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UW’s new and improved pass rush ready to welcome USC to Montlake

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to the quarterback more; more Dawgs are doing so. Those six sacks last year came from two defensive linemen (Greg Gaines and Shane Bowman) and two defensive backs (Taylor Rapp and Myles Bryant). Washington didn’t get a sack from an inside linebacker until the last weekend in October, and didn’t get one from an outside linebacker until two games after that.

So far, the UW has 10 sacks as a team. All four position groups — the line, the secondary, and both linebacker spots — have gotten in on at least one, lead by five from the outside linebackers.

“I think we’re settling [down], moving up each week,” junior Ryan Bowman said. “We’re getting better every week, which is our main focus, our main goal.

If we weren’t improving week to week, then we know there’s an issue. That’s exciting for us

because we know that next week we’re going to be better.”

Bowman started arguably the biggest play of the day for the Senior Benning Potoa’e might be defense last Saturday in Provo, at a new position but now a third Utah, starting in a three-point of the way into the season, his stance and getting around the job description is pretty similar. right guard for a hard hit on “It feels good to be in there, just BYU quarterback Zach Wilson. causing havoc,” Potoa’e said after The collision knocked the ball practice Tuesday. loose for Bowman’s first forced Potoa’e, who switched from fumble in over two years, and outside linebacker to defensive senior linebacker Brandon tackle in the offseason, has been Wellington scooped it up and ran doing plenty of that, leading it back for a 69-yard touchdown. the Huskies (3-1, 0-1 Pac-12) For his part, Potoa’e added with five tackles for loss and two tackles for loss of his own, three sacks through four games. including a sack that set the But he’s far from the only UW Cougars back 12 yards. defender wreaking havoc on The only bad part of the game offenses in a pass rush that has for the UW pass rush came on vastly improved from last year. the first play of the second half In its first four games of 2018, when sophomore Joe Tryon hit Washington managed six sacks Wilson too high and got ejected as a team. In 2019, the Huskies for targeting. He’ll miss the are already at 10. And it’s not first half of Washington’s clash just that the Dawgs are getting against No. 21 USC. “It sucks, but I’ve got a ton of confidence in all our guys,” Bowman said. “All our guys can make stuff happen.”

With Graham Harrell, who played quarterback for WSU coach Mike Leach at Texas Tech, now the offensive coordinator at USC, the Huskies are getting ready for a Trojan team that’s going to bring some Air Raid concepts to Montlake. That means even more pressure on the pass rush, which will both face more Ethan Uehara The Daily chances to get to the quarterback, but also Washington’s Ryan Bowman makes a tackle behind the line of scrimmage in will have to do so with the first quarter of play in Washington’s 52-20 victory against Hawai’i on Sept. fewer players.

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Lydia Ely The Daily The Washington defensive line gets set before the snap in UW’s 45-19 win over BYU on Sept. 21, 2019.

When Hawai’i came to Seattle two weeks ago with a run-andshoot attack, Washington played nearly the entire game with an

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extra defensive back, opting for extra coverage downfield in exchange for an extra rusher.

Usually, that meant going with either one fewer down lineman or outside linebacker.

“It kind of just emphasizes that they’ve got to get a rush in and get some pressure in while we’re dropping eight,” senior safety Myles Bryant said.

That game against the Warriors, Bryant had the lone sack of the day for the Huskies,

as well as two interceptions.

Afterward, he talked about how turnovers can be contagious; once one guy gets one or two, they start flowing in for the rest of the team. In the past two weeks, Washington has had six takeaways. This week, Bowman, Potoa’e, and the rest of the pass rush have stressed how the same can be true in the trenches with sacks and pressure.

“Our mentality has to be nasty and relentless the whole game,” Bowman said. “We’re going to get double-teamed, we just need to keep fighting, get to the quarterback, and make him uncomfortable. If we do our job doing that, we’re going to be able to change the game a lot.”

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

Twitter: @J_Kirshenbaum

Welcome back, Dawg Pack

By The Daily Sports Staff As autumn quarter kicks off at the UW, the west end zone at Husky Stadium is expected to return to full capacity. Here’s everything the Dawg Pack should know before watching the UW take on USC.

What have you missed?

