Everybody makes mistakes. And the Big Kahunas – the guys who have been running the football show at the University of Washington over the last 16 years – have been no different. (Full Story).

Considering the most successful of the men who have coached football at Washington, Jim Owens ran the 'cleanest' ship, beyond question, whether it was by destiny, chance or good luck (Full Story).

Only the passage of time will measure the true greatness of the legendary Jim Owens, who coached football at Washington from 1957 until 1974. His uniqueness as a football coach parallels the uniqueness of the era in which he coached. He is the only coach at Washington that led his team to a Rose Bowl victory who managed to avoid NCAA infractions during his time. He left an indelible impression on the athletes he coached and on those of us who knew him. (Full Story).

The phrase, "Round robins please silver cats (Ruthenium, Rhodium, Palladium, Silver, Cadmium)," might be a good mnemonic for memorizing part of the transition metals appearing in the Periodic Table, but round-robin scheduling works to the detriment of the Pac-10 on a national level. The silver cats (fat cats) represent the other BCS conferences raking in the dough by virtue of playing an added BCS bowl game. (Full Story).

It didn’t take a rocket scientist to know that Tyrone Willingham was a questionable fit for Washington when he was hired in December 2004. Notre Dame had allegedly fired him for not winning enough games, and those around the program said he was a poor recruiter, this in a very competitive environment. (Full Story)

While it's too early to do a side-by-side comparison of Washington's first-game opponent, LSU, I thought I'd take a quick peak at its statistics from last year and examine its prognosis for this upcoming season. That's Washington's athletics director, Scott Woodward, pictured left. (Full Story)

Oregon's new coach Chip Kelly has been quoted as saying, "They (Washington) ran their number one offense against the number two and three defenses so Jake Locker could go 16 of 18 with two drops. And they had their number one defense up against the second and third offense so they could shut someone out." We answer his criticism with some hard facts. (Full Story).

Husky fan Chris Barnhart, who lives in Oregon, was kind enough to send us photos he took during the Huskies' spring game in April. We appreciate the effort of fans who send us photos they have taken and/or articles they have written pertaining to the Washington Huskies' football program (Full Story).

Is the eastern mafia alive and well? If it is still trundling along how will it affect the Pac-10 if it should drop its round-robin-scheduling format? And what about Jake Locker's passing efficiency rating? (Full Story).

Made up of both the first team offense and defense, the Huskies' Purple team defeated the White team, 33-0, in front of an estimated 10,000 fans at Husky Stadium in Washington's spring game. (Full Story)

If Steve Sarkisian's inherited corpse sat up and took nourishment during last week's scrimmage, it can be said that its first steps were taken during Saturday's scrimmage. What Locker's numbers are saying: Give me a break, Mal! (Full Story).

Steve Sarkisian's inherited corpse is sitting up on its own and taking nourishment. The remnant of one of the worst teams in college football last season is showing life -- but it's too early to tell whether it will walk on its own by fall. (Full Story).

The best part of the open practices is that they allow fans to report back the unvarnished truth. However, the last thing head coach Steve Sarkisian needs is for some idiot fan to be speculating about his offense, especially this early in the spring. (Full Story).

Last year's spring game registered just 17 total points on the scoreboard. The Dawgs need to find more ways to put points on the board this spring, or they will be in deep yogurt -- or more realistically said, in deeper yogurt -- when they face LSU in the season's opener. (Full Story).

It was almost as cold as Spokane, the night Sark came to town. And a most memorable night for Groinman, as his man-cave bunker is destroyed.

This is one of Groinman's best. (Read on)

Heading into spring practices, everybody has got his Top 10, or some thingamajig, gimmick or the other.  Bob Condotta's blog lists his Top 10 Huskies for 2009; ESPN blogger Ted Miller is posting his Top 30 Pac-10 players day-by-day. Not to be outdone, I'm listing my Top 10 Wildcards for 2009, all in one article. (Full Story).

Head coach Steve Sarkisian was the guest of honor at the 20th annual Chow Down to Washington banquet on the 17th.  (Full Story).

With a healthy Jake Locker returning at quarterback, Washington looks to improve its passing-efficiency rating from last season. (Full Story).

Are you starved for information concerning the Pacific Ten Conference? Here are some stories to read.

Also, it's hard to criticize a jokester without looking like a fuddy-duddy who can't take a joke. Here's a critique of Jim Moore, who works for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, you might not have thought about. (Full Story).

Coach Steve Sarkisian faces a dilemma, which is all about the soul of Husky football.  Anyway, I needed to clear my head by writing an article about the dilemma Sarkisian faces, which isn't nearly as puzzling as quantum theory -- and the conundrum that confronted Albert Einstein, vis-à-vis determinism. (Full Story).

Washington's rushing defense gave up an average of 240.6 yards per game last year. Using the benchmark set in place for tracking Steve Sarkisian's progress at UW, this article sets a reasonable number of yards that should yielded on the ground for 2009. The number, er hum, should set Sark all a-twitter (pun on his twitter page). Oh, yeah. (Full Story).

