The website is getting a facelift and the Heisman push is just starting to simmer behind the scenes. However, do what you can now to support Jake for the 2010 Heisman Trophy Award. If you are a Facebooker, you can become a fan here.
And don’t forget the Spring Game on your Calendar: “Friday Night Lights” at 6:30 on April 30th at Husky Stadium. Practices starting soon!
GO DAWGS!
Jake is returning to the University of Washington for his senior season, ending a lot of speculation that he may be jumping to the NFL.
He released a brief statement via the University of Washington today:
“After a great deal of careful thought and deliberation, I have decided to return to Washington and play my senior year. I am very excited about this team’s opportunities and potential for the upcoming season and I am looking forward to being a part of it.”
With 2 games remaining in the season and the Apple Cup approaching, some press about the Davey O’Brien Award, school records, and Jake’s inevitable future decision:
On Sunday, representatives from the Davey O’Brien Award visited Jake and the Portland State vs. Washington basketball game to publicize his candidacy for the National Award. Jake is currently third in the voting.
GoHuskies.com reports that Jake has moved up the University of Washington record books, and has broke into the top 10 single season & career marks in several categories.
And, as the end of the season fast approaches, Coach Sarkisian was a good sport with a ton of questions regarding Jake’s future decision. Both the UW Daily and the Seattle TImes detail how Sarkisian plans on handling the situation.
Season Stats Through 6 Games
Passing: 113-198, 1423 Yards, 57.1% Completion, 10 TD, 4 Int, 130.07 Rating
Rushing: 60 Carries, 199 Yards, 3.3 Per Carry, 4 TD, 56 Lng
It’s the midway point for the season and a big game against Arizona State. The Huskies are 2-1 in the Pac 10 and 3-3 overall. The game is televised live from Tempe, Arizona at 7 p.m. on FSN tonight!
Here’s the buzz on Jake over the past week:
Tuesday
ASU Coach Dennis Erickson has high praise of Jake.
Wednesday
Tim Booth of the Seattle Times writes about the 56 yard touchdown run against Arizona, and talks about how the new offense has evolved Jake’s decision making process on the field.
Jon Wilner of the Mercurty news still has Jake as his #1 q.b.
Thursday
The Seattle PI Blog has a follow up on Jake’s drive to promote the Run of Hope in memory of his friend Kyle Roger. The run is tomorrow and benefits pediatric brain tumor research.
As the big game is now just 7 days away, there will be a lot of links coming this week relating to previews of the game.
Until then, in case you missed it, Ted Miller of ESPN has this great article on Locker seeking a fresh start in 2009.
Also, at “Raise the Woof” last night, the team captains were named. Jake and Ryan Tolar are the offensive captains, along with D.T.N. and Donald Butler on the defense.
Stewart Mandel of Cnnsi.com opens up the mailbag and settles a debate a reader has about Locker….(page 3)
The Huskies will have a full-pads scrimmage starting at 3 p.m. today at Husky Stadium. It is free and open to the public.
The practice, 2 weeks before the season opener against LSU, will be one of the last opportunities to see the Huskies scrimmage before they close practice to the public starting the 31st.
This year, Donald Butler joined Coach Sark at Pac 10 media day. There were a lot of questions regarding Jake, and a few articles that detail some of those answers.
Fanhouse.com details how Coach Sarkisian believes Jake will sign with the Angels. This is probably more of a question of when rather than if, and with Coach Sarkisian believing it will happen it appears to be just a matter of time.
Bob Condotta of the Seattle Times reports at how Sarkisian believes Jake has led by example in an effort to help the team gain confidence.
Ken Goe of Oregonlive talks briefly about Sarkisian turning the program around and how Jake’s goal for this year is to continue his improvement in passing efficiency, something that looked solid at the Spring Game.
A day after an 8-0 shutout the Huskies Softball Team held on for a 3-2 decision , giving the ‘Dawgs a 2-0 World Series victory over the top-ranked Florida Gators that brought the national championship to the University of Washington. The team and their leader, pitcher Danielle Lawrie, were impressive on offense and defense on their way to the clinching win in the best-of-3 series.
Jake was in attendance at the Oklahoma City series for the last 5 days to root on the softball team, and the Seattle Times had a chance to catch up with him at the game. He mentioned that being a part of the last few days got him excited for the upcoming football season and hopefully some similar successes. “To experience this atmosphere, the support and the camaraderie around the team is a neat experience,” Jake told the Times. ”And, I’m not going to lie, I’d love to be a part of. It’s something I’m going to strive for in the years I have left.”
We congratulate the lady Huskies for their monumental achievement, and we hope that the football team can continue an already stellar year for Washington athletics.
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We will update the twitter page when a new post goes live, as well as other odds and ends related to Jake Locker and Husky Football. If you aren’t twittering by now, you are about the only one so don’t delay!
Thanks to Bob Condotta of the Seattle times for posting the link to this video. As some of you may have seen the still pictures of the new uniforms from the Spring Game on this site, here is a live look at a couple of players in the uni’s…..one being Jake Locker, and the other being Donald Butler (in #10 too, but all white).