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THE RIVALRY:

A BRIEF HISTORY BY: Charlie Gearing @GearingCharlie

Since first playing in 1900, the Oregon-Washington rivalry is widely considered one of the most outwardly bitter rivalries in all of college sports.

Over the last 40 seasons in particular, both teams have reached new heights, adding more fuel to the fire. Now, with game day in the near future, the rivalry has reached a fever pitch.

Although Washington leads the series 60-46-5, the historical rivalry has overgone several ups and downs.

The 1980s belonged to a series of dominant Washington squads. The Huskies beat the Ducks all but three times the entire decade. At that time, Washington football was among the best programs in the nation, ranking well into the top 25 for most of the decade. The Huskies took two trips to the Rose Bowl in the ’80s, losing in ’81 to No. 5 Michigan and winning

in ’82 over No. 13 Iowa.

Washington began the 1990s resuming its winning ways, beating the Ducks for four straight seasons and reaching the Rose Bowl in ’91, ’92 and ’93.

The tide started to turn in the season of ’94, when the Ducks defeated the Huskies 31-20 and found their way to their first Rose Bowl since 1958. Despite falling to No. 2 Penn State in the Rose Bowl, the ’94-’95 season was a major turning point for the Ducks. Oregon defeated Washington in ’97 and ’98.

As the Ducks began the 2000s, it became clear that they’d turned a corner. The Ducks started the new decade strong, defeating a strong Huskies squad that went on to win the Rose Bowl 34-24 over No. 14 Purdue.

After not playing the Ducks in ’01 due to conference rescheduling, Washington went on to gain

lopsided victories in its next two contests with Oregon in ’02 and ’03. It would be the last time they’d defeat the Ducks for over a decade, as Oregon went on to beat Washington in 12 straight meetings between ’04 and ’15. These are known widely to be some of Oregon’s most successful years as a program, appearing in three Rose Bowls and two National Championship games.

Offensive guru Chip Kelly and quarterback Marcus Mariota were crucial to Oregon’s consistent success between 2012 and 2014.

With Mariota at the helm of a highly talented Ducks offense, the program earned victories in the Fiesta Bowl, Alamo Bowl and Rose Bowl and also made an appearance in the National Championship, where they fell to No. 4 Ohio State.

Mariota became the first player from the University of Oregon to

win the Heisman Trophy in 2014.

Since 2015, the Ducks are 1-2 against the Huskies, dropping games in both 2016 and 2017, but proving victorious in last season’s matchup in Autzen Stadium. Washington demonstrated that it was an incredibly impressive team last year.

With now-pro quarterback Jake Browning at the helm on offense, the Huskies were able to win a Pac-12 title and make it back to another Rose Bowl game, where they lost to No. 5 Ohio State.

Now, with both teams ranked inside the AP Top 25, the rivalry has reached a new level. With Washington quarterback Jacob Eason commanding a revengehungry Husky team and Oregon quarterback Justin Herbert playing at a near-perfect level, the battle for the Pac-12 North is sure to end in fireworks.

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AFTER BURSTING ONTO THE SCENE IN 2019

ISAAC SLADE-MATAUTIA WAS FORCED TO TAKE A STEP BACK AFTER A SEASON-ENDING INJURY BY: Shane Hoffman @shane_hoffman

Ducks inside linebacker Isaac Slade-Matautia (41) and inside linebacker Travis Dye (35) tackle a Buffalo for the ball. (Kimberly Harris/Emerald)

This week, the Ducks face their biggest rival. An age-old tradition, the Washington game is meaningful for anyone invested in the Oregon football program. For one individual, however, the game represents something more: the long road back and the immense level of patience required to play college football.

After utilizing a redshirt in 2017, Honolulu native Isaac SladeMatautia burst onto the scene in his second year, tallying 20 tackles through seven games, including a season-high six against the Huskies.

The following week, he would leave the Washington State game with a broken collarbone.

Just like that, the linebacker’s season was over. After taking a major step forward, Slade-Matautia took two steps back.

After securing a role, he would now be forced to battle for a spot all over again under not only the new defensive coordinator Andy Avalos,

but a new position coach, the former Washington State linebackers coach Ken Wilson.

On top of the change, SladeMatautia was forced to endure weeks of rehab in a time frame he had hoped to use in other ways: gaining experience, refining his game and, most of all, adding weight.

“I came into Oregon super light for a linebacker,” he said. “So from the beginning, when I stepped foot on campus, that was always my goal. Being injured last year, I knew I had to bounce back heavily, so that was my main thing. Gaining some muscle mass and at the same time trying to stay healthy throughout this process.”

At 220 pounds, Slade-Matautia was skinny as far as inside linebackers go. Adding weight would not only improve his game on the field, but prevent future injury — an experience he was now all too familiar with.

His rehab was successful and he

made the most of his offseason, a major goal for not only himself, but the entire program, in hopes of building a new culture. Throughout the offseason, head coach Mario Cristobal and his staff pushed the narrative of becoming a “fourthquarter program” — one built on toughness, preparation and a strong mentality.

Slade-Matautia is the poster child for that.

“He’s accountable,” Cristobal said.

“He’s a tough guy, and when I say tough guy, toughness to us means always being there early, doing the right things when you’re supposed to do them, even when you don’t want to do them. Making sure you’re doing things exactly the way they’re being taught. Demanding the most from others in a positive way. Doing the right things all the time is being a tough guy.”

Slade-Matautia added sufficient weight — 15 pounds to be exact — and

entered 2019 as a revitalized player.

As spring practices began and slowly transitioned to fall camp, he caught the attention of many.

“Isaac’s been awesome,” Avalos said early in fall camp. “He’s a competitor and he’s really, really hard on himself.

He’s learning how to drive himself.

He is really diligent, and he cares a lot. He has unbelievable instincts too.

He gets the game, he understands the game...We’re really pleased with what he’s doing and how he’s doing it.”

Wilson’s mentality and coaching style proved to be a perfect fit for him.

“I’m giving them a clean slate, letting them play, letting them compete and earn jobs,” Wilson said of the linebacking corps during last spring’s opening practice. “With me, if I can trust them, I’ll put them on the field. I’ll play six, eight, or I’ll play two — however many I can get to trust in the defense and know what we’re doing.”

Ducks inside linebacker Isaac Slade-Matautia (41) celebrates a sack in the fourth quarter. (DL Young/Emerald)

A chance was all Slade-Matautia needed.

Fast forward a few months and now he’s at the center of what Avalos and his stingy defense are doing to stifle opposing offenses week after week — allowing just 25 points through the last five contests.

