Should Tyrone Willingham resign his position as head coach of the University of Washington should he post a losing season in 2008? Here are some yeas and nays and pros and cons to mull over. (Full Story).

It’s hard – and, maybe, unfair – to analyze a spring football game, since the team is playing itself, and the game goes by rather quickly because of a running clock.

Just the same, I’m going to draw some conclusions that could be altogether wrong-headed. (Full Story).

The Gold team beat the Purple team, 10-7, at the University of Washington’s annual spring game on Saturday. The Purple consisted of the first string offense and second team defense, while the Gold was made up of the second team offense and first team defense. (Full Story). 

What impact will Juan Garcia's Lisfranc sprain have on the team, Coach Willingham's future, and his own? (Full Story).

The recent injuries to Center Juan Garcia and RB Brandon Johnson could prove costly to the Huskies come fall, especially the injury to Garcia. What was the meaning of Tyrone Willingham's comment on Johnson: he could be "surfing in Hawaii?" (Full Story).

Various teams in the Pac-10 held scrimmages on Saturday; others prepared for their final spring scrimmage. Here are some links from around the league. (Full Story).

When I think about the five winning teams over the last nine years and the four losers, some of their notable vitals come to mind. They involve ball control, quality linemen, and mobility at quarterback. I tossed in a few jokes for the Husky luftmenches (Full Story).

Spring practices, which begin on April 3rd, present a number of challenges for Tyrone Willingham and his coaching staff. The wide receiver corps and defensive line need rebuilding, and key spots need filling (Full Story).

On Tuesday of this week, my wife I attended a Husky banquet, Chow Down to Washington, in Indian Wells. It became clear to me where our football program at the University of Washington is headed. (Full Story).

With the big-bucks guys playing in the desert on Monday and Tuesday, it's time to review the menu for their care and feeding. (Full Story).

Here’s my take on what’s happened to the football program, its current state of affairs and what needs to be done with our controversial head coach, Tyrone Willingham.  (Full Story).

College football writers of America it is time to dust off your figures of speech, for spring football lies just ahead. You need to practice your writing skills before the kids practice their offensive and defensive skills. (Full Story).

Recruiting mistakes can cost a coach dearly in future seasons. For example, it has been widely asserted by fans and the local media that Rick Neuheisel’s infamous seven wide-receiver class of 2003, by virtue of its sheer number, was one such mistake. (Full Story).

Washington quarterback Jake Locker finished last season with an above average passing-efficiency rating for six games and with a below average rating for the other six games. Which throwing arm will Jake bring to the campaign in 2008, the efficient or inefficient one? (Answer inside). 

A surreal photo taken at Curtis Williams' gravesite service questions his recent pillorying by the Seattle Times. Two of the other Times' subjects, four in all, appear in the photo, one fading from view. "Shouldn't that have been enough?" asks C-Dub's now tortured memory. (Full Story).

Today's installment of a  four-part Seattle Times series trashes the memory of fallen Husky hero Curtis Williams, Number 25. Would the Times have run this story if Curtis were still alive, paralyzed from the neck down and on a ventilator? How will this story affect Curtis' daughter Kimberly? (Full Story).

The Seattle Times published a story on its front page this morning, entitled, "Victory and Ruins | the disturbing story behind the last great UW team." This, the first of a series of stories, seem to be an attack on college football in general. Do you agree?  (Full Story).

Funding for the reconstruction of Husky Stadium is being considered by the state legislature. Meanwhile, the Seattle media continues to bash Rick Neuheisel, using a former player as a symbol of his tenure at UW (Full Story).

Anonymous posters that make outrageous claims on message boards need to identify themselves by name, rank, and serial number. A scandalous charge needs a way of validation, otherwise, it's just a rumor (Full Story).

The obsolete track at Husky Stadium may have had more to do with the resignation of AD Todd Turner than his model for what the Husky empire, as dominated by its football team, should be. Retaining the track in the first go around in renovating Husky Stadium was a symbolic bludgeon hanging over his head. (Full Story).

In this episode of his misadventures, Groinman submits a job application for the new vacancy in the Tubby Graves building.  So, what makes him a perfect fit for the athletics-director’s job? He went to high school with Mark Emmert. Radiating supreme confidence, he has some orders for Tyrone, too. (Full Story).

In this episode, Groinman is upset and not going to take it anymore. Five straight losses have fried his beans. To let off some steam, he cranks up his ol' Dodge diesel, fuels up his chainsaw, hooks up with his buddy Jerry and heads for the mountains to cut some firewood. Not having the proper permits to cut wood, they take some target practice, instead. (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).

Blue, sunny skies greeted us as we took to the field at Husky Stadium for Picture Day 2007. This was the biggest turnout we’ve ever seen at Picture Day, and we have been going to them since 2001. (Full Story).

Is the UW in deep yogurt? It is our contention that most of those holes left by graduation last year have not been adequately filled and that rather than Washington's football fortunes being on the rise, as the media say, we believe those fortunes are still on the decline and could get worse. (Photo: Stanley Daniels).   (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).

Last Tuesday and Wednesday, my wife and I spoke with school president Mark Emmert and his wife DeLaine, athletics director Todd Turner and his wife Sara, and head football coach Tyrone Willingham. How’s that for name dropping. (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).

Since 1908, each head footbal'Bama historians. (Full Story).

At times I dream of the summertime scene that marks the Washington campus, of evergreen trees and Gothic buildings. In this dry summer, sprinklers accompany the light rain that falls and, as the long summer fades to fall, patches of brown turn to green, under a rainbow of purple and gold. It is my first quarter at Washington, and I carry a slide rule to class. None of us, the men, dare carry an umbrella. (Full Story).