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Huskies moving on from loss as they look to undefeated Hawai’i

By Alec Dietz The Daily Two weeks into its 2019 campaign, the No. 23 Washington football team is in the same place it was last year in terms of their record, but the context is a little different.

Rather than a 21-16 neutralsite loss to a top-10 Auburn squad, the Huskies (1-1, 0-1 Pac-12) lost to an unranked California team in the confines of Husky Stadium, their first loss at the venue since 2016 against USC, and their first loss against an unranked team at home since 2015 against Oregon.

“I’m still kind of hungover from that game,” junior Keith Taylor said on Tuesday.

Throw in a long lightning delay where the Huskies got home in the early hours of Sunday morning, that game was more than just a loss with players citing their sleep schedules getting messed up. A few days after the chaos of the weekend, the Dawgs’ eyes are set on moving forward.

“We move on, it’s a new week, back to square one,” Taylor said.

The emphasis on the Washington offense is in the red zone, where it put together

two long 14- and 17-play drives that both resulted in field goals because of penalties and negative plays. Senior center Nick Harris was blunt about the potential of the offense after looking at the game film.

“A lot of people say that our offense isn’t good or whatever but it’s like if you watch the film, and you watch the tape, we get stuff done,” Harris said.

“It’s just when we get to the red zone, something happens, like a penalty, something like that kills drives. We just have to clean that up, we have to make sure we’re on it even more in the red zone

Ethan Uehara The Daily Wide receiver Aaron Fuller bobbles but comes down with a catch against California Sept. 7, 2019.

Fuller and the UW offense is looking for a bounce back performance after settling for too many field goals last week.

… we get stuff done on the field.

I wanted everybody to know that. We get shit done, we just need to finish drives.”

But both Harris and the UW wideouts, who perhaps got the most flack for dropping passes this past week, see a lot of opportunity for improvement and a potential to be great for the rest of the season.

“We just had a lot of negative plays that just stalled our offense out,” Fuller said. “Whether that be missed blocks, missed assignments, penalties, negative plays, and things like that ended up in three-and-outs. Adding drops on top of that doesn’t help at all. Looking back on it, we were open, we had holes and things like that, we gave ourselves chances to win we just didn’t finish it out.”

And it’s true, the Washington wideouts were able to get open and create opportunities for themselves and flashed a ton

of potential in their first game against Eastern Washington, with three receivers recording over five catches and Fuller came down with two incredible touchdown grabs. The question has always been: can this unit be consistently great?

“If you compare the first and second game to each other you can see how great our offense can be,” Fuller said. “It’s just being consistent, people doing their job, not doing too much.”

The UW offense and defense will get a chance to rebound this weekend when it takes on Hawai’i (2-0) at 4:30 p.m. in its third home game in a row to begin the season.

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

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Michael Stickels The Daily Jacob Eason gets ready to take a snap from center Nick Harris in Washington’s 20-19 loss to California Sept. 7, 2019.

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Could this be DBU 3.0?

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The beginning of an era: The early days of Washington’s new wave of defensive backs Defensive coordinator Jimmy Lake’s results speak for themselves: in the past three years, Washington has sent eight defensive backs to the NFL. The Huskies have finished top-10 nationally in points allowed per game each of those three years, in large part because the secondary allowed less than one passing touchdown per game.

Schools like LSU, Ohio State, and Texas might have their arguments, but at least on the West Coast,

Washington has become unrivaled as DBU. But the downside to success in college football is turnover. The Huskies came into the season having to replace four starters — Taylor Rapp, Byron Murphy, Jordan Miller, and JoJo McIntosh — with just Myles Bryant coming back from the group that helped lead the Dawgs to the Rose Bowl.

Washington has its core five for 2019. Bryant has shifted to safety

next to true freshman Cameron Williams. Kyler Gordon and Keith Taylor are the new starting corners, and Elijah Molden has taken over at nickel. After them, Lake has a deep pool of young backups waiting in the wings.

Two games into the season, the results have been mixed. On one hand, Washington has only allowed one passing touchdown so far.

