Washington Huskies Lose Top Two Running Backs

Sunday's Apple Cup the Washington Huskies 

running game didn't look so good. Was that.

the Cougars defense or the Huskies need

more work at the position?

Monday head coach Jedd Fisch announced

that the Huskies number one running back

Quiad Carr will be out for some time as he 

had surgery to his hand. Jayden Limar who

transferred from Oregon is the second running

back who grew up Seattle is a senior and

injured an elbow. Depending on their return 

Carr could add another year to eligibility 

and Limar could come back next year too.

Trey Cooley a graduate student attended

Troy last year but injuries caused him to

miss the season. Previous be was at 

Georgia Tech and Louisville. He will 

get most of the carries as  his two backups

are  freshmen in Brian Bonner Jr. and 

Ansu Sanoe.  At least they all should

get playing time in practice before this

Saturday's game against Utah State. 

Utah State is one of the new teams in

the Pac-12 conference.  They were beat

by Idaho State  29-17.  Turnovers were 

the major for the loss..Idaho State is

a member of the Big Sky Conference.

Utah State isn't considered a good team

getting the running game  going will be

important. The Huskies first three games

are none league then they begin the 

Big Ten conference at the end of September 

against Minnesota also at Husky Stadium.

Seeing comments from some Huskies fans

they didn't think much of coach Jedd Fisch 

play calling.  Being the first game I am

sure he was trying to feel out the Cougars 

defense. We could see more of quarterback 

Desmond Williams Jr. running the ball too.

Since the passing game didn't start out 

good for the Huskies against the Cougars

maybe passing first could be a good idea.

It may open holes for Desmond and Trey.

Go Dawgs. 

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What Should The Mariners Now

We all know that the series the Mariners 

had just with the Athletics is the low

point of the season. We expected them

to win three out of four however it the

A's instead. They looked more like what

the Mariners should have.

At least Bryan Woo went eight innings 

of shutout baseball giving up one hit.

That was a good thing since the offense 

muster up two runs on seven hits. The

Mariners actually looked good in the 4th

inning with the two runs however went 

silent after that. 

The Mariners brought infielder Michael 

Arroyo up from triple A Tacoma. Since

they were facing a lefty he started in

place of  Cole Young. He did have the

opportunity to drive in some runs with

the bases loaded but struck out. He

must have watched too many Mariners 

videos. Give him the benefit of the doubt

being his first game. 

The Mariners start a three game series 

against the Texas Rangers beginning on

Tuesday. The Mariners are 67-77 with

18 games remaining on the regular season 

schedule. Finishing 81-81 the Mariners have 

to win 14 games.  Doesn't look good.

The Mariners long winning streak was in

late May win they won 8 straight. They have 

to begin there to have a fighting chance.

The Rangers are four games ahead of the 

Mariners so sweeping them would be ideal.

The Mariners play next weekend against

the A's in Sacramento. The Mariners need 

to do what they almost did to them in

Seattle by sweeping them. That would be

six of the eight.  

The minor league seasons are almost

over. Ryan Sloan seems to be the best

one to bring up next.  He could be in

the bullpen and the Mariners could use 

him as a piggy back with Kade Anderson.

We do know the Mariners will need to

make changes during the off-season 

no matter what these last 18 games

go.  The changes should start with

the front office and working their way

down.  For many fans selling the team 

might be the best place to start.

The Seahawks were sold at $9.6 billion.

The San Diego Padres and the Angels 

were sold for a couple billion below the

Seahawks do this could be a good time.

We are hoping the Sonics will return

to the NBA. 

The Mariners showed this weekend 

that the fans are going to games despite

losing.  I am sure most of the season 

fans were hoping for the team they were

expecting. Without some turnover it

would be hard to see fans coming at the

same rate at the beginning of the season.

At this point with having to sign a new

collective bargaining agreement we have 

no idea when the season begins. At least

with the front office and coaching staff 

that could happen soon.

We do know that Cal Raleigh, Julio Rodriguez 

and Josh Naylor will be the big three to 

return. Also the season Dominic Canzone 

and Cole Young too.   Kade Anderson will 

be there too along with Colt Emerson.

Andre Munoz out of the bullpen. The Mariners 

will have to work on the rest of it.  Most of

the starting rotation will return though they

haven't done will in the past month. Someone 

could be traded however with the CBA 

it is hard to know how much time they will

have to do so we will see.

Besides these last 18 games the next

six months should be interesting for

the Mariners. We hope the season will

begin around April 1.  Not a joke I hope. 

Washington Huskies Win Apple Cup

First thing can next year the Apple Cup 

not be the opening game of the season.

The Washington Huskies offense didn't 

look like it will be. Most of the game the

Huskies defense was good. 

Final Washington 24  Washington State 10

The best quarter was the 4th quarter.

More excitement than in the other three

It looked like a bad opening game and

not so much as a rival game.

The Huskies are the better team however

the Cougars looked good on defense.

Lack of a running game other than qb

Desmond Williams Jr.   Also penalties 

killed them. 

The Cougars offense was inconsistent 

until the 4th quarter however they had

 turnovers. 

I think both teams will be better as the 

season goes on.

