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Huskies get second chance at top-15 victory following bye week

By Alec Dietz The Daily It’s been less than two weeks since the Washington football team played its last game, a 3531 loss to No. 7 Oregon at Husky Stadium, and even after the bye week, the Huskies have had a hard time forgetting about what could have been.

“We can learn a lot from that game,” junior defensive back Elijah Molden said. “Obviously a lot of people wanted that game.

From the fans to the guys in the locker room. There’s nothing we can do now, other than have that game benefit us and take a step

forward.”

Heading into the late bye week, the Huskies (5-3, 2-3 Pac12) weren’t able to flush the loss out as early as they do for regular games. As they headed back to their homes and took a short break from football, the extra time off gave them a lot to think about.

According to several players and members of the coaching staff, they reviewed each of Washington’s eight games this season, most notably its last game against the Ducks.

“We weren’t good enough to make the plays when we needed

Ethan Uehara The Daily Defensive back Myles Bryant extends while attempting to make a tackle in Washington’s 35-31 loss to Oregon on Oct. 19, 2019.

them,” head coach Chris Petersen said. “It’s one or two places when you’re playing them like that.

You can go back to five plays.

We make those, it might be a different outcome. But we didn’t … That’s where we are right now.

We’re just trying to get better.”

And now, following their first bye week of the season and eight consecutive weeks of competition, the Huskies welcome another top-10 team to Husky Stadium.

With a focus on tackling and moving the ball more consistently on the offense, the UW is back to business after the short recess. The defense made sure to look at film from last year’s contest against the Utes in Salt Lake City where they held Tyler Huntley, Zack Moss, and company to just seven points in their home stadium.

“That’s the way you have to play around here,” senior defensive back Myles Bryant said. “If you want to be a bigtime ballplayer and a big-time defense, that was an example set last year … I feel like it’s a good game to watch to get that physicality back.”

Perhaps the bye week came just a week later than what would have been preferred, but the Huskies are still thankful

Ethan Uehara The Daily Josiah Bronson looks to make a tackle during Washington’s 35-31 loss to Oregon on Oct. 19, 2019. for the time to rest. After the week off and now with the likely addition of Aaron Fuller and other offensive playmakers, they are confident in their ability to compete with a top-tier program.

Given Petersen’s track record at the UW following bye weeks in the last five years (the Huskies are perfect 5-0) and following losses (they haven’t lost back-toback games in the same season since 2015), Washington could be well-positioned for the home upset. And the Huskies are

looking at this game as another chance for that signature win that escaped them less than two weeks ago.

“I don’t want to say redemption, but it’s a good chance at going at the game and fixing our mistakes from two weeks ago,” Molden said. “Then feel good about ourselves going forward.”

Reach Sports Editor Alec Dietz at sports@dailyuw.com.

Twitter: @AlecDietz

Hard work paying off for Washington’s young receivers

By Anthony Edwards The Daily

The Washington football team opened the season with three seniors starting at receiver. Chico McClatcher, Aaron Fuller, and Andre Baccellia had a combined 114 games of experience before the year even

Lydia Ely The Daily Junior receiver Jordan Chin celebrates after his first career touchdown catch in Washington’s 35-31 loss to Oregon on Oct. 19, 2019.

started.

However, all that experience meant next to nothing two weeks ago. The Huskies’ leading receiver, Fuller, played only one offensive snap, McClatcher was forced out due to injury, and Baccellia only managed one catch.

Those circumstances opened the door for scarcely-used junior Jordan Chin, sophomore Terrell Bynum, and hyped freshman Puka Nacua, who all saw increased snaps against Oregon.

“Through this process, they practice to get better,” wide receivers coach Junior Adams said. “I think we see it sometimes as, ‘they’re getting reps, they’re getting catches,’ but for a while, those guys do a lot of dirty work in the run game. You’ve seen Puka block defensive ends, you’ve seen him block linebackers, Terrell’s doing the same thing. They come to work everyday and make plays and when they go out in the game, they do the same thing.”

Washington’s coaches have been appreciating the hard work that the receivers have been putting in and rewarded Bynum with 36 snaps against Oregon. Bynum showed out against the Ducks en route to a career-high six catches for 43 yards.