On the other, the Huskies haven’t brought in an interception. Last

weekend, the Huskies held Cal to just 56 passing yards in the first three quarters, before allowing the Bears to pass their way down the field to set up a game-winning field goal.

We’re just two games into the latest era for the Washington secondary, and the jury is still out: Is this the next iteration of DBU?

Myles Bryant: The Captain The only player in the Washington defensive backfield who had been a full-time starter before this season, Myles Bryant is the undisputed leader of not only the UW secondary, but the entire defense. Where before Bryant played with the likes of JoJo McIntosh and Keishawn Bierria, who were outspoken leaders on previous Death Row defenses, Bryant took up their role as the sole returning starter.

“His leadership has skyrocketed, in terms of being more vocal,” fellow senior Benning Potoa’e said. “He’s always been an example since he’s stepped foot into this program. Just being more vocal, being able to direct people and lead people, especially because we’re a young team, he felt the need to take that role, and he’s doing a great job at it.”

In Week 3 of the new season, Bryant has settled into the role nicely but doesn’t really see a lot of differences between his leadership now and his leadership when he was with guys like McIntosh and Bierria.

“I kind of always had the role, now there’s just an emphasis on being vocal towards it,” Bryant said. “Just bring energy and an edge and also trying to put guys in the right place so they can make plays. I feel like I’ve been doing that for a long time in terms of putting guys in a position to make plays, but now the vocal aspect has been emphasized.”

Dubbed the “film scholar” in our previous iteration, Bryant can still recite from memory various plays and moments from the UW’s previous game with ease and has brought a consistent tenacity to the defense for four years now as

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three-year starter.

While the rest of the players in this room are unproven youngsters, Bryant has shown that he can compete next to the best, including several NFL talents, and make plays of his own among a crowded defensive backfield. But now the task on Bryant becomes vocally leading a young group to similar success as seasons past, and even the older guys, like Molden, are listening to him.

“Back when I was a freshman, I really modeled my game after him,” Molden, now playing in Bryant’s former nickel position, said.

So whether it be three-year playmakers Taylor and Molden or the freshmen in Williams and Gordon, Bryant brings not only experience but also most of the leadership to a room that desperately needs it.

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Keith Taylor: The Next Leader Up Now in his third year in the DB room, Keith Taylor is finding his voice.

The junior cornerback might be the softest-spoken player when it comes to interviews and media availability. Heck, even Lake doesn’t hear him raise his voice that much.

“He’s still quiet, around me and when we’re going about our business with installing defense and going through practice,” Lake said. “But he likes to have fun with the guys and chatting it up and talking about whatever.

You can see him dancing around and having a good time. When it’s business and when it’s playtime, he likes to have fun.”

But with Murphy and Miller the latest UW cornerback pairing to make the jump to the NFL, Taylor has found himself the elder statesman on the outside. But in his two years of playing behind them — in which he played in 26 out of Washington’s 27 games — Taylor soaked up as many lessons as he

could on leadership.

Or at least, the one big one.

“At some points, just in terms of making plays on the ball and everything like that,” Taylor said.

“I think that was the only thing, just making plays. I feel like we all had great technique, it just came down to who was making plays.”

Two weeks into the season, his growth has been apparent in the room as much as on the field.

After the upset loss to Cal, in which the Golden Bears targeted Gordon twice on back-to-back plays — one going for a 19-yard gain the second resulting in a questionable pass interference call — it was up to Taylor to be there for the redshirt freshman.

Taylor said his message to Gordon was simple: just keep doing what you’re doing, and it’ll all work out.

“It’s a big step that he had to take,” Myles Bryant said of Taylor. “I feel like the past couple of weeks, he’s been able to do that, just going out there and

helping out guys like Kyler and Dom [Hampton] and Trent [McDuffie], and just helping them fix their technique and refine it so they can go out there and make plays. I feel like that’s something that he’s improved on.”

Now the next in a line of UW corners that has sent each of its past four full-time starters to the draft, Taylor is still looking for his first career interception. Lake has also added to his responsibilities on the field, moving him to the middle as a sort of second nickel when Washington goes with six defensive backs.

But for now, the focus is on Taylor’s leadership; the rest will follow.

