Washington Huskies and More

Kalen DeBoer named the rest of his coaching
staff on Saturday evening after Fresno State
won the New Mexico Bowl beforehand.

Four coaches and strengthening position 

were added to the staff. 

William Inge and Chuck Morrell will work

together as co-defensive coordinators. Not

the first time happened at Washington before.

Inge will work with the linebackers as well.

Morrell with the safeties.

Eric Schmidt with be special teams coordinator

well as working with the defensive ends. The

final coach will be Lee Marks who will be

the running back coach. He was the interim

coach for Fresno playing in the New Mexico

Bowl.

The head strengthening coach will be Ron

McKeefery. He not only has experience with

DeBoer he has been strengthening coach

in the NFL and other colleges as well.

So now the Huskies coaching staff is complete.

Six of the eight coaches are all familiar with

DeBoer which will make it an easy transaction.

The Washington Huskies men's basketball team

beat Seattle University on Saturday night after

a three-week layoff with a number of players 

and coaches with covid 64-56. The Huskies 

got off to a rough start with the layoff being

behind 35-28 at half time. The Huskies defense

turned things around in the second half where

Seattle only scored 21 points.  

The Huskies have one remaining non-league 

game on Tuesday against Utah Valley. Next 

week on Wednesday  will be against Washington

State. The rest of their schedule will start in

the new year all against the Pac-12 opponents.

The Cougars won their last game 82-56 on

Saturday as well. They scored 41 points in

each half over North Colorado. The Cougars

had five players score in double digits led

by DJ Rodman with 21 points. He led in 

rebounds as well with 10.

The Cougars will take on Boise State at

home this Wednesday before taking on 

the Huskies next Wednesday. 

Gonzaga beat Texas Tech on Saturday

69-55. They take on Northern Arizona

Monday night at home. They follow up

with Northern Alabama next Tuesday

and finish the year against San Diego

on Thursday December 30.

We wish the best for all three teams. 

Seahawks on Tuesday Night Football

You maybe asking Tuesday night

football. 

The Los Angeles Rams have 25 

players tested positive for covid

while the Seahawks have only two

players in Tyler Lockett and Alex

Collins. Only one receiver practiced

Penny Hart. Moving to Tuesday Dk

Metcalf might be ready. The Seahawks

may have to take players off the

practice. Running back is limited as

well. Rasaad Penny may have to play 

a lot. The Rams will to take players

off their practice squad for sure.

Playing the game on Tuesday means the Seahawks have to come back and play

the next Sunday which isn't good. They

should play on Sunday or have Rams forfeit

It isn't good playing two games in five

days.

The Washington Huskies announced four

assistant coaches with two be retained. 

Junior Adams who took over as offensive

coach when John Donovan was fired

will be back as receivers coach. Scott 

Huff the offensive line coach be back too. The other two new will be tight end

coach Nick Sheridan and defensive line coach Inoke Breckterfield. Sheridan coached at Indiana where DeBoer was offensive coordinator in 2019. 

Breckterfield last year at Vanderbilt

last year and six year before at Wisconsin.

The defense coordinator and three other

should be named sure.

JP Crawford

As major league  baseball  is on lockout

still  important  to  talk about the  sport 

anyway.

Let  you  know JP Crawford recently 

married and is expected to be the

Mariners  opening day shortstop.

The Mariners  are hoping  to sign a

free agent infielder.  Most likely the

player has been  a  shortstop but

with the Mariners  either go to 2nd

3rd base. This would  mean  either

newly acquired Adam Frazier or

Abraham Toro  will be the super 

utility  player.

The  success  of  the  Mariners  in 2022

will begin with Crawford.  He will  either 

leadoff  or bat 2nd. His defense will still 

be his main part of his game,however, 

another  step in his offense certainly 

help the Mariners. We will  see it pass.

Go M's.

Early Signing Day Huskies and Cougar Football

The Washington  Huskies  only signed five  

players for the class of 2022 under new

head coach Kalen DeBoer.

This doesn't  mean  the Huskies  are done.

They figure  to have 17 recruits when finished. 

The official  signing day is February 2. Some

players can  choose to wait longer as well. 

The new Huskies  are wide receivers Germie

Benard, Denzel  Boston,  tight end Ryan Otton 

younger brother  of Cade Otton, offensive 

lineman Parker  Brailsford, and  outside  linebacker/

defensive end Lance Holtzclaw.

The Cougars on the other hand  signed 11 players. 

The newest player was tight end Andre Dollar who  

originally  going to  Oregon,  linebacker  Taariq

Al-Uqdah, Djouvensky Schlenbaker a running  back 

from Bellingham, offensive lineman Eric Wilder, 

defensive  back Javan Robinson, .linebacker Hudson 

Cedarland, offensive lineman  Jakobus Seth,  db

Layton Smithson, db  Bryce Grays, and db Sam Lockett.