“It was great,” Bynum said. “I wasn’t getting much action before that so to come out, hear the crowd roar when you catch a pass, stuff like that, I was super excited. Ready to build from that.”

After redshirting his first year at the UW, Bynum appeared in 10 games last season, mostly as a blocking receiver, and did not record a catch. Bynum’s first career reception came in the opening game this season against Eastern Washington on an 11-yard pass from quarterback Jacob Eason.

Through eight games, Bynum has the third-most snaps of any Washington receiver and has filled in during the absence of others. While Bynum knows his contributions are important, the team still feels the effects of a tough rivalry loss.

“I just want to win,” Bynum said. “I

don’t care if I get zero passes, or 100, I just hope we come out with the win.

If that means we have to block more, or catch difficult passes, I’m down for whatever. A win is the biggest thing we need, and it will merge our team together and put us on track after a tough loss against Oregon.”

In his four seasons at the UW, Chin is another wideout who has had to work to find a spot on the field. Redshirting his first season and playing sparingly in his second, he finally got some action at the Rose Bowl last season, recording his first career reception.

In the second quarter, Chin raced by the Oregon defense and allowed Eason to drop a ball right into his hands for a 48yard touchdown, the first of the junior’s career.

“It felt unreal to be honest,” Chin said.

“I’ve been waiting on that moment for a long time. All the hard work I’ve put in, it’s paying off.”

In the previous week, against Arizona,

Chin hauled in a 39-yard reception and helped set up a touchdown in Washington’s 51-27 win over the Wildcats.

A week later, Adams couldn’t help but smile at the thought of Chin’s touchdown reception against the Ducks.

“He was fired up,” Adams said. “He had the big play against Arizona the week before. It was awesome to see Chin make that play. Chin’s one of our energy guys too he’s always smiling, he’s always having fun, always talking, in a good way, he’s fun to be around. It was cool to see him get that opportunity and really take advantage of it, see him score, we’re pretty excited about him.”

The Huskies will be in for another tough challenge Saturday against a No. 9 Utah defense which ranks 11th in the country in passing yards allowed.

Reach reporter Anthony Edwards at sports@dailyuw.com.

Twitter: @edwardsanthonyb

Ethan Uehara The Daily Puka Nacua catches a pass for a 33-yard touchdown in UW’s 35-31 loss to Oregon on Oct. 19, 2019. The true freshman finished with 43 receiving yards in the loss.

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How Carty does more than just get the ball back there

By Josh Kirshenbaum The Daily By now, A.J. Carty is used to being in front of the spotlight. Not under it — in front of it.

The action is almost always behind Washington’s redshirt senior long snapper, either 15 yards (on punts) or 7.5 (on field goals and extra points).

But Carty has steadily — and quietly — become one of the UW’s most consistent players, starting a team-high 39 consecutive games dating back to the end of the 2016 season.

And much to his credit, he’s more or less done so without drawing any attention to himself; that’s the best-case scenario for most long snappers.

“He’s as good as we’ve ever had,” special teams coordinator Bob Gregory said.

Well, there was one time he drew some attention years ago as a true freshman.

Working on the scout punt unit — tasked with giving the punt return a side to play against — Carty found himself over the ball, with then-junior outside linebacker JoJo Mathis lined up right across from him.

Mathis’ lone job, as Carty described it, was “beating up the long snapper.”

“My first rep, I snapped it, and I remember he just picked me up and threw me,” Carty said. “I went flying to the ground and I was like, ‘Wow, this is different.’ That was the moment of, ‘Oh well, things have to change.’ That was one rep, and then it was seeing if we could minimize those events happening the rest of the season.”

Here’s the thing about long snappers: Every team, no matter what age, no matter what level, needs someone to do at least a mediocre job. On fourth down, the punter needs to stand deep in the backfield, and somebody, some way, has to get him the ball in the air.

“I would say 99% of high school coaches, their quote to the long snapper would be, ‘Just get it back there,’” Chris Rubio who runs Rubio Long Snapping, a program specializing in training youth and high school long snappers, said.