“He’s really picked up where we left off last year,” Lake said.

“Leadership-wise he’s grown a ton, now he’s the old guy, and we’re expecting Keith to have a big year.”

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Elijah Molden: The Lifer Myles Bryant had a good feeling about Elijah Molden as soon as the latter stepped onto the practice field as a true freshman in 2017.

“I feel like you could tell guys who have a natural feel for the game, and then guys who kind of lean on the more athletic side and rely on those abilities,” Bryant said. “I feel like Elijah is a guy who has athletic ability as well as a natural feel for the game. Just that experience, being around football his whole life, has helped him. You can see it in how he plays.”

Molden, whose father, Alex, was an all-conference cornerback in the early 1990s and went on to play 11 seasons in the NFL, grew up around football. In his own words, the game is a pillar of his life. He spent his childhood at games and

in locker rooms, and once he got to Montlake, he was in his element.

Never mind that his father went to Oregon.

“As soon as I stepped foot in the locker room, I knew what my goal was,” Molden said. “Now it’s all about being a leader and bringing those other guys with me.”

In his first two years at Washington, Molden spent time as the backup nickelback behind Bryant, modeling his game after him and making two starts last season when Bryant was hurt.

Now with Bryant moved back to safety, it’s Molden’s turn to take the reins as the Huskies’ fifth DB. Though at times, Molden’s development has been a joint experience.

“We’ve been talking to each

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other about how to play the nickel position,” Bryant said. “Now that he’s been thrusted into that role, he’s taken what we both learned, and now he’s executing it out there.

I think he’s doing a good job at it.”

In his third year on Montlake, Molden still goes back to his father for pointers and discussion.

“He always says he needs an interception; I haven’t had one my whole career,” Molden joked.

“Other than that, he just encourages me and makes sure my head is on straight.”

And has his Duck of a dad come around on his son going to the UW? “He came around the second I committed,” Molden said. “It wasn’t hard for him to switch. I’m his son, so I hope so.”

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Kyler Gordon: The Competitor The defensive back room is all about competition. Whether it be competing for a starting spot in a backfield littered with talent, competing for the “Best Hands in the Room” award given to the DB who gets the most interceptions during fall camp, or just competing on wind sprints, Kyler Gordon is trying to win everything.

“I feel like he brings a competitive edge to the team,” Bryant said. “Not only the DB room, but the team as well, he’s a competitive guy. He always wants to win, whether it be conditioning sprints or little 10yard sprints that we do, or our best hands in the room during fall camp, so he brings that competitive edge, and gets guys to get up and want to compete

some more.”

Coming off a year in which he only saw action in four games, and mostly on special teams, Gordon is the next highly-touted athlete to see the field as a redshirt freshman, the last being second-round NFL draft pick Byron Murphy.

As with Murphy, Gordon had to bide his time behind more experienced players, but only for a year after being thrust into a starting role in just his second year in the program. And as with Murphy and his predecessors at the outside cornerback spot, Gordon is a supreme athletic talent, boasting a vertical jump of 42.5 inches at the Husky Combine last March. That number is four inches more than the next best mark by a Dawg.

“Still would like to see a lot more from him,” Lake said.

“He’s definitely a great athlete that is striving to get the most interceptions in our room from practice to practice, and now we have to see that continued growth, which we saw from game one to game two … now we want to see that growth again in game three and beyond.”

And while Gordon has been picked on at times playing opposite proven junior Keith Taylor, the freshman has responded strongly and with poise. Time will tell if Gordon can be the next Murphy, Miller, or Kevin King, but he certainly has the competitive drive continue to improve and make splash plays.

Cameron Williams: The Rookie Going into 2019, Washington knew it had to replace four starters in the secondary, but Taylor and Gordon were both experienced options at corner and the obvious next men up on the outside. Bryant could move to safety, both because he had shown that he could play every position and because Molden already had the makings of a star nickel.

That only left one completely open spot for a real surprise.

Enter Cameron Williams.

“I think it was a culmination of things over spring ball,” Bryant said. “Seeing how quick he was able to pick up things and how fast he’s able to translate them onto the field. I feel like that culmination of things is surprising.”