Entering the season with a clean slate, the nationally-ranked Huskies kicked off the season with a 47-14 dismantling of Eastern Washington at Husky Stadium. In his UW debut, Jacob Eason threw for 349 yards and four touchdowns, and the Washington defense recorded a safety in a mostly dominating performance.

Then the Cal game happened.

After one drive from each team for a 7:30 p.m. kickoff, the game went into a long lightning delay.

When the game finally resumed, the Bears came away with a

tough 20-19 upset that ended just before 1:30 a.m.

The Huskies bounced back in a big way, taking down Hawai’i 52-20, then went on the road for the first time to beat up BYU 45-19.

Conor Courtney The Daily Now, the Dawgs are back for their second dose of Pac-12 Washington basketball’s former starting point guard David Crisp cheers in the Dawg Pack section action, welcoming No. 21 USC to before the Huskies’ 35-7 win over BYU on Sept. 29, 2018.

Husky Stadium for the first time for big games.

After the game, the since 2016. The Trojans (3-1, Being loud is crucial — Dawg Pack joins the players, 2-0 Pac-12) are fresh off a top-10 something that the Washington cheerleaders, and marching upset, taking down No. 10 Utah defense rallies behind. Make band in singing “Bow Down to 30-23 last weekend at the Los noise while the Huskies are on Washington” (which every Dawg Angeles Memorial Coliseum. defense and amp it up a few should learn the words to). notches on third down. Save In summary: wear purple, Dawg Pack guidelines your voice while quarterback make noise, and ride out As the UW welcomes thousands Eason and the offense are at the rain. Enjoy your time of new undergraduates work. on Montlake witnessing the to campus, here are a few Staying for an entire game resurgence of Husky football. reminders before the Huskies seems to be the toughest one for Welcome back, Dawg Pack. kick off this Saturday. college students, particularly in We’ve missed you.

Be early, be loud, and stay the Northwest where rain is a until the final whistle. Showing given on most fall nights. Wear Reach The Daily Sports Staff up 15 to 30 minutes before a rain jacket or poncho to stay at sports@dailyuw.com. kickoff typically ensures a decent dry and don’t miss the inevitable Twitter: @UWDailySports spot in the student section, even chaos of #Pac12AfterDark.

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The hometown hero: How Jacob Eason embraces the challenge and blocks out the noise

By Alec Dietz The Daily

Lydia Ely The Daily

Perhaps no quarterback in Washington’s history has faced more expectations than Jacob Eason. Even before the former five-star Lake Stevens signal-caller had announced his decision to transfer from Georgia, the fandom began clamoring for the hometown hero’s return.

So has quarterbacks coach Bush Hamdan seen anyone come in with more outside noise than Eason in recent memory?

“No. No, I haven’t.”

Coming out of high school as the fifth-best prospect according to 247’s composite rankings, Eason won the starting job at UGA as a true freshman and appeared in 12 games for the Bulldogs. In that season playing in the SEC, Eason got his first taste of major college

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football and the expectations of quarterbacking in the modern era.

But after suffering a knee injury in Georgia’s season opener in 2017, the Bulldogs turned to Jake Fromm and rode him all the way to the National Championship game, even with a healthy Eason. Shortly after the end of the season, Eason decided to move on and transfer.

Less than a month later, Eason made it official: He was going to trade in the red and black for purple and gold. Even with a proven starter at quarterback in 2018, fans were looking forward to the thought of a five-star phenom with SEC experience starting in 2019.

“It was a new challenge for me, and it was something I would rather not have done, but at the same time I’m glad I had the experience to do that,” Eason said of sitting out 2018.

“Going out and watching from the sideline each game was different, but I got to watch [Jake] Browning prepare for a game and how he prepared off the field and I learned a lot. Some of those things I can carry with me throughout this season, and try to keep going, I think those guys definitely did leave a legacy here.”

But aside from watching how the Pac-12 alltime wins leader prepared for football, Eason saw firsthand the trials and tribulations that Browning was thrown into. As his career progressed, Browning faced an almost Conor Courtney The Daily insurmountable amount of expectation to Jacob Eason throws a pass during Washington’s season opener succeed and flourish, especially after four against Eastern Washington at Husky Stadium on Aug. 31, 2019. years in the program.