Washington plays Utah State next Saturday 

in Seattle at 12:30pm.  Utah State lost to

Idaho State Saturday 29-17.  The Huskies 

should win easily if they can run the ball

and lose the penalties.

The Cougars will play Kansas State on

their field next Saturday at 9:00 am

Pacific time.  Kansas State beat Nicholls 

Saturday 71-3. The Cougars are much

better than Nicholls however it will be

a challenge and show how good they are. 

Mariners End Losing Streak

The Seattle Mariners beat the A's in a disappointing 

series on Sunday 2- 0 taking only one of four 

games. 

Bryan Woo may have had his best game of

the season. He went eight innings  giving 

up one hit while walking two and striking 

out nine. Andre Munoz got the save in

the 9th giving up no hits. 

The  Mariners scored both runs in the 4th

inning when they hit five singles in a row.

In all they had seven hits.

The Mariners brought up rookie  Michael 

Arroyo and he made his debut. He played 

second base however had no hits. 

Patrick Wisdom was sent to Tacoma.

The Mariners have Monday off then

have a three game series against the

Texas Rangers. The Mariners really 

need to sweep them to stay in contention 

for the playoffs. 

Mariners Lose Again

For the third game in a row the Seattle Mariners 

lose to the A's at home.  The final 6-2. 

The Mariners didn't score a run until the 

8th and 9th.  Jeffrey Springs went seven

innings giving up only two hits both to 

Cal Raleigh. Gave up no runs.  I heard 

excuses that he has always pitched well 

against the Mariners though this season 

his era is over six runs a game. Last night

they faced a pitcher who hasnt had a good

season either. 

George Kirby went six and two-thirds giving

up four runs with three being earned. Mike

Rucker gave up the other two runs when he

came in for Kirby.

Cal actually had three hits so another one

after Springs left the game. The Mariners 

had a total of six hits. 

The A's have the worst bullpen in the majors

so not a surprise the Mariners were able 

to score at the end.  Arozarena, Canzone 

and JP Crawford had the other hits. Not a

big surprise.  Canzone had the only rbi.

We hope the Mariners will have some dignity 

to win the final game of the season. Go M's.

Mariners Lose Critical Game

The Seattle Mariners who needed to

win this series at home against the 

Athletics lost for the second straight 

 night.  Final Athletics 7 Mariners 6

The Mariners started it off by scoring 

 two runs in the bottom of the 2nd 

inning however it was short lived.

In the 3rd inning Logan Gilbert who

has been their best starter recently 

and looked good in the first two innings

gave up four home runs and five runs.

In the bottom of the third Cal Raleigh 

hit a home run to tie.  The 4th inning

neither team scored. Unfortunately 

Gilbert gave up two runs and left

with two outs in the fifth.  One of

the two runs scored Laz Montes

crashed into the right field fence

with the batter gettings a triple.

He ended up scoring the second 

run.  Laz stayed in the game however

when Logan left the game they took

Laz out the same time for precaution.

The X-ray showed being negative.

He might be back in the series. If so

probably be as dh. 

The bullpen did a good job not

giving up a run at all. A good sign

after struggling  recently.

The Mariners scored a run in

the 8th to make it close.  Munoz 

pitched the 9th getting all three 

batters.

In the bottom of the 9th Patrick

Wisdom lead of pinch hitting.

Not a good move in my opinion.

Randy Arozarena walked Wisdom 

was out. Dominic Canzone hit 

s short grounded for the second 

out. The only good thing Arozarena 

moved.  Julio who has struggled 

at the plate popped out to end the

game.

The Mariners will need to win

the final two games of the series 

to have any chance to make the

playoff. Let see what happens. 

Look At Seattle Seahawks First Opponent

The Seahawks start their season against 

the New England Patriots who they beat 

in the Super Bowl.  Expect both teams 

ready to go. 

The Patriots are expected by the experts 

to win at least ten games.  They are playing

eight teams who were in the playoffs last

year including the Seahawks and division 

rival Buffalo Bills.   The Seahawks are

expected to win around  11 games. 

It looks like backup running back TreVeyon 

Henderson maybe among the injured and

likely won't play. We will have see.

It will be interesting how the Patriots come

out. Quarterback Drake Maye is expected 

to have a stellar season. The Mariners plan 

to have that after week one.  They confused

him in the Super Bowl so he will likely be 

better than in that game. The Seahawks will

have other plans.  Best to stop the running 

game so he will have to throw more. The

Seahawks top defense players like Devon Witherspoon will be on different sides of

the ball and Leonard Williams will look to

stack the line too.  A big keys is on first

and second down.  Turnovers be at a

minimum. 

The Patriots acquired AJ Brown in the 

off-season be someone for the Seahawks 

look at.   The Patriots have a new defensive

coordinator in   Zak  Certain. Also they.

have former Seahawks Dre'mont Jones.

Since it is a copy league could see some

looks like the Seahawks. Most likely a lot 

of  teams will.

The Seahawks with their new ownership 

group they have added 12 additional 

coowners.  Not a big surprise with the

cost of the team.  We will hear more 

from the new owners than Paul Allen 

or his sister Jody.  I don't think a big

deal.  Go Hawks.