By August, Williams was already practicing with the

starters. He took every rep of training camp next to Bryant, and come Sept. 1, he was the first true freshman to start a season opener for the Huskies since Jake Browning in 2015.

Focusing on the defensive side of the ball, Williams is just the third UW player to start their first game suiting up for the Huskies, after John Timu in 2011 and Budda Baker in 2014.

“I guess in a best-case scenario, you would always love to [redshirt every freshman],” Lake said way back when training camp opened. “But sometimes a freshman is the best player, and he’s going to play.

That’s just how it goes. Some guys, they come in here wired the right way, and they’re already physically ready to go. Like a Taylor Rapp.”

Look, the comparison is

obvious: A 6-foot-tall, three-star recruit who enrolled early at Washington to begin practicing in the spring, who showed the coaches enough to not only play him but to start him at safety in his first year.

Two games in, it’s way too early to decide if Williams is the next Rapp. He made four tackles in his debut, then added two more in the loss to Cal. But after said two games, that second safety spot next to Bryant is looking more and more like Williams’ to lose.

“When it comes to being on the field and off the field, we’re always watching film together, always doing extra work,” Bryant said. “I’m just helping him, trying to put him in the best position so he can make plays and go out there and be comfortable with how he plays.”

Brandon McKinney, Dominique Hampton, Trent McDuffie, and Asa Turner: The Depth If Washington’s youth in the DB room doesn’t show enough in its starting five, the bench — junior Brandon McKinney, redshirt freshman Dominique Hampton, and true freshmen Trent McDuffie and Asa Turner — piles it on.

Hampton and McDuffie have played in both of Washington’s games thus far — Hampton as the No. 3 corner and McDuffie on the outside against EWU and

solely on special teams against Cal. McKinney, who started the Rose Bowl in place of Rapp, has appeared mainly on special teams, and Turner, a four-star recruit out of Carlsbad, Calif., worked in as the third safety in Week 1.

“They come ready to work, so I’m really excited about them going forward into the season,” Taylor said.

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WARRIORS

# Name 1 Penei Pavihi 2 Jeremiah Pritchard 3 Kalen Hicks 3 Jason-Matthew Sharsh 4 Rojesterman Farris II 4 Kumoku Noa 5 Khoury Bethley 6 Cedric Byrd II 7 Dayton Furuta 8 Eugene Ford 9 Stan Gaudion 9 JoJo Ward 10 Mark Blocker II 10 Melquise Stovall 11 Justice Augafa 11 Justin Uahinui 12 Chevan Cordeiro 12 Kana‘i Picanco 13 Cole McDonald 14 James Phillips 15 Jonah Panoke 15 Paul Scott 16 Zach Daniel 17 Ryan Meskell 17 Isaiah Tufaga 18 Boone Abbott 18 Cortez Davis 19 Kamali’i Akina 20 Zach Wilson 21 Fred Holly III 21 Michael Washington 22 Ikem Okeke 23 Akil Francisco 23 Jared Smart 24 Kai Kaneshiro 25 Travon Killins 26 Leonard Lee 26 Miles Reed 27 Solomon Matautia 28 Nalu Emerson 29 Donovan Dalton 30 Kamuela Borden 31 Tiger Peterson 33 Steven Fiso 34 James Green III 34 KK Padello 35 Jaden Allen 35 Jeffery Keene 36 Hoku Arias 36 Ben Scruton 37 Alaka’i Mashima 38 Keliam Brunn 38 Brody Padilla 39 Kalamaku Kuewa 40 Chance Kalaugher 42 Jonah Kahahawai-Welch 43 Mason Vega 44 Hekili Keliiliki 44 Wyatt Tucker 45 Payton Awaya 46 Tauivi Ho Ching 47 Noa Kamana 48 Derek Thomas 49 Manly Williams 50 Justus Tavai 51 Makai Manuwai 52 Michael Boyle 52 Solo Vaipulu 53 Ramsey Aviu 53 Darius Muasau 54 Kalani Kamakawiwo’ole 55 Blessman Ta’ala 55 Micah Vanterpool 56 Zach Bowers 57 J.R. Hensley 57 Parker Higgins 58 Kila Kamakawiwo’ole 58 Joey Nu’uanu-Kuhi’iki 59 Andrew Choi 60 Caden Hilborn 61 Wesley Faagau 61 Eliki Tanuvasa 62 Doug Russell 63 Taaga Tuulima 64 Kauka Umiamaka 65 Elias Wong 66 Eperone Moananu 67 Bubba Wa’a 68 Ra Elkington 69 Azia Se‘ei 70 Arasi Mose 71 Stephan Bernal-Wendt 72 Kohl Levao 74 Gene Pryor 75 Ilm Manning 76 Michael Eletise 77 Alesana Sunia 78 Ernest Moore 79 Samson Siilata 80 Mekel Ealy 81 Grey Ihu 84 Nick Mardner 85 Lincoln Victor 86 Chance Beyer 87 Robert Funkhouser 88 John Johnson 89 Emil Graves 90 Fanupo Peapealalo 91 Samiuela Akoteu 92 DJuan Matthews 93 Mason Mataafa 94 Alema Kapoi 95 Kendall Hune 96 Kaimana Padello 97 Zach Ritner 98 Foi Shaw 99 Jonah Laulu

