2008 Washington Recruiting Class

Washington Huskies 2009 Head Coach: Steve Sarkisian

Washington Huskies

- 2008 UW Season
- 2008 UW Preview
- 2007 UW Season

2008 Schedule
CFN Prediction: 5-7
2008 Record: 0-12

Aug. 30 at Oregon L 44-10
Sept. 6 BYU L 28-27
Sept. 13 Oklahoma L 55-14
Sept. 20 OPEN DATE
Sept. 27 Stanford L 35-28
Oct. 4 at Arizona L 48-14
Oct. 11 OPEN DATE
Oct. 18 Oregon State L 34-13
Oct. 25 Notre Dame L 33-7
Nov. 1 at USC L 56-0
Nov. 8 Arizona State L 39-19
Nov. 15 UCLA L 27-7
Nov. 22 at Wash St L 16-13 2OT
Nov. 29 OPEN DATE
Dec. 6 at California L 48-7

2007 Schedule
CFN Prediction: 5-8
2007 Record: 4-9

Aug. 31 at Syracuse W 42-12
Sept. 8 Boise State W 24-10
Sept. 15 Ohio State L 33-14
Sept. 22 at UCLA L 44-31
Sept. 29 USC L 27-24
Oct. 13 at Arizona St L 44-20
Oct. 20 Oregon L 55-34
Oct. 27 Arizona L 48-41
Nov. 3 at Stanford W 27-9
Nov. 10 at Oregon St L 29-23
Nov. 17 California W 37-23
Nov. 24 Washington St L 42-35
Dec. 1 at Hawaii L 35-28

2009 Recruiting Class

Five Best Prospects

1. Andru Pulu	LB	6-2	250	Federal Way, WA
2. Tim Tucker	LB	6-2	230	Harbor City, CA
3. Keith Price	QB	6-2	183	Bellflower, CA
4. David Batts	DB	6-2	200	Torrance, CA
5. Nathan Fellner	DB	6-0	200	Fresno, CA

Rest Of The Class

Marlion Barnett	TE	6-2	220	Corona, CA
Dorson Boyce	TE	6-2	250	Santa Maria, CA
Talia Crichton	DE	6-4	245	Lakewood, CA
Dominique Gaisie	DB	5-10	175	Walnut, CA
James Johnson	WR	6-0	195	Valley Center, CA
Daniel Mafoe	OL	6-4	320	Torrance, CA
Will Mahan	K	6-0	185	Bakersfield, CA
Kimo Makaula	DE	6-2	225	Honolulu, HI
Chris Robinson	DT	6-1	290	Tustin, CA
Will Shamburger	DB	6-0	180	Bellflower, CA
Johnny Tivao	DT	6-0	330	Paramount, CA
Semisi Tokolahi	DT	6-3	290	Hilo, HI
Desmond Trufant	DB	6-0	170	Tacoma, WA

Dec. 6
California 48 … Washington 7
Jahvid Best tore off 311 yard and four touchdowns in just under three quarters tearing off scoring runs form 60, one, 20 and 84 yards out as Cal won in a rout. The Bears held a 45-0 lead before Washington finally got on the board with a two-yard Taylor Bean run late in the third. In all, Cal ran for 431 yards while the defense held UW to 200 yards of total offense.
Player of the game: California RB Jahvid Best ran 19 times for 311 yards and four touchdowns
Stat Leaders: Washington - Passing: Taylor Bean, 8-17, 80 yds, 1 INT
Rushing: Willie Griffin, 24-60. Receiving: Charles Hawkins, 2-43
California - Passing: Nate Longshore, 5-10, 84 yds, 1 TD
Rushing: Jahvid Best, 19-311, 4 TD. Receiving: Cameron Morrah, 3-39, 1 TD
Whoopty doo. What does it all mean, Basil? ... Steve Sarkisian, where are you? The nightmare is over, for now, and just when it seemed like things couldn’t get any worse after losing the Apple Cup, the Huskies get ripped apart by Jahvid Best and California. The defensive front got blown off the ball, while the offense had no prayer of coming up with an answer until late in the game. Now it’s time to start from scratch. The new coaching staff can start anew, try to build things up, and move on after this painful disaster.

Nov. 22
Washington State 16 … Washington 13 2OT
Washington’s Ryan Perkins pushed his 37-yard second overtime field goal attempt wide right, and Nico Grasu hit his 37-yard try as the Cougars came back late to win the Apple Cup. Washington State had to scramble just to get into overtime, as Kevin Lopina had a big final minute highlighted by a 48-yard pass play to Jared Karstetter set up a 28-yard Grasu field goal to tie it up with no time left on the clock. In the first overtime, the two teams traded field goals. Washington originally jumped out to a 10-0 lead getting a three-yard touchdown run from Willie Griffin, while the Cougars got their lone touchdown on a 57-yard Logwone Mitz run.
Player of the game: Washington State LB Greg Trent made 12 tackles and a tackle for loss
Stat Leaders: Washington - Passing: Ronnie Fouch, 11-16, 99 yds, 1 INT
Rushing: Willie Griffin, 26-112, 1 TD. Receiving: D’Andre Goodwin, 5-40
Washington State - Passing: Kevin Lopina, 17-29, 167 yds, 1 INT
Rushing: Dwight Tardy, 19-75. Receiving: Brandon Gibson, 5-27
Whoopty doo. What does it all mean, Basil? ... The misery goes on for Washington as it had Washington State all but beaten in the Apple Cup, but couldn’t come up with a stop in the final minute. The offense actually worked a little bit, but if you can’t score more than 10 points on this defense in regulation, you don’t deserve to pull off a big win. There’s one game left coming against Cal, and while it might not seem like it, a win would mean everything. All the pain and all the ugliness of the season wouldn’t be erased, but at least there would be something to show for it.

Nov. 15
UCLA 27 … Washington 7
UCLA had few problems getting by Washington in Rick Neuheisel’s return to Husky Stadium. Derrick Coleman ran for an 11-yard score in the first quarter, but Washington followed it up with a seven-yard scoring run from Brandon Johnson. That would be all the fun the Huskies would have as the Bruins scored 20 unanswered points with Kahlil Bell running for two one-yard scores and Kai Forbath hitting field goals from 49 and 18 yards out. Washington turned it over five times and was held to just 135 yards of total offense.
Player of the game: UCLA RB Kahlil Bell ran 25 times for 97 yards and two touchdowns
Stat Leaders: Washington - Passing: Ronnie Fouch, 7-22, 39 yds, 2 INT
Rushing: Brandon Johnson, 20-75, 1 TD. Receiving: D’Andre Goodwin, 4-13
UCLA - Passing: Kevin Craft, 13-22, 135 yds, 3 INT
Rushing: Kahlil Bell, 25-97, 2 TD. Receiving: Dominique Johnson, 4-33
Whoopty doo. What does it all mean, Basil? ... Washington keeps getting worse and worse. Yes, Ty Willingham is a lame