Back in the saddle again

[RegentDenali]

Very fired up for this season. Petersen has has us rolling and doing it with Husky style football. Pac12 champs looking for the repeat. 12-0 or 11-1. Most are making that call again. Gonna be another season for the ages at montlake. Go Dawgs!!!

All you dawgs have a great safe 4th.

 

[WizardHawk]

Six Huskies make list of Sports Illustrated’s top 100 players in college football
Six Huskies make list of Sports Illustrated’s top 100 players in college football

Here’s where the Huskies stack up:

No. 70: Dante Pettis, senior, WR
2016 stats: 53 catches, 822 yards (15.5 yards per catch), 15 touchdowns
2017 outlook: With the departure of John Ross III, Pettis takes over as the Huskies’ No. 1 receiver following his 2016 breakthrough. He also holds the UW record with five punt-return touchdowns.

No. 45: Jake Browning, junior, QB
2016 stats: Set school records with 43 touchdown passes and a passing efficiency rating of 167.52, finishing sixth in the Heisman Trophy voting and winning Pac-12 offensive player of the year honors.
2017 outlook: UW coach Chris Petersen said Browning is 100 percent healthy after having an operation on his throwing shoulder in January. Browning, who will represent UW (along with LB Keishawn Bierria) during Pac-12 media days July 26-27, enters his third season as the starting QB, and with a veteran offensive line returning expectations for the offense are as high as they’ve ever been.

No. 39: Taylor Rapp, sophomore, S
2016 review: By the end of September, the true freshman from Bellingham emerged as a surprise starter — and by the end of the season he was as valuable as anyone in the Huskies’ loaded secondary. The Pac-12’s defensive freshman of the year finished fifth on the team with 53 total tackles and had four interceptions, including a pick six in the Pac-12 title game against Colorado.
2017 outlook: With Budda Baker off to the NFL, Rapp takes over as the secondary’s versatile playmaker. He could start at either safety spot or in the nickel, and on a defense teeming with NFL talent Rapp looks to be the next breakout star.


No. 36: Myles Gaskin, junior, RB
2016 stats: Rushed for 1,373 yards and 10 touchdowns, earning first-team all-Pac-12 recognition.
2017 outlook: With back-to-back 1,300-yard seasons, Gaskin needs 1,726 yards to match Napoleon Kaufman’s UW career rushing record. With senior Lavon Coleman returning, and redshirt freshman Kamari Pleasant and Sean McGrew pushing for playing time, the Huskies backfield might be the team’s greatest position of strength and depth.

No. 24: Vita Vea, junior, DL
2016 stats: Had 39 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, and earned second-team all-Pac-12 recognition.
2017 outlook: The 346-pound Vea bypassed a chance to enter the NFL draft and return to UW for his junior season, and with a standout season this fall could emerge as a top-15 pick in the NFL draft next year.

No. 21: Azeem Victor, senior, LB
2016 stats: First-team all-Pac-12 selection finished third on the team with 67 tackles despite breaking his leg in mid-November against USC.
2017 outlook: Victor opted to return for his senior season and again teams with Bierria for what has been one of the most productive linebacker tandems in program history.

 

[jerseyhawksfan79]

Very fired up for this season. Petersen has has us rolling and doing it with Husky style football. Pac12 champs looking for the repeat. 12-0 or 11-1. Most are making that call again. Gonna be another season for the ages at montlake. Go Dawgs!!!

All you dawgs have a great safe 4th.

I'm pumped for the season. My father, a friend of mine and myself will be at Rutgers for our season opener!