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Sports columnist for @seattletimes | Triplet | Past: @SBTribune , @CSTribune , @OWHNews , @CoMissourian | M-I-Z '13 | Email: mvorel @seattletimes .com

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From a shaking fence in Husky Stadium to a final fishing trip, UW folk hero Joe Jarzynka’s legacy transcends his last hurrah. “That dude was just too big for life. He couldn’t live a long life. He had given too much. Joe couldn’t give that much forever.”
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UW quarterback Michael Penix Jr. said he has the names of all of his Husky teammates and coaches on the inside of his jacket.
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BREAKING: UW QB Michael Penix Jr. just announced on Instagram that he’s returning for the 2023 season
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Presented without comment
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UW wide receivers Rome Odunze, Ja'Lynn Polk, Jalen McMillan and Germie Bernard were targeted 20 times last night, and recorded 19 catches for 353 yards and two touchdowns. That's about as statistically dominant as you'll ever see.
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UW WR Rome Odunze confirmed today that he broke a rib and punctured a lung recovering an onside kick against Arizona. He was in the hospital until nearly 5 am that night, and his mother and two UW trainers took turns driving him on a 23-hour trip back to Seattle.
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No idea why, but Venus Williams is currently playing tennis at UW. A small crowd has gathered to watch.
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UW linebacker Edefuan Ulofoshio: “On their turf, on our turf, on a neutral turf, they (Oregon) will never live this down.”
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Michael Penix Jr., on the Heisman Trophy: "That was never my goal. My goal was to win football games for this team."
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Michael Penix Jr. and his grandma, Cheryl Penix, embrace after the win
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UW's 1991 national championship team is headed to Houston to support the next great class of Huskies against a familiar foe. “It’ll be great to be together, rooting our little brothers on," Dave Hoffmann said. "That’s really what it feels like.”
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With Georgia’s loss, Washington’s 20-game winning streak is now the longest active streak in the nation.
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It was a helluva run
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New UW QB Will Rogers taking in the scene
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UW coach Kalen DeBoer put kicker Grady Gross on scholarship in the locker room following that walk-off field goal.
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Jedd Fisch says former Seahawks coach Pete Carroll is going to be "a mentor close by and ready to help."
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UW's next coach will inherit a roster that just lost the majority of its playmakers to the NFL draft, with many more possibly entering the transfer portal. He'll also inherit a program that will make significantly less than its Big Ten competitors in the near future. Good luck.
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The thing I keep thinking about this AM: Michael Penix Jr., Rome Odunze and Troy Fautanu each bet on themselves. None had a first round grade last year. All could have left anyway. Most do these days. Instead, they came back and got better. No ego. All belief. They earned it.
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BREAKING: Penix is wearing purple.
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As joyous a “Say Who” chant as you’ll ever see
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Frank Clark was asked Monday night about Richard Sherman calling the Seahawks a "middle of the road" team a few weeks back. You're going to want to read his response:
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Notre Dame Stadium's Steve Jobs Mob is really starting to freak me out.
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Richard Newton knew he might not play. He stayed anyway. "I’ve always wanted to be a dawg, man," he said. "This decision, for me, was bigger than football. I wanted to spend my last year with my brothers, no matter what the role was.”
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After 10 days of rampant departures, a growing list of Huskies — Kamren Fabiculanan, Davon Banks, Denzel Boston, Zach Durfee, etc. — have been vocal about their decision to return to UW in ‘24. And regardless of what happens next fall, those statements should be remembered.
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I've never covered a more polished human being than Rome Odunze.
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UW has sold out of its allotment of 20,000 tickets for Monday’s national championship game against Michigan in Houston, a university spokesperson confirms.
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Four-star freshman OL Paki Finau is staying at Washington. That’s a big one.
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Loyal to the pack, we on! ☔️
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There’s simply no way John Schneider, Mike Macdonald and Ryan Grubb have an exceedingly public beer together at Dino’s if Grubb’s not the guy. Right?
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@uwcommentor I was there. Trying to be stealth but here’s the photo I got.
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Peyton Henry: “That (missed field goal at Oregon in 2018) is always in the back of the mind, especially because when people think of me they think of that kick. So hopefully they remember me for this kick.”
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New UW QB Will Rogers taking in the scene
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UW expects to announce its next head football coach in the next 48 hours (and very likely tomorrow), according to a source.
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During a zoom availability for the Paul "Bear" Bryant Awards this afternoon, I asked UW coach Kalen DeBoer where his head is at less than two days after losing in the national championship. His answer lasted more than three and a half minutes. Full response below:
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Four-star freshman safety Peyton Waters to withdraw from the transfer portal and stay at UW
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Seattle is home☔️, Time to work! @CoachJeddFisch @UW_Football
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Former Arizona RB Jonah Coleman just announced a commitment to Washington on IG. He’s currently at UW on an official visit.
