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UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 2012 HUSKY FOOTBALL www.gohuskies.com Contacts: Jeff Bechthold • (206) 543-2230 • email: [email protected] 2012 HUSKY SCHEDULE / RESULTS WASHINGTON at #3/3 LSU Sept. 1 SAN DIEGO ST. (Pac-12 Networks) W, 21-12 Dawgs Make First Trip To SEC Country Since 1983 Sept. 8 at #3 LSU (ESPN) 4:00 p.m. Sept. 15 PORTLAND STATE (FX) 1:00 p.m. THE GAME: The Washington football team (1-0) travels to face LSU (1-0) this Saturday, the first Sept. 27 STANFORD (ESPN) 6:00 p.m. time the Huskies have played a road game in the Southeastern Conference since the UW visited Oct. 6 at Oregon TBD Baton Rouge in 1983. The Huskies did, however, open the Steve Sarkisian era vs. the Tigers in Oct. 13 USC TBD Seattle in 2009. LSU enters the game ranked No. 3 in both the USA Today coaches’ poll and in the Oct. 20 at Arizona TBD AP Top 25. The Huskies earned 55 points in the latest coaches’ poll, one spot out of the top 25, Oct. 27 OREGON STATE TBD while in the AP rankings, the Huskies picked up 15 points for the equivalent of a No. 32 ranking. Nov. 2 at California (ESPN2) 6:00 p.m. Kickoff at Tiger Stadium is set for 6:05 p.m. CT/4:05 p.m. PT, and the game will air live on ESPN Nov. 10 UTAH TBD television. Washington opened the 2012 season last Saturday night at CenturyLink Field in Seattle Nov. 17 at Colorado TBD by beating San Diego State, 21-12. In Baton Rouge, LSU handled North Texas, 41-14, in its opener Nov. 23 at WSU (FX or FOX) 12:30 p.m. last Saturday. Following the trip to LSU, the Huskies return home for their next two games. The All times are Pacific. Rankings are AP at time of game. Dawgs host Portland State on Sept. 15 (FX television) and then take on Stanford in a Thursday night, ESPN game on Sept. 27. 2012 PAC-12 STANDINGS QUICK SNAPS: Washington had six true freshmen see action in the season-opener last Saturday vs. San Diego State: LS Ryan Masel, WR Jaydon Mickens, WR Kendyl Taylor, S Shaq Thompson, DE NORTH Pac-12 Overall Pio Vatuvei and TB Erich Wilson II ... both Mickens and Thompson started the game ... sophomore Oregon 0-0 1-0 TE Austin Seferian-Jenkins set a new career-high with nine receptions vs. SDSU while quarterback Stanford 0-0 1-0 Keith Price set a new career-high for completions, with 25 ... at one stretch early in the SDSU game, Washington 0-0 1-0 Price completed 12 straight passes ... he remains, statistically, the most accurate passer in UW Oregon State 0-0 0-0 history ... junior CB Tre Watson, a former walkon transfer from Central Washington University, was California 0-0 0-1 awarded a scholarship prior to the season opener ... he started the SDSU game and had a 34-yard Washington State 0-0 0-1 interception on the first drive of the game ... a total of 16 players made their UW debut vs. San Diego State, including starters Travis Feeney, Watson, Thompson and Mickens. SOUTH Pac-12 Overall Arizona 0-0 1-0 TELEVISION: The Washington-LSU game will air live to a national audience on ESPN with Brad Arizona State 0-0 1-0 Nessler (play-by-play), Todd Blackledge (color) and Holly Rowe (sidelines) providing the commentary. UCLA 0-0 1-0 The game will also be available on other ESPN platforms, including (depending on a number of variables particular to each viewer) espn3.com and the Watch ESPN app. USC 0-0 1-0 Utah 0-0 1-0 RADIO: The Washington IMG College Network, with its flagship station KJR 950-AM/102.9 FM, Colorado 0-0 0-1 will carry the live broadcast of every football game on 18 Northwest radio stations. Longtime play- by-play man Bob Rondeau and color analyst Damon Huard are joined by sideline reporter Elise WEEK TWO PAC-12 GAMES Woodward. The game will also air nationally on Dial Global Sports (formerly Westwood One) with Fri: Utah at Utah State, 4 p.m. (ESPN2) Chuck Cooperstein and Tony Boselli on the call. The LSU broadcast of the game will also air on Eastern Wash. at WSU, 12 p.m. (Pac-12 WA) Sirius (94) and XM (199) satellite radio. Sacramento St. at Coloardo, 12 p.m. (Pac-12 MT) Southern Utah at California, 12 p.m. (Pac-12 BA) WASHINGTON at LSU USC at Syracuse, 12:30 p.m. (ABC) Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012 • 4:00 p.m. PT/6:00 p.m. CT Wisconsin at Oregon State,1 p.m. (FX) Radio: 950 KJR-AM, 102.9 FM and the Washington IMG College Network Fresno State at Oregon, 3:30 p.m. (Pac-12 Net) Television: ESPN Washington at LSU, 