Eason finished with 349 yards and four touchdowns in his first start “Having that ear off was a new, unique experience for me, I learned a for Washington. lot from it,” Eason said. “I got to learn good because I’m always too high-strung and ready to get and see how he handled it, and I also had stuff cracking. It’s good to have him there to level us out.” some self-experience with that, coming out However, despite stepping into the offense as a starter and doing that thing my freshman year. I for the first time at Washington, Eason understands gained a little new insight from that, for he needs to take a leading role in the offense for it to sure.” function and thrive.

“I’m not super rah-rah, big hype guy, but I’ll lead by my play and the way I do things on the field,” Eason A herculean arm and a said. “I try to stay even-keeled, I’m not going to be down collected mind at guys or yell at guys. I’ll definitely do my job at the quarterback role, and try to help out in any way possible.”

After winning the starting job An added benefit to Eason sitting out a year was over Jake Haener, it was time the time he got to spend building rapport with his for his season debut. While teammates, including his center, who says that because Washington fans have touted of the craziness and chaos that the offensive line Eason as a Heisman candidate generates up front, a quarterback with a calm attitude and a quarterback who will lead was a positive dynamic for the offense. them to the promised land, or “When he says something, it goes, and you feed off a national championship, the it ‘cause he means what he says,” Harris said. “He has junior quarterback has blocked conviction in what he says out there and he’s confident so out all of the noise. it’s a different dynamic but it’s a good dynamic, especially Well, at least as best he can. with the guys we have up front because we have some “I try to stay away from characters up front.” that stuff and not focus on it,” The quarterback nicknamed “Skinny,” a name that no Eason said. “I’d rather focus on longer really describes the 6-foot-5, 227 pound goliath this team and put my time and of a quarterback as it once did when he was given the energy here in the facility, and name at five years old, said that Harris and the rest of the when I’m off the field I’ll hang offensive line has been a huge boon for out with him with a wealth of experience. friends, and When he came into the program, talk to people When he says he not only looked at his predecessor I’m close something, it at quarterback and the large group of with. I try seniors who left the program after last not to focus goes, and you year, but also at his center and the rest on all the feed off it ‘cause of his offensive line, which features three expectations seniors and two other players who started and all the he means what every game for the UW a season ago. fandom and he says.

“He’s not here to carry the world on his all that stuff, shoulders,” Hamdan said. “He’s here to like I know operate on third downs and throw to guys it’s there, but in purple jerseys, have fun doing it, and trust the process.

I just focus as little as possible We spent a lot of time making sure he’s playing in the on that.” moment, one practice at a time, one day at a time, we’re For now, the quarterback has going to continue to do that.” put all of his focus into leading an offense that was led by a Skinny Season QB for almost half a decade before him. According to his Through four games this season, the UW’s new teammates, Eason isn’t a very quarterback has thrown for 1,063 yards, 10 touchdowns, fiery or intensely vocal leader. with just two interceptions. When describing his own His demeanor is more calm and performance through the first part of the season, Eason cool, rather than the spectacle says that he’s been good by his standards but that he’s of say, Baker Mayfield. still taking each moment one day at a time in hopes to “He’s been good about that, improve even more. he’s getting confident in there,” As far as those expectations go, well, they haven’t center Nick Harris said. “He’s slowed down. Not even after a loss to Cal where the QB a really collected guy, and he’s threw fewer than 200 yards with no touchdowns and an really calm so he’s never too interception. high or never too low, which is “The crazy part about it is how well he’s handled it,”

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Harris said. “I don’t even think I would handle it that way. He’s been super calm and collected about that stuff. Hats off to him, because he came in with so many expectations that I think most people would combust and go off the deep end, he’s just getting better.”

Since that loss to the Golden Bears, Eason has doubled down as one of the country’s best performers in the last two weeks, throwing well over 500 yards, with his most recent game against BYU netting him 290 yards passing, three touchdowns

and just one interception in a nearly flawless performance.

The praise has come in droves for the towering quarterback, with ESPN analyst Kirk Herbstreit naming Eason his top performer from last week, and draft expert Todd McShay including the QB near the top of his draft boards for 2020.

As the season progresses, it will be imperative for Eason and the offense to continue to block out all the noise, in the fashion that they already have, but it will only get harder. If the Huskies continue to win the

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majority of their games, the hype and hysteria for the QB will only get higher, but if losses begin to build up, negative attention will

flood around the UW program.

