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Dawgman.com's Kim Grinolds spoke this week with the publisher of CougarSportsInsider.com, Mitch Harper. CougarSportsInsider.com is the BYU Cougars site on the 247Sports Network. Grinolds and Harper spoke about the playing conditions Washington will face against BYU Saturday afternoon, the reasoning behind BYU's 'White Out' for the game, including throwback helmets and jerseys and guest appearances...

So, Salvon Ahmed is really into music. Sean McGrew is a smart aleck. Richard Newton is all about ball, until he's not. Then he's just a silly freshman. And Kamari Pleasant ? Each day is a new day for the junior, you never know what you might get. Malik Braxton is the senior citizen of the group. And the true freshmen - Cameron Davis and Camden VerStrate ? They're still so young, they're trying to...

Chris Petersen isn't much for excuses anyway, but he's really not interesting in hearing anything more about the fact that Washington is playing on grass this weekend. In his normal Thursday press gaggle, the UW Head Coach had to repeatedly brush back questions about finding places to practice on grass, whether the UW soccer field was a place they could have practiced on, who might be affected mor...

The Washington offense put up 52 points and 450 yards on Hawaii last week. By all weights and measures, it was a successful day for the Husky offensive attack, but things weren't all hunky dory for the Dawgs. In the third quarter, Hawaii held the ball for 12:05 while Washington ran just eight plays, allowing Hawaii the opportunity to draw closer although eventually they settled down and ran away w...

One of the things we don't talk about enough at Dawgman.com is the work our interns do year-in and year-out. Luke Mounger has been nothing short of a rock star the last four years, but just like the players graduate, our interns also matriculate to bigger and better things. And that also means we've got to go out and scout up, evaluate, and recruit the talent to take our intern position to the nex...

Washington may have beaten BYU 35-7 last year in comprehensive fashion, but this isn't last year's BYU team the Huskies will face Saturday in Provo. And no one knows that better than the UW defensive players and coaches, who talked Tuesday about what they've seen on tape and how Cougar quarterback Zach Wilson is fundamentally different than the quarterback UW saw last year, Tanner Mangum . In talk...

Many fans would think Chris Petersen played Brigham Young all the time during his stint as Boise State's head coach, but they only played twice, in 2012 and 2013. In Petersen's final season with the Broncos, they traveled to Provo and lost, 37-20. So he knows how tough it can be playing at LaVell Edwards Stadium. Petersen talked to the media Monday about BYU, how you can throw the numbers out when...

For those Washington fans catching up from a busy weekend of sports - one that saw the Huskies, Seahawks, Mariners, and Sounders all win - here's the media session with junior quarterback Jacob Eason after UW beat Hawai'i 52-20. Eason finished the game 18-25 for 262, three touchdowns, and no interceptions. His quarterback efficiency rating is at 163.80 through three games, good enough for fifth in...

Apparently for the Washington Huskies, it's how you start AND how you finish. While the third quarter wasn't anything to write home about, the Huskies did enough in the first half and fourth quarter to derail Hawaii's thoughts of beating a third-straight Pac-12 team. Washington won the game 52-20, but if the third quarter hadn't been played, the game would have finished 52-7. But they play the ful...

The Huskies got back on the winning track on Saturday as they came out focused and ready to go in their 52-20 blowout win over Hawaii. The win gets Washington to 2-1 on the season, but more importantly, it seemed to be a gut-check for the team after their frustrating loss to Cal last weekend. On Saturday, Mother Nature sent wind but very little rain, at least during the game, and gave Husky fans t...

After last week's frustrating loss to Cal, the Huskies are at a bit of a crossroads as they head into their game later today against Hawaii. One of the biggest concerns to come out of 20-19 loss to Cal at Husky Stadium last week is where their receiving corps' confidence level lies. Andre Baccellia , Aaron Fuller and Chico McClatcher , all seniors, had multiple drops and missed opportunities and d...

WarriorSportsNetwork.com's Jackson Moore joined Dawgman's Kim Grinolds to get a Hawai'i perspective on Saturday's Hawai'i-Washington game, set for a 4:30 pm Pacific Time start at Husky Stadium. First, they talked about UH Head Coach Nick Rolovich trying to bring back the June Jones glory days, from embracing everything his alma mater is about for recruiting, to adapting the run and shoot offense h...

