Dawgman Radio: A Washington Huskies athletics podcast

A lot of coaches would love the fact that they get two bye weeks in a season, and  Chris Petersen  is probably one of them...with a caveat. He gets to choose when the team gets them. So it wasn't a surprise Thursday that the UW Head Coach, in an ideal world, would have wanted to get a bye week just a little earlier in the schedule. Right before the Oregon game, Washington was the only top-25 team...

The season is basically upon us already, and we barely had time to catch our breath. But for  Mike Hopkins  and the Washington Men's Basketball team, Thursday's Halloween exhibition game against Western Washington has been months in the making, especially for those players who had to sit with the NCAA Tournament second-round defeat to North Carolina in their gut for the summer. Hopkins spoke to th...

After a week off, the Huskies got back to work on Monday with a focus on Utah, which has one of the top defenses in the nation and head coach  Chris Petersen  listed why they are so good during his Monday press conference. "They have one of the best defenses in the country. I don’t know what all the stats are saying and all that stuff, but there is no doubt this is one of the best defenses in the...

Elijah Molden  called it 'old school football'. He said it's like going into an alley to see who comes out last. And really, it's about what you'd expect from the Utah Utes and Washington Huskies, who have had a handful of knock-down, drag-out brawls on the football field the last few years. The series record may be 12-1 in UW's favor, but that doesn't do the rough-and-tumble nature of this series...

"We got some good work done. I think guys appreciated last week just in terms of how it went, the time off, the practices we did. Get a chance more than anything is get rested up. A lot of times it’s more healed up or more rested up, probably more rested up. It was good and on to a really good, really good Utah team. Those guys are doing a phenomenal job. Kyle always does. Nothing different. I thi...

In talking to the Washington big men this week during their media day, one thing became quite clear, quite quickly: they are excited to show off their hard work. Whether it's the lone senior Sammy Timmins or the true freshmen phenoms  Isaiah Stewart  and  Jaden McDaniels , this is a collection of forwards and centers Washington has never had before, at least not since the days of Christian Welp an...

The guys from Dawgman.com were all over media day this week for Washington Men's Basketball, talking with basically all of the scholarship players, save for  Quade Green , who was not able to talk until his eligibility waiver has been cleared by the NCAA. The first group up? The guards, led by junior  Nahziah Carter  and sophomore  Jamal Bey . They are the two most experienced players, but that's...

Jaden McDaniels ' reticence toward answering his phone has become the stuff of mythology with the media over the years, mostly because he likes to keep everything close within his circle. But there was nowhere for the quiet 6-foot-9 true freshman forward to go Tuesday at UW's Media Day, so he sat down and answered questions during the first group interview he's had since his days in the EYBL. "I h...

The press spoke to UW true freshman center  Isaiah Stewart  on media day Tuesday, the first time he's talked with the Seattle reporters. From the transition from high school to college ball to getting acclimated to the zone, the 6-foot-9 forward from Rochester, New York thought it would be easier. He's more used to playing man, but by his own admission, sometimes he still gets lost in the zone. Bu...

Everyone knows  Mike Hopkins  doesn't need a cup of coffee to get his energy levels right. So when he was asked Tuesday about the upcoming basketball season, the UW Head Coach got giddier than a triple espresso. He's already excited about the year to start, but then when he gets to talk about his guys? The enthusiasm goes off the charts. And it's fair to say that  Mike Hopkins  is pretty happy wit...

Dawgman.com's Chris Fetters found Rob Rang of NFL Draft Scout ahead of the Oregon-Washington game to get a sense as to what the pro scouts in attendance would be looking for, and more importantly - who they'd be looking at. There was overflow media at Husky Stadium Saturday, something you might see only once or twice a season, and at half of the people using the overflow seats were scouts. Rang wa...

The Dawgman guys spoke with Washington Head Coach  Chris Petersen , quarterback  Jacob Eason , running back  Salvon Ahmed , center Nick Harris, and defensive back  Myles Bryant  after Washington's 35-31 loss to No. 12 Oregon Saturday at Husky Stadium. THE LINEUP: Chris Petersen Jacob Eason Salvon Ahmed Nick Harris Myles Bryant

It was billed as a showdown game, a game that would probably tell the tale of the Pac-12 North, and it delivered all of that - and more. But unfortunately for the home team, the Washington Huskies couldn't overcome Oregon's strong second-half running the ball and key third and four-down conversions to outlast the Dawgs 35-31 at Husky Stadium. The guys from Dawgman.com - Kim Grinolds, Chris Fetters...