Even for Browning and the Huskies of before — who had brought the UW to three straight New Year’s Six bowl games after joining a program who had yet to record a 10-win season since the early 2000s — doubt and disappointment loomed from the fans.

But as long as he’s getting better, and the UW offense is getting better, the Huskies aren’t worried about the noise.

“The way he’s been dealing with it is how he’s played the last couple of weeks,” tailback Sean

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McGrew said. “Coming out here and throwing the rock and doing well, that’s his way of responding to the noise.”

Managing Editor Josh Kirshenbaum contributed reporting to this article.

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

Twitter: @AlecDietz

Conor Courtney The Daily Washington quarterback Jacob Eason fires a pass during the second half of Washington’s 20-19 upset loss to Cal at Husky Stadium on Sept. 7, 2019.

Ethan Uehara The Daily Washington’s Jacob Eason celebrates a 47-yard touchdown pass to Hunter Bryant in the first quarter of the UW’s 52-20 victory over Hawai’i on Sept. 14, 2019.

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Columbia, Tenn. / Blackman HS Palos Verdes Estates, Calif. / Mater Dei HS/Texas Laton, Calif. / Centennial HS Dallas, Texas / Episcopal School of Dallas Corvallis, Ore. / Crescent Valley HS Moorpark, Calif. / Moorpark HS Los Angeles, Calif. / Bishop Alemany Los Angeles, Calif. / Fairfax HS Scottsdale, Ariz. / Saguaro HS Irvine, Calif. / Mater Dei Harbor City, Calif. / Narbonne HS Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. / Glendora Long Beach, Calif. / St. John Bosco Phoenix, Ariz. / Mountain Pointe HS Pasadena, Calif. / Bishop Amat Houston, Texas / North Shore Senior HS La Cañada Flintridge, Calif. / Loyola San Diego, Calif. / Madison HS Kailua, Hawai’i / Punahou School Melbourne, Australia Carson, Calif. / Serra Orlando, Fla. / IMG Academy Waianae, Hawai’i / Waianae HS Milwaukee, Wisc. / Waukesha / Marquette Bakersfield, Calif. / Liberty HS / Sacramento State Simi Valley, Calif. Oaks Christian/ Pierce JC /

New Mexico Military Institute Carson, Calif. / Serra Aiea, Hawai’i / Mililani Los Angeles, Calif. / Loyola HS Indianapolis, Ind. / Cathedral HS Los Angeles, Calif. / Cathedral Del Mar, Calif. / Bishop’s School Portland, Ore. / Central Catholic HS Honolulu, Hawai’i / Punahou Long Beach, Calif. / St. John Bosco HS Evanston, Ill. / Evanston West Orange, N.J. Cibolo, Texas / West Orange Austin, Texas / Vandergrift HS Altadena, Calif. / Loyola HS Newport Beach, Calif. / Mater Dei San Diego, Calif. / Cathedral Catholic / San Diego Mesa JC Pago Pago, American Samoa / Leone San Juan Capistrano, Calif. / JSerra Catholic HS Danville, Calif. / De La Salle Corona, Calif. / Centennial HS Halawa, Hawai’i / Punahou School Danville, Calif. / De La Salle HS Darien, Conn. / Darien HS Westlake Village, Calif. / Westlake Simi Valley, Calif. / Grace Brethren West Covina, Calif. / JSerra Catholic HS San Marino, Calif. / St. Francis Temecula, Calif. / Linfield Christian San Bernardino, Calif. / Cajon / Cal Poly / Riverside CC Long Beach, Calif. / Lakewood HS / Mt. San Antonio JC Independence, Ore. / Central Fresno, Calif. / Clovis North Madison, Ala. / St. John Bosco Los Angeles, Calif. / Bishop Montgomery Memphis, Tenn. / Memphis University HS / Tennessee Newport Beach, Calif. / Corona del Mar HS / Colorado Waipahu, Hawai’i / St. Louis Temecula, Calif. / Chaparral HS Santa Ana, Calif. / Mater Dei Glendora, Calif. / Citrus JC Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif. / Santa Margarita Catholic San Pedro, Calif. / San Pedro Mesa, Ariz. / Red Mountain HS West Covina, Calif. / Mater Dei Ewa Beach, Hawai’i / Saint Louis HS Laguna Hills, Calif. / Laguna Hills HS Topanga, Calif. / Harvard Westlake HS Concord, Calif. / Clayton Valley Huntington Beach, Calif. / Huntington Beach Kingsburg, Calif. / Kingsburg Phoenix, Ariz. / North Canyon Oakland, Calif. / Bishop O’Dowd Orange, Calif. / Servite Oak Hills, Calif. /Oak Hills HS Salt Lake City, Utah / Bingham Oakland, Calif. / Pittsburg HS Redondo Beach, Calif. / Serra Corona, Calif. / Orange Lutheran HS Laguna Hills, Calif. / St. John Bosco Sacramento, Calif. / Inderkum Danville, Calif. / Monte Vista Anaheim Hills, Calif. / Orange Lutheran HS San Antonio, Texas / O’Connor HS Los Altos Hills, Calif. / Archbishop Mitty HS South Pasadena, Calif. / Loyola Mesa, Ariz. / Brophy Prep Anchorage, Alaska / Westview (Ore.) Ferguson, Mo. / Chaminade College Prep Napa, Calif. / Vintage HS/American River CC Weston, Fla. / Cypress Bay Corona, Calif. / Centennial

