Awakening the Sleeping Giant || A Washington Huskies Dynasty (NCAA 12)

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ESPN Announces Plans for Season Kick-Off Classic
Washington to Play Two Premiere Non-Conference Opponents

#7 Miami at Kansas State
September 1st, 2012 | 8:00 PM



#16 Washington at #5 LSU
September 8th, 2012 | 8:00 PM



#11 Oregon at #18 Auburn
September 15th, 2011 | 8:00 PM

Seattle, WA -- It has been announced that ESPN and The Home Depot will sponsor a four team season opening kick-off classic. The two games will take place in the second, third and fourth week of the season, and will be primetime games on ESPN's sister station, ABC. Each games will be played on the home team's campus.

This season's games will feature last year's national champions, last year's national runner's-up, a rematch of the 2011 national championship game, and a top 10 team from a season ago. In the first game seventh ranked Miami will travel to Manhattan, Kansas to face the Kansas State Wildcats on September 1st. The following weekend's game on September 8th will feature last year's national champion LSU who will host 16th ranked Washington. Last season Washington finished 11-2 and ranked in the top 10.

The third and final game, taking place on September 15th, will feature a rematch of the 2011 national championship game when the 11th ranked Oregon Ducks travel to Auburn to face the 18th ranked Tigers.

In other news, Washington has also released information to play two of college football's premiere programs. Washington will play Notre Dame for the next four seasons, each team alternating as hosts. Washington will also continue to the LSU series next season when the Huskies will get LSU in Seattle.

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Chris Polk Shocks the Nation With Return

Seattle, WA -- It's hard to imagine why a running-back who rushed for 2,684 yards and 33 touchdowns, won the Heisman Trophy, and every other major award a player can win would return for his senior season; that is of course, if you're not Chris Polk. For Polk the decision was an easy one. "Believe me, the decision to return was not an easy one. I went back-and-forth for weeks and really struggled with what I wanted to do. In the end, though, I couldn't get the bad taste of a couple of games out of my mouth. We were two games away from playing for a national championship. Those are two games we felt we could have won. I saw all the players we were going to have back this season, and new it could be a special one. In the end, the decision became obvious and I felt like my work at Washington wasn't done." Said Polk.

The two games he is referring to is a 40-34 overtime loss at Stanford and a 24-18 loss at Southern Cal. Two games in which the Huskies had opportunities to win but, in the end, came up short. It's very rare this day and age to see a player, after having arguably the greatest season of any player to ever play their position to come back for a final season. Polk's 2,684 rushing yards broke Barry Sanders' single season rushing mark. Polk is also on the verge of breaking two career rushing records held by legendary Washington running-back Napoleon Kaufman. Polk needs just two touchdowns to break Kaufman's career mark of 34 career touchdowns and needs 1,357 yards to break Kaufman's school record of 4,041 career rushing yards. Polk would need to average 113.1 yards rushing per game to pass Kaufman.

"Yes, I was surprised when Chris announced he would be returning but, obviously, we are very glad to have him back. The potential of this team's success increased exponentially when he said he was coming back. We will have a lot of key players back this year and feel like this could be a very special season." Said Washington head coach Steve Sarkisian.

Washington has a very stiff schedule this year with non-conference games against the defending national champs LSU at Baton Rouge and a home game against Notre Dame. With the addition of Boise State to their division, the Huskies will have another very tough conference game to go along with their match-ups against Oregon and Stanford. All-in-all Washington has five games on their schedule against ranked opponents, all of which are ranked in the top preseason top 15.

Something special could be brewing in Seattle, but they will have their work cut out for them to just match last season's successful 11 win season, let alone surpass it.

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Washington 2012 Depth Chart

Offense

QB Keith Price | JR(RS) | 6'1" 196 | 85 OVR
QB Nick Montana | SO(RS) | 6'3" 205 | 78 OVR

HB Chris Polk | SR(RS) | 5'11" 224 | 98 OVR
HB Jesse Callier | SO(RS) | 5'10" 203 | 89 OVR

FB Jonathan Amosa | SR(RS) | 5'11" 232 | 83 OVR

WR Kasen Williams | FR(RS) | 6'2" 216 | 85 OVR
WR Diandre Campbell | SO(RS) | 6'1" 197 | 76 OVR

WR Kevin Smith | SO(RS) | 6'0" 211 | 84 OVR
WR James Johnson | SR | 6'1" 199 | 84 OVR