The guys from Dawgman.com -  Kim Grinolds, Chris Fetters, and Scott Eklund  - got together and gave their final thoughts about all the different matchups and permutations surrounding No. 12 Oregon traveling north to Seattle to face No. 25 Washington at Husky Stadium. With a 12:30 pm kickoff on ABC in rainy conditions in October, the only thing this game is missing is  Keith Jackson , followed by a...

Dawgman.com's Kim Grinolds checked in with  Matt Prehm of Duck Territory  to get his thoughts on the Oregon Ducks ahead of their trip north to take on Washington Saturday at Husky Stadium. They talked about  Justin Herbert , as well as their younger group of wide receivers who have been struggling and banged up a bit. And Oregon has some solid running backs, but they aren't quite like the tailback...

And no, it's not 'The Oregon Ducks'. According to  Chris Petersen , there's nothing worse than hearing these three words from a player: I got you. "No you don't have it," the Washington Head Coach said Thursday to the media with a sly grin. "Don't say that to us. It's just that mindset of right back to square one." It's the expectation of constant improvement and not settling for getting to a cert...

It's Oregon week and that means that the Huskies have tightened things up which players and coaches are available to the media. It wasn't a large contingent, but it was a good group that featured the starting quarterback, starting left tackle and the offensive coordinator. QB  Jacob Eason , coming off of the win over Arizona, talked about the progress of the offense as well as what it is like bein...

Jimmy Lake  said they'll obviously put their wrinkles in, but when it came to getting more pressure at Arizona, for instance, it was 'all the same'. The same from game one through last weekend. And that won't change this weekend against the Oregon Ducks. When  Myles Bryant  was asked if Oregon week feels a little different than other weeks, he said it's just the next game on the schedule. Levi Onw...

It took about half a second before the first question was asked from the media about redshirt freshman linebacker MJ Tafisi , who had to be carted off the field Saturday night in Washington's 51-27 win over Arizona. UW Head Coach Chris Petersen said it was a 'significant stinger', but that he had been checked out at a Tucson hospital, and then in Seattle the next day, and that he's 'doing well'. T...

It was a little somber in the Washington dressing room Saturday night, even though the Huskies had just beaten Arizona 51-27. It was that way because one of the players, linebacker MJ Tafisi , had been carted off with an injury at the end of the third quarter. But the news came back positive after the game, as Tafisi joined his teammates on the charter back to Seattle. Chris Petersen spoke to the...

The guys from Dawgman.com - Kim Grinolds, Chris Fetters, and Scott Eklund - went overtime to produce a post-game podcast, but this one was so worth it. That's because Washington outscored Arizona 38-10 en route to a convincing 51-27 victory over the Wildcats at Arizona Stadium Saturday night. It looked like it was going to be a big game for the Huskies from the start, as they were able to get a co...

The guys from Dawgman.com - Kim Grinolds, Chris Fetters, and Scott Eklund - got up early again to record a full pregame podcast breaking down all the main storylines ahead of Washington's Saturday night game at Arizona. The Huskies, desperate to right all the wrongs that came out of their 23-13 loss at Stanford, need some positive momentum heading into a big crunch game the following weekend again...

Dawgman.com's Kim Grinolds is already down in the desert, so he was able to track down Jason Scheer, the publisher and senior writer for Wildcat Authority, the Arizona site on the 247Sports Network. Scheer broke down Arizona's top offensive skill players, starting with Khalil Tate , JJ Taylor , and their potent stable of running backs. He also talked about the turning point with Arizona's run game...

Chris Petersen called it 'smelling salts'. It's that wake-up call you get when you put the tape on and all of a sudden you see all the things that went wrong with technique, fundamentals, scheme, and everything else a coaching staff picks apart after a win or a loss. In the case of this particular week, the smelling salts probably went hand-in-hand with endless cups of coffee as the Washington coa...

Questions abounded, especially on message boards and talk radio, following Washington's frustrating 23-13 loss to Stanford on the road on Saturday and that's continued all week long, but fans and pundits aren't the only people looking for answers. The Husky offensive players and staff are also trying to figure out what went wrong and how they can fix it. Offensive coordinator Bush Hamdan said he e...