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Recruiting Update: Budda Looking to Enlighten Teammates?
Football Recruiting Commitments ATH Budda Baker (4-Star/Bellevue, WA/Rivals100) made his commitment official via Twitter. This past Friday via Twitter, top 2014 Oregon target Budda Baker...
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Recruiting Analysis: Buckle Up as National Signing Day Approaches like a Blur
Coaches don’t get gray hair in November, they get it in January. This is the time of year, while most think college football has gone cold and dark, that coaches everywhere are making a frenzied final...
View ArticleBellevue ATH Budda Baker writes on Twitter that he is no longer committed to...
In the latest illustration of how little an oral commitment really means in college football recruiting, Bellevue running back/defensive back Budda Baker wrote on Twitter today that he is no longer...
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Oregon Football Recruiting Analysis: This Class is “Good,” not “Great”
Recruiting is a merciless and often brutal component of the college football system. There’s no reason to sugar-coat it: the past couple weeks haven’t been ideal for the Ducks. This is not going to...
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Who Got to Budda?
I need to preface this article by saying that I do not know Budda Baker. Not personally, professionally, or in any other capacity. If I did, then perhaps I wouldn’t need to ask the following...
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Oregon Football Recruiting Analysis: Wild Week Awaits
With less than a week left before national signing day, there are plenty of questions surrounding Oregon’s 2014 recruiting class. The only guarantee is that the next seven days will be eventful, one...
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Oregon’s Top ‘Recruits’ Add Nothing to Recruiting Rankings
A little over a month ago, Budda Baker, a prized recruit out of Bellevue High School in Washington, had Duck fans screaming with joy and Husky fans howling in agony when he announced he was going to...
View ArticleMorning links: Signing day is here, but biggest fish is already on board
First, a programming note: we’re boarding a flight to Salt Lake City later today to cover the basketball team in its Thursday game at Utah. That means I won’t be at Chris Petersen’s signing day press...
View ArticleBudda Baker: “At the end of the day, this was my gut feeling”
Budda Baker unveiled his commitment to the University of Washington Tuesday on KING-5 on Tuesday, but made it official with a fax Wednesday morning. I trekked to Bellevue High to speak with the state...
View ArticleChris Petersen excited about first UW signing day
Chris Petersen seemed excited about some of the OKGs (Our Kind of Guys) he has spoken of so often when referring to his first recruiting class at the University of Washington. Petersen couldn’t hold...
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Oregon Football Recruiting Analysis: Grading the Class
National LOI signing day is a lot like Christmas for those of us who follow recruiting. A few of us have rich parents and expect the world, while others come from blue collar families. All of us wake...
View ArticleDay 3: Defense forces five turnovers at UW camp
The Huskies might need a new airhorn for Thursday’s practice. The horn sounds each time Washington’s defense forces a turnover during a 1-on-1, 7-on-7 or 11-on-11 period. On Wednesday morning, it went...
View ArticleNotes, quotes from Chris Petersen’s first Monday press conference of the season
Huskies coach Chris Petersen met with reporters for about 24 minutes today, covering all of the topics you would assume a coach might cover on the Monday before his team’s season opener. Here are a...
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Jimmy Lake on Budda Baker: ‘He’s the type of guy that you have to slow down...
Huskies defensive backs coach Jimmy Lake met with reporters for a little while this afternoon, covering a range of topics — yes, Budda Baker was one of them — as UW prepares for its Saturday opener at...
View ArticleJimmy Lake on Eastern Washington and young DBs
Here’s what defensive backs coach Jimmy Lake told reporters earlier today about how his players fared against Hawaii, what he’s expecting from Eastern Washington and who might see more playing time on...
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The EDGE: No. 14 ASU vs. Washington could come down to weather
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View ArticleBudda Baker has sense of humor about Myles Jack stiffarm
Myles Jack ripped off an impressive 28-yard touchdown run on Saturday against Washington that included a stiffarm and spin move, both of which were executed to perfection. Washington true freshman...
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Danny Shelton, Hau’oli Kikaha, Shaq Thompson each named first-team All-Pac-12
Three Huskies were named first-team All-Pac-12 on Tuesday night — senior nose tackle Danny Shelton, senior outside linebacker Hau’oli Kikaha, and junior linebacker Shaq Thompson. Thompson is a...
View ArticleESPN names Hau’oli Kikaha, Shaq Thompson first-team All-America
The names of a few Huskies defensive players continue to appear on postseason All-America teams. ESPN today named senior defensive end/outside linebacker Hau’oli Kikaha and linebacker Shaq Thompson...
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