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Battle Royale Josh Kirshenbaum (30-10)

Alec Dietz (30-10)

Le Bui (31-9)

Andy Yamashita (27-13)

Josh Eddy (22-18)

Hailey Robinson (26-14)

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NO. 8 Wisconsin The Badgers had a tough task going against higherranked Michigan. They did not run from it, in fact, they ran through it. Wisconsin has really found its identity as a power-running team and got just the running back to do so in Jonathan Taylor, who totaled 203 yards and two touchdowns on the ground. There are still a few heavy hitters remaining on Wisconsin’s schedule, but it has firmly grounded itself in talks for the Big Ten Championship and a berth in the College Football Playoff.

NO. 14 Iowa Looks like the Hawkeyes got the College Gameday bump after taking down the cross-state rival Cyclones in an 18-17 rock fight. While Iowa State may not be as formidable as believed to be entering the season, it’s still a quality road win for Iowa. This team will have its hands full once conference play gets rolling, but it does miss Ohio State, which may be nice in its fight with Wisconsin to represent the West in the Big Ten Championship Game.

NO. 15 California While the start of the season for the Golden Bears hasn’t featured any electric performances, they are undefeated and beat both Washington and Ole Miss on the road. Ole Miss may not be the cream of the crop, but it is still a middling team in the SEC, which will hopefully garner some more respect for the Pac-12. Quarterback Chase Garbers has been good for Cal, but the real story has been its defense and Evan Weaver, who leads the nation in tackles with 62 through four games.

NO. 17 Washington The Huskies’ win in Provo was impressive for the team’s first road trip, but it wasn’t the main catalyst in their upshot in the rankings. Six teams ahead of the Dawgs lost this past week, paving the road for them to enter the top 20 once again. Another big test for this UW team awaits with its first ranked matchup of the season, hosting an up-and-down USC team that has yet to win a game on the road.

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NO. 20 Michigan The Wolverines have been given the benefit of the doubt for way too long, and this last week’s performance was just another black mark on Jim Harbaugh’s tenure in Ann Arbor. This was supposed to be the year that the Maize and Blue finally cracked the CFP, but they’re going to have to be perfect from here on out, and I think that’s too much to ask of this program considering it hasn’t beaten Ohio State since 2011.

NO. 22 UCF The mid-major powerhouse has finally fallen. After 28 straight regular season wins, UCF got knocked off by Pitt in an absolute thriller. Regardless, this program has shown that it’s legit and can still be a nationally competitive team much like we’ve seen with Boise State after it’s electric run in the late 2000s. We know one thing for sure, there won’t be any controversy of them missing out on the playoff come the end of the season.

Washington State (Dropped Out) Things were looking good for the Cougars late Saturday night in Pullman; they had the winless Bruins on the ropes, up 49-17 and Anthony Gordon had just thrown his seventh touchdown pass of the game. Then, WSU allowed 50 points in the final quarter and a half. Fifty. Six turnovers did not help contribute to a win either, so it’s hard to blame the implosion entirely on the defense.

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The number of times the UW and USC have faced off with both teams ranked in the top-25. Washington’s record is 4-11-1 in those matchups.

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Jacob Eason’s completion percentage against BYU last weekend. It was his highest rate of completed passes in his career.

