Dawgman Radio: A Washington Huskies athletics podcast

It's exactly seven days, ladies and gentlemen. For a long time, we thought this moment would never come, but here it is. And to that end, the guys from Dawgman.com -  Kim Grinolds, Chris Fetters, and Scott Eklund  - discuss all the relevant topics as we head to game week. With the Washington Huskies traveling south to California next weekend to play the Golden Bears at 7:30 pm on ESPN, there are a...

You would stand a better chance of breaking into Fort Knox than the Washington Football offices if you were to try and find out who leads in the competition to start at quarterback. After tweeting a 9-6 result, courtesy of a game-winning field goal by  Peyton Henry , Lake wouldn't even concede that touchdowns hadn't been scored during UW's last practice 'game', held last Saturday night. The Huskie...

It was another feel-good story; a local player who decided to walk-on earned a scholarship for the fall quarter. It's happened in the past, and it happened again this year. The recipient?  Jack Westover , who only thought about playing football again his senior season at Mount Si, and only played two games before breaking his collarbone. But then-UW TE Coach  Jordan Paopao  spied something in the...

The Huskies are a little over four weeks away from the start of the 2020/2021 basketball season and  Mike Hopkins  has a lot of new faces on the court and a new offense to install. After eight practices, fourth-year head coach  Mike Hopkins  likes the versatility of his team and the progress they have made, but he knows there is still a lot of work ahead of him. One of the biggest subjects for Hop...

Saturday night was Washington's third practice 'game', one where they simulate every situation they'll find themselves dealing with on an actual game day, from the coin toss to warming up, to special teams and everything in-between. According to UW Head Coach  Jimmy Lake ,  Peyton Henry  hit a field goal to 'win' the game as time expired. So it sounds like the defense definitely carried the day. T...

The guys from Dawgman.com -  Chris Fetters and Scott Eklund  - recap their thoughts from a busy third week of fall camp, one where they were able to talk to a few coaches and players, but weren't necessarily able to glean a ton through their words. But they do talk about some of the things they've heard coming from camp as the Huskies go through their third practice 'game' today. But first things...

As his team wraps up its third full week of preseason camp, head coach  Jimmy Lake  is excited about the progress of his team. He has been effusive in his praise of the energy on the field and how quickly they have picked things up. One area on the minds of everyone, including Lake and offensive coordinator  John Donovan , is who will wind up taking the snaps for the Huskies when they take the fie...

Richard Newton  admitted to the media Thursday he didn't really care which single-digit number he got; he just wanted one. And that kind of encapsulates the sophomore running back's personality to a T. As long as he gets his corner of the room, he's not going to get greedy. He doesn't need to be that every-down back. When asked how many carries he'd like to get against California on November 7, he...

We never quite got an answer to what  Will Harris 's favorite Monday Night Football snack is, but we do know he was paying full attention to what  Budda Baker ,  Byron Murphy , and  Ezekiel Turner  were doing in Arizona's 38-10 win at Dallas. All Baker did was earn NFC Defensive Player of the Week honors for recording a sack, a forced fumble, and his first career interception in the win over the C...

There's been a lot of receiver talk this fall, and it sounds like there's been plenty of good reasons why. On Tuesday, the media spoke with Washington Receivers Coach  Junior Adams , as well as junior receiver  Terrell Bynum . Coach Adams and Bynum didn't give up much on how the role of the receivers has changed in John Donovan's new pro-style attack, but they did talk about being multiple like th...

Even with the loss of his most experienced defensive lineman,  Ikaika Malloe  is still very excited about his room. Why is that? He says it's a hungry group of players who is always looking to learn. When you combine those traits with the talented on hand, you have a recipe for success. On Sunday, Malloe met with the media and talked about some of his youngsters, but the two he focused on were  Ja...

The guys from Dawgman.com -  Kim Grinolds, Chris Fetters, and Scott Eklund  - go through each position group to recap what the coaches and players have talked about since the media are only allowed 20 minutes per week to watch the team and gather video and photos. And there has been a lot to chew on. The media has spoken this week to UW Head Coach  Jimmy Lake , new offensive coordinator  John Dono...

