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- Washington could use the youth along the offensive line as an excuse for poor play so far. John Mills, Champ Tualealea, and Kodi Greene are all in their first or second years of college football at a position that typical has a pretty steep learning curve. Mills, however, does not want to use inexperience as an excuse for substandard results. Already a Husky captain in his second season, the starting left guard as taken ownership for the underperformance and wants things to change, starting with his own play. The O-Line’s area for improvement is the leading story for Christian Caple at On Montlake.
- It’s not just UW playing Eastern Washington in the B1G’s slate of tune-up games this week. Most of the conference’s top teams play lesser opposition. The Seattle Times posits that the weak non-conference scheduling is out of fear of missing out on a 12-team CFP field if a team takes on a real challenge and loses. I would argue the opposite- that the solution is not a bigger post-season field, but a committee that doesn’t punish teams who play well against top competition relative to those who roll over bad opponents.
- Husky Men’s Basketball continues to search for the right formula to turn the program around under Danny Sprinkle. The latest tweak is bringing in an assistant coach from a rival. The Huskies announced on Wednesday that they have hired longtime Oregon assistant Mike Mennenga to join Sprinkle’s staff at UW. Mennenga had been with the Ducks for 11 years and focused on player development and recruiting as his specialties.
- It’s not just the offensive line that has lots of young players on it. The UW defense has shown that a unit can be successful with inexperienced players across the depth chart. Jacob Lane and Dylan Robinson are both a bit more experienced now, but they talked to the media about what it meant to get on the field early in their careers and how that has shaped their development.
- In addition to the coaching update, Husky Men’s Basketball added another player on the eve of practices beginning. Nevada transfer Tayshawn Comer will officially jointhe UW backcourt. Comer was a regular starter in Reno last year and had a good mix of playmaking and outside shooting.