Carty began snapping before high school, but the rest of his story checks out. Playing Pop Warner in Southern California, he joined the list of youth football players pressed into long snapping by necessity, just trying to get the ball back there.

“Our team didn’t have anyone who could long snap, and I was the center, so they kind of made me do it,” Carty said.

“Probably the worst snaps of all time.”

As rough as he may have been to start, Carty stuck at snapping. At his very first practice his freshman year at Servite High School in Anaheim, California, the coaches looked for specialists by making every single newcomer try kicking, punting, and long snapping.

By then, Carty had already started to carve out a niche for himself. He got the long snapping job, and he didn’t let go.

Between his freshman and sophomore seasons, Carty attended his first Rubio Long Snapping camp and really started to refine his game past “just get it back there.” Soon, according to A.J. Gass, then the coach at Servite, Carty was going about his business “like a professional.”

He was focusing on fundamentals, placement, and velocity, and making the step to get the ball to the punter or holder an afterthought.

“Just knowing that your snaps were going to be on time, your operation time was going to be quick ... it was a blessing and a joy to have a guy like that handling his duties for us,” Gass said.

For the rest of his high school career, Carty bounced back and forth between playing for Servite and training at Rubio’s camps. But with Servite’s coaching staff like most high schools’ in America — that is, with nobody with any snapping experience — Gass wasn’t going to get

territorial with his player.

“He did a lot of stuff on his own,” Gass said. “But we didn’t get in the way of what they were teaching him. That would have been foolish of me.”

As Rubio says, getting into long snapping is a solid assurance of being the last player recruited. Carty said he didn’t even think about playing in college until his junior year of high school, when he saw fellow snappers in his camps get attention.

So, later than most skill position recruits, he went to his parents with the idea of playing football at the next level.

“They were definitely super, super supportive of it, they were all about it,” Carty said. “My dad loved it. It’s pretty obvious that I’m not a D-I athlete in another position. My dad was pretty realistic, and he knew that if I could get better at it, I could have a shot.”

Carty committed to the UW in June of 2014, before he’d even taken an official visit. The only thing that could get in the way of playing collegiately would be something like an injury. The good news for him was that long snapping is a comparatively less dangerous position than, say, offensive line.

“His senior year we went to him and we said, ‘Hey, we need you to do more for us,’” Gass said.

Soon, Carty was also snapping on offense for Servite, playing both long snapper and center. And sure enough, midway through the season he was working with torn ligaments in his left thumb and middle finger.

“It was pretty difficult doing both center and snapping with that,” Carty said. “I had these weird things on my hand that I would take off to snap … It hurt but it was fine.”

By the end of his senior year, Carty was ranked the No. 3 long snapper in the nation in Rubio’s annual rankings and the best one west of Ohio.

“If you’ve got a guy you know is going to be really good, you’ll certainly give him a scholarship,” Gregory said. “He’s turned into one of those guys.”

After redshirting his true freshman year — that of the Mathis episode — Carty saw his first action on three extra points in garbage time. Starting midway through the Huskies’ loss to USC, he took over as the primary snapper on punts. Beginning

Conor Courtney The Daily A.J. Carty has handled every long snap for the Huskies since taking over as a starter in 2017. his sophomore season, Carty has handled all snapping responsibilities.

As a Husky, Carty has snapped for 141 extra points, 59 field goals, and 140 punts. And over the course of those five years, not a whole lot has stayed the same, except the result.

“My snap has completely changed since high school,” Carty said. “In high school, my butt was below my knees, my back was completely straight up, and I held my follow-through until the ball hit the punter’s hands. Now my knees are a little bit bent, my head’s between my legs,

File Photo A.J. Carty lines up for a snap during Washington’s 27-20 win over Arizona State on Sept. 22, 2018. Carty, originally from Santa Ana, California, is now in his final season with Washington.

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and the minute I snap the ball, my head’s already up so I can block.”

Just like in high school, Washington’s staff doesn’t have a coach with long snapping experience. So while Carty works with Gregory and Jeff Crosby, UW’s quality control coach for special teams, on a daily basis, much of the individual and fundamental critique falls on his own shoulders.

And 340 snaps into his collegiate career, Carty has fine-tuned standards for himself.