Through six games, Slade Matautia has recorded 27 tackles, a sack and four pass deflections, including a near-pick against Colorado.

“From the first day he stepped on campus, we watched film and you can tell he has a natural flow of the game, a natural feel at middle linebacker,” fellow linebacker Troy Dye said. “I think he runs the defense really well. He has good control and guys trust him and we all buy in to backing him and believing in him.”

Ask anybody about what he brings and you’ll see a recurring pattern. For Slade-Matautia, the game is just as much mental as it is physical.

“Mentality,” Avalos said. “Mentally,

he’s a tough player and physically he’s a tough player…His growth over the course of this year has been impressive.”

Not only has he gotten bigger and stronger, but like many of his teammates, he’s become a more versatile player in the new scheme.

“He does a nice job of allowing us to be multiple,” Avalos said. “He can play off the edge, he can play in the box. He’s a good inside blitzer as well.”

Avalos and his group have been impressive, in fact, that it has put increased pressure on the defense.

Seemingly every week they either break a record or are tasked with upholding a new one. When you go multiple games without allowing a touchdown, nobody wants to be the one to mess it up.

In Oregon’s game against Cal, Slade-Matautia was the one. Early in the first half, he let a touchdown pass fly over his head, failing to get his

eyes around in time.

“It’s a lot of pressure,” he said. “[Giving up] that touchdown, especially since it was on me, I felt like I gave up a lot. But at the same time, the defensive leaders like Troy, Jevon [Holland], Sampson [Niu], they talk to me. ‘It happens, there’s good players out there, as long as we stick together as one defense, one unit we will have each other’s backs game by game.’”

Leadership and comradery like that are a necessity for any successful position group. With the Ducks’ linebackers though, the bond is especially strong. Whether it’s in a game, on the practice field, in the locker room or somewhere else altogether, they always have each other’s backs. They are always there to prop each other up.

“It’s like a circus in our linebacker room,” Slade-Matautia said. “We all make fun of each other if we do a bad play in practice, and at the same

time, if we know it’s bad, we will help [each other] out.”

It may be a circus, but it’s a talented one. And it takes a talented coach to lead a group like that. “[Wilson] knows how to approach everybody,” Slade-Matautia said.

“Everybody has their own flaws. He knows not to come at you right away, he will work through everything with you. Tell you what’s wrong from right. He focuses a lot on the fundamentals.”

With such a diverse group both in skillset and personality, it’s important to have a patient coach.

In his third year with the team, Slade-Matautia has picked up on a lot. He sat out for a full year. Then, after steadily improving throughout his second year, was again forced to watch from the sidelines.

Now, finally, he’s getting his shot.

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WASHINGTON BY: Oscar Duyck

Like much of the Pac-12, Washington has had an upand-down season. The Huskies have shown the capability of dismantling a team like Arizona, while also losing to a team like Stanford. Washington started the season ranked No. 13, but multiple conference losses have bumped them down to No. 25 in the latest AP Poll.

Washington entered the 2019 season as the most dominant team in the Pac-12 North for the past few seasons. In 2018, Washington won in both the North division and the Pac-12 as a whole, defeating Utah 10-3 in the championship game. The Huskies made the College Football Playoff in 2016, where they were defeated 24-7 by Alabama.

So far in 2019, Washington has dominated in nonconference games against lesser opponents, blowing out Eastern Washington, Hawaii and BYU. In those games, Washington looked as strong as anybody in the conference.

However, the Huskies’ Pac-12 title hopes were damaged in the team’s first conference game, when they were stunned at home

by Cal in a 20-19 loss. After bouncing back with a 28-14 win over USC the following week, Washington played a lackluster game against Stanford and lost in Palo Alto.

Last week, Washington faced Arizona in Tucson and, in the first half, it looked as though Washington would lose yet another conference game.

Washington was down 17-13 at halftime, but the Husky offense stepped up and blew past the Wildcats, 51-27.

Saturday’s game against Oregon is a must-win if the team wants to have a shot at the Pac-12 North title. A victory against the Ducks would go a long way toward the Huskies’ regaining their luster of the past few seasons.

The preseason hype for the 2019

rendition of Oregon-Washington indicated that it would be the single-most important game of the Pac-12 season. And while it’s undoubtedly still a big game, an Oregon win would put three games of separation between the Ducks and the Huskies in the Pac12 North.

As a team, the Huskies have had a middling 2019 on both sides of the ball. Washington is seventh in total offense in the Pac-12, averaging 423 yards per game, and fourth on defense, conceding 19 points per game.

That is not to say Washington does not have playmakers.

On offense, the team is led by quarterback Jacob Eason, a Washington native. Eason is a transfer from Georgia, and this season, he has thrown for 1692 yards and 13 touchdowns.

Eason’s top target is wide receiver Aaron Fuller. The 2019 Preseason Honorable Mention in the Pac-12 from McKinney, Texas, has 40 receptions for 558 yards and five touchdowns.

Salvon Ahmed, from Kirkland, Washington, is the Huskies’ lead running back. This season, Ahmed has rushed for 522 yards and six touchdowns. Three of those scores came against Arizona.

Defensive back Cameron Williams leads the team with three interceptions on the year.

The freshman from Bakersfield, California, recorded two of those picks against USC. Defensive back Myles Bryant leads the team with 44 total tackles. The Pasadena native made the 2019 Preseason All-Pac-12 First Team and has lived up to that honor so far in 2019.

Washington is a talented team that often gets in its own way.

If the Huskies play up to their potential, they have all the tools to challenge the Ducks and get a crucial home victory. The real question is: Which Husky team will show up?

Ducks tight end Jacob Breeland (27) breaks away from a buffalo. (DL Young/Emerald)

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Washington WASHINGTON / QUARTERBACK / JACOB EASON Jacob Eason — a projected first-round pick according to CBS Sports — is out to prove himself as Jake Browning’s successor. His conference play thus far has been mediocre at best. A completion percentage of 54% ranks him last in the Pac-12 for quarterbacks with at least 15 attempts per game.

However, the junior Georgia transfer has struggled with consistency.

Eason has recorded three games with at least three touchdowns, while also going two games with no scores at all. The Huskies started slow against Arizona but eventually made easy work of the Wildcats, winning 51-27. Eason threw for 243 yards and a pair of touchdowns in the win.

WASHINGTON / KICKER / PEYTON HENRY

Kickers are often overlooked until they miss a crucial field goal or extra point. Peyton Henry has yet to miss a kick this calendar year. The last time he registered a miss was in the Pac-12 Championship, when Utah blocked a field goal attempt. Last season Henry missed a 37-yard field goal against the Ducks, which prompted overtime. He would go on to convert a 22yard field goal, but that proved irrelevant as the Oregon offense would march down the field and score a touchdown. As for this season, he has converted all 23 of his extra point attempts to go along with 11 field goals.

