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UW Pro Day Showcase for Jake Tomorrow; Featured on ESPN3

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Jake’s series of NFL auditions concludes tomorrow morning on the campus of the University of Washington, where UW will hold their annual ‘Pro Day’ for graduating senior football players.

For the first time, the event will be televised live on-line on ESPN3.com. The line-up of former UW players–including fellow offensive mates Cody Habben, Ryan Tolar and D’Andre Goodwin–can be found on Coach Sark’s site here.

Jake plans on featuring his throwing skills in a continued effort to show that he is more than just an athlete at the quarterback position, and that he can make the throws that are necessary to compete at the next level. Since the end of the season, Jake has been diligently working with Steve Clarkson and former NFL Quarterback Ken O’Brien on continuing to improve his footwork, and Wednesday’s event will give him a final opportunity to give NFL talent evaluators one last glimpse before April’s NFL Draft.  

Mike Sando of ESPN’s NFC West Blog  wrote a quick piece on Jake and will be attending the day’s events. Look for Mike to provide in depth coverage of how Jake performs and if he may be a prospect for one of the teams within the NFC West.

UCLA at Washington, Thursday @ 5 p.m.

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After a bye week, the Huskies (3-6) host the UCLA Bruins (4-5) in an unprecedented nationally televised Thursday night game at Husky Stadium.

It will be a game of firsts and lasts, as it will mark the first time the Huskies have hosted a Thursday night game at Husky stadium and the first time they have donned all black uniforms, while it will be the last time Jake and 16 of his teammates walk out the tunnel of Husky Stadium in their collegiate careers.

The game, UCLA’s second Thursday night game in the last month, will also feature a potent Bruin’s running attack that is led by former backup quarterback Richard Brehaut, pushed into action earlier this year with the season ending injury to starter Kevin Prince. Brehaut led UCLA to a last second win over Oregon State two weeks ago.

The Huskies will be honoring 17 graduating seniors before the game, including Jake’s fellow offensive players Cody Habben (OL), Ryan Tolar (OL), and D’Andre Goodwin (WR). Mason Foster (LB), Cameron Elisara (DE), Nate Williams (DB), and Victor Aiyewa (LB) are some of the defensive players playing their last game at Husky Stadium as well.

The game will kickoff at 5:00 p.m., which could snarl traffic and make getting to the game difficult. The Seattle Times has a comprehensive summary of the transportation scenario. For a full game preview, click here for a LA twist, or here for the hometown story.

Next week, the Huskies travel to Cal to face the Bears. It is a 12:30 kick off and will be televised live locally on FSN.

Locker Buzz

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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)