TE Austin Sefrian-Jenkins | SO | 6'6" 261 | 78 OVR
TE Michael Hartvigson | SO(RS) | 6'6" 257 | 75 OVR

LT Ben Riva | SO(RS) | 6'6" 309 | 76 OVR
LT Michah Hatchie | SO(RS) | 6'5" 288 | 71 OVR

LG Colin Tanigawa | SO(RS) | 6'3" 304 | 81 OVR
LG Calvin White | FR | 6'3" 282 | 68 OVR

C Drew Schaefer | SR(RS) | 6'4" 303 | 92 OVR
C Mike Criste | SO(RS) | 6'5" 285 | 78 OVR

RG Colin Porter | SO(RS) | 6'4" 325 | 83 OVR
RG James Atoe | SO(RS) | 6'6" 339 | 80 OVR

RT Erik Kholer | JR | 6'5" 300 | 80 OVR
RT Dexter Charles | FR(RS) | 6'4" 297 | 71 OVR


Defense

LE Corey Arnold | FR | 6'5" 242 | 80 OVR
LE Andrew Hudson | SO(RS) | 6'3" 234 | 72 OVR

RE Hau'Oli Jamora | JR | 6'3" 250 | 87 OVR
RE Josh Shirley | SO(RS) | 6'3" 234 | 85 OVR

DT Danny Shelton | FR(RS) | 6'1" 344 | 80 OVR
DT Semisi Tokolahi | JR(RS) | 6'2" 336 | 78 OVR

DT Sione Potoa'e | SO(RS) | 6'2" 281 | 80 OVR
DT Lawrence Lagafuaina | SO(RS) | 6'0" 336 | 79 OVR

LOLB Princeton Fiumaono | JR | 6'1" 217 | 80 OVR
LOLB Garrett Gilliland | SO(RS) | 6'0" 229 | 75 OVR

MLB Thomas Tutogi | SO(RS) | 6'1" 247 | 77 OVR
MLB Tim Tucker | JR(RS) | 6'1" 243 | 75 OVR

ROLB John Timu | SO | 6'1" 233 | 79 OVR
ROLB Jamaal Kearse | SO(RS) | 6'2" 226 | 75 OVR

CB Desmond Trufant | SR | 6'0" 184 | 87 OVR
CB Gregory Ducre | SO(RS) | 5'10" 174 | 72 OVR

CB Adam Long | SR(RS) | 5'10" 173 | 80 OVR
CB Marcus Peters | FR(RS) | 5'11" 187 | 72 OVR

FS Nate Fellner | SR | 6'1" 202 | 92 OVR
FS Justin Glenn | SR(RS) | 5'11" 207 | 81 OVR

SS Sean Parker | JR | 5'10" 202 | 80 OVR
SS Will Shamburger | JR(RS) | 6'0" 193 | 76 OVR


Special Teams

K Chad Bush | FR | 5'11" 160 | 72 OVR
P Kyle Williams | FR | 6'2" 197 | 70 OVR

KR Chris Folk | SR(RS) | 5'11" 224 | 99 OVR
KR Kevin Smith | SO(RS) | 6'0" 211 | 97 OVR

PR Deontae Cooper | SO(RS) | 6'0" 203 | 97 OVR
PR Kevin Smith | SO(RS) | 6'0" 2011 | 97 OVR

LS Drew Schaefer | SR(RS) | 6'4" 303 | 92 OVR
LS Colin Porter | SO(RS) | 6'4" 325 | 83 OVR

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Week 1 Wrap-Up


Top 25 Scores

Top 25 Scores | Week 1

Results

(1) Alabama 42 - Kentucky 14

(3) Boise State 28 - Michigan State 25 (OT)

(10) Arkansas 45 - Ball State 10

(14) South Carolina 31 - East Carolina 24

(25) Tulsa 21 - Iowa State 28

National Players of the Week
HB Marcus Lattimore | South Carolina | 19 car, 110 yds, 3 TD, rec TD
CB Darius Winston | 5 tkl, 2 tfl, 2 FF, FR