Only two other Pac-12 kickers can boast about their perfect kicking numbers: USC’s Chase McGrath and Washington State’s Blake Mazza.

Henry’s longest field goal of 49 yards is the third longest this season in the Pac-12. Henry’s consistency gives Washington the advantage in the kicking game this week against Oregon’s inconsistent Camden Lewis.

Washington quarterback Jake Browning looks to make a pass. (Ben Green/Emerald)

Oregon OREGON / CORNERBACK / HAKI WOODS JR. An injury to starting safety/nickel Jevon Holland has opened the door for defensive back Haki Woods Jr. Woods Jr. made his presence known early and often in the Ducks’ 45-3 blowout victory over Colorado, recording a career-high six tackles and tipping multiple passes. His breakout performance earned praise from head coach Mario Cristobal, as well as several of his teammates. Woods Jr. helped make history for the Ducks, as they held their fifth-straight opponent under 10 points for the first time in over 60 years. Depending on the severity of Holland’s injury, Woods Jr. could be seeing more snaps for Oregon in the near future, an opportunity the senior has long awaited.

OREGON / RUNNING BACK / CJ VERDELL CJ Verdell sustained a minor ankle sprain in the Ducks 17-7 win over California, but that didn’t stop him from running all over the Colorado Buffaloes for a season-high 171 yards. After his big night, watch for Verdell to get a majority of the carries for the Ducks heading forward as he hopes to get back into rhythm after a breakout freshman campaign.

The sophomore is in the midst of a scoring drought, with his last score coming over a month ago versus Nevada. Not many Duck fans will forget when Verdell took down the Washington Huskies in 2018 — running the ball up the middle for a touchdown — giving the Ducks an overtime victory that will be etched in the memories of Oregon fans forever.

Ducks running back CJ Verdell (34) begins to celebrate moments after scoring the game winning touchdown in overtime. (Ben Green/Emerald)

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we were simply paralyzed, and I know some fellows that haven’t smiled since,” one freshman wrote in a letter to his mother, published in the Dec. 5, 1900 edition of The Pacific Wave — the precursor to The Daily.

What followed was a 43-0 beatdown. “When we heard the score,

It was the worst loss in Jim Owens’ career with Washington could only manage 3 rushing yards in the the Huskies. Before the next home game, a first half and 20 passing yards all game long, while the campaign selling “Fire Jim Owens” pins had raised $500.

Ducks picked off six UW passes. Meanwhile, Oregon took the UW’s first punt of the day back 78 yards for a touchdown and didn’t look back in a 58-0 win.

A 58-point beatdown

1973

Washington’s 11th season playing football — the UW began in 1889 but didn’t play any games in 1891 — was its first facing off against any college a fan today would recognize. After a win, two ties (including one in the first Apple Cup), and a sixpoint loss to Idaho, the UW went to Kincaid Field in Eugene, Ore. for its first-ever matchup with Oregon.

First matchup goes Oregon’s way

1900

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Washington owned the 1950s, winning nine of 10 matchups, but Oregon struck back with a slim 7-6 win in 1961. When the series returned to Husky Stadium, fans were treated to — and caused one of the oddest endings in UW football history.

Then, with 49 seconds left in a 21-21 game, Oregon got the ball back with a chance to win . While quarterback Bob Berry dropped back for one last

UW fans help seal tie

1962

Hail Mary, the crowd at Husky Stadium spilled onto the field. As the UW’s Jim Stiger and UO’s Larry Hill both went up for the ball in the end zone, they were “surrounded by a swarm of illicit interlopers,” according to The Seattle Daily Times’ Georg Meyers.

The ball fell to the ground in the chaos, and the game ended in a tie, an outcome Meyers wrote “may be debated for a decade.”

— Cal, Stanford, USC, and UCLA — and six from the Pacific Northwest — Washington, Washington State, Oregon, Oregon State, Idaho, and Montana. Most Washington couldn’t stop Oregon on the football field in 1948, losing 13-7 at Husky Stadium on Nov. 6. assumed that the vote would go along regional lines, giving Oregon a 6-4 win. Instead, Washington flipped But the UW did find a way to return the favor to the its vote, and convinced Montana to do the same, Ducks just a few weeks later.

Cal and Oregon both went undefeated in PCC play; sending Cal to Pasadena. the Golden Bears finished 10-0 overall, while the That began the true hatred between the Huskies and Webfoots went 9-1 with a loss to No. 7 Michigan.

Ducks. Seventy-one years later, it’s only escalated.

Tied at the top of the standings, the decision as to who would go to the Rose Bowl would be one made by a vote of all 10 member schools.

The PCC consisted of four schools from California

Washington gets payback with Rose Bowl vote

1948

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1900 - Now

Dawgs & Ducks Rivalry

without tailback De’Anthony Thomas and tight end Colt Lyerla.

Instead, The Streak hit double digits, Marcus Mariota accounted for 454 total yards and four touchdowns, and Oregon pulled away in a 4524 win.

since 1988 and changed the complexion of the rivalry. Ten of the 13 games in Eugene since have gone Oregon’s way.

Coming off back-to-back embarrassments for Oregon, the series returned to Autzen Stadium for a top-20 matchup that ended up being an instant classic. The Huskies and Ducks went back and forth In overtime, CJ Verdell walked it off with a for 60 minutes, with UW’s Peyton Henry missing a 6-yard run on third-and-goal, and the Ducks got last-second field goal that would have won the game bragging rights back. for the Dawgs.

Ducks get back on track

2018

After the Huskies’ win at Autzen in 2002, it was all Oregon, with nine straight UO wins — all but one coming by 20 points or more. But going into 2013, it looked like the No. 2 Ducks and No. 16 Huskies might finally be set for a close one. The game was at Husky Stadium, the Dawgs were consistently ranked for the first time in a decade, and Oregon would be

The Streak turns 10

2013

With the Ducks holding a slim 24-20 lead over No. 9 Washington, the Huskies had one last chance, driving as far as the UO 8-yard line. Instead of an iconic comeback, though, Damon Huard threw into an historical moment the other way, with Kenny Wheaton intercepting the ball on the 3 and taking it all the way back for a touchdown.

It was the first time the Ducks had beaten the Huskies

The Pick

1994

After the game, the Huskies stayed out on the field for a good 20 minutes, celebrating with UW fans and the marching band and taking pictures in front of the scoreboard.