“For me, a good game is absolute perfection,” he said.

But while most fans’ perception of perfection would mirror that hypothetical high school coach — after all, Carty has gotten the ball back there successfully each time — he’s looking for more.

On punts, that means not only getting the ball to Joel Whitford fast enough that he has enough time to get a kick off, but putting the ball low enough that he doesn’t have to turn his hands over to catch it, and then getting out of his wide stance fast enough to either block a rusher or get down the field to help out in coverage.

And on field goals, it’s not just putting the ball on Race Porter to get a hold down. At this point, Carty’s focus is consistently making it so after spinning 7.5 yards in the air, Porter will catch the ball with the laces directly up, so he doesn’t have to turn it at all as he puts it down.

At this point, he doesn’t even really need to talk to Porter afterward to know whether a snap was up to his standards.

“I’ve done it so many times, I can feel it,” Carty said. “I know the difference between a snap when laces are out, when they’re back, and when they’re on the side.”

He does watch plenty of film, though, and talk consistently with Whitford and Porter. Then on Sunday, any necessary adjustments are made for the next game.

“He was one of the rare, rare long

snappers that was extremely intelligent but didn’t overthink the process,” Rubio said. “There’s a lot of long snappers that are super smart, but they tend to overthink, and that’s the worst thing you could do as a snapper because you can’t get into a rhythm as a snapper.”

Now, Carty is entering the second half of his fifth and final year with the Huskies.

“I’m definitely a very different person than I was when I came in,” he said. “You’ve got to grow up and learn, and you’ve got to learn how to handle everything. Your plate’s full of a lot of things. You’ve got to learn how to organize, how to destress, how to handle adversity when it comes.”

Now 340 snaps into his career, the spotlight still hasn’t quite hit him. But

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then again, that’s how he knows he’s doing his job.

Reach Managing Editor Josh Kirshenbaum at sports@dailyuw.com.

Twitter: @J_Kirshenbaum

Lydia Ely The Daily Long snapper A.J. Carty practices his snap on the sidelines of Washington’s 51-27 victory over Arizona on Oct. 12, 2019. Carty has handled all long snaps thus far in 2019.

VETERANS APPRECIATION NAVY & MARINE CORPS BALL

COFFEE WITH VETS

VETERAN ALUMNI REUNION

Friday, Nov. 1 | 6:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.

UW Seattle | HUB Ballroom

Thursday, Nov. 7 | 8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

UW Bothell | UW1 011

Friday, Nov. 8 | 6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

UW Seattle | Ravenna Brewing Co. 5408 26th Ave NE., Seattle, WA 98105

SALUTE TO SERVICE TAILGATE

VETERANS ARCHWAY CLEANUP

Saturday, Nov. 2 | 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

UW Seattle | ASUW Shell House

Thursday, Nov. 7 | 10:45 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

UW Bothell | Veterans Archway

SALUTE TO SERVICE FOOTBALL

LUNCH AT THE UWB VRC

Saturday, Nov. 2 | 1:00 p.m.

UW Seattle | Husky Stadium – UW v Utah

Thursday, Nov. 7 | 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

UW Bothell - UW1 011 (Veteran Resource Center)

FLAG LAYING CEREMONY

DINE & DIALOGUE WITH UWB

Monday, Nov. 4 | 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

UW Tacoma | Prairie Line Trail

Thursday, Nov. 7 | 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

UW Bothell | Idea Project Space (UW-161)

STAFF & FACULTY WORKSHOP BACK2BASICS

UWT SOCIAL & HAPPY HOUR

Tuesday, Nov. 5 | 11:45 a.m. – 1:15 p.m.

UW Seattle | Mueller Hall – Room 153

Friday, Nov. 8 | 4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

UW Tacoma | The Swiss Restaurant & Pub 1904 Jefferson Ave, Tacoma, WA 98402

VETERANS APPRECIATION 5K

Saturday, Nov. 9 | 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

UW Seattle | Medal of Honor Memorial VETERANS DAY CEREMONY

Monday, Nov. 11 | 11:00 a.m.

