Dots: Tougher Together Redux

Football Dots

• Mike Vorel asks whether UW is going to be able to get the ball to their young talented receiving corps starting with the game against UCLA on Saturday.
• Jon Wilner provides his picks for this weekend and picks Washington almost solely off the basis that UCLA is in the dreaded spot of playing a back-to-back road game against an opponent coming off a bye (aka the UW against Oregon).
• Washington gave out an offer yesterday to 3-star edge rusher Devan Thompkins out of California and Scott Eklund talked to him about how it will affect his recruitment. Thompkins focused primarily on basketball until this year so he’s a fairly raw prospect but with good size.
• Also a new offer out to an edge rusher from the class of 2024 with an appropriate last name.

Basketball Dots

• Yesterday was Pac-12 men’s basketball media day and Mike Hopkins spoke at length to the public for the first time about the challenges the team had last year and this new squad.
• Dawgman has the audio from Mike Hopkins, Nate Roberts, and Jamal Bey speaking.
• Given Washington’s new roster and last year’s poor results it wasn’t a surprise that they were picked 11th in the Pac-12 media poll. For those looking for hope, Oregon State was picked to finish last a year ago and ended up in the Elite 8 after winning the Pac-12 tournament.