Washington head coach  Jimmy Lake  sat down to talk with the media following practice on Friday. Here's what he had to say, including questions on Josiah Bronson , Kevin Thomson , Cameron Davis , Rome Odunze ,  Jacob Sirmon , his relationship with  Pete Kwiatkowski , the battle to take Joe Tryon's spot as and edge-rusher, one that includes Laiatu Latu , and more.

With the exception of the inside linebackers, who lost two senior starters but retained one in  Edefuan Ulofoshio , no position group has dealt with more upheaval than the Washington offensive line. But a bit of that has been by design. Yes, they lost four seniors that had at least one start in 2019:  Trey Adams ,  Nick Harris ,  Jared Hilbers , and  Henry Roberts . But they also have back four of...

According to  Bob Gregory , the Washington linebackers struggled on Wednesday, the first day the team was able to go in full pads after completing their acclimatization days. Does that mean the whole defense struggled? Obviously it's hard to know without being there, but Gregory did tell the media on hand during their post-practice Zoom call that there's still plenty of reasons to be optimistic if...

As of now,  John Donovan  has ruled no one out. And although he doesn't want to have to wait until game week to announce a starting quarterback, he hasn't ruled out the idea of using more than one signal caller, if necessary. This is the reality of Washington's current quarterback battle, and the first-year offensive coordinator spoke to the media Tuesday a day ahead of when the pads could officia...

On Sunday, it was the defense's turn to stand in front of the media firing line via Zoom, so Washington Defensive Coordinator  Pete Kwiatkowski , senior OLB/DE  Ryan Bowman , and senior defensive back  Elijah Molden  each took their spot after day three of fall camp to answer questions. Kwiatkowski took questions on individual players like Bowman and true freshman  Jordan Lolohea , as well as how...

Friday was the first day the Washington Huskies were able to take part in what most would accurately describe as an actual practice and not something that more closely resembled a smaller group activity. They were able to line up, run plays, and basically do things you might see a football team do on Saturdays in front of a large crowd of fans. But now we're talking about football in the time of C...

Two of Dawgman.com's interns, Intern Emeritus  Luke Mounger  and current intern  Jack McCauley , are itching to get the 2020 Washington Football season underway! So what better way to do that than to put together a podcast of their thoughts heading into the season. They talk about the new schedule and go through it game-by-game, including some in-depth talk on Washington's first opponent - a trip...

Technically, the Washington Huskies are going through their fall camp right now, but the reality is that camp won't really start until the pads start popping. And that won't be until this coming Tuesday.  In the meantime, Washington Head Coach  Jimmy Lake  is making the rounds with the media, and he's also acting as one of the torch-bearers for the Pac-12 conference. He's doing his best to stick u...

The guys from Dawgman.com - Kim Grinolds, Chris Fetters, and Scott Eklund - discuss the Saturday morning breaking news; the Pac-12 has released their THIRD 2020 football schedule, and let's hope the third time is the charm. The Washington Huskies open up their 2020 season at California on November 7th, followed by home games against Oregon State and Arizona. Then, as they do every two years, they...

On Tuesday, Washington Head Coach  Jimmy Lake  answered the below questions from the media via a Zoom call, as well as gave some opinions on various position groups. He also talked about simplifying schemes, but still making it difficult for the opponent in order for his guys to play as fast as possible. He also talked about his job as being a different kind of problem-solver during this time, as...

The guys from Dawgman.com - Kim Grinolds, Chris Fetters, and Scott Eklund - spoke for the first time since practice started back up on Montlake. UW Football is back! Or at least back practicing, pending the release of this next iteration of the Pac-12 schedule. We'd be surprised if it isn't released sometime this week, but in the meantime, the Seattle media spoke with  Jimmy Lake ,  Elijah Molden...

Dawgman.com's Kim Grinolds talks to the Washington Athletic Director Jen Cohen shortly after the news broke that the Pac-12 had voted to bring back football. How did it happen? How is the Quidel daily antigen testing going to be implemented? They talked about the difficulties faced by the department during the pandemic, including the furlough of staff and cutting back to keep the non-revenue sport...

Washington fans got great news Thursday evening when it was announced that the Pac 12 had voted unanimously to start preparing for the 2020 football season which will begin on November 6th, so some normalcy is starting to return and we thought it was a great opportunity to catch up with 247's Brandon Huf fman and get an update on the recruiting front. In the 50-plus minute podcast, Huffman and Daw...