UW Seattle | Medal of Honor Memorial VETERANS DAY RECEPTION

Monday, Nov. 11 | 30 min. after ceremony UW Seattle | Kane Hall

VETLIFE.WASHINGTON.EDU/APPRECIATION

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The Daily’s picks for Week 10

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Pick ‘em Josh Kirshenbaum (62-28)

Alec Dietz (62-28)

Le Bui (67-23)

Andy Yamashita (59-31)

Josh Eddy (52-38)

Hailey Robinson (61-29)

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Utah vs. UW Oregon State vs. Arizona Oregon vs. USC Colorado vs. UCLA Georgia vs. Florida SMU vs. Memphis Miami vs. Florida State TCU vs. Oklahoma State Virgina vs. UNC Fresno State vs. Hawai’i

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NO. 1 LSU It’s been four years since there wasn’t a team named Alabama or Clemson atop the AP poll, and LSU definitely deserves it. Not only have they played a difficult schedule, but they’ve won in different ways. The Tigers can blow teams out with Joe Burrow’s passing ability and win in the trenches in heavy-weight matchups like we saw last week against No. 11 Auburn.

NO. 7 Oregon Winning in Seattle is not easy; only three teams have done it in the past four years. The win a couple weeks ago launched the Ducks into the top-10 once again, and then they took down Washington State thanks to a lastsecond field goal at home. Oregon appears to be the team to beat in the Pac-12.

NO. 13 Minnesota The Golden Gophers are one of three unbeaten teams in the Big Ten and head coach P.J. Fleck has increased his team’s win total each year he’s been in Saint Paul. They have yet to face a ranked opponent, but wins are still wins. In fact, they’ve dominated their last four games, outscoring opponents 168-41. With a bye this week, they’ll host an unbeaten matchup with Penn State the following week to see if they’re really a legitimate threat to the conference.

NR Washington After a couple of tough losses in conference play, the Huskies’ last game against Oregon was its only hope of winning the Pac-12. The Dawgs now find themselves in a place they haven’t seen recently, out of the top-25 with virtually no chance of winning the conference.

A bowl game is still in play, and a good one too, if the team finishes strong. We’ll see on Saturday against No. 9 Utah just how much wind is still in the sails for this young Husky squad.

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NO. 10 Oklahoma This is now the third year in a row that Oklahoma has stumbled in conference play. Fortunately, the Sooners bounced back the past two years and still punched their tickets to the College Football Playoff. With the number of unbeaten teams at the top, there’s no guarantee that a one-loss Big 12 champion will make the playoff, but the remaining schedule for the Sooners isn’t exactly a murderer’s row. Who wouldn’t want to see Hurts against his former team, Alabama?

NO. 16 Notre Dame We know that we definitely won’t have to worry about an independent team in talks for the playoff this year. Now dropping their second game of the season, the Irish could still work its way into the top-10 come bowl season, which would still be a nice season.

NO. 18 Wisconsin The Badgers’ hype train was fun while it lasted. The beat down of Michigan will not be forgotten soon, and unfortunately, what Ohio State did to Wisconsin was just as bad. The Badgers only hope for their first playoff appearance was to win out and that hope was dashed by giving up 28 straight points to close out the game. They still can win the Big Ten West and have a chance at redemption against the Buckeyes in the championship game.

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3-2-1, football: The Daily’s primer on Utah

By Evan Wong The Daily Coming off its first bye week of the season, the Washington football team takes on No. 9 Utah, which is tied for first in the Pac-12 South. Let’s take a closer look at the keys and figures of the Huskies’ sixth conference opponent of the 2019 season, the Utes.

3 numbers to know 10.3: Utah has been incredibly stingy on the defensive side of the ball so far this season, giving up 10.3 points per game. The Utes have allowed more than 20 points in just one game thus far.

219.4: The Utes complement their excellent defense with a successful attack on the ground. Utah is in the top-25 in the country when it comes to rushing offense. They’ve rumbled for 21 rushing touchdowns and have averaged 5.1 yards per carry. Senior running back Zach Moss is the lead back in the backfield but four other players have at least 150 yards on the ground to provide some balance and change of pace.