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Thrilled to share I’ve been appointed to succeed my friend/colleague, Larry Stone ( @StoneLarry ), as a sports columnist at @seattletimes . Larry retired Friday after a momentous 44-year run, leaving gargantuan shoes to fill. It’s the honor of my career to take on that challenge.
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Breaking: Four-star Bethel LB Zaydrius Rainey-Sale — the highest ranked '25 recruit in the state of Washington — has announced a verbal commitment to the home state Huskies
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Four-star Rainier Beach corner and Oregon commit Caleb Presley is here, wearing a UW sweatshirt
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UW co-DC Chuck Morrell hugs an emotional Zion Tupuola-Fetui, who made one of the plays of the game a week after his father passed away
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For those in the Seattle area, pick up Monday's @seattletimes for our 10-page Sugar Bowl special section, including this gorgeous illustration on the cover. It's not to be missed.
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Former UW OC Ryan Grubb confirms he wanted to be the Huskies’ head coach … but has not been selected, apparently.
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If one UW player deserved better, it's All-P12 honorable mention WR Jalen McMillan. Let's compare McMillan and Oregon's Troy Franklin, who landed on the All-Pac-12 second team. McMillan: 71 catches, 1,040 receiving yards, 8 TD Franklin: 56 catches, 867 yards, 8 TD Sure.
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Michael Penix Jr. wins the Maxwell Award. Kalen DeBoer wins the Home Depot Coach of the Year Award. It's raining awards at Washington:
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Jen Cohen, JaMarcus Shephard and Lee Marks celebrating on the field
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It’s 5:37 am, and the University of Washington is awake.
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A fight nearly broke out between UW and UO players. Raw video:
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Four-star freshman QB Dermaricus Davis will withdraw from the transfer portal and remain at Washington
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Michael Penix Jr. isn’t trying to leave
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Chris Petersen says he heard a quote from an eastern philosopher in the fall, and it's been ringing in his ears: "A man has two lives to live, and the second one begins when he realizes he only has one."
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All I gotta say is, Alaska Airlines better open more flights
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The DeBoer family with the Apple Cup
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UW WR Jalen McMillan is wearing a T-shirt featuring a photo of his grandpa and best friend, Herle Gene McMillan, who passed in 2022.
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The last Pac-12 champs
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This quote from Edefuan Ulofoshio effectively summarizes the culture Kalen DeBoer has installed at UW. More on how the Huskies physically outmatched Oregon:
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UW QB Michael Penix Jr. organized a separate meeting with his teammates the night before the Sugar Bowl. "I don't know what the meeting was about, but he asked to get the guys together," UW coach Kalen DeBoer said. "I think just sharing his mind, sharing his heart."
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After he went off the air on YouTube, Caleb Presley signed off on IG Live by saying: “Shoutout Budda. Shoutout all the guys that stayed home. Class of 24, I’m coming to get y’all.”
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UW has its starting QB for the 2024 season
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NEWS: Former Mississippi State quarterback Will Rogers told ESPN he will withdraw from the NCAA transfer portal and remain at Washington to play for the Huskies in 2024. Rogers informed Washington head coach Jedd Fisch of his decision on Tuesday and has resumed classes.
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Tyrone Swoopes signed to the Seahawks' practice squad and flew to Seattle on Monday, flew to London on Wednesday, was elevated to the active roster on Saturday and made his first career start (and catch) on Sunday. How's that for a week at work?
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Kam Fab was an impact player last fall and will anchor UW’s secondary in 2024
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Go Dawgs
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Here's something that caught my attention today. Jedd Fisch said UW's assistant coach salary pool provided for the new staff "allows us to be able to hire anybody we want. There really isn’t anybody in the country that, if we wanted to hire them, that we couldn’t hire.”
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I wonder how many folks are watching Washington's offense for the first time tonight. This is what y'all have been missing.
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UW QB Michael Penix Jr. says the Pac-12 title win over Oregon was the most satisfying win of his life.
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Dillon Johnson walks into media day. He reiterated that he’ll play Monday against Michigan.
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Michael Penix Jr.: “I’m not going to lie, their d-line is good. But at the same time, they haven’t played our o-line.”
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A spirited rendition of “Say Who” with the Apple Cup
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Kalen DeBoer's first season as a college head coach ended with a 55-0 L in the NAIA semifinal. He then went 56-1 and won three of the next four national titles. "He knew exactly what needed to be done. We needed to get bigger up front.” Sound familiar?
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Worst loss in program history?
