Miscellaneous
A usually quiet month in the world of college athletics has given way to a huge piece of news, so we collect up all of the UW related stories before tackling the elephant in the room. We discuss an evolving Mike Hopkins and a early season tournament scheduled for next season’s basketball team, some ups and downs in recruiting for the football team, the results coming out of media day, and what the news of Oklahoma and Texas jumping to the SEC means for UW and the Pac-12 conference. Basketball playing in the crossover classic in South Dakota, includes Nevada, South Dakota State, and George Mason: https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/uw-husky-basketball/husky-mens-basketball-team-to-play-in-2021-crossover-classic-during-thanksgiving-week/ A surprisingly candid Mike Hopkins interview: https://theathletic.com/2644309/2021/06/15/you-have-to-learn-mike-hopkins-returns-to-basics-in-bid-to-get-washington-back-on-track/ 2022 3 star OLB Lance Holtzclaw commits to UW: https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/uw-husky-football/three-star-2022-outside-linebacker-lance-holtzclaw-announces-verbal-commitment-to-uw-huskies/ 2022 4 star TE Ryan Otton commits to UW: https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/uw-husky-football/four-star-2022-tumwater-te-ryan-otton-follows-older-brother-in-committing-to-uw-huskies/ 2022 3 star CB/ATH TJ Hall commits to UW: https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/uw-husky-football/announces-verbal-commitment-to-uw-huskies/ Cam Cleeland is the new color commentator for UW radio. https://twitter.com/SportsRadioKJR/status/1417631943273766916 UW voted 2nd in Pac-12 north at media day: https://pac-12.com/article/2021/07/26/media-predicts-2020-rematch-2021-pac-12-football-championship-game Oklahoma and Texas bolt for the SEC: https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/31920686/texas-longhorns-oklahoma-sooners-unanimously-accept-invitation-sec Caple’s thoughts on realignment: https://theathletic.com/2734864/2021/07/27/caple-as-realignment-speculation-reigns-where-does-washington-stand-and-where-should-it/