Top 25 Rankings

NCAA Football Rankings - Coaches Poll - Updated: Sep 1, 2012
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	W	L	POINTS
1	1	Alabma (39)	1	0	1503
2	2	Stanford (21)	0	0	1430
3	3	Boise State (1)	1	0	1380
4	4	Wisconsin	0	0	1290
5	5	LSU	0	0	1223
6	6	Oklahoma	0	0	1157
7	7	Miami	0	0	1092
8	8	Penn State	0	0	1030
9	9	Texas A&M	0	0	968
10	10	Arkansas	1	0	909
11	11	Oregon	0	0	851
12	12	Florida State	0	0	794
13	13	Southern California	0	0	739
14	14	South Carolina	1	0	686
15	15	Florida	0	0	634
16	16	Washington	0	0	584
17	17	Nebraska	0	0	536
18	18	Auburn	0	0	489
19	19	Virginia Tech	0	0	444
20	20	Maryland	0	0	400
21	21	Michigan	0	0	358
22	22	Ohio State	0	0	317
23	23	Utah	0	0	278
24	24	Georgia Tech	0	0	241
25	NR	Houston	0	0	171

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Miami Holds Off Kansas State Comeback Bid

Manhattan, KS -- The Miami Hurricanes looked poised to put this game to rest early. After cruising to a 24-7 halftime lead the Canes began the second half on offense. On the verge of going ahead 31-7 Miami running-back Lamar Miller fumbled the ball fighting to get across the goal-line. Kansas State recovered, and fought their way back into the game. With ample opportunities to take the lead in the fourth quarter, down just 24-21, the Wildcats could not ever get over the hump and fell to the last year's national runner-up.

Miami (FL) Hurricanes at Kansas State Wildcats
Sep 1, 2012 1 2 3 4 F #7 MIA (1-0) 14 10 0 0 24 KSU (0-1) 7 0 7 7 21 Top Performers PASS: C. Klein, Kansas State - 17/34, 244 yards, 1 TD RUSH: L. Miller, Miami - 20 carries, 124 yards, 6.2 ypc, 1 TD REC: T. Tannahill, Kansas State - 6 catches, 91 yards, 15.1 ypc	Team Stats Comparison MIA KSU First Downs 20 17 3rd Down Efficiency 5-15 8-16 4th Down Efficiency 1-2 0-1 Total Yards 515 416 Passing Yards 207 244 Rushing Yards 192 65 Penalties-Penalty Yards 12-121 8-45 Turnovers 2 0 Time of Possession 33:28 26:32
Scoring Summary FIRST QUARTER SCORING MIA KSU 8:59 (MIA) TD: M. James, 8 yd run (J. Wieclaw kick) 7 0 4:16 (MIA) TD: C. Walford, 15 yd pass from S. Morris (J. Wieclaw kick) 14 0 0:3 (KSU) TD: B. Brown, 3 yd run (A. Cantele kick) 14 7 SECOND QUARTER SCORING MIA KSU 7:46 (MIA) TD: L. Miller, 3 yd run 9A. Wieclaw kick) 21 7 0:22 (MIA) FG: J. Wieclaw, 32 yd FG 24 7 THIRD QUARTER SCORING MIA KSU 1:09 (KSU) TD: T. Thompson, 7 yd pass from C. Klein (A. Cantele kick) 24 14 FOURTH QUARTER SCORING MIA KSU 7:03 (MIA) TD: B. Brown, 6 yd run (A. Cantele kick) 24 21
Miami (FL) Hurricanes PASSING C/A YDS TD INT S. Morris 17/33 207 1 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD L. Miller 20 124 6.2 1 M. James 9 49 5.4 1 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD A. Cleveland 5 45 9.0 0 C. Walford 4 42 10.5 1 T. Streeter 3 56 18.6 0 K. Thompkins 2 42 21.0 0 Kansas State Wildcats PASSING C/A YDS TD INT C. Klein 17/34 244 1 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD B. Brown 12 34 2.8 2 J. Hubert 5 22 4.4 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD T. Tannahill 6 91 15.1 0 B. Smith 4 63 15.7 0 C. Harper 2 49 24.5 0 T. Thompson 2 15 7.5 1

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Picking Up Where He Left Off

Seattle, WA -- Different season, same old Chris Polk. Polk ran through, around, and over the Nevada defense on his way to 209 yard, one touchdown performance. The one touchdown ties Polk for the Washington school record of career rushing touchdowns, a mark he will more than likely surpass next week given his track record. With the passing game struggling, Washington needed all the help they could get from the ground game, and it came in spades. Red-shirt sophomore Jesse Callier chipped in with 117 rushing yards of his own on 15 carries and scored two touchdowns, and red-shirt freshman Bishop got in on the fun with a 20 yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter.

Washington tallied 371 rushing yards in their 45-7 tune-up contest before traveling to Death Valley next week to take on the defending national champion LSU Tigers.

