Friday Dots: Quinten Pounds fights off his own negativity, refuses to give up

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Football Dots

• Maggie Vanoni from The Seattle Times features 5th year senior WR Quinten Pounds and details his resolve to keep fighting back from season-ending injuries. “I just can’t give up on my Dawgs out here. They’re the people I love.”

• 247 Sports’ Brad Crawford (with an assist from Pro Football Focus) has 10 Breakout Candidates for the 2019 College Football Season. A pair of Huskies are the only Pac-12 players on the list.

• Just two Huskies on the PFF All Pac-12 preseason first team. Zero on defense. Fine with me.

• Jayson Jenks from The Athletic ($) takes you inside Mike Leach’s quarterback meetings courtesy of some of his old QBs.

• Athletic subscribers can also read the “Group Text” between Bruce Feldman, Stewart Mandel and Andy Staples as they predict the Pac-12 Standings for 2019.

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Tops in the Pac-12 (minus the Rose Bowl).. We’ll take it:

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Drew Sample finds the end zone:

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Basketball Dots

Go Huskies recaps the men’s basketball romp over the Peak Warriors in Rome, Italy. What a venue!!

This looks kinda fun:

• Percy Allen from the Seattle Times says that Naz Carter looks ready to step into the leading role for Mike Hopkins.

• Alec Dietz from The Daily has his take on the blowout win, and says Isaiah Stewart was dominant creating space down low.

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