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The Daily’s picks for Week 3

Battle Royale Josh Kirshenbaum (16-4)

Alec Dietz (16-4)

Le Bui (17-3)

Andy Yamashita (15-5)

Josh Eddy (11-9)

Hailey Robinson (14-6)

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Hawai’i vs. UW Air Force vs. Colorado Stanford vs. UCF USC vs. BYU Arizona State vs. Michigan State Idaho State vs. Utah North Texas vs. Cal Cal Poly vs. Oregon State Oklahoma vs. UCLA Texas Tech vs. Arizona

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NO. 4 LSU I’m not sure if LSU’s win at Texas will catch the eye of the top teams in the nation, but it should have. Joe Burrow may have squeaked his way into the Heisman conversation with his nine touchdowns on the season so far. It looks like it could be a two-horse race for the SEC West, and the Tigers will get their chance on November 9th in Tuscaloosa to dethrone the rolling Crimson Tide.

NO. 21 Maryland (Previously not ranked) Maryland must not have heard all the hype around Syracuse, or at least it didn’t care. The Terrapins beat the breaks off the Orange and threw up 63 points, with 42 coming in the first half, on what was supposed to be a good defense. Granted its first game was against Howard, but Maryland has already put up 142 points this season, which ranks first in the FBS. Let’s see how this high-flying offense fares against some of the elites defenses of the Big 10 later in the season.

NO. 24 USC (Previously not ranked) Everyone thought the Trojans were dead in the water after starting QB JT Daniels went down in Week 1.

People were already thinking about next year and perhaps a new head coach. Enter Kedon Slovis. The freshman’s first career start came against a ranked Stanford team, and once he got his feet under him, he was electric. He exploded for 377 yards on an 85% completion percentage. Beware of USC in this wideopen Pac-12 race.

NO. 23 Washington There were a lot of red flags going into this season, and the win over a lessor Eastern Washington team may have been fool’s gold. The fact still remains that the Huskies were going to need to replace a lot on both sides of the ball, and it’s gonna take some time for those pieces to get up to the high level play we’re used to seeing in the purple and gold. The sky isn’t falling on Montlake, but a couple non-conference wins can get this team back on track heading into a difficult October.

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NO. 10 Michigan Barely beating Army would have been a much worse look in years past, but it actually has a pretty good team this year, it’s actually been receiving votes in the AP poll. But still, the former number seven team shouldn’t have taken until double overtime to take out the Black Knights, especially at home. I guess a win is still a win, and Jim Harbaugh has his sights set on Michigan’s first trip to the College Football Playoff and an undefeated season will get this team there.

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The Longhorns remain a top program in the nation, with a stud quarterback, but they still need to get over the hump and prove they can run with the big dogs in the nation. It still looks like Texas will be on a crash course with Oklahoma for the Big 12 title game and there’s a good chance the winner of that will go onto the CFP.