Nevada Wolf Pack at Washington Huskies
Sep 1, 2012	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Nevada Wolf Pack ()	0	7	0	0	7
#16 Washington Huskies ()	7	14	3	21	45

Team Stats Comparison
	NEV	WASH
Total Offense	263	569
Rushing Yards	107	371
Passing Yards	156	198
First Downs	12	23
Punt Return Yards	7	6
Kick Return Yards	131	45
Total Yards	401	620
Turnovers	0	1
3rd Down Converstion	5-15	8-14
4th Down Conversion	1-2	0-0
2-Point Conversion	0-0	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	4-1-0	5-3-1
Penalties	2-20	1-5
Posession Time	11:35	20:25

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		NEV	WASH
3:56	(WASH) TD: C. Polk, 8 yd pass from K. Price (E. Folk kick)	0	7
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		NEV	WASH
6:16	(NEV) TD: M. Ball, 4 yd run (A. Martinez kick)	7	7
5:41	(WASH) TD: K. Williams, 69 yd pass from K. Price (E. Folk kick)	7	14
0:20	(WASH) TD: C. Polk, 1 yd run (E. Folk kick)	7	21
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		NEV	WASH
3:43	(WASH) FG: E. Folk, 24 yd FG	7	24
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		NEV	WASH
6:37	(WASH) TD: J. Callier, 1 yd run (E. Folk kick)	7	31
4:34	(WASH) TD: J. Callier, 32 yd run (E. Folk kick)	7	38
1:12	(WASH) TD: B. Sankey, 20 yd run (E. Folk kick)	7	45

Nevada Wolf Pack PASSING C/A YDS TD INT D. Combs 102/5 156 0 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD S. Jefferson 17 71 4.1 0 M. Ball 14 38 2.7 1 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD B. Wimberly 4 67 16.7 0 L. Washington 3 78 26.0 0 M. Ball 1 6 6.0 0 R. Horton 1 5 5.0 0

Washington Huskies PASSING C/A YDS TD INT K. Price 10/22 188 2 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD C. Polk 30 209 6.9 1 J. Callier 15 117 7.8 2 B. Sankey 3 26 8.6 1 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD K. Williams 3 126 42.0 1 A. Sefrian-Jenkins 3 31 10.3 0 J. Johnson 2 14 7.0 0 C. Polk 1 8 8.0 1 M. Hartvigson 1 21 21.0 0

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Week 2 Wrap-Up


Pac-12 Scores

Pac-12 Scores | Week 2

Results

(2) Stanford 38 - BYU 14

(3) Boise State 41 - Fresno State 21

(11) Oregon 52 - Arkansas State 35

(13) Southern Cal 30 - Syracuse 13

(16) Washington 45 - Nevada 7

(23) Utah 59 - Utah State 24

Washington State 16 - Western Kentucky 14

Oregon State 74 - FCS East 14

Cal 35 - Wake Forest 24

Arizona 17 - Toledo 21

Colorado 12 - Colorado State 31

Arizona State 21 - (18) Auburn 31

UCLA 14 - (17) Nebraska 37

Top 25 Scores

Top 25 Scores | Week 2

Results

(1) Alabama 49 - FCS Southeast 7

(2) Stanford 38 - BYU 14

(3) Boise State 41 - Fresno State 21

(4) Wisconsin 77 - FCS West 7

(5) LSU 51 - North Texas 3

(6) Oklahoma 51 - FCS West 0

(7) Miami (FL) 24 - Kansas State 21

(8) Penn State 14 - Southern Miss 35

(10) Arkansas 45 - FCS Midwest 0

(11) Oregon 52 - Arkansas State 35

(12) Florida State 24 - South Florida 21

(13) Southern Cal 30 - Syracuse 13

(15) Florida 30 - Bowling Green 3

(16) Washington 45 - Nevada 7

(17) Nebraska 37 - UCLA 14

(18) Auburn 31 - Arizona State 21

(20) Maryland 35 - West Virginia 32

(21) Michigan 21 - Air Force 14

(22) Ohio State 32 - Ole Miss 31

(23) Utah 59 - Utah State 24

(24) Georgia Tech 45 - Mid Tenn State 0

(25) Houston 38 - Louisiana Tech 34

National Players of the Week
QB Tate Forcier | San Jose St. | 19/33, 292 yds, 109 rush yds, 6 TD
FS Marvin Bryant | NMSU | 6 tkl, 4 tfl, FF, FR

