Thursday, April 3, 2025

Washington Huskies in NFL: Atlanta Falcons

The Atlanta Falcons had five players
from the Huskies who played or 
where on their roster in 2024.

The most familiar face for Huskies 
fans is  Michael Penix Jr. who was 
drafted in the first round last year.

When drafted by the Falcons was why.
They had Kirk Cousins and he is 
making a lot of money.  The last 
three games of the season Penix
became the starter with the Falcons
struggling on the season and he
is expected to start the 2025 season.

The Falcons drafted Bralen Trice
in the 2024 draft. Unfortunately
he injured a knee and was out for 
the season. We hope he is back
to play edge rusher in 2025.

Kevin King a veteran cornerback
was drafted by the Green Bay
Packers back in 2017 in the
second round . He played for 
them five seasons. King played 
last  year for the Falcons in 15 
games s a reserve. He now is a 
free aentso not sure where he 
will land.

Kaleb McCrary right tackle was
drafted by the Falcons in 2019
in the first round. He has been
influence in their running game
ever since than.

Keith Taylor a cornerback was
drafted in fifth round by Carolina
in 2021. He spent two years there
and the last two with the Kansas
City Chiefs as a reserve. Now he
is with Atlanta so hopefully he 
gets in playing time.

We wish the best for all former
Huskies on the Falcons. Go Dawgs.

Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Mariners Beat Tigers

The Mariners took three games
to do it however finally beat the
Tigers 3-2.

We would have thought the M's
would have won either game one
or two however stuck to winning
game.

As expected it was a pitching 
duel. The Mariners scored first
in the second inning after the 
Tigers had a miscue in the infield.
Victor Robles hit a double to
drive in both Dylan Moore and
JP Crawford. Dylan Moore had 
a  solo home run in the 4th.

Tigers got their two runs in the
fifth inning. Trey Sweeney led
off with home run and second 
was on a double play. 

Luis Castillo was pitcher of the
game going seven innings. He
gave up five hits, two walks and
five strike outs. This allowed 
the Mariners go with two 
relievers.

Gabe Speier who is back now
and healthy gave up no hits
and struck out one. The ninth
inning was tough as Andre 
Munoz allowed the Tigers
to load the bases with no
outs. Fortunately he was 
able to get out of it. Dylan
Moore took a short grounder 
and threw it home to Mitch 
Garver who was catching 
on the day.

The Mariners lineup for the
most part still struggling at
the plate. Just need to get 
three or four runs to win.
Running the bases will be
important for the guys.
Don't strike out so much.

The Mariners have Thursday 
off and then face the Giants
in the San Francisco area.
This series won't be easy
as they take on Justin 
Verlander who is now with 
the Giants on Friday. Glad 
he isn't with the Astros 
anymore. On Saturday 
the Mariners will face 
former Mariner pitcher 
Robbie Ray. Remember 
he was traded to the 
Giants for Mitch Haniger. 
Go M's.




Washington State Cougars Spring Practice 2025

The Washington State Cougars 
spring practices started before
the Huskies last Saturday. Each
team has about 30 practices in
the spring. 

The Cougars are having practice
in Spokane this year. Helps not
to be distracted. The Cougars have
to do what the Huskies did last
year go with a new head coach
Jimmy Rogers who came over
from South Dakota State and
his new staff along with new 
offense.

Now with the transfer portal
new players besides freshmen
are new to the team and fans.
It is going be like the NFL or
more so having free agents
each year.

If you are a freshman this could
be your only season or you have
to compete against some new
guys. On offense the Cougars
have many of the guys return
who have eligibility left though
did lose their starting quarterback
John Mateer before last years
bowl game.

The Cougars have Zevi Eckhaus
back at quarterback who had
initially gone into the transfer 
portal.  Though a backup until
the bowl he is a senior so one
year to show his stuff.

The Cougars have only two
transfers into their starting
lineup. One is wide receiver
Devin Ellison a transfer from
junior college so he will have
to learn to cope at a higher
level. 

At tight end is Ademola Faleye
a transfer from Michigan State
and a senior. Not used a lot
last year in catches with only
two. Expect a lot more this 
season.

On defense the Cougars have
five new starters who have
transfered over. Mostly at
linebacker and defensive backs.
They have five more backing
them up. Cougar fans hope
they will have a better defense
this season. 

We will introduce to the guys
over the weeks ahead. Go Cougs!

Tuesday, April 1, 2025

Mariners Second Loss To Tigers

Again Logan Gilbert is getting
little run support and unfortunately
the Mariners unable to win.

Final Tigers 4 Mariners 1

Logan gave up two runs with
a double  followed by a single 
and the hitter who drove in
the run went to second. He was 
driven in too. This was in the first.

Victor Robles had the only hit 
of the game for the Mariners
to lead off in the Mariners
half of the first. 

Logan gave up another run
in the third. No other runs
through five innings. He 
threw 92 pitches as he struck
out five. 

The Mariners got their lone
run in the seventh inning
when Tellez had s sacrifice
fly to score Arozarena.
The Tigers got their final
run on a homer off Thornton.

The Mariners and Tigers
play a day on Wednesday.
The Mariners face the Tigers
ace do.they will have to find
a way to score runs to avoid 
a sweep. We could say the 
Mariners missed the playoffs
on how they played the Tigers
last year and the same happening
this time.