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The number of yards of Erik Folk’s game-winning field-goal kick with three seconds remaining to beat No. 3 USC in 2009.

The number of takeaways by the UW’s defense this season: four interceptions and two fumble recoveries. All six happened in the past two games.

Support student journalism, beat Oregon

By Josh Kirshenbaum The Daily Nobody tell Chris Petersen about this column, OK? Because not only am I going to focus on another school, not only am I going to talk up a rivalry, I’m going to ask you to look into the future.

Skip this game against USC. Hell, ignore the next two weeks of road games and focus on that Oct. 19 game here at Husky Stadium against Oregon.

The edition of the Game Daily that you’re going to see that day is going to look a fair bit different than the ones we usually put out. On top of the 12 normal pages of features,

previews, and hot takes, there will be an additional 12 pages of content straight from Eugene, produced by the staff at The Daily Emerald. It’s going to be bigger than any Game Daily we’ve ever put out, and it’s going to have some really amazing content. You’re definitely going to want to get your hands on a copy.

In the run-up to the game, the two newspapers are competing in a fundraising battle to see who can raise more money.

The window opened this past Monday, Sept. 23, and will run through Oct. 19 at 11:59 p.m.

(The day of the game).

So yeah, this is a column where I ask you for money. But let me make it more about why I’m asking for money.

Last year, The Daily sent writers and photographers to every road football game, the Pac-12 men’s basketball tournament, the first round of the men’s NCAA Tournament, and the Women’s College World Series. That meant flights to and from Atlanta, Salt Lake City, Las Vegas, Columbus, Oklahoma City, Los Angeles (twice), and the Bay Area (twice). That meant gas money to drive to Eugene and Pullman. And that meant hotels in nearly all of those places.

That access is a tremendous opportunity. In the short term, it lets our coverage of all of those events be that much better. In the long term, it gives us the chance to gain the experience of professional sportswriters and photographers, working

on location in the capacity that many of us hope to get to do after we graduate.

But it’s also not cheap. Going to college in a corner of the country with just three Pac-12 schools within a reasonable driving range, we have to fly more than most other student newspapers.

So far, we’ve already raised enough money to pay for a small road trip. With a little help from a lot of people, we can be in an even better place.

Oh, and I’m also asking you to help beat Oregon at something.

I know for a lot of people in the UW community, that goes a long way.

You can find our fundraising page at dailyuw.com/ fundraising. There, you’ll be

able to see how the fundraiser is going, how many people have donated, and help out with your own support if you so choose — every little bit helps.

Even if you can’t donate yourself, share that link. Tell your family, tell your friends, tell your coworkers. Share it on Twitter or Facebook or wherever you want. Shout it from the top of your lungs on Red Square.

Join me in shouting it from the top of my lungs on Red Square.

Just don’t tell Chris Petersen.

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By Alec Dietz The Daily Current players on Washington football’s roster were 10- or 11-years-old in 2009. Admittedly, many in-state Huskies were not fans of UW football in those days.

Former offensive lineman Greg Christine remembers coming off that miserable, winless 2008 season where the Huskies were firmly in the gutter.

“I remember in 2007 and 2008, I couldn’t give my four tickets away,” he said. “People

picked us to win that game, and we knew that.”

When Saturday finally rolled around, it looked early on like the game would go as everyone had expected.

A boxing match that went the distance

The three touchdown favorite Trojans roared out to a 10-0 lead in the first quarter. With a rebuilding defense that couldn’t stop the run in the opening frame and an offense that was working with a new system under Sarkisian, Carroll’s squad

that moment very distinctly,” Christine said. “He got the fumble and you could tell they were rattled, surprisingly. They were rattled.”

On USC’s next possession, backup quarterback Aaron Corp threw an interception to Butler.

Corp was only playing because freshman phenom Matt Barkley had been injured the previous week when the Trojans were on the road in Columbus against Ohio State.

The teams exchanged field goals in the fourth quarter, and with 4:01 on the clock, Locker

and then Washington trotted out placekicker Erik Folk to try and win the game in regulation.

Having seen chances for big wins fall short in years past, this was a chance they knew they couldn’t slip up.

“I was more nervous about some ref calling something,” Christine said. “You obviously think about these things in retrospect, but having seen opportunities slip through our hands in years prior, you’re just like come on, don’t let this be another one of those.”