3: This UW-Utah game marks the first time in three years that Washington is not ranked in a matchup against Utah. After starting the preseason AP poll at No. 14, Utah has steadily

climbed the rankings and jumped into the top-10 this week following losses by Oklahoma, Auburn, and Notre Dame. Utah has not beaten Washington since 2015 but were ranked No. 12 when they came to Seattle and beat the Huskies 34-23 that year.

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1 recap of last week The Utes dominated time of possession and cruised to a 35-0 shoutout win over the Golden Bears.

Last week’s game against California started with a firstquarterfirst quarter touchdown

by running back Zach Moss from four yards out to give the Utes a 7-0 advantage. After Utah punted on their first possession of the game, they rattled off three consecutive touchdowns to take a 28-0 lead going into halftime.

California struggled mightily to move the ball, resulting in

nine punts throughout the course of the game. Their longest drive of the game went 27 yards as they failed to challenge the Utah defense all night and finished with 83 total yards.

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Twitter: @evan_wong29

Samson Nacua - WR Utah bolsters a deep receiving corps and features a nice combination of youth and experience. The top two pass catchers for the Utes are sophomores, but they have upperclassmen like junior wide receiver Samson Nacua. He has two touchdowns on 10 catches so he’s a threat for the end zone on any given play. He’ll be squaring off against his younger brother, Puka Nacua, a freshman wideout for Washington.

Bradlee Anae - DE Defensive end Anae anchors the Utes’ defensive line. After recording a career-bestcareer best eight sacks last season, Anae has already racked up seven sacks in eight games this season.

His pass-rushingpass rushing skills are invaluable for Utah as no other player has more than three sacks. He wreaked havoc in a win against Arizona State two games ago with three sacks and three tackles.

Curtis Lin Daily Utah Chronicle Utah defensive end Bradlee Anae applies pressure on Cal quarterback Spencer Brasch in the Utes’ 35-0 win over the Golden Bears at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City on Oct. 26, 2019.

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Score and prediction?

UW 27 / UU 24 A lot of players are viewing this as another opportunity to knock off a top-10 team and record a signature win this season, and I think this time the Huskies pull it out in front of their home crowd.

UW 30 / UU 20 I’m guessing this goes like most of Washington’s wins this year: The Huskies jump out early, lose momentum in the second or third quarter, and hold on to win a game that feels way closer than a 10-point deficit.

UU 16 / UW 13 I just don’t have much faith that either of these teams will be able to score much against each other. I know there’s been a lot of roster changes since the Pac-12 Championship, but that game still haunts me.

UW 24/ UU 31 Chris Peterson is just TOO nice to win this Scorpio season.

Who will lead Washington in receiving yards?

Aaron Fuller It might be playing it safe, but if the senior receiver returns this week to full health, he’ll be the most targeted and involved in the offense.

Andre Baccellia Baccellia’s role in the UW offense has decreased significantly in past weeks, but so too has Washington’s use of screen passes. Going up against Utah’s pass rush, the Huskies will want Jacob Eason to get the ball out quickly instead of sitting in the pocket.

Hunter Bryant He’s led the Huskies in receiving yards in three out of eight games this season, so it seems pretty likely he’ll be at the top for Washington again.

Puka Nacua His will to beat his brother will allow for new flavors of ingenuity on the field.

Who leads at the end of the first quarter?

UW The Huskies are still outscoring opponents by a significant margin this year, and haven’t trailed after one quarter all season long. It’ll either be tied or Washington will have the advantage after one.

UW By a couple possessions. Slow starts haven’t been a problem this year; the other three quarters have been.

UW Washington has outscored its opponents 97-13 in the first quarter this season, and I don’t expect that trend to change against Utah.

Honestly speaking, how great actually is the Great Salt Lake?

Having been to the Great Salt Lake (twice in the last year), I think I prefer the national parks and mountain ranges.

In the power rankings of American bodies of water, solidly behind at least two of the Great Lakes.

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5-0 Washington’s record after byes in the Petersen era.

Three of those bye weeks came after losses.

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UU Utah catches UW on their heels after an indulgent bye week.

Alec told me it wasn’t magnificent and then we looked at Google Images, and it actually looked really beautiful. With the right lighting, I would say it has the potential to be pretty great.