4 p.m. (ESPN) Media Schedule for the Week: Nebraska at UCLA, 4:30 p.m. (FOX) Duke at Stanford, 7:30 p.m. (Pac-12 BA) Monday: Press conference, 2:00 p.m. Wednesday: Practice: 11:45 a.m. (offensive Founder’s Club coaches, “skills” & Coach Illinois at Arizona State, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN) Practice closed to media Sarkisian interviews after) Oklahoma State at Arizona, 7:30 p.m. (Pac-12 AZ) Tuesday: Pac-12 Coaches Teleconference Thursday: Practice closed to media 9:55 a.m. (Sarkisian: 10:35 a.m.) (Coach Sarkisian in media work Practice: 11:45 a.m. (defensive at approximately 11:30 a.m.) coaches & “bigs” interviews after) Friday: no media availability WASHINGTON at LSU • TIGER STADIUM • SEPT. 8, 2012 • 4:00 P.M. PT / 6:00 P.M. CT (ESPN) THE HEAD COACH: In a frequently-told tale, Husky football coach Steve Sarki- sian recalls his days as a young assistant traveling to face Washington at Husky MEDIA RESOURCES Stadium. During the drive across Lake Washington, with the iconic home of the MONDAY PRESS CONFERENCE LIVE ON UWTV: This season UWTV, the on-campus Dawgs towering ahead, Sarkisian marveled aloud at the city, the stadium and the television station for the University of Washington, will be carrying the weekly football atmosphere surrounding the UW program. A decade or so later, Sarkisian is in press conferences LIVE featuring Husky head coach Steve Sarkisian. UWTV’s coverage charge of the Washington football program he was admiring that day. And in just will be live and available via satellite for stations wishing to use video clips from the two years, he has re-established the kind of tough, exciting environment that was presser in their coverage of UW football. Most Monday press conferences are at noon, then, and is again now, so closely associated with the Husky football. The 2011 though there are exceptions. season, Sarkisian’s third as head coach, provided more highlights for his up-and- PAC-12 TELECONFERENCE: All 12 Pac-12 coaches are available on a weekly tele- coming program. The Husky offense posted one of its most prolific seasons ever, conference, each Tuesday morning. The schedule varies, but this week, the call begins scoring 434 points over the course of the season, the most by a UW squad since at 9:55 a.m. PT and Coach Sarkisian will be on the call at 10:35 a.m. PT. Contact the the 1991 national championship team and the second-most in school history. The Pac-12 office at (925) 932-4411 to obtain the number to join in. Huskies scored nearly 12 more points per game than they did the previous year. They also had marked improvement in passing yards (65 more yards per game) GOHUSKIES.COM: Everything you need to know about Husky football can be found and total offense (47 more yards per game), while the team’s third-down percent- on the UW’s official athletics site, gohuskies.com. On the front page, look for “Football” age improved vastly over the previous season, from 32 to 46 percent. Sarkisian under the “Sports” menu and follow the links for all the information. coached his team to a third straight win over Washington State in the annual RADIO ON THE SiriusXM SATELLITE: Many Pac-12 football games this season Apple Cup to remain undefeated against the UW’s in-state rival and to wrap up a will air on SiriusXM Satellite Radio. The UW-LSU game will air on Sirius 94 and XM 7-5 regular-season record and 5-4 mark in the Pac-12 North. The Huskies secured 199 (LSU broadcast). Go to www.siriusxm.com for more information. a berth in the Valero Alamo Bowl, the No. 2 game in the Pac-12 bowl lineup. In 2010, Sarkisian’s second season in Seattle, the Huskies made another clear step COACH’S SHOW: The Coach Sarkisian Show, with play-by-play announcer Bob forward. The Dawgs went 7-6 overall and finished third in the Pac-10 Confer- Rondeau, KJR afternoon host Mike Gastineau and head coach Steve Sarkisian, will air ence with a 5-4 record. Then, in the Holiday Bowl, Washington provided one of each Monday on KJR 950-AM and 102.9 FM from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. and will originate the bowl season’s top games, beating an 18th-ranked Nebraska squad, 19-7. The live from the Joey Restaurant on Lake Union (901 Fairview Avenue North, Seattle). win over the Cornhuskers was the last of a series of exciting, gutsy victories in The coach’s shows, which air live across the entire Washington IMG College Network, 2010.