While Christine watched from the sideline, Habben was blocking on the edge in one of the tight end spots, and remembers watching the field goal sail through the uprights with two guys on top of him on the ground.

“I was lying on my back and saw the ball go through the uprights and then the stadium erupted,” Habben said. “One of my buddies helped me up, and then from there the last kickoff, and then the stadium erupting was awesome.

“There has never been a cooler moment than seeing that ball sail through the uprights. It was phenomenal.”

Pandemonium File Photo Fans and players celebrate on the field at Husky Stadium after Washington’s 16-13 win over No. 3 USC on Sept. 19, 2009. The Huskies went on to go 5-7 that season, just missing out on a bowl berth. just wouldn’t come … No one’s coming to the games, none of your family members or friends.”

A program with a proud tradition of several Rose Bowls that they had participated in not too long before 2009, the Huskies were greeted by a mostly empty stadium — that is, before Sept. 19, in a game against No. 3 USC at Husky Stadium.

After snapping a 15-game losing streak, the longest in conference history, to Idaho a week before, former starting right tackle Cody Habben remembers a change within the UW locker room and around the program.

“The energy was different,” he said. “It felt different, completely different.”

What exactly was different though? The Huskies had just dominated a lower-tiered program in their home stadium, which is what any Power Five conference team is supposed to do.

Oh yeah. There was this guy named Sark.

Fresh off a Rose Bowl appearance with the Trojans the year prior, former USC offensive assistant Steve Sarkisian moved on to his first head coaching gig up in Seattle, and snagged the Trojans defensive coordinator Nick Holt as well to lead the Dawgs’ defense.

Because of that connection and their knowledge of former USC head coach Pete Carroll’s system, excitement began to build the week before the game.

“We had nothing to lose, we just went in and said ‘just do your job,’” Habben said. “No one in a million years would have

held the advantage.

On the UW’s first offensive play, junior quarterback Jake Locker was sacked, then fumbled, and Habben ended up with the football behind the line of scrimmage.

“I had no idea what to do with the ball,” Habben said. “I picked it up and started running and all I remember is seeing white jerseys, red helmets, and blurs…

I ran for minus-1 yard so I was in the statbook, I guess.”

That was how the game started, but just before the first quarter ended, the Huskies put together a touchdown drive capped off by a Locker run right up the middle on a designed draw. After what felt like a dominant quarter of play from the Trojans, it was only a threepoint game.

On the next USC possession, Mason Foster forced a fumble, the UW’s first defensive stop of the game, which they began to build a habit of for the rest of the game.

“The whole time we’d throw a punch and then they’d land one back,” Habben said. “There wasn’t a whole lot of points being scored, but I remember it was exciting to be in it, towards the end we started to feel the momentum change a little.”

Deadlocked at 10-10 at the half, the Huskies could feel a changing of attitudes and expectations as they took the field for the second half. As USC drove down the field with ease on their first possession of the half, linebacker Donald Butler forced a game-changing fumble in the red zone.

“Just the momentum, the crowd, everything, I remember

and the Huskies offense had one last chance to change the narrative about Washington’s football program. “[The huddle] wasn’t really anything special or unique,” Christine said. “Do what you’ve done all game, just do it now.

Just continue to do what you’ve been doing all game, and you’ll win.”

After Folk hit the short kick, the Huskies had three seconds on the clock to burn on the ensuing kickoff, and when the USC returner went down, chaos followed.

“I can’t even describe it. As I’m talking about it now, I’m getting chills,” Christine said.

“Running on the field, I’ve

never heard it louder at Husky Stadium, so many people on the field immediately after that.”

Somehow, as tens of thousands of fans stormed the field, Habben’s father and his high school coach found him amid the mayhem.

The field was covered in purple lunatics who had hopped over a five-foot wall to mob the celebrating Huskies on the field, with bits of green visible toward the edges of the field near the track at the old stadium.

“It was a great environment,” Harris said, who said that it was a game he’d never forget as a Trojan. “It was one of the best environments I’ve ever played in and I’ve played in some really big ones like the Rose Bowl and at Ohio State. At the end of the day, I always tell people this is a special place to play.”

While Harris could only hope to avoid all the purple-clad fans swarming the field, Habben and Christine absorbed everything they could from the victory. And still today, when people talk about the resurgence of the UW football program, there will be some that said it started that dreary day in late September where the underdog Huskies took down the powerhouse Trojans, who were just one year removed from a Rose Bowl.