“When things are tough and bleak, as maybe they have been in our program for most of the last month, you crave to celebrate,” head coach Rick Neuheisel said. “I was not going to deny them the opportunity.

They earned it and they deserve it.”

With one field goal mixed into the scoring, the Huskies went into the fourth quarter up 52-0. Five minutes in, junior quarterback Chris Rowland punched it in himself on fourth-and-goal from the 2-yard line, and the extra point made Washington’s revenge complete.

Then the Huskies scored once more, for good measure.

gotten wide open for a 34-yard gain, Jake Browning had put 12-years’ worth of anger The only thing keeping Washington fans tense going into a single point, and Washington was into Autzen Stadium on Oct. 8, 2016 was the sheer seven points into a 70-21 exorcism.“I’d have length of The Streak. The No. 5 Huskies came in to look down to see Cloud Nine,” offensive undefeated, fresh off a 42-point blowout of Stanford. lineman Kaleb McGary said after the game.

The Ducks were riding a three-game losing streak.

Browning set a school record with six For the first time in over a decade, the UW had the touchdown passes, throwing for 304 yards. better chance to win in Eugene.But nobody could Three of those touchdowns went to John have foreseen just how bad it was going to get.

Ross and two went to Dante Pettis. On the In all of 97 seconds of gametime, Budda Baker ground, Myles Gaskin went for 197 yards, had picked off Justin Herbert, Dante Pettis had averaging over 12 yards per carry.

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2016

There was just a little something extra when Washington took down Oregon in Eugene in 2002.

After falling behind 14-0 midway through the first quarter, the Huskies came back to tie the game going into halftime. From there, it was all Dawgs, as the UW scored 24 more unanswered points to run away with a 42-14 win in front of an Autzen Stadium crowd that began the day loud and raucous and ended it silent.

“They’ve been talking so much trash about our coach and our program,” running back Rich Alexis said.

“You could hear the crowd talking about our coach and that struck me personally. I didn’t like that at all.”

Party at Autzen

2002

“You get beat 58-0, you’re going to remember that.”

UW defensive back Steve Donnelly’s explanation for what happened at Husky Stadium against Oregon in 1974 was simple; the Huskies completed a 124-point turnaround from the previous year’s disaster with a 66-0 beatdown, scoring 24 points in the first half and only making it worse in the second.

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Young Dawgs already making their marks on Montlake

Lydia Ely The Daily Puka Nacua runs the ball to Arizona’s 10-yard line in Washington’s Oct. 12 win over the Wildcats. Nacua finished with 97 yards on three catches in the Tucson game, averaging 32.3 yards per receptions.

By Josh Eddy The Daily Redshirt and true freshman alike, underclassmen have been making an impact on the field for the Washington football team.

Eleven true freshmen and 18 redshirt freshmen have seen playing time this season, with

some standing out not only within their classes, but within the team as a whole.

Running back Richard Newton emerged onto the scene in an instant, with his first career carry going 23 yards to the house against Eastern Washington. In the following five games, Newton piled up five more rushing

Richard Newton Ht: 6-0 Wt: 210 Hometown: Lancaster, Calif.

64 rush, 326 yds, 6 TD, 2 rec, TD

Tim Horn Ht: 6-2 Wt: 210 Hometown: Honolulu, Hawai’i

49 kickoffs, 29 touchbacks

Asa Turner Ht: 6-3 Wt: 187 Hometown: Carlsbad, Calif.

10 tackles, 2 TFL, Int

touchdowns and now leads the Huskies in that department.

“He’s a guy that’s consistent, he’s very consistent, he’s gonna give you everything he’s got every Saturday,” running back Salvon Ahmed said. “He’s like a brother to me, I’m super proud of him, I couldn’t be more proud of him. He’s out there being very

consistent, getting those short yardages and scoring whenever we’re in the red zone. He’s a guy you can count on.”

Newton is the team’s thirdleading rusher behind Ahmed and Sean McGrew and tallied 64 yards a couple weeks ago against Stanford before going down with an injury. He has not played since then and is listed as weekto-week.

True freshman Puka Nacua had a similar start to Newton, as the receiver’s first career catch was hauled in for a 28-yard touchdown against Hawai’i.

Nacua went on to explode for 97 receiving yards in UW’s latest win against Arizona.

This year’s top two leading receivers are both seniors so Nacua and other first-year guys in Marquis Spiker, Trey Lowe, and Austin Osborne could hallmark the receiver room for years to come.

“It’s harder for them because they’re freshmen, because they’re at a new place, they got school going on, they got their coaches and trying to understand their playbook,” quarterback Jacob Eason said. “But yeah they’ve done a great job of coming in and working hard, and even if they make a mistake they’re gonna make it at full speed.”

On the defensive side, one name has really stuck out this season, and that’s Cameron

Williams. A recently great defensive backroom may have its next star in Williams, he’s already grabbed a team-high three interceptions, including two in a ranked matchup against USC. The newest freshman class contains 18 defenders, with many already seeing playing time and showing improvement in practice.

“Laiatu Latu, he got hurt and he would’ve been playing more if he hadn’t gotten hurt, he’s coming along really well,” co-defensive coordinator Pete Kwiatkowski said. “Trent McDuffie is a guy that every week’s getting better, and is smart, and Asa Turner every week has been getting better and better and better.”

Turner is one of four Huskies to record a pick this season, and has also wrangled five tackles in his time on the field. Fellow defensive back McDuffie has contribute 22 total tackles and a fumble recovery for the Dawgs.

Time will tell how these Dawgs will fare in the purple and gold but the future continues to look bright for Washington.

Reach reporter Josh Eddy at sports@dailyuw.com.

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Through the years The Daily’s Sports Editors relive the UW-UO rivalry My wife and I have been to some games at Autzen since I retired 10 years ago. I had been warned that wearing UW gear in the Oregon tailgate area was inviting trouble but the first time after retirement we went to a game there I walked into the area with Husky hat and shirt and 15 seconds later a nice Duck fan asked, "Hey, Husky, want a beer?" I smiled and joined them.

I remember leaving Autzen one year after a UW defeat and

a Duck fan had a leash with a small toy Husky attached. The leash was extra long and the stuffed

animal was just bouncing down the ramp as the guy walked. I had to laugh.

At Husky Stadium, I remember guys dressed as duck hunters walking through the lot with stuffed ducks (as if they had been shot) attached to their belts.

