Washington was dealt some good fortune late Monday night when safety Shaq Thompson (Sacramento, Calif./Grant), ranked 16th in the ESPNU 150, announced he was switching his commitment from California to the Huskies.The recruiting season has been tough on Washington. The latest example of that was Zach Banner (Lakewood, Wash./Lakes) -- another big in-state talent -- committing to USC earlier... [Read More]

Washington plucked another coach from the staff at California, making Eric Kiesau the Huskies' new offensive coordinator on Wednesday to complete the makeover of Washington's coaching staff.Kiesau is the second coach to depart from Berkeley for Seattle in the past few days, joining new Washington defensive line coach Tosh Lupoi."Eric is a great fit for our football program," Washington... [Read More]

Nick Holt arrived at Washington with the fanfare -- and salary -- usually reserved for head coaches.It set a level of expectations Holt never matched, and on Saturday he was fired after three years as the Huskies' defensive coordinator.The dismissal came two days after.Washington gave up 777 total yards and 67 points against Baylor in the Valero Alamo Bowl. It was the most yards allowed in school... [Read More]

Washington sophomore defensive end Hau'oli Jamora will miss the rest of the 2011 season after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his knee. The Huskies announced the diagnosis on Monday morning. Jamora was injured early in Washington's 31-23 win over California on Saturday. It's a big blow to the Huskies defense. Jamora had emerged as Washington's best pass rushing threat off the end and is... [Read More]

Washington running back Chris Polk sat out practice at Husky Stadium this afternoon, and afterward we found out why as UW coach Steve Sarkisian announced that the junior had arthroscopic surgery to repair a meniscus injury on Thursday morning. That may inspire panic among UW fans, but Sarkisian cautioned that Polk could be back soon and that it was better to have the surgery now than later ---... [Read More]

As noted in the earlier entry, the Huskies may have suffered their first significant injury of camp tonight, when Quinton Richardson left with a lower-leg injury. It's too early yet, obviously, to get into speculating about what it would mean if Richardson were lost for any significant length of time. But to answer the obvious question, the backup cornerbacks tonight were Greg Ducre and Anthony... [Read More]