“That was by far the most exciting piece of everything,” Christine said. “Finally people being excited about Washington football, once again.”

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

Twitter: @AlecDietz

The drive

It didn’t get off to a great start for the Huskies and Locker, who was sacked on the very first play of the drive right up the middle. But after a short gain on second-down, Washington came up big in perhaps the biggest conversion of the game.

Locker took a snap from under center and fired a pass right over the middle to receiver Jermaine Kearse for a first down.

Current UW defensive backs coach Will Harris was the one who made the tackle for the Trojans on that play.

“Once we converted that, there was no doubt in my mind that we were going to win,” Christine said. “That was typically when Washington needed to make a play in 2007 and 2008, we wouldn’t make that play. That was the moment where, third3rd-and-forever, you have to make a play to win the game, and we actually made a play.”

After Locker found Kearse again for a first down and got roughed in the process after the throw, suddenly, the Dawgs were all the way down to the USC 8-yard-line with less than a minute to go.

Sarkisian opted to center the ball with a Chris Polk run,

File Photo Former USC defensive back Will Harris tackles former UW receiver Jermaine Kearse during the Huskies’ 16-13 win against the No. 3 Trojans on Sept. 19, 2009. Harris now serves as the Huskies’ defensive backs coach in 2019.

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

By Evan Wong The Daily Following their first road victory of the season against BYU, the No. 17 Washington football team heads into its second Pac-12 matchup of the year against No. 21 USC. Let’s take a closer look at the keys and figures of the Huskies’ second conference opponent of the 2019 season.

3 numbers to know 351: After true freshman

backup quarterback Kedon Slovis got knocked out of the Utah game on the first drive of the first quarter, redshirt junior and thirdstring quarterback Matt Fink took the reigns of the Southern California offense. Fink threw for 351 passing yards in addition to three touchdown passes in an eventual 30-23 upset over then-No. 10 Utah.

232: Senior wide receiver Michael Pittman Jr. had a career night against the Utes. Pittman snagged 10 passes for a career-high

232 receiving yards and one receiving touchdown.

He also tallied 95 receiving yards and two receiving scores against BYU two weeks ago as the goto aerial threat for the Trojans.

14: Sophomore safety

Talanoa Hufanga flew around on defense for USC in last week’s matchup against Utah. Hufanga registered a career-best 14 tackles (1.5 for loss) and 0.5 sacks. He has at least eight total tackles in every game so far this season, with three straight games of double-digit tackle production.

2 players to watch Palaie Gaoteote IV - LB Sophomore Palaie Gaoteote IV and Hufanga were the defensive stalwarts for USC’s game against Utah.

Gaoteote IV had a careerbest 14 total tackles in the Trojans’ victory over the Utes. Gaoteote appeared in 10 games and started five as a true freshman while looking to become

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Vavae Malepeai - RB Junior tailback Vavae Malepeai is the lead back for the Trojans after racking up 69 rushing attempts through USC’s first four games. He’s also added four touchdowns via the ground. With nearly three times the amount of carries than the next back, Malepeai is the only USC player with more than 100.

1 recap of last game USC quickly went from one backup quarterback to the next in its matchup against Utah. quarterback Slovis took a crushing hit on the first drive of the game and Fink filled the void under center for the Trojans. The former third-stringer went on to throw two passing touchdowns in the first half, which included passes from 29 and 31 yards out to redshirt junior Tyler Vaughns and sophomore Amon-Ra St. Brown.

USC took a 14-10 advantage into halftime

and forced a Utah punt during the Utes’ first possession of the second half. Following the punt, the Trojans punched it into the endzone following a six-play, 90 yard drive that was capped off by a 77 yard strike from Fink to Pittman to give USC a 21-10 lead.

The Utes responded with a touchdown following a Fink interception to cut the deficit to 21-17. Utah tacked on a field goal to get even closer at 21-20 but that would be the closest they would get. USC sacked Utes quarterback Tyler Huntley in the end zone and the Utes got penalized for intentional grounded, which resulted in a safety and a 23-20 advantage for the Trojans.

USC tacked on another touchdown and earned an upset victory over the Utes by a score of 30-23 to earn their second win over a top-25 team this season.

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