The way Chris Petersen talked about Hawai'i on Thursday, you would have thought Washington was playing a service academy this coming weekend. Not only has UH Head Coach Nick Rolovich brought back the ghost of June Jones and his run and shoot attack, but the Rainbow Warriors also incorporate a defensive scheme Petersen said UW doesn't see in the Pac-12. That means a lot of scouting took place this...

The Washington Husky offense struggled last week in their 20-19 loss to Cal and the coaching staff and players on that side of the ball and trying to find answers. On Wednesday, several of the offensive players and coaches met with the media and to a man, they all said they just have to play better. Junior Adams' crew had several drops and that is something that they are focusing on. Will we see m...

On Tuesday, Washington Defensive Coordinator Jimmy Lake spoke with the media for over 10 minutes on what took place in the 20-19 loss to Cal, and what it's going to be like for the UW defense this coming Saturday when they face a unique offense, Hawaii's run and shoot. It's usually played with four receivers, but the unique part of the offense is the way the receivers adjust on the fly to what the...

The Washington defensive players and coaches were all on the same page Tuesday when talking about what went wrong Saturday night against California. It was missed tackles, it was trying to do more than their assignment, which creates creases and gaps that the Golden Bears exploited. Whether it was Jimmy Lake , Ikaika Malloe , Ryan Bowman , Elijah Molden , or Myles Bryant , they all talked about st...

Washington Head Coach Chris Petersen addressed the media Monday, less than 36 hours after UW's 20-19 loss to California. It was a bizarre set of circumstances surrounding the game, and Petersen was asked about that, as well as how the game unfolded, decisions on clock and player management, and a lot of other topics.

Chris Petersen, Jimmy Lake, Nick Harris, and Myles Bryant react to a crazy 20-19 loss to Cal at Husky Stadium, which broke their 15-game home winning streak. It was crazy for a few reasons, but the biggest one was the two-hour and 39-minute extreme weather delay, something that's never happened at Husky Stadium in the modern era, to our knowledge. It was because of thunder and lightning in the are...

It was just a weird night that capped off a weird day of college football. A football game started each team got a series, and then a two-hour and 39-minute extreme weather delay took place. Then the teams came back out, played the rest of the game until 1:30 in the morning, and in the end a 17-yard field goal was the difference. It's certainly not the way the Washington Huskies would have envisio...

The guys from Dawgman.com - Kim Grinolds, Chris Fetters, and Scott Eklund - don't have a radio show on Sports Radio KJR 950 this morning, so we did the next best thing. We got together and put out our thoughts on what we expect to see from the Washington Huskies and California Golden Bears tonight at Husky Stadium. The game time start is 7:30 pm and can be seen on Fox Sports 1 (FS1). To get more i...

We wanted to get a first-hand perspective on the California Golden Bears, and Dawgman.com's Kim Grinolds literally went into Bear Territory to find out more. He spoke with BearTerritory. Net's Jackson Moore to get the full scoop on Washington's Saturday opponent. They talked about Cal Quarterback Chase Garbers , running back Chris Brown - who had 197 yards rushing in week one against UC-Davis - an...

It's not easy, even if Chris Petersen makes it look easy sometimes. In fact, the easier it looks probably means the tougher it was to make it look that way. That's the conundrum young ex-players face when thinking about getting into the world of coaching, and the UW Head Coach talked Thursday to the media on a number of subject, but the topic of coaching came up because the Huskies hired former UW...

Dawgman.com's Kim Grinolds spoke Wednesday with Washington junior quarterback Jacob Eason , who talked about his performance against Eastern Washington, his favorite EWU post-game moment, what he's seen from Cal on film ahead of their Saturday night game at Husky Stadium, and keeping calm after missing basically two years from behind center after an injury at Georgia led him back to the Evergreen...

On Wednesday, the media got the chance to talk with several of the Husky players and coaches, but the man on the spot was quarterback Jacob Eason who found himself surrounded by 15 people wanting to hear his thoughts on how he played against Eastern Washington as well as what it is that Cal's defense does so well. Eason gave his thoughts on getting the chance to play for the first time in nearly t...

Dawgman.com's Kim Grinolds spoke Tuesday with Washington Defensive Coordinator Jimmy Lake , and he looked back at UW's 47-14 win over Eastern Washington, what went right and wrong, and also looked ahead to California, quarterback Chase Garbers , running back Chris Brown , how his young defensive backs graded out, and a lot more.