— Craig Smith, Editor-in-Chief (1966-67), retired journalist

Growing up, I didn’t root against Oregon, partly because I grew up in Longview near that state. And also because Oregon used Donald Duck as the basis for their mascot, and I was a huge Donald Duck fan (I loved DD cartoonist Carl Barks who was from Oregon).

Nonetheless, I rooted for the Huskies and also went to the UW. And when my parents drove me

there for my first quarter in 1980, I listened to the Husky-Ducks game on the radio. The Ducks won 34-10, which was unusual because Washington usually beat them all the time then.

I also covered the Huskies for The Daily. My friend and colleague Luke Esser and I drove down to Eugene to cover the game against Oregon in October 1985. That game drew 44,383 fans, the most of the season for Oregon, which lost 19-13 to the UW. Back then, Oregon always drew far more fans for games against the Huskies than anyone else. Partly because they wanted Oregon to beat us and also because many UW fans attended the game.

Not that Oregon was our arch-rival back then – USC was – because the Ducks were rarely a good team.

That changed in the mid-90s when the Ducks became a very good team and beat the Huskies so many times – including 12 consecutive times from 2004-2015. So now they are arch rivals.

And Washington plays them next Saturday.

Hopefully, Donald Duck won’t root for Oregon.

— Jim Caple, Sports Editor (1984-85), freelance journalist, legend

As it pertains to my college years (the 2006-09 football seasons),

my prevailing memory of the WashingtonOregon rivalry is that it wasn't one. The starkest

example of this came Oct. 21, 2007, a game the Ducks won 55-34 at Husky Stadium against a Huskies team that finished the season with a 4-9 record. UW actually was in that game until the fourth quarter, but the idea never really existed that the Huskies might win it. Why? Because they spent the entire game in pursuit of Oregon players who weren't carrying the ball. The Ducks' spread-out, read-option attack proved incomprehensible to UW's woebegone defense, and Oregon piled up school records of 661 yards of total offense and 465 yards rushing. It was the Ducks' fourth consecutive win over the Huskies, and that night, it felt like they might win 40 more.

— Christian Caple, Sports Editor (2009-10), reporter at The Athletic

This was the last game played at Husky Stadium before the renovations and there was a lot of build up and hype. It was the middle of Oregon's dominant run of 12 straight wins over the Huskies and there was belief around the program and community that the combination of talent and emotions would make this the game that finally got UW back into the win column.

The press box was swaying with the noise at kickoff. Players from the 1991 championship team were in attendance. There

hadn't been that much excitement for a game all season. It quickly fell apart, though, as fans got

much of the same –– mistakes and opportunities missed –– that followed the Huskies through more than a decade of losing to the Ducks. There were more fiery and combative postgame interviews during the season, but not one was more somber and disappointed than after that game.

— Josh Liebeskind, Sports Editor (2011-12),Recreational Program Manager at San Francisco Cooking School Throughout my sports-obsessed childhood, my two great loves were University of Washington football and College GameDay. Unfortunately, for most of that childhood, the Huskies were somewhere between mediocre and unspeakably awful. They were not the sort of team you built a TV show around.

ESPN's traveling circus had never paid the UW a visit, and I wondered if it ever would.

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The Daily at the University of Washington is over 100 years old. So old, that when the storied newspaper began covering the Washington-Oregon rivalry in 1900, it was called The Pacific Wave. We amassed just a few of the former editors at The Daily and told them to tell us their best stories and memories covering the rivalry for The Daily.

And then, my senior year, it happened. Kirk, Lee and the rest of the gang descended upon a jam-packed Red Square in the pre-dawn hours of October 12, 2013. The

No. 16 Huskies were hosting the No. 2 Oregon Ducks, and the whole college football world was watching.

It was all extremely cool to see.

In my years at UW, the Oregon game always came with a sense of morbid fascination. It was not a question of whether the Ducks would win; of course they would. It was more a matter of how painful the beatdown would be.

Things were no different in 2013. Oregon won, 45-24. Marcus Mariota threw for 366 yards and ran for 88 more. I can still see him weaving through helpless Huskies, making the future pros who studded that year's UW defense look like statues.

For a time, it appeared GameDay might return to the UW for this year's Oregon tilt. Then Stanford happened. Alas. But someday, Kirk & Co. will come back. And when they do, I'll be there, with a big, goofy smile on my face.

— Kevin Dowd, Sports Editor (2012-13), Editor at PitchBook Loss No. 10 of Washington’s 12 straight to Oregon was mostly unremarkable. What I’ll remember came well before kickoff.

With Oregon ranked second in the country and the UW at No. 16 entering their 2013 matchup, ESPN’s “College GameDay”

visited Seattle for the first time. The UW’s picturesque campus was on the list of destinations for the popular pregame show, but the Tyrone

Willingham era did nothing to attract such attention. The program began to stir again under Steve Sarkisian.

“Here we are,” the show’s then-host Chris Fowler told The Daily at the time, “finally.”

Fowler and the ESPN crew set up in Red Square. The sun wasn’t up when the when the broadcast started at 6 a.m. local time in.

Suzzallo glowed in the background. Per GameDay tradition, fans waved hand-crafted signs. A popular college coach’s head was photoshopped onto a picture of Miley Cyrus riding a wrecking ball.

This was 2013, remember.

To finish the broadcast, ESPN analyst Lee Corso made his pick by wearing the Oregon mascot’s head. Warren Moon and Hope Solo, the two UW alumni who served as guest pickers, booed the choice. It was the right one, however, as Marcus Mariota led Oregon to a comfortable 45-24 win.

— Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Sports Editor (2013-14), reporter at The Los Angeles Times

Two words: “The Point.”

Well, there’s a lot more than two words associated with Jake Browning’s now famous point. It happened during one of the many trips I made as Sports Editor at The Daily. The Huskies were really good that year, but of all the memorable moments, “The

Point” solidified the team’s dominance in 2016.

The final score of 70-21 certainly helped make that point as well. But the seemingly quiet Browning, who was composed on and off the field, simply lifted his finger at a Ducks defender in front of a packed crowd at Autzen Stadium. Poor, Pete. He hated it. But we all loved it. It gave new life to the long-time rivalry that for the better part of a decade always swung in Oregon’s favor.

We would have been just fine with the big win, but the bigger (and definitely better) moment came after the first of many touchdowns for Browning during that game.

— Alexis Mansanarez, Sports Editor (2016-17), reporter at Sporting News and contributing writer for The Athletic

This weekend I’ll be covering my third Washington-Oregon matchup as a football reporter for the Daily, but this week’s contest will be my first as Sports Editor. My first experience with the rivalry as a member of the press was in 2017 at Husky Stadium.

