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UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 2010 HUSKY FOOTBALL www.gohuskies.com Contacts: Jeff Bechthold and Jeremy Cothran • (206) 543-2230 • email: [email protected] & [email protected] 2010 HUSKY SCHEdULE / results WASHINGTON at WASHINGTON STATE Sept. 4 at BYU [CBS College Sports] L, 23-17 dawgs Head To Apple Cup With Bowl Berth At Stake Sept. 11 SYRACUSE [FSN-NW] W, 41-20 Sept. 18 #8 NEBRASKA [ABC] L, 56-21 THE GAME: The Washington football team (5-6 overall, 4-4 in the Pac-10) wraps up the 2010 Oct. 2 at #18 USC [ESPN2] W, 32-31 regular season with the 103rd Apple Cup vs. Washington State. The Huskies, having won their last Oct. 9 ARIZONA STATE [FSN-NW] L, 24-14 two games vs. UCLA and at Cal, must beat the Cougars (2-9 overall, 1-7 Pac-10) to ensure their Oct. 16 #24 OREGON ST. [ESPN] W, 35-34 (2 OT) first bowl berth since 2002 as a victory would make the UW bowl-eligible at 6-6. Depending on Oct. 23 at #15 Arizona [ESPN] L, 44-14 results from other games (Oregon-Oregon State and Arizona-Arizona State) and the BCS selections, Oct. 30 #13 STANFORD [Versus] L, 41-0 a win could send the Dawgs to the Alamo, Holiday or Sun Bowls. Kickoff this Saturday at Martin Nov. 6 at #1 Oregon [ABC] L, 53-16 Stadium in Pullman is 4:00 p.m. and the game will air on Versus television. Nov. 18 UCLA [ESPN] W, 24-7 Nov. 27 at California [FSN-NW] W, 16-13 QUICK HITTERS VS. WSU: Sophomore tailback Chris Polk needs 46 rushing yards vs. WSU to Dec. 4 at Washington State [Versus] 4:00 p.m. reach the 1,000-yard mark for a second straight year ... Polk rushed for 1,113 yards in 2009, the all times are Pacific; rankings are AP at time of game 14th 1,000-yard season in UW history ... only two Huskies (Greg Lewis and Napoleon Kaufman) have ever rushed for 1,000 yards in two separate seasons ... LB Mason Foster, who led the Pac-10 2010 PAC-10 STANdINGS in tackles in 2008, continues to sit atop the league in that stat again in 2010 with 12.45 tackles per Team Pac-10 Overall game (nearly four tackles per game ahead of second), good for second in the nation ... Washington 1. Oregon 8-0 11-0 has three of the top five tacklers in the conference as Nate Williams is second with 8.73 per game 2. Stanford 8-1 11-1 and Cort Dennison is fifth with 7.90 ... walkon punter Kiel Rasp, who took over for injured starter 3. Arizona 4-4 7-4 Will Mahan after game one, ranks No. 24 in the nation in punting with an average of 43.9 yards USC 4-4 7-5 per boot, on pace to set a school record for punting average ... senior LB Victor Aiyewa leads the Washington 4-4 5-6 Pac-10 and ranks No. 10 in the nation in tackles for loss with 1.55 per game ... with 27 scores in Oregon State 4-4 5-6 29 trips, the Huskies rank No. 3 (tied) in the nation in red-zone offense. 7. California 3-6 5-7 8. Arizona State 3-5 5-6 TELEVISION: The Washington-Washington State game will air nationally on Versus television, with Ron Thulin, Glenn Parker, Lewis Johnson and Charissa Thompson providing the commentary. 9. UCLA 2-6 4-7 Versus is channel 34/626 (HD) on most Seattle-area cable systems. Check your local channel 10. Washington State 1-7 2-9 lineup. Additionally, “Huskies All-Access” airs each Wednesday evening on FSN. The program is THIS WEEK’S PAC-10 GAMES an up-close look at each Husky game, with features, one-on-one interviews and sideline video. Arizona State at Arizona (Thu.) Washington at Washington State RAdIO: The Washington ISP Sports Network, with its flagship station KJR 950-AM, will carry the Oregon at Oregon State live broadcast of every football game on 17 Northwest radio stations. Longtime play-by-play man USC at UCLA Bob Rondeau and color analyst Damon Huard are joined by sideline reporter Elise Woodward. The Husky broadcast will also air on Sirius and XM satellite radio, and can be heard over the internet via the Dawg Channel at gohuskies.com. LAST WEEK’S PAC-10 RESULTS Arizona State 55, UCLA 34 WASHINGTON at WASHINGTON STATE Oregon 48, Arizona 29 Saturday, december 4, 2010 • 4:00 p.m. PT Washington 16, California 13 Radio: 950 KJR-AM and the Washington ISP Sports Network Stanford 38, Oregon State 0 Television: Versus Notre Dame 20, USC 16 Media & Practice Schedule for the Week: Monday: Press conference, 12:00 p.m. Wednesday: Practice: 4:00 p.m. (offensive Founder’s Club players & coaches and Coach Practice: 3:15 p.m. (no interviews) Sarkisian interviews after) Tuesday: Pac-10 