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Run and shoot presents unique challenge to UW secondary

By Alec Dietz The Daily After a late drive resulted in a disappointing loss to California last weekend, the Washington defense is looking forward to a completely new challenge this week.

The Huskies (1-1, 0-1 Pac12) now have to prepare for a Hawai’i run and shoot offense, involving on the fly adjustments by wide receivers and a prolific passing game.

“I think it’s a good challenge,” junior Elijah Molden said.

“When I was watching film I got really excited because they throw the ball so much, more than I thought they did.”

Comparisons have already been drawn between the Rainbow Warriors (2-0) run and shoot and Washington State’s air raid, given the priority on passing, but defensive coordinator Jimmy Lake was quick to point out some key differences.

“They route-adjust, they will basically play opposite of what you’re doing,” Lake said of the Hawai’i wide receivers. “You’re playing on the inside, they’re going to break outside, it’s not just a designed route and they have to run a route right into the coverage … it’s going to be kind of a back-and-forth of us disguising things and trying to trick them a little bit.”

The uniqueness of the offense is an interesting wrinkle to the UW’s upcoming matchup, as it’s one that the Huskies have not seen since Chris Petersen took over in 2014. And it’s been proven to work this year with junior quarterback Cole McDonald and wide receiver Cedric Byrd II torching Arizona and Oregon State’s secondaries already.

This game also comes right after one where the Huskies allowed just 111 passing yards to Cal but gave up two big completions near the end which led to the game-winning score. Not to mention the defensive pass interference call on redshirt freshman corner Kyler Gordon

Conor Courtney The Daily Washington’s Myles Rice and Cameron Williams try to take down Eastern’s Eric Barriere during the Huskies’ 47-15 season opening win over Eastern Washington at Husky Stadium on Aug. 31, 2019.

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who got tested multiple times on a fade route against the Golden Bears. “[They] didn’t complete one until that last drive,” Lake said of Gordon’s performance. “I was extremely proud of him, but all it takes is one. From the first quarter to all the way to two minutes in the fourth quarter, they tried him, tried him, tried him.

Incomplete after incomplete, but of course everyone is going to remember one play.”

In practice this week, Lake has made it especially hard on his defensive backs and the rest of the defense when it comes to game preparation, given the challenge.

“We have to make it very difficult for our guys,” Lake said.

“We’re trying to simulate what we think they are going to do against the coverages that we’re going to throw at them and the

blitzes we’re going to throw at them. So we’re going to make it very hard for our defense throughout the course of the week.”

All that, and coming to terms with a huge conference-opening loss to a division rival last weekend will be factors informing the Huskies’ performance this week against the Warriors.

“Everybody wants to get that taste out of their mouth,” Lake said. “They want to get ready and prepared for this next game.”

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

Twitter: @AlecDietz

Ethan Uehara The Daily Washington defensive back Keith Taylor breaks down before trying to tackle a California receiver Sept. 7, 2019.

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

By Anthony Edwards Contributing writer Fresh off the heels of its upset loss to Cal, Washington welcomes Hawai’i to Montlake for the first time since 2011.

Read up on UH before the Rainbow Warriors take the field at Husky Stadium.

3 numbers to know 2,682: Miles between Husky Stadium and Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawai’i. The Rainbow Warriors encounter their first road test of the season after hosting Pac-12 foes Arizona and Oregon State. Saturday’s meeting will be the first between the Dawgs and Warriors since 2014 when the Huskies opened Chris Petersen’s UW campaign in Honolulu with a 17-16 win.

857: Through two games the Warriors have accumulated a whopping 857 yards through the air, good for third in the country. The Warriors play a run-and-shoot offense and will be looking to throw the ball deep on Saturday against the young UW secondary.

8: Total number of turnovers committed by the Rainbow Warriors this season, tied for most in the nation through two games. Quarterback Cole McDonald is responsible for five

of those turnovers, throwing four interceptions against Arizona and one against Oregon State.

It will be important for the UW pass rush to pressure McDonald into tough throws, and keep the Warrior’s prolific passing offense, which ranked ninth in FBS in passing yards per game last season, off the field.