According to sources around the internet, head coach Steve Sarkisian reportedly has hired or is contemplating the hiring of the following coaches for assistant coaching positions at the University of Washington. Trivia question: Is Sarkisian the 23rd, 26th or 27th head coach in Washington's history? Photo credit Bobak Ha'Eri. (Full Story).

I’m satisfied with this recruiting class. It’s a better class than I thought the new staff would bring in given the limited amount of time they had and the 0-12 unsettling point. (Full Story).

Are the recruiting rankings provided by the recruiting sites good predictors for a team's success? The rankings over the last 5 years seem to say so as far as the top 12 BCS teams are concerned. (Full Story).

Mike Stoops' progress at the University of Arizona promises a 5-year return to respectability for Washington if all conditions are met. But can Steve Sarkisian better Stoops' benchmark? (Full Story).

Now that the newness of having a new head coach on board has been with us for a little over a month, the question of goals and a timetable for reaching them emerges through all the hoopla and euphoria of Steve Sarkisian’s hiring. (Full Story)

Would Nick Holt really be interested in the vacant defensive coordinator's job at Washington? What is the Bowl Championship Series all about? How does the BCS affect the Pac-10 conference? (Full Story).

The 2008 season, one for the books, needn't have happened (see the formula for the Huskies' implosion at the end). Nevertheless, it did, and I have some very forgettable moments to share (Full Story).

Here are my favorite picks for the head coaching job at the University of Washington vacated by the forced resignation of Tyrone Willingham. Check this article out for recent updates to the coaching search (Full Story).

Failing to prepare for his team's lack of experience and overall depth was Tyrone Willingham's undoing at the University of Washington. (Full Story).

The declining economy, deferred maintenance costs on Husky Stadium, the light rail project and escalating coaching salaries could force a move to Qwest Field for the short term or for an extended period of time. (Full Story).

Casey says that "Oregon is playing an iPhone, Xbox Live, high-definition brand of football, whereas UW is trying to convince kids to read history books and play with sixteen-sided dice." Needing a word to describe last Saturday's debacle, Casey had to  scour the nether reaches of society to give the Huskies a proper wakeup call. (Full Story).

Here are my comments relating to the reporters' infamous interview with Coach Tyrone Willingham on Saturday, concerning quarterback Jake Locker's hamstring strain. There's a method behind Willingham's evasiveness -- I think (Full Story).

This is the place holder for Monte Manka's poetry. Click on the links above and below to access the index to his poems (Full Story).

What's wrong with QB Jake Locker's passing? They say he locks onto his primary receivers too much, that some of his passes sail on him and that he hurries some of his short passes. Currently, Locker ranks tenth in the conference in pass efficiency (Full Story).

Because so much emphasis is placed on winning a national championship in football nowadays, going back in time and claiming what is rightfully yours is hardly a nutty notion. It is a keen idea that smacks of perspicacity. 

Some asterisks must be considered -- including race discrimination, strength of schedule, the polls, and who beat whom -- but, all in all, the 1960 Dawgs that year were the best of the best in my mind.  (Full Story).

Outplaying the number-one seed Memphis, UCLA deserves its trip to the final four. Winning the Pac-10 title, along with the tournament at Staples Arena, were crucial to the Bruins’ success; their last seven games were played in Los Angeles, San Diego and Oakland, all of them close to home cooking. (Full Story).

In some cases, not knowing one’s ancestral tree is better left alone. What good service to your psyche is rendered by finding out that a person from your lineage was beheaded about the time that Ann Boleyn was disloyal to her husband Henry VIII? (Full Story).

It has been three years since we've played the “Name Game,” and this time it won’t be so easy. Just the same, see how many clues you can decipher. Look for puns on names, some stretching and just plain answers to clues. Most of the names involve people associated with Husky football. The name of the guy pictured left is the answer to clue number four (Full Story).

I've been a fan of Husky football since World War II. Over that time, I've been fortunate to watch many great Huskies in action. On the list of my first five favorites were Hugh McElhenny, Marques Tuiasosopo, Napolean Kaufman, Bob Schloredt and Don Heinrich. Here are my second five favorites that were most fun to watch. (Full Story).

George Wilson may be the greatest of the greats, but I can only comment on those Husky players I have been fortunate enough to see in person. That leaves out Chuck Carroll and one of the ancients I love to read about, "Wee" Coyle, who played for Gil Dobie. (Full Story).

The Internet is rife with jokes sent from person to person. But somewhere  along the line somebody had to make up the joke. Now you can be that person, using the material inside. Here's a do-it-yourself guide for joke writing that uses football's vocabulary  (Full Story).

I've seen a lot of Husky basketball greats: Sammy White and his leaping, underhanded lay-up shot; there was Joe Cipriano, who could go coast-to-coast with anybody. How about Bob Houbregs (left) and his graceful hook shot? Captain Hook led the Dawgs to the final four in 1953, their only appearance. (Full Story).

College football, the game we love and cherish, has been under attack for some time. For Husky fans it began with an assault on Don James, culminating with the firing of Rick Neuheisel. Don James’ purple-and-gold citadel, so carefully nurtured and developed, was recklessly destroyed--as was Neuheisel’s quest to rebuild Husky football into the Florida State of the west. (Full Story).