The hype for the game had considerably cooled when thensophomore Justin Herbert couldn’t play due to injury. However, the game got off to a cold start, on both sides. Backup QB Braxton Burmeister completed three passes and Royce Freeman burst off a few good runs to get Oregon an early field goal, and after the Huskies finally responded with a field goal of their own in the second quarter, Dante Pettis made history.

Pettis blew the game open on a following punt return, and

there have been very few moments at Husky Stadium where I’ve heard it louder.

You could hear a breath of silence before Pettis fielded the punt, and when he broke by a defender at the 40-yard line, the crowd knew he broke the career punt return for touchdown record. The Huskies ended up running away with it, scoring 38 unanswered points en route to the win.

Pretty scary when the press box is shaking, though.

— Alec Dietz, current Sports Editor

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Cade Otton calls next

The UW tight end has waited his turn

By Evan Wong The Daily Darrell Daniels. Will Dissly. Drew Sample. Hunter Bryant.

Next in line to ascend in the Washington tight end room is Cade Otton.

The sophomore tight end from Tumwater has provided the UW football team with consistent blocking along the offensive line as well as steady passcatching ability. The Huskies’ use of two to three tight ends has allowed Otton to be the perfect complement to fellow junior tight end Hunter Bryant.

Otton was recruited by former offensive line coach Chris Strausser and signed with Washington in August of 2016. Tight ends coach Jordan Paopao also played a valuable role in recruiting Otton to join the Huskies.

“In terms of recruiting, I think it’s always nice just to be able to tell recruits simply ‘Watch the tape,’” Paopao said.

“From our tight end usage, to the way that we utilize those guys in a variety of different aspects, it lends well to be able to see what they can do at the next level.”

Before the start of the 2019 season, Otton was named to the preseason watch list for the John Mackey Award, an award presented to the nation’s best tight end.

Otton didn’t see any game action during his true freshman season back in 2017 but earned recognition from the strength and conditioning staff. As he continued to get stronger and feel more comfortable with the speed and physicality of college football, his role among the tight ends continued to grow.

“I feel like I’ve grown a lot,” Otton said. “It’s definitely been a big learning curve going from high school to college.

There’s just so many little details. Like being successful over the course of a play and a game that you learn and that’s what it really comes down to.”

Paopao has overseen a handful of successful tight ends during his time with the program. He mentored former Washington tight end Austin Seferian-Jenkins during his two years

Conor Courtney The Daily Cade Otton sprints upfield after a reception in the first half of Washington’s game against Stanford at Stanford Stadium on Oct. 5, 2019.

Ethan Uehara The Daily

as a graduate assistant before officially becoming the tight ends coach starting in 2013.

“Working with coach Paopao for a few years now,” Otton said.

“You see how he develops players in the NFL and so just being able to work with him and the other great tight ends that have been here is really beneficial. Run blocking, running routes, and off the field too. Getting used to college life and college football.”

Otton has continued to be a bigger part of the Washington offense this season as he’s already recorded 12 receptions in seven games, compared to 13 receptions in 14 games last season. Because of inconsistency in the wide receiver corps outside of Aaron Fuller and Andre Baccellia, Otton is fourth on the team in receptions and receiving yards.

Part of the reason for the increase in production is the

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progress he’s made in the weight room and in conditioning.

Otton entered the UW as a true freshman at 6 feet, 4 inches, and 230 pounds; this year he’s up an inch and gained 16 pounds.

“Our strength staff is awesome,” Otton said. “They get all of our guys ready to go, physically and conditioning and stuff.”

After getting his first taste of the Oregon-UW rivalry in Eugene last year, Otton is looking forward to round two and the challenge of facing a formidable opponent in the Ducks at home this year.

“It’ll be really cool, especially at home,” Otton said. “It’ll be a great environment so looking forward to that.”

Reach reporter Evan Wong at sports@dailyuw.com.

Twitter: @evan_wong29

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Battle Royale

The Daily’s picks for UW-UO

Alec Dietz

Josh Kirshenbaum

Hailey Robinson

Josh Eddy

Mira Petrillo

SPORTS EDITOR

MANAGING EDITOR

ENGAGEMENT EDITOR

SENIOR SPORTS REPORTER

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Who wins?

UO 31 / UW 27 The Ducks are rolling, and the Huskies will have a hard time keeping up at home.

UO 30 / UW 24 The Husky Stadium crowd will help out the UW a lot, but not quite enough.

Who takes the first lead?

UW is outscoring opponents by a whopping 84 points in the first quarter, so I’d say the UW is a safe bet.

Who throws for more yards?

(Eason or Herbert)

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UW 30 / UO 28 Huskies with the home crowd and taste for revenge drive them to a tough-fought win highlighted by a Peyton Henry game winning FG.

UW 24 / UO 17 The Huskies’ embodied hatred of the Ducks will solidify their defense while creating just enough energy on offense.

UW is traditionally awful I have a gut feeling at coin tosses, and it’ll be Oregon.

Oregon has chosen to receive four of the five weeks it’s had the choice.

So probably the Ducks.

Oregon’s offense with Herbert gets rolling early before Jimmy Lake’s defense can figure it out.

UO.

I think this game might begin and end in ways we haven’t seen before for the Huskies — I say the UW takes the first lead.

Oregon has a more balanced offense, so Eason might have to do more to win.

Eason doesn’t have to go up against the UW secondary, so probably him.

Eason. Did you watch the Arizona game?

In this battle of NFL prospects, UW’s offensive line holds long enough to allow Eason to pick the UO secondary apart.

Do you like pumping your own gas?

I find it weird when strangers walk up to me at a gas station so I’d rather pump my own gas, thank you very much.

Personally I don’t understand how you can think putting gasoline into a stationary car is too dangerous for the average person, but driving that car at high speeds is perfectly safe.

I don’t even know how to drive.

Yes, it’s liberating. Also, I like trying to guess how many gallons/dollars my fill up is gonna be.

Whenever I’ve tried to get gas in Washington, I sit there for five minutes before realizing they’re really going to MAKE ME DO IT? (Hometown: Portland, Ore.)

Which would you rather fight, a ducksized husky or a husky-sized duck?

Both are weirdly horrifying, can I just fight Puddles?

Ok but could you imagine how cute a duck-sized husky would be?

I’m already scared of birds, I don’t need it to be bigger. (But I would lose to the tiny dog on purpose.)

Husky-sized duck, honestly it may have some problematic mobility, but it can only really hurt me with its bill.

I’m a pacifist, but both would raise some interesting questions.

UW 70 / UO 21 (for the mems)

Eason — His ego is still injured from the tweets about him over the past few games, and he has a lot of clout to make up over all that’ll improve his precision against UO.