Coaches Teleconference Thursday: Practice: 4:00 p.m. 10:10 a.m. (Sarkisian: 11:30 a.m.) (Coach Sarkisian after) Practice: 4:00 p.m. (defensive Friday: no media availability players & coaches interviews after) Practice Reminder for Tyee Club members: Tyee Club members wishing to bring guests to practice must register all guests by contacting the Tyee Club at 206-543-2234. Guests must be registered by 2 p.m. on the day of practice. Washington at WSU • Martin STAdIUM • Dec. 4, 2010 • 4:00 P.M. PdT (VERSUS) THE COACH: Steve Sarkisian was introduced as the new head coach of the Washington football team on Dec. 8, 2008. From the start, Sarkisian made it clear MEdIA RESOURCES that he didn’t think it would take long to turn the program around and get it back to MONdAY PRESS CONFERENCE LIVE ON UWTV: This season UWTV, the on-campus the high level of success that UW football has enjoyed throughout its history. If the television station for the University of Washington, will be carrying the weekly football 2009 season was an indication, Sarkisian was right. Washington, which posted a press conferences LIVE featuring Husky head coach Steve Sarkisian and selected play- ers. UWTV’s coverage will be live and available via satellite for stations wishing to winless season for the first time in school history the year before Sarkisian signed use video clips from the pressers in their coverage of Washington football throughout on, surged to a 5-7 record in 2009, an improvement of five victories over the previ- the season. The weekly press conferences are each Monday at noon. ous year. No BCS-conference school in the nation could boast such improvement in terms of wins in 2009. And, Sarkisian’s Husky squad pulled off that feat against Broadcast media are also welcome to follow along via satellite. Here are the specs: a schedule that included 10 opponents who ended the season bowl-eligible. Im- Galaxy18 at 123deg. west lat.; Transponder 21 Ku Downlink frequency: 12113.70 Mhz or Lband frequency: 1363.70 Ghz provements came in nearly every category. Washington scored 26.1 points per Downlink Polarity is Vertical game, nearly double their per-game average in 2008 (13.2). Meanwhile, UW op- FEC (Forward Error Correction) is 3/4 ponents scored nearly 12 points fewer per game, dropping from an average of 38.6 Symbol Rate is 4.58000 Ms/sec to 26.7. Thus, the Huskies’ average scoring margin made a drastic improvement Data Rate: 6.331177 Mb/sec of nearly 25 points. Total offense was up more than 110 yards per game while Max bandwidth 6.6000 MHz total defense improved to the tune of 62 fewer yards per game allowed. Rushing Program 2 (UWTV) Video Pid=112 Audio Pid=113 offense, rushing defense, passing offense, punting, punt returns, sacks, turnovers PAC-10 TELECONFERENCE: All 10 Pac-10 coaches are available on a weekly tele- and third-down conversion rate, among others, all made marked improvement. conference, each Tuesday beginning at 10:10 a.m. Coach Sarkisian takes questions But most of all, owing to Coach Sarkisian’s stated top goal, the Huskies played on the teleconference at 11:30 a.m. (PT) each Tuesday. Contact the Pac-10 office at hard and earned respect from each and every opponent. The result was not only (925) 932-4411 to obtain the number and passcode information. more wins, but a reinvigorated Husky Stadium and momentum. From a memorable 16-13, last-second victory over third-ranked USC, to a near-miraculous victory over dAWG CHANNEL ALL-ACCESS: Fans can now enjoy live games (football and other sports), features, interviews, press conferences and more on Dawg Channel, available Arizona thanks to a late interception. From the first shutout in the Apple Cup since at gohuskies.com. For more information, go to www.gohuskies.com. 1964 (30-0 over Washington State) to a season-crowning, 42-10 victory over 19th- ranked California, the season was full of highlights and good memories. Sarkisian RAdIO ON THE XM SATELLITE: Many Pac-10 football games this season will air came to the UW with a wealth of experience as a quarterbacks coach and offen- on XM Satellite Radio on channels 193, 194 and 195. Go to www.xmradio.com for sive coordinator. His string of success is nearly unprecedented as, during his time more information. at USC, he coached two Heisman Trophy winners and oversaw one of the nation’s COACH’S SHOW: The Coach Sarkisian Show, with play-by-play announcer Bob Ron- most consistent and dominant offenses.