Pac-12 Players of the Week
QB Darron Thomas | Oregon | 12/22, 215 yds, 77 rush yds, 5 total TD
OLB Michael Clay | Oregon | 12 tkl, 3 tfl, FF, FR



Top 25 Rankings

NCAA Football Rankings - Coaches Poll - Updated: Sep 2, 2012
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	W	L	POINTS
1	1	Alabama (35)	2	0	1499
2	2	Stanford (25)	1	0	1425
3	3	Boise State (1)	2	0	1353
4	4	Wisconsin	1	0	1283
5	5	LSU	1	0	1215
6	6	Oklahoma	1	0	1149
7	7	Miami (FL)	1	0	1103
8	9	Texas A&M	0	0	960
9	10	Arkansas	2	0	901
10	11	Oregon	1	0	843
11	12	Florida State	1	0	804
12	13	Southern California	1	0	750
13	14	South Carolina	1	0	682
14	15	Florida	1	0	631
15	16	Washington	1	0	583
16	17	Nebraska	1	0	550
17	18	Auburn	1	0	491
18	19	Virginia Tech	0	0	448
19	20	Maryland	1	0	407
20	21	Michigan	1	0	367
21	22	Ohio State	1	0	340
22	8	Penn State	0	1	320
23	23	Utah	1	0	304
24	24	Georgia Tech	1	0	259
25	25	Houston	1	0	226

Pac-14 Standings

Pac-14 North Conference Standings - Updated: Sep 2, 2012
TEAM	REC	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STRK
(2) Stanford	1-0	1.000	1-0	38	14	W1
(3) Boise State	2-0	1.000	0-0	69	46	W2
(10) Oregon	1-0	1.000	0-0	52	35	W1
(15) Washington	1-0	1.000	0-0	45	7	W1
Cal	1-0	1.000	0-0	35	24	W1
Oregon State	1-0	1.000	0-0	74	14	W1
Washington State	1-0	1.000	0-0	16	14	W1

Pac-14 South Conference Standings - Updated: Sep 2, 2012
TEAM	REC	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STRK
(12) Southern Cal	1-0	1.000	0-0	30	13	W1
(23) Utah	1-0	1.000	0-0	59	24	W1
Arizona	0-1	0.000	0-0	17	21	L1
Arizona State	0-1	0.000	0-0	21	31	L1
Colorado	0-1	0.000	0-0	12	31	L1
UCLA	0-1	0.000	0-0	14	37	L1
BYU	0-1	0.000	0-1	14	38	L1

Heisman Watch

Heisman Watch - Updated: Sep 2, 2012
NAME	POS	SCHOOL		SEASON STATS
Chris Polk	HB	Washington		30 car, 209 yds, 1 TD, 1 rec TD
Ronnie Hillman	HB	San Diego State		18 car, 106 yds, 1 TD
Rob Bolden	QB	Penn State		N/A
Michael Williams	TE	Alabama		15 rec, 252 yds, 4 TD
James White	HB	Wisconsin		29 car, 195 yds, 3 TD, 66 rec yds

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Miami Lands Winston
Henry, Blanton Name Top Five

It didn't take long for our first prospect in our "On The Recruiting Trail" special to announce where he would be attending school next year. Five-star Tanner Winston, the nation's number one MLB out of Georgia, announced he will be a Miami Hurricane next season. At 6'3" 235 pounds, Wintson has ideal linebacker size and will be a great addition to Al Golden's already loaded Hurricane roster. Winston also had offers from Florida State and Auburn but never really gave them much consideration.

"Don't get me wrong, both Florida State and Auburn are great schools and have great programs, but I've wanted to be a Cane since I was a kid. I like coach Golden too. I have a lot of respect for him and, obviously, Miami is back. They came withing a touchdown of winning a championship last year and I hope I can be one of the missing pieces to get the elusive national championship." -Tanner Winston
In other news, two of our recruits have narrowed their lists to five schools. First is five-star receiver Dalton Henry out of New York. Henry currently holds just one offer from Penn State who has a sizable lead for his services. However, Henry is still considering Alabama, LSU, Oklahoma, and Ohio State.

Justin Blanton, a four-star defensive-end out of Arkansas, has also narrowed his list to give schools. Blanton currently holds an offer from Oklahoma and Ole Miss. Right now it appears Oklahoma is the leader. Blanton is also considering Arkansas, LSU, and Iowa.