The Mariners could learn from
the Tigers on how to score in
T-Mobile Park. Work elsewhere 
too. 

The Mariners were without
Jorge Polanco who went on
parenity list as his wife was
having a baby. Leo Rivas
was brought up from Tacoma.
The Mariners sent down 
Emerson Hancock to Tacoma
after Monday's game. The
Mariners will have Thursday's
off before facing the Giants
on Friday. The Mariners
likely skip the fifth starter on 
Sunday with Logan facing 
them. The Mariners won't
need a fifth starter for a 
while  as they have a
day off on Thursday April
10th as well. They have two
Mondays off in a row after 
that too. They may not need
a fifth starter until May unless
Kirby returns before then. 
The Mariners brought up
Jhonathan Diaz in his spot
however he likely pitch out
of the bullpen until Troy
Taylor is activated. Matt 
Brash might be available 
before George Kirby too.
Go M's. 













Washington Huskies Spring Practice Begins

Now that April 1 is here and no joke
Washington Huskies spring practice
begins. Huskies fans can actually 
go and see practices.  There will
be a total of 15.

On offense it begins with Desmond
Williams Jr. who became the starter
near the end of last season. There
is a lot expected of him. The Huskies
brought in a senior to back him up
in Kai Horton from Tulane.

At running back the Huskies return
Jonah Coleman and Adam Muhammad. The Huskies again 
will go with three receivers. Denzel
Boston will be familiar name to
everyone. Decker DeGraaf who
had an outstanding freshman
year will return at tight end. Also
Quentin Moore who missed most
of last year will be the second
tight end as well.

On the offensive line  Landen
Hatchett will be the starting
center as long as he can stay 
healthy.  The left side at guard
wiil be his older brother Geirean
who returns after being gone
a year at Oklahoma. They bring
in Carver Willis a senior transfer.
We will let you know about the
right side at another time along
with the other receivers.

On defense the Huskies will.have
six new starters and we will let
you about them to later as transfers.

The Huskies will go with three on
the defensive line, three linebackers
and sometimes four. They will show
five defensive backs. The fourth
linebacker will come in when they
don't play the nickel.

The Huskies will have experience
with eight seniors and four juniors
included in the fourth linebacker
or nickel back. We hope this make
the dense stronger especially against
the run. 

As far as backups on defense
the Huskies have five seniors, 
They are all redshirted along 
with almost the rest of the guys.

We will let you know any changes
during spring camp. A better
group than last year. Go Dawgs. 



Monday, March 31, 2025

Hancock Tough Luck First Start

The Detroit Tigers were able to score 
six runs in the first inning off Emerson
Hancock. Final score 9-6. There
was some tough luck with hits
dropping in.  Emerson only able 
to get two outs.

This was s surprise since the Tigers
were going to use their bullpen.
Both teams used four relievers 
each.  Carlos Vargas was the M's
third reliever who went three 
and two-thirds giving up four hits
 He gave up a run before taken
out on a ball that dropped in front
of outfielders. 

The Mariners are expecting Troy
Taylor soon and Matt Brash after
that. Vargas showed that he 
could stick around if he continues
to pitch this way. 

Hitting department the Mariners
scored a single run from the
second thru the fifth inning
which is a good sign. Arozarena
started by hitting a solo home run
in the second. Luke Raley hit a
homer in the fourth. Cal hit a
two run homer in the ninth to
conclude the Mariners scoring. 

Logan Gilbert will make his 
second start and any like his
first in the opener the Mariners
have a good shot to win.  They
face another right hander so
likely the same lineup again.
Go M's. 





Huskies In The NFL : Tampa Bay Buccaneers

We will look at the Washington Huskies in the NFL by team. We start with the
Tampa Bay as they have most players
with five.

The most recent Huskies drafted
by the  buccaneers last year were
wide receiver Jalen McMillan in
the third round and Delvin Culp
in the seventh round.

McMillan missed half of the season
when the Huskies went to the
National Championship game. The
reason he didn't get drafted until
the third round. He had a good rookie
season with 37 catches and 8
touchdowns. We hope a better season
in 2025-26.

Delvin Culp tight end college career
was mostly a backup player. Being
a seventh pick isn't automatic to 
make the NFL. In limited action
Delvin had five catches in five games.
He didn't have any touchdowns however had 88 yards which is an
average of 17.6 per catch. We wish
him a better second season. 

Cade Otton tight end was a 4th pick
in 2022 by Buccaneers. He had to
work up and is the team's starting
tight  end. Last season Cade had
59 catches and four touchdowns. 
That is good for a tight end and he
had more catches than McMillan.

Greg Gaines defensive tackle was
drafted by the LA Rams in 2019
in the 4th round. He won a Super Bowl
with the Rams. Gaines signed as a
free agent in 2023 with Tampa Bay.
This year he signed his third one-year
contracts with them. He is the backup
nose tackle and gets some good 
playing time since it is a tough
position to play.

The longest former Huskies is
Vita Vea the start nose tackle.
He was drafted in the first round
in 2018. Vea has been a pro bowler
twice. He had seven sacks last season.

We will continue on Huskies by teams.
Go Dawgs!