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Rome Odunze leads the band
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Transfer DT Sebasian Valdez is sticking at UW. Huge area of need for the Huskies.
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Bow Down to Washington. #GoDawgs
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Last one of these as a Pac-12 program. Last one with yours truly as the Husky beat writer, too. Let’s end some eras.
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Folks are cleaning up and down Pike Street in downtown Seattle.
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Rome Odunze is about to lead the Husky band … but he first celebrated Michael Penix Jr. being named offensive MVP
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BREAKING: UW offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb agreed in early November to a two-year contract extension through 2025, a source confirmed to The Times Tuesday. He's set to earn $1.45 million in 2023, $1.55 million in 2024 and $1.67 million in 2025.
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Looks like 3-star LB signee/early enrollee Khmori House will be withdrawing from the transfer portal and remaining at Washington
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Husky Nation! I’m locked in.☔️Time to turn the city up for real…. @CoachJeddFisch @CoachJRich
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On @933KJR , Michael Penix Jr. said he decided Saturday evening to return to UW. He had his return video made in secret by UW's media team and played at the end of the Huskies' team banquet on Sunday night. It was a surprise to everyone there -- including head coach Kalen DeBoer.
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The Huskies are here
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Worth noting, though it didn't work out for him at Washington, Sam Huard has been a class act from the very beginning. He's the first kid I've ever seen organize a Zoom call with local media to proactively explain why he's leaving. He's handled a difficult situation with grace.
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Two weeks later -- after a bye -- Odunze caught eight passes for 128 yards and two touchdowns (including the game-winner) in UW's 36-33 win over Oregon. He never missed a game.
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UW edge Zach Durfee will be eligible to play in the CFP, a team spokesperson confirmed. The Sioux Falls transfer was required to serve a year in residence before becoming eligible, and that's based on academic quarters. After UW's fall quarter ends Dec. 15, he's eligible.
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BREAKING: Despite being offered the offensive coordinator job at Alabama Monday, Ryan Grubb will remain at Washington, a source confirmed to The Times Tuesday
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Michael Penix Jr. has been named Washington’s starting quarterback.
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In perhaps the greatest sequence of photos in Husky football history, Nick Harris celebrates Salvon Ahmed's 89-yard TD run by performing a full dance routine on the field ... and then Chris Petersen yells at him to join his teammates for the two-point attempt.
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The game is stopped because of a probably inebriated man who belly flopped at midfield. Then he calmly walked off and no one seemed to stop him. Apple Cup!
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The men’s Seattle Sports Star of the Year, Michael Penix Jr.
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Would appear Landen Hatchett is sticking around. That’s huge for the Huskies
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Go Dawgs ☔️😈
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If anyone can pull off sunglasses at a hockey game, it’s this man
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Imagine telling a Husky football fan in 2021 that UW would have college football's most prolific offense two years later.
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Jacob Eason walks off with the trophy ... maybe for the final time.
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. @KalenDeBoer , I’m going to need to borrow the woof gif 💍
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FYI: today is my last day as UW football beat writer for @seattletimes . I'm taking next week off and will start my new role as sports columnist on Feb. 19. Our new UW football writer — who I'll let introduce himself in the coming days — starts Monday. He's going to kill it.
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UW opened as a 4.5-point underdog against Michigan. The Huskies approve. “We prove everybody wrong time and time again, and we'll continue to do that," Bralen Trice said last night. "This is what we do as Dawgs at UW up in Seattle. We're bred for this. We prepare for this.”
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UW DT Tuli Letuligasenoa said he’ll be back for a sixth season in 2023.
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Update: I guess he’s moving again.
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New UW AD Troy Dannen: "I'm not moving again. This is my third job. This is going to be my last job."
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So how quickly does UW call Mississippi State to try to schedule a home-and-home?
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Indiana transfer CB Jordan Shaw (who had previously committed to Arizona) announces transfer to Washington
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Home 4 Good #Committed
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When Penix was announced as the game’s MVP, the chants shifted from “MVP” to “Heisman”
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I’m at a restaurant in downtown Ann Arbor, and the Michigan fans are rooting hard for Oregon, and the UW fans are rooting hard for Ohio State. It’s as if Michigan and UW are already playing each other. It’s disorienting.
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Can confirm that former UW wide receiver Aaron Fuller has signed with the Seattle Seahawks.
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I think new UW AD Troy Dannen is happy to have Michael Penix Jr. as his quarterback.
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UW's only other finalist, Steve Emtman, won a national championship weeks after finishing fourth in the Heisman Trophy voting in 1991. Likewise, Michael Penix Jr. — and his brothers — have an opportunity to avenge a loss with a lasting win:
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