Last week we were taking Husky football with a friend who was upset that the University hadn't fired coach Ty Willingham. We mentioned that, though he hadn't won many games, Willingham had restored integrity to the football program. She was unmoved. "The university does a lot of good," she said. "The football team's job is to win games." But now our friend has read the Seattle Times' stomach-turning series about the alleged rape, attempted murder,......

Former Husky coach Don James--a hero round these parts for leading the Dawgs to the Rose Bowl five times in his reign--is voting in a new college football ranking, the Master Coaches Survey. James and 15 other Hall of Fame coaches get together and rank the top 25 teams (and you can trust them more than those Poindexters at the AP). But these former coaches don't just want to sit in their ivory coaching......

Football is measured in coaching eras. The Don James era, for example. But within those are a subset of mini-eras, belonging to the team's starting quarterback. Tonight the Huskies start probably the most anticipated mini-era in team history: The Jake Locker Era. Locker is a fast, big, good-looking, and apparently pure-as-the-driven-snow freshman quarterback who was one of the top quarterback recruits in the country. Husky fans are calling him "The Savior" of a program that......

Derek Johnson's created a sort-of audio tour in print of the Don James years, including interviews with Steve Emtman, Napoleon Kaufman, Joe Steele, bunches of other players, and James himself. Johnson also wrote short recaps of some of the most memorable games. The book, which would win you the undying affection of whichever Husky fan/Father you'll be buying a gift for soon, is available now at derekjohnsonbooks.com. We emailed Derek questions, he emailed back answers.......

The 1985 Orange Bowl between UW and Oklahoma is one of Seattlest's earliest memories. After Dad told us to stop fidgeting (we were real nervous) we sat our 8-year-old butt in a chair, by the 17-inch Sony Trinitron, and watched the flickering images of a titanic Husky upset beam back from Miami. We were too young to know that we were watching genius at work. With Coach Don James' game plan, the Huskies ran for......

With the Husky football starting this weekend, we thought it would be a good time to preview the season. Helping us out are our two college football experts and die-hard Husky fans, Happy Times Carl and Deputy Downer. Happy Times Carl: Welcome back college football, how we have missed you so. As soon as I am done here, I am grabbing my sleeping bag and heading down to Montlake, because I cannot wait for......