com/sQtwIf0Td2
Goodbye to Kliff Kingsbury?
A couple of our #USC insiders on @ThePeristyle are saying Kliff Kingsbury is going to be the Arizona Cardinals head coach. https://t.co/3uwlReWYjJ
— Ryan Abraham (@insidetroy) January 8, 2019
Former Texas Tech HC Kliff Kingsbury is interviewing today with the Arizona Cardinals for their HC job, per league source.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) January 8, 2019
If Kingsbury does indeed get a head coaching spot in the NFL I can’t wait for the 30 for 30. What if I told you...that a man who didn’t make a bowl game and was fired by Texas Tech, and who won 0 games at USC became an NFL head coach...