2 players to watch Cole McDonald - QB McDonald is a dual-threat catalyst for the Rainbow Warriors. He broke out in a big way last year for Hawaii, passing for 36 TDs and rushing for four more. Through two games this season, McDonald has accumulated 799 yards and eight TDs through the air along with 40 yards rushing on the ground.

For the Warriors to escape Seattle with a win, McDonald will need to keep the ball out of the hands of the Washington DBs. Look for the Rainbow Warriors to rely on McDonald early and often to try and pull off the upset.

JoJo Ward - WR Senior receiver JoJo Ward had a career game last weekend against Oregon State with 10 catches for 189 yards and four touchdown receptions. With John Ursua having departed for the NFL, this season has

presented a larger role for Ward.

The senior has already hauled in five TD grabs thus far in the young season, only four short of his total of nine last year. The UW secondary will certainly need to limit Ward’s damage on Saturday to avoid losing in backto-back weeks for the first time since 2015.

1 recap of last week It was a tale of two halves for the Rainbow Warriors’ defense against Oregon State

last Saturday in Honolulu.

The Beavers engineered four touchdowns and only one punt in the first half. After exchanging touchdowns in the first quarter, the Rainbow Warriors found themselves down 28-14 late in the second quarter before McDonald engineered an 11 play, 70-yard scoring drive to cut the lead to seven before the half.

The Hawai’i defense then stepped up big time in the second half, holding the Beavers scoreless. The OSU offense sputtered with four punts, two turnovers on downs, and a missed field goal. Hawai’i

also had its own troubles in the second half. After tying the game at 28-28, the Rainbow Warriors offense followed with drives ending in a fumble, and then two missed field goals by kicker Ryan Meskell. With 2:17 remaining in the game Meskell finally connected and put the Rainbow Warriors ahead for good at 31-28.

Reach contributing writer Anthony Edwards at sports@dailyuw.com.

Twitter: @edwardsanthonyb

Courtesy of Zachary Oglesby Ka Leo O Hawai’i Hawai’i wideout JoJo Ward gets ready to haul in a touchdown pass from quarterback Cole McDonald in a 31-28 win over Oregon State Sept. 7, 2019. Ward has 14 receptions, 259 yards, five TDs on the year.

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By Josh Kirshenbaum The Daily OK, so Washington fans won’t be partying like it’s 1991 in 2019. The Dawgs won’t go undefeated for the second time since World War II after losing their Week 2 matchup to Cal. On one hand, there are reasons to worry this early. On the other, well, it’s this early.

“Every good team, championship team, whatever it is, you’ve got to face some adversity,” senior wide receiver Andre Baccellia said after practice Wednesday. “Whether that’s early in the season, middle of the season, or late in the season, it’s bound to happen at some point. It’s football. Just have to bounce back, learn from it, and execute.”

Last week was the first time Washington has lost its Pac-12 opener since 2015 — coincidentally also against Cal, at home. That was the first year of the Jake Browning and Myles Gaskin era, and since, the Huskies have taken off as one of the premier programs on the West Coast.

Kirshenbaum: Panic time?

No … not yet

But even in the threeyear period of success the Huskies are taking into 2019, Washington has had its missteps at home and to unranked teams.

In 2017, Washington lost to Arizona State, scoring just one touchdown in a one-possession upset. In 2018, the Huskies lost to Cal, scoring just one touchdown in a one-possession upset.

Last week, the UW, well, you know.

In both of those seasons, those bad upsets were not the only loss of the year. And in both of those years, the Huskies spent December getting ready for a New Year’s 6 game.

Now, going 1-1 isn’t exactly a sustainable clip for a season, but if the Dawgs can get themselves right these next two weeks going into the bulk of Pac-12 play, they could be primed for another deep run.

All they have to do is practice to win one game at a time.

“Shoot, I’ve seen everyone trying to take the next step,” Baccellia said. “Trying to take some of that ownership and accountability for the plays we left on the field and the mistakes we made. Just learn from them, come out, and work as hard as we can.”