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Lift, sleep, football

Jared Hilbers is the businessman of the UW offensive line

By Anthony Edwards

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Whether it’s in the locker room, the weight room, or on the field, Jared Hilbers is all business.

“The way he comes to practice every day, he’s early, he’s dressed, he’s ready to go,” offensive line coach Scott Huff said.

After last season presented earlier-than-expected business for Hilbers, the redshirt senior now has key experience under his belt going into the second half of his final season.

“I wasn’t thrown in,” Hilbers said, “It helped me get my feet wet. I knew what to expect coming into this year.”

The only time you won’t find Jared Hilbers in business is on game day, during his pregame nap.

“I lie down for an hour or so and get a 30-45 minute nap,” Hilbers said when asked about his pregame rituals.

“Those are for the night games, though. Night games or later day games. Those are my favorites. We hang around the hotel, may as well rest up if you’ve got a night game.”

The senior right tackle for the Washington football team has taken quite the path to his starting role on the highly regarded offensive line. The 6-foot, 7-inch tackle was recruited out of Beaverton, Oregon and redshirted his first year at Washington.

After coming off the bench in 11 games through his first two seasons, Hilbers was called

upon last year when star left tackle Trey Adams went out with a back injury in fall camp.

Hilbers was welcomed to the starting roster with a matchup against defensive end Nick Coe and Auburn’s vaunted defensive line. In 2018 Hilbers ended up starting 11 games and helped carve the way for UW tailbacks to produce 2,468 rushing yards on the season.

Then, after the season ended, Hilbers found himself moving from one side of the line to replace an All-Pac-12 tackle to the other side to replace another All-Pac-12 tackle in Kaleb McGary.

“That wasn’t really a big deal for him because he’s one of those guys who doesn’t really have a problem switching sides,” Huff said.

Business as usual for him.

“He’s gotten more confident in himself and he’s carrying himself in a better way,” Huff said. “And his technique, he’s really taken the next step with his technique and his fundamentals. Just continuing to get better. He’s making calls and knows what to do, everything is not such a big learning process.”

Now that Hilbers is a fulltime starter, he is a member in one of the most experienced UW O-lines in recent memory.

The line of Adams, Luke Wattenburg, Nick Harris, Jaxson Kirkland, and Hilbers has racked up 141 starts as a unit.

“It really doesn’t change anything,” Huff said. “Because although maybe the guys

we are running out there on gameday have played a lot, the day-to-day operation, we are trying to keep those guys as sharp and polished as possible, and improve.”

Even though he’s part of such a veteran line, Hilbers is lining up next to Kirkland — a sophomore — and is ahead of redshirt freshman Victor Curne on the depth chart. So in his immediate area, he’s had to embrace more of a leadership role.

“I’m not really like a vocal

leader,” Hilbers said. “If you’re gonna label me as a leader, I’m more as a lead by example, so people can learn from it once I’m gone.”

Although Hilbers is more of a reserved player, it doesn’t mean he lacks other leadership traits.

“He’s awesome, in terms of the weight room,” Huff said.

“The guys are like, ‘Hey, I want to be like that dude, big, strong, athletic, and works really hard.’”

And does that leadership

carry over off the field? Has Hilbers gotten Kirkland hooked on the pregame naps?

“Yeah, probably,” Hilbers said, chuckling.

Leading by example, he is a businessman after all.

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Redshirt senior Jared Hilbers has started every game for the Huskies at right tackle this season.

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Salvon Ahmed and Sean McGrew combined for 201 rushing yards against Arizona on Oct. 12, 2019.

HORSES IN THE BACKFIELD The Stable tandem is producing after loss of Newton

By Alec Dietz The Daily When Richard Newton went down with a gruesome-looking leg injury in the Washington football team’s loss to Stanford, it was just the next man up in the tailback room.

Although, that’s not anything new for the running backs who have rotated playing time throughout the entire season and have three ball carriers with over 50 carries.

In the Huskies’ following

game against Arizona, the Stable combo of Salvon Ahmed and Sean McGrew might have had their best performance of the season. While McGrew paced the running game with 106 yards, Ahmed pounded in three touchdowns and rushed for 95 hardearned yards of his own in a dominant 51-27 win.

“He’s usually my roommate when we travel so I was missing my guy,” McGrew said of Newton. “He runs extremely hard and I think I wanted to run extremely hard today so it wasn’t like we were missing our big back. I wanted to be our big back today, and bring Rich with us in the game even though he wasn’t here.”

Despite being just a redshirt freshman, head coach Chris Petersen was quick to label Newton a big loss

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for the offense as one of the top contributors. Through six games, Newton had six touchdowns and led the Huskies in rushing touchdowns to that point in the season.

But Petersen also knows what he has beside Newton, two junior veterans with plenty of big time game experience and talent in McGrew and Ahmed.

The duo has the same goal week-in and week-out, and both have said that the offense is at its best when the running backs are able to burst off five yards a carry as a group.

“I think we’re a very explosive team,” Ahmed said.

“We have one of the best o-lines in the country, we have one of the best quarterbacks in the country, and we have one of the best wide receiver groups in the country. I’m a firm believer in what we can do every given Saturday.”

When the tailbacks get

Photos By Lydia Ely, Conor Courtney & Michael Stickels The Daily their chance, more often than not, they produce. The wealth of experience in the room offers an enormous amount of problems for opposing defenses, but with Myles Gaskin off to the NFL, many wondered what exactly that room would look like without him.

According to Ahmed, perhaps no one runs harder than the 5-foot, 7-inch, 186-pound McGrew, who is the smallest tailback on the roster.

“Sean plays like he’s 220 pounds,” Ahmed said. “He’ll run right through your chest, he’s one of those guys that’s been here for a long time, and he’s earned everything that’s come to him. He’s played really well this season, and he’s stayed consistent every time he gets a chance.”

And that’s been the key: chances. Every time each of these tailbacks gets their time to shine, they do.

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When Ahmed didn’t travel to Provo for the BYU game due to injury, McGrew went over 100 yards for the first time in his career and powered a physical offense to a win, and just recently, without their short-yardage, power tailback, the UW nearly produced two 100 yard rushers.

And if the Huskies want to continue to win, they’ll need their two workhorses to produce on the ground. The vets of Washington’s tailback room have always been key fixtures in the Stable’s rotation, but moving forward, it will solely be on their shoulders to produce in the run game.

“That’s like a day one brother for me,” Ahmed said.

“We’ve gone through this together, all the ups and downs, he’s my guy.”

