Good morning Dawg fans, and happy Friday. We have a bit of news to get to, so let’s get right to it!
Football Dots
- The big news yesterday was the signing of receiver Zerek Sidney out of Desert Edge high school in Arizona. The 6 foot, 180 pound looks to be in the mold of a Dezmen Roebuck, so we’ll see if Sidney can make a similar impact. Our own Aaron Sieverkropp has more here.
- Our own Peter Kehoe has a closer look at the recently announced Big Ten football schedule through the lens of advanced stats, specifically SP+.
- Christian Caple ranks the games on UW’s schedule from least intriguing to most intriguing at On Montlake ($).
- And the newest episode of Say Who, Say Pod breaks down the 2026 schedule.
Retro Dot
- I’m starting a new series called the Retro Game of the Week, after I posted the YouTube archive of the 1985 Orange Bowl. You all seemed to enjoy that, so today, I have one that’s near and dear to me and me only, probably. In 2005, the Huskies went 2-9 under Tyrone Willingham in his first year as head coach. This was win number one, and the first Husky win I personally can remember. This was against an Idaho team that was led by Nick Holt, the future UW DC under Sark. These Vandals also went 2-9 in a year that included a loss to rival WSU and a 70-35 beating by Boise State. Husky standouts included Louis Rankin, Isaiah Stanback and Craig Chambers on offense and Manase Hopoi and CJ Wallace on defense.
That’s all for today, so thank you for making Dots a part of your morning, and as always, Go Dawgs!