More to come we will  see.

 

Seahawks beat Texans

It wasn't a surprise the Seattle Seahawks
beat the Houston Texans, however, the
question wasn't answered until the 4th
quarter.

The Seahawks won 33-13, however,

they were only leading 19-13 heading

into the 4th quarter. The Seahawks

kicked a field goal in the third quarter

though they could have had a touchdown

which would have made it a lot easier.

The three big players in the game were

Russell Wilson, Tyler Lockett and Rashaad

Penny. Russell had his best game since

returning from injury. This means the

Seahawks will be in good shape for their

remaining four games. 

The Seahawks have to win all  four games

to have a chance to make the playoffs. 

Even if they do win all four games doesn't 

mean they will make the playoffs. They

will have a 9-8 record and other teams

will have to lose for them to get in.

Tyler Lockett had a big game having five

catches for 142 yards and a touchdown.

Lockett now is over 1000 yards for the

third straight year. Only one other Seahawk

has done that in his career in hall of famer

Steve Largent. 

Rashaad Penny showed us what he can do

when he is healthy. He was the primary 

running back as the Seahawks only played

Alex Collins enough to have seven carries.

Penny had 137 yards on sixteen  carries

and two touchdowns. He showed how 

explosive he can be when he is healthy.

We hope to see more of Penny in the 

remaining four games. For Penny to have

a future in Seattle or elsewhere he has to

stay healthy. We wish him the best.

On the defensive side of the ball the 

Seahawks stopped the Texans from 

running the ball having only 63 yards.

The Seahawks still need to improve on

the passing defense  as the Texans threw

for over 300 yards. The Seahawks still

do a good job of bend but don't break

but we need to see better. 

Even if the Seahawks win the four 

remaining games of the season they

will have changes after the season.

Some players won't be back. Next

week they play the Rams. This will

be a hard game for the Seahawks to

win though the Rams haven't been

that great themselves this season.

The Rams take on the Arizona 

Monday night so we can do a 

scouting report to see where they

are at. Go Hawks!

Washington State and Gonzaga

The Washington State Cougars lost to South Dakota State on Saturday 77-74 on Saturday at home. The Cougars are expected to be in the middle of the Pac-12

Conference. They are 7-3 overall with a conference record of 1-1. On December 1 they beat Arizona State 51-29.  It was followed by a loss to USC 63-61 three days later. Last Wednesday beat Weber State 90-61. They take on New Mexico State on Wednesday at home followed by Northern Colorado on Saturday. 

Gonzaga was beaten on December 4 by Alabama 91-82. The now number 5 ranked Bulldogs rebounded to beat Merrimack 80-55. Gonaga was scheduled to play Washington Huskies on Sunday however the Huskies had to withdraw because of players and coaches with covid. Gonzaga plays next at home on December 18 against Texas Tech. 

Baseball or Football?

The kind of season both the Seahawks
and Washington Huskies have had I am
sure many still want to think about the
Mariners though they are in a lockout.
I figure do look at both. More the
Huskies than the Seahawks today since
I wrote about Seahawks this week.

I am sure the Mariners are still looking

to go after additional pitching in the

starting rotation. I was reading on one

of my social media sites someone 

suggested Sonny Gray. Not a bad choice

he is just turned 32. He had an era just

over 4 this last season. His record was

7-9 on the Cincinnati Reds. 

Sonny Gray would be a number three

starter for the Mariners. So what would

you give up for him? I am sure the Reds

would like some pitching prospects. I 

would go for a couple prospects between

#11 and #20 along with another #20 thru

#30. The Reds could look for a major

league player as well. Since the Mariners

have extra outfielders maybe send Jake

Fraley. I like Fraley, however, with Julio

Rodriguez about ready to be on the team

whether out of spring training or a month

into it. I am sure the Reds still would want

a prospect to go with him so may be  a

middle prospect. 

Switching to college football the Huskies

have done a couple assistant coaches 

hirings with more to come. They did lose

a commit in quarterback Jackson Stratton.

With Sam Huard most likely to start or

Dylan Morris if he stays around being 

the number 3 quarterback at best doesn't

sound appealing.  Maybe Stratton feels

he would do better in another offense

than DeBoer's. I am sure he talked to

the Huskies new head coach and why

he made the decision he did.

The Huskies have 8 sure commits going

into December 15 early signing. We see

what they add on that day.  The Huskies

need to add more incoming defense 

players for the 2022 freshman. 

Keep an eye on the Huskies well as 

the Seahawks and the Mariners.  It 

will be busy when the lockout is over

whenever that happens. I hope in 

January. You figure it is holiday season

so don't know how often if at all they

meet this month.