Washington’s total number of losses to Utah.

Ever. That loss, in 2015, was also the only time the two teams have played when Utah is ranked and Washington is not.

Total number of takeaways by the Washington defense in its three losses this season.

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I don’t have a lot of strong feelings about bodies of water, to be honest. I just tend to avoid them.

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Salvon Ahmed’s career-high number of carries, achieved against Oregon for 140 yards.

The total number of days since an offensive touchdown was scored in a WashingtonUtah matchup. While it’s been less than a year since the Huskies last beat Utah, their last touchdown was a 6-yard pass from Jake Browning to Ty Jones at Rice-Eccles Stadium last September.

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UW run game has to keep going against the toughest the Pac-12 has to offer

By Josh Kirshenbaum The Daily The Washington football team didn’t beat No. 7 Oregon two Saturdays ago; the Ducks took the game, the bragging rights, and probably the Pac-12 North crown back to Eugene last weekend after leaving Husky Stadium.

But with a bye week to give them extra time to sit on the defeat, the Huskies had positives to reflect on.

“It almost felt like we won, because it was such a good game,” senior left tackle Trey Adams said. “I know that’s tough to say because we didn’t win, but I thought the offense played pretty well.”

For three quarters, the UW offense had one of its best games of the season, putting up three first-half touchdowns on an Oregon defense that had allowed its past three Pac-12 opponents to reach the end zone once.

A large part of that came down to junior Salvon Ahmed, who ran for 140 yards on a career-high 24 carries behind the UW offensive line.

“We definitely saw that we were able to do things, open things up, get a lot of things done,” Ahmed said. “We were executing well.”

The only problems? One third-quarter drive that stalled out in the red zone and two three-and-outs in the fourth quarter.

And, of course, the L in the result column — and an extra week to think

about.

“It definitely makes it harder,” Ahmed said. “You’re sitting on a tough game, and you want to get out there and redeem yourselves.”

Since being held under 100 rushing yards for the only time this season against Stanford, the UW rushing attack has gotten its feet back under it. Playing short-staffed without redshirt Richard Newton for two games and junior Sean McGrew for one, the Huskies have averaged just over 4.2 yards per carry in their past two games and scored four rushing touchdowns.

What feels like a couple months later, Washington is finally going to get a chance to redeem itself, and against yet another stout defense.

Statistically speaking, Utah has the best run defense in the nation, allowing just 56.4 yards per game.

Ethan Uehara The Daily “Big, physical dudes that can run Salvon Ahmed gets tripped up by an Oregon defender in Washington’s 35-31 loss Oct. 19, around and make plays,” Adams 2019. The junior had the most rushing yards of any player in the game with 140. said. “It’s going to be a good test for us.”

In the second, neither offense was able tries to get back on a winning note Washington has had the edge in recent to find the end zone, but offensive line Saturday, the Huskies will be doing so years against Utah, and it hasn’t been coach Scott Huff liked what he saw on the perhaps against their closest reflection in scheming around the Utes’ strengths.

Dawgs’ 32 gives to tailbacks. the Pac-12.

In both of the Huskies’ wins — once “We watched the film, and Coach Huff “We know they’re going to be a in the regular season and once in the said that was some of the best line play physical team, and we just want to go out Pac-12 Championship game — the UW we had all year,” Adams said. “We didn’t there and be physical with them, show surpassed 40 rushes. The first of them score, but assignment-wise it was pretty that we have strength too.” featured Myles Gaskin carrying the ball a good.” career-high 30 times.

Adams called the UW and UU a Reach Managing Editor pair of “really similar programs” run by Josh Kirshenbaum two coaches — Chris Petersen and Kyle at sports@dailyuw.com.

Wittingham — who have a lot in common Twitter: @J_Kirshenbaum in style and philosophy. Both teams want to win with a shutdown defense and a powerful running attack.

That means that when Washington

Ethan Uehara The Daily Sean McGrew rushes for a touchdown in the second quarter of play during Washington’s 52-20 win over Hawai’i on Sept. 14, 2019. McGrew finished with 63 rushing yards in the game, second most for the Huskies.

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