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#Woof: Huskies Add SEC DL Transfer

Washington continued to remodel the interior of their defensive line today with a commitment from Mississippi State transfer DT Kai McClendon. McClendon is listed at 6’2 and 315 pounds and is originally from Gulfport, Mississippi. He committed to in-state Mississippi State as his only SEC offer as a mid three-star recruit in the class of […]

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All We Hear is Purple podcast: Start Making Sense

Welcome to the latest episode of All We Hear is Purple, a red-telephone discussion among UW Dawg Pound staff over the wild week that exploded with Demond Williams’s signing, then intended transfer, and then recommitment to UW. With such chaos swirling, Coach B, Aaron Sieverkropp, and host Andrew Berg attempt to answer questions, predict the […]

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Friday Dots: Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word

My head hurts. Hours ago, Demond Williams announced his return to the Washington Huskies for 2026, offering an apology for the bad timing of his initial portal announcement (which came down during the funeral of UW Soccer’s Mia Hamant). While I’m glad that we can put this behind us as a fanbase, he’s got a […]

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Demond Williams announces return to UW, offers apology

After becoming the biggest story in college football for about 48 hours, Demond Williams will return to Washington next season.  He made his intention known on Instagram:  “After thoughtful reflection with my family, I am excited to announce that I will continue my football journey at the University of Washington. I am deeply grateful to […]

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Huskies now 1-3 in Big Ten play after loss to #4 Purdue

Washington (9-6, 1-3 Big Ten) entered the calendar year with two prime opportunities to turn the tide and flip narratives. Instead, an uncomfortable truth grew louder. This team isn’t good enough to make the NCAA Tournament. Following a pair of double-digit defeats on the road against Indiana and No. 4 Purdue, the Huskies are staring […]

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Purdue Game Preview & How to Watch

How to Watch (and bet) Date: Wednesday, 1/7/26 Tip-Off Time: 5:30 pm PT TV: Big Ten Network Radio: Huskies Gameday App, Sports Radio KJR Location: West Lafayette, IN Betting Line: Washington Huskies +16.5 Purdue Boilermakers 2025-26 Statistics: Record: 13-1 (3-0) Points For per Game: 86.4 (33rd) Points Against per Game: 66.5 (31st) Adjusted Offensive Efficiency: 129.1 (1st) Adjusted Defensive Efficiency: […]

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QB Demond Williams Jr enters transfer portal

Washington quarterback Demond Williams Jr. is entering the transfer portal with a “do not contact” tag.  Hours ago, Williams was considered the face of the program. The dual-threat quarterback threw for 3,065 yards and 25 touchdowns with eight interceptions in his first season as a starter. He rushed for six scores and 611 yards on […]

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#Woof: Huskies Add Sacramento State DL Transfer

Washington added a major piece to the puzzle for 2025 with the commitment of Sacramento State transfer defensive lineman DeSean Watts. Recent court cases have made determining eligibility difficult but Watts should have at least two seasons remaining. Watts originally graduated from Clovis West HS in Clovis, CA after starting his HS career at Bullard […]

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Washington Husky Season Review

Here’s a look back at UW’s season through some different perspectives to see how well the Huskies did in Coach Fisch’s second year. FEI The FEI Ratings (Fremeau Efficiency Index) is one of the advanced statistics that gets used to rank college football teams. These rankings include an overall ranking, a ranking for offense, a […]

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Monday Dots: Husky Men outpaced by Hoosiers

Happy Monday Dawg fans, and welcome to today’s Dots. The Husky men were in action on the court last night, falling to an Indiana team that shot 67% from the floor in the first half and finished shooting 52% (43% 3-pointers). Hannes Steinbach finished with 20 pts and 10 rebs. Go Dawgs!!

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#Woof!: Huskies Land Their First Transfer of the Cycle

In a quiet move, Sam Houston State OL Kolt Dieterich updated his social media not with a big post announcing his commitment, but by simply stating in his profile that he is an OL at UW Football. Seems like enough validation to me! Dieterich took a visit to Montlake this past weekend and the Huskies […]

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Recruiting Roundup: Taking A Look At Some Transfer Portal Targets

Happy Sunday Husky fans. With the transfer portal in full swing I wanted to take a look at some of the targets and visitors that the Huskies are after. It sounds like the Huskies will be looking to add somewhere around 10 portal players now that the majority of the portal entries for the Huskies […]

6 days ago | 0 reads

Indiana Game Preview & How to Watch

How to Watch (and bet) Date: Sunday, 1/4/26 Tip-Off Time: 5:00 pm PT TV: Big Ten Network Radio: Huskies Gameday App, Sports Radio KJR Location: Bloomington, IN Betting Line: Washington Huskies +7.5 Indiana Hoosiers 2025-26 Statistics: Record: 10-3 (1-1) Points For per Game: 84.7 (48th) Points Against per Game: 66.1 (27th) Adjusted Offensive Efficiency: 117.7 (58th) Adjusted Defensive Efficiency: 97.0 […]

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Transfer Portal Tracker 2.0

The transfer portal is officially open. And within 10 minutes had over 1,000 players entered. Just over 12 hours later and there are apparently more than 4,000. Most (hopefully) of the Husky players entering the portal have already declared their intentions to do so. You can find write-ups of those entries in our transfer portal […]

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Friday Dots: Hold The Line

Good morning and Happy New Year Dawg fans! I hope your holiday was great, because we have some big news to get to, because there is no offseason! Let’s get to it! Football Dots Basketball Dots That’s all for today, so thank you for making Dots a part of your morning, and as always, Go […]

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Reviewing the 2025 UW Football Goals

Back in February I published a set of goals for UW to achieve this year. As I said back then, competing in the Big Ten Championship game and getting into the CFP should be goals-this year and every year; but I was looking at goals that I thought were more realistic. It turns out that […]

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WBB Takes Down #6 Michigan

UW Women’s basketball beat #6 Michigan 64-52 on New Year’s Day in a key win for the program in front of an electric home crowd. This was their first win over a top ten opponent since they beat #9 Oregon in February 2024.  UW beat Northwestern most recently to open conference play, but right before […]

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Wednesday Dots: Dawg Lang Syne

And surely, you will buy your cupAnd surely, I’ll buy mine!We’ll take a cup of kindness yetFor the sake of Dots lang syne

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2026 Sample Transfer Portal Add List

The transfer portal officially opens on Friday in what promises to be a day (and month) filled with complete chaos. The powers that be decided that there will not be a spring portal cycle this year which means we get it all jammed into two weeks right now. It also means that there officially haven’t […]

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Tuesday Dots: Portal Shopping

Happy New Year and I hope you’re all enjoying your holiday season. It’s quiet-ish in the news department, but here’s what’s going on in the world of Washington Athletics. To the Dots! Dots

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Kepnang blocks six shots, Huskies down Utes 74-65

In its final outing of the calendar year, Washington (9-4, 1-1) toppled the visiting Utah Utes (8-5) 74-65. The Monday evening victory marks the final bout with a non-Big Ten squad for the remainder of the regular season.  Now winners of its last two, Washington has recovered well from what was a potentially season-staggering loss […]

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Wesley Yates III has wrist surgery, out indefinitely

An injury bug that bit Danny Sprinkle’s Huskies prior to the start continues to infest the locker room. Sprinkle reportedly informed Field of 68 that Wesley Yates III is out indefinitely after having surgery on his wrist. Losing Yates is significant. He is on the floor more than any other Husky as the team’s leader […]

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