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Photos by Conor Courtney, edit by Lydia Ely The Daily Sophomore Peyton Henry went 3-for-3 on field goals against Arizona on Oct. 12, 2019, making from 27, 25, and 27 yards.

By Josh Kirshenbaum The Daily The last time the Washington football team played Oregon, the game ended on the left foot of Peyton Henry.

In a tie game with three seconds left in regulation, in front of 58,691 screaming fans at Autzen Stadium, Henry jogged out for a 37-yard field goal.

“Everybody wants to be the kicker during the week,” Henry said. “Then when it comes to Saturday, nobody wants to be the kicker. You’ve got to embrace the pressure that comes with the position.”

That pressure only built after two consecutive Oregon timeouts, but finally, Henry got his chance. A.J. Carty’s snap was perfect. So was Race Porter’s hold.

The kick started out true, then curled right. The game went to overtime. Washington lost.

But before the game ended,

Henry was called out one more time. After the UW offense stalled out in its overtime drive, Chris Petersen sent Henry out to salvage three points for a 22yard field goal.

This time, Henry, fresh off the toughest moment of his career, was money.

“Everyone’s got to go through some adversity like that,” Porter said. “It’s tough to be put in that situation, and then mentally to be able to get over that shows a lot of character. The way that Peyton is, you’re never thinking about anything other than that kick in that moment.”

Call that overtime kick in Eugene the beginning of the Peyton Henry Revenge Tour.

Henry finished 2018 by going 7-for-9 over Washington’s last seven games of the season, missing one kick wide and having another blocked. Now in his second year of being the UW’s No. 1 option, Henry is a perfect 14-for-14.

“I definitely think I’m

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stronger mentally,” Henry said.

“Being able to handle all of that pressure from the first year to now, just being able to come through and do my job, lock in and do my job, I’ve locked in more and focused more on each kick.”

At football practice, Henry and the other specialists are often nowhere to be seen. When the bulk of the Huskies are on the practice field, the specialists are usually by themselves in Husky Stadium, towered over by the two empty sets of bleachers on either side.

“We kind of like it,” Henry said. “We get to hone in on our craft and work on the stuff we need to work on without having to do any other drills or anything like that. We kind of like being on our own, working on our stuff, and when it comes to the team periods, we come in and do our jobs.”

After one practice, Henry got the surprise of his career.

The week after hitting a careerlong 49-yard field goal with two minutes to go in the game against Cal, the coaching staff surprised the former walk-on with a

scholarship.

“That was an awesome feeling,” Henry said. “Something that I had dreamed of my whole time here, just being able to hear those words. Just a proud moment for sure.”

Coming off the announcement, Henry hasn’t slowed down. His 14 field goals leads the country, and with Georgia’s Rodrigo Blankenship missing two kicks last weekend, he’s one of just two kickers with a perfect percentage and more than 10. He’s one of just seven kickers across the country to have made every kick — field goals and extra points — he’s attempted.

Henry’s 14 straight makes are the most to start a season for a UW kicker since at least 2000, when game logs started. Four more would put him in the top10 for makes in a single season by a UW kicker.

To Porter, Henry’s selfdescribed “caddy” on the sidelines, the change in Henry’s mindset is obvious in their working relationship.

“Last year, I was kind of like a protective mom, hovering around him, making sure he was

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ready to go,” Porter said. “But I’ve learned that he likes to do his own thing. He’ll be kicking in the net, and I’ll be around the coaches, making sure that we’re kicking or not.”

While the specialists might be the loosest group in the UW roster, once Henry’s name is called, it all becomes business.

“We have a lot of fun,” Henry said. “But when it’s time to focus, we lock in and do our job.”

And so far, the coaches have loved what they’ve seen out of this more-experienced Peyton Henry.

“He’s kind of the silent assassin so far this year,” Petersen said. “He just goes out there and does his job and no one says a whole lot about it, and unassumingly so, which is how we like it. I’m proud of that guy.

You knew last year, we told him that, he’s going to be a darn good kicker if he just stays in his craft and keeps working which he has, nonstop.”

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Huskies shift focus ahead of rivalry matchup with Ducks

By Alec Dietz The Daily Alright, it’s finally OK to start talking about Oregon. After telling reporters that he wasn’t yet thinking about Oregon immediately after the No. 25 Washington football team’s win over Arizona, head coach Chris Petersen says it’s OK to do so now.

“To me, it’s like Arizona is the most important thing in our lives last week,” Petersen said.

“Now we’re on to this and that’s just how we operate. The rivalry thing is great for fans and all those types of things. I think rivalries get going when teams have good games against each other and it’s back and forth and we’ve had some good games here the last few years."

For the first time in awhile, the Huskies (5-2, 2-2 Pac-12) and the No. 12 Ducks (5-1, 3-0 Pac-12) are coming off a backand-forth affair in their series.

After Oregon’s decade of dominance and Washington’s 70-21 and 38-3 response, the Ducks came out on top in a thrilling 30-27 overtime victory

in Eugene last year. But the Huskies aren’t necessarily thinking about revenge.

“I know they’re a good team, but at the end of the day this whole thing is about us and us getting better every day,” tailback Sean McGrew said.

“It doesn’t matter who our opponent is, we’re still going to work on how we can be the best team possible, and it’s just a matter of who is lining up in front of us. We’re going to show that we’re getting better week after week and that’s the goal.”

In perhaps the best game this nameless rivalry has ever seen, Washington saw a last-second field goal that would have won the game go wide, and an Oregon touchdown in overtime sink the Huskies in 2018.

But where the Ducks were underdogs at home a year ago, they will enter Husky Stadium on Saturday as slim favorites over the hometown Huskies.

Even without stars like tight end Jacob Breeland, who was ruled out for the season Monday, Oregon boasts a wealth of depth and experience that the UW

hasn’t seen so far this year.

“You really see that on defense, that they’ll play some different guys,” Petersen said.

“I think a lot of places there’s a drop-off when a lot of guys are rotating in. You don’t feel that.

I think they’ve stayed relatively healthy, maybe until this last game.”

It’s the biggest game of the season for the UW so far, even if Petersen didn’t want to admit it until this week. Already with two conference losses, if the Huskies have any hope of a Pac-12 title, they need this one.

Senior defensive back Myles Bryant, who has seen the rivalry progress for four years now, is looking forward to the matchup. “[It’s] fun and intense,” Bryant said. “[Last year] was pretty sour for everybody. Both sides are going to bring their best and I’m excited to see how it goes.”

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McGrew went for 106 yards on 13 carries during the Oct. 12, 2019 win over the Wildcats.

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