Of course, even if last week

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Conor Courtney The Daily Chris Peterson looks on during the fourth quarter of Washington’s 20-19 upset loss to Cal at Husky Stadium Sept. 7, 2019. The loss was Washington’s second to California in as many seasons. wasn’t the time to start ringing the alarm bells, this week definitely could be. In 2016, Washington bounced back from its loss to USC with a 22-point win. In 2017, the Huskies followed their loss in Tempe with a 333-yard performance on the ground, and came back from a loss at Stanford with a gritty last-second win

over Utah. Last year, losses to Auburn, Oregon, and Cal, all were followed by wins.

Washington has lost before.

Washington has lost close games before. Washington has lost close games that it should have won and played badly in before. None of this is new. It only becomes something new if the Huskies can’t figure out

a way to bounce back against Hawai’i and do it again.

Then, maybe, fans can start looking for those panic buttons.

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Power ranking Chris Petersen era wins following losses

By Evan Wong The Daily The No. 23 Washington football team is in the midst of its sixth season with head coach Chris Petersen at the helm. After last weekend’s disappointing loss to California at home, let’s take a look at the wins the Huskies have had following losses in the Petersen era.

1. Oct. 8, 2015 - USC

A win over No. 17 USC after a loss to Cal earned head coach Chris Petersen his first victory over a ranked opponent in Year 2. Petersen defeated former Washington head coach Steve Sarkisian in a showdown that featured defense in an eventual 17-12 outcome in favor of the Huskies. Washington used a trick play to score a touchdown a couple of minutes into the third quarter to take a lead it would never relinquish.

2. Nov. 22, 2014 Oregon State

A convincing, 37-13 victory over Oregon State following losses to UCLA and Arizona proved to be a difference maker for Washington’s 2014 season.

The Huskies’ win made them bowl eligible and marked the first bowl game appearance in the Chris Petersen era. Even though Washington fell short to Oklahoma State in the Cactus Bowl, this marked a turning point for the UW program.

3. Nov. 18, 2017 - Utah

Washington came out on top in a wild game against Utah when kicker Tristan Vizcaino drilled a 38-yard field goal as the clock hit triple zeros. The Huskies’ offense scored 10 points in the last 58 seconds of the game to earn a victory over the Utes in dramatic fashion. Jake Browning and Myles Gaskin etched their names into the UW’s record book as Browning took over the spot for most passing touchdowns (76) while Gaskin claimed the top spot for most rushing touchdowns with the 38th of his career.

4. Nov. 12, 2016 Arizona State

After USC provided Washington with its first loss of the season, the UW beat down the Sun Devils for the first time since 2001. The Huskies scored 30 unanswered points to begin the game. A strong performance from Washington’s defense limited the Arizona State offense to 48 yards in the first half and 84 yards through three quarters.

5. Nov. 3, 2018 Stanford

Washington topped Stanford 27-23 after losing a defensive showdown at California the week before. The Dawgs held on for the win despite leading 21-0 at halftime and needed an interception by defensive back Taylor Rapp on the last play of the game to seal the victory. The UW offense took its foot off the gas in the second half which led

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The number of yards in the longest oneplay scoring drive in Washington history.

It’s been achieved twice, most recently as a touchdown pass against Hawai’i in 2014.

Conor Courtney The Daily Holder Race Porter and kicker Tristan Vizcaino watch Vizcaino’s game-winning field goal as time expired in the Huskies’ 33-30 win over Utah Nov. 18, 2017. to the nerve-wracking ended against the Cardinal.

6. Nov. 21, 2015 Oregon State

Six possessions. Six scores.

Washington put points on the board during their first six possessions in a 52-7 blowout of Oregon State following losses to Utah and Arizona State. A 28-point first quarter matched a school record on the UW’s way to 45 first-half points.

Reach reporter Evan Wong at sports@dailyuw.com.

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Conor Courtney The Daily Washington’s Taylor Rapp intercepts the final throw of the game to seal the Huskies’ 27-23 win over conference rival Stanford Nov. 3, 2018.

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The number of turnovers forced by the UW defense this season.

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The last time Washington had back-to-back losses.

Their record after losses in the Petersen era is 13-4.

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Salvon Ahmed’s career-high rushing yards, achieved last week against Cal.

The number of tackles Joe Tryon had against Cal, leading the Huskies for the first time in his career.

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