Wulff, Cougs Steal One From Dawgs

Cougars new football coach Paul Wulff got a late start on recruiting, but stated in his opening press conference that he would be talking to players who have already committed to other schools to gage their interest. Well, he found one willing to change his mind.

Cory Mackay is trading his purple-and-gold for crimson-and-gray. Mackay is big, 6'4" 215 lbs., and wants to play TE for the Cougs. With the loss of Jed Collins, Mackay may have a chance to play as a freshman.

Now Wulff needs to get Prosser's Cody Bruns to change his mind and stay on that side of the mountains.

Huskies lose recruit to WSU [Seattle PI]

Bedard Looks Like A Mariner In Next 24 Hours

The Seattle Times is reporting that the Mariners have traded Adam Jones to the Baltimore Orioles for pitcher Erik Bebard. Jones would not be the only Mariner in the trade, possibly George Sherril or Brandon Morrow could also be going to Baltimore.

We are very excited about this trade right now, but we don't know all the details. We could change our mind if the M's traded away the farm. We were never big Jones fans, he never seemed to perform in the majors, albeit in limited action.

Getting Bedard gives the M's a solid 1-2 punch with Felix Hernandez. That lefty-righty combo could help the Mariners compete with the Angels in the West. Right now it looks like the rotation would be Bedard, Hernandez, Batista, Silva, and Washburn.

The trade isn't final, so we'll have to wait and see.

Jones-Bedard trade in works [Seattle Times]

2000 Huskies: Criminal

The Seattle Times ran this story about the 2000 UW football team that went 11-1 and won the Rose Bowl. It uncovered information that wasn't available at the time about the corruption and criminal activity involving Husky players.

We all knew that Jerramy Stevens has had his many run-ins with the law, including the alleged rape mentioned in the article. What we didn't know is that a safety had a warrant out for his arrest, yet he played and a linebacker got special treatment by not being charged till after the season.

These are very disturbing details about how much a group of people can get away with because of what they do. There is no way a normal, everyday 8-5'er would ever be allowed to go to work with an arrest warrant when the police knew where he'd be at. The fact that supposed responsible adults who were in charge of these young men allowed them to run wild is even more disgusting. If your a parent and Rick Neuheisel comes to your home, how can you respect him knowing he doesn't care if your kid beats his wife as long as he picks off passes on Saturday?

UW has been called Probation Nation by many, including PI columnist Jim Moore. It was always taken as a funny jab at the big school on the lake, now it may seem that it has a darker, deeper meaning. One that maybe even Rick Neuheisel may now be ashamed of.

The disturbing story behind the last great UW team - and how its legacy still casts a shadow on the Huskies [Seattle Times]

NBA Draft Net: Weaver, Low Get Drafted

Looking at NBA Draft Net 2008 mock draft, they have both Kyle Weaver and Derrick Low getting drafted. Weaver goes #33 to, guess who?, the Seattle Sonics. Low goes #55 to the Lakers.

We are surprised by this. All season we've heard about how the Cougars are a team of role players, they play well together in the system, but not as individuals. Then we read that out of the Top 60 players, 2 of them are Cougars.

Question: Should UW PF Jon Brockman turn pro? He's averaging a double-double and is the only reason why UW is winning some games. A lot of people are dubbing the Huskies as a team built for 2009, but does Brockman hang around to find out. Right now, he's not on anyone's draft board so we think we stays. What if he goes to some draft camps, grades out well, and realizes that he can't improve anymore in his senior season?

What we do know is he's a hardworker who gives him all every night. The NBA could use some more players like this, in its individual, highlight reel dunk league.

Seahawks May Play in England

The NFL's new tradition of playing one regular season game in England may include the Seahawks in 2008. The two opponents being discussed are the Jets and Patriots, both of which are a Seahawk's home game.

The Seahawks don't want to play in this game. Not only do they lose a home game, which as we know, is very valuable, but they also have to endure more travel. As the team that travels the most every season anyway, a trip across the big pond would tax this team even more. We don't know if a team can deny the NFL's request to play in the game, we assume they cannot, then the Seahawks may be playing a home game against the defending Super Bowl champions 4,800 miles from Qwest Field.

The league will announce the teams Friday, February 1.

Jets Could Possibly Play in England [Jets Central]