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 vs. SYRACUSE Sept. 4 at BYU (CBS College Sports) L, 23-17 Sept. 11 SYRACUSE (FSN-NW) 4:00 p.m. Huskies Return To Seattle To Open Home Slate Sept. 18 NEBRASKA (ABC) 12:30 p.m. THE GAME: Washington’s 2010 home season kicks off this Saturday when Syracuse travels cross Oct. 2 at USC (ABC/ESPN/ESPN2) 5:00 p.m. country for a 4:00 p.m. PT game at Husky Stadium. The Huskies and Orange squared off in the first Oct. 9 ARIZONA STATE TBD game of the 2007 season. Washington, with RS-freshman quarterback Jake Locker making his Oct. 16 OREGON STATE TBD debut, won that 2007 game, 42-12. The UW enters the week looking to rebound from a 23-17 loss Oct. 23 at Arizona TBD last Saturday at Brigham Young while the Orange opened their year with a 29-3 victory at Akron. Oct. 30 STANFORD TBD The game will air live on FSN-Northwest and will also be available nationwide on Fox College Nov. 6 at Oregon TBD Sports Atlantic. Of course, it will also air live on KJR and the ISP Sports radio network. The Huskies Nov. 18 UCLA (ESPN) 5:00 p.m. remain at home the following Saturday, Sept. 18, when Nebraska visits Husky Stadium in a 12:30 Nov. 27 at California TBD p.m. game that will air live on ABC. Dec. 4 at Washington State TBD all times are Pacific at home after road loss: Over the last three-plus decades, Washington has strung together a solid record in home games following a road loss, the situation that presents itself this week. 2010 PAC-10 FINAL STANdINGS Dating back to the last part of the 1975 season, the Huskies have gone 35-14 when playing at Team Pac-10 Overall home the game after a loss on the road. Included in that stretch are winning streaks of 13 and Arizona 0-0 1-0 10 games in this circumstance. Under Coach Steve Sarkisian, the UW is 2-1 at home the week Arizona State 0-0 1-0 after a road loss. Last season, the Huskies rebounded for a 37-30 overtime loss at Notre Dame California 0-0 1-0 with a 36-33 win over Arizona the following game. Later in the year, after a 48-21 loss at Oregon Oregon 0-0 1-0 State, the Dawgs blanked Washington State, 30-0 in the Apple Cup. The one time that the UW Stanford 0-0 1-0 lost at home after a road loss last season came in a loss at Arizona State followed at home loss USC 0-0 1-0 to Oregon the next week. Oregon State 0-0 0-1 Television: The Washington-Syracuse game will air live on FSN-Northwest, with Tom Glasgow, UCLA 0-0 0-1 Pro Football Hall of Famer Warren Moon and Jason Stiles providing the commentary. Outside of Washington 0-0 0-1 the Northwest, you can also see the game on Fox College Sports-Atlantic. Additionally, “Huskies Washington State 0-0 0-1 All-Access” airs each Wednesday evening on FSN. The program is an up-close look at each Husky THIS WEEK’S PAC-10 GAMES game, with features, one-on-one interviews and sideline video. Syracuse at Washington Stanford at UCLA RAdIO: The Washington ISP Sports Network, with its flagship station KJR 950-AM, will carry Colorado at California the live broadcast of every football game on 17 Northwest radio stations. Longtime play-by-play Oregon at Tennessee man Bob Rondeau and color analyst Damon Huard are joined by sideline reporter Elise Woodward. The Husky broadcast will also air on Sirius (channel 113) and XM (195) satellite radio, and can be Virginia at USC heard over the internet via the Dawg Channel at gohuskies.com. The Citadel at Arizona Northern Arizona at Arizona State WASHINGTON vs. SYRACUSE Montana State at Washington State Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010 • 4:00 p.m. PT Radio: 950 KJR-AM and the Washington ISP Sports Network; Sirius 113; XM 195 LAST WEEK’S PAC-10 RESULTS Television: FSN Northwest and Fox College Sports-Atlantic USC 49, Hawai’i 36 Arizona 41, Toledo 2 Media & Practice Schedule for the Week: BYU 23, Washington 17 Monday: Press conference, 12 noon Wednesday: Practice: 4:00 p.m. (offensive Kansas State 31, UCLA 22 Founder’s Club players & coaches and Coach Oklahoma State 65, Washington State 17 Practice: 3:15 p.m. (no interviews) Sarkisian interviews after) TCU 30, Oregon State 21 Tuesday: Pac-10 Coaches Teleconference Thursday: Practice: 4:00 p.m. 10:10 a.m. (Sarkisian: 11:30 a.m.) (Coach Sarkisian after) Arizona State 54, Portland State 9 Practice: 4:00 p.m. (defensive Friday: no media availability California 52, UC Davis 3 players & coaches interviews after) Oregon 72, New Mexico 0 Practice Reminder for Tyee Club members: Tyee Club members wishing to bring guests to practice must register Stanford 52, Sacramento State 17 all guests by contacting the Tyee Club at 206-543-2234. Guests must be registered by 2 p.m. on the day of practice. W ashington vs. SYRACUSE • HUSKY S ta d ium • SEPT. 11, 2010 • 4:00 P . M . P d T (FSN-NW) 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 6 Ku Downlink frequency: 11805.3000 Mhz or Lband frequency: 1.0553 Ghz provements came in nearly every category. Washington scored 26.1 points per Downlink Polarity is Horizontal 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. Sarkisian spent 2007 and 2008 as the deau, KJR afternoon host Mike Gastineau and head coach Steve Sarkisian, will air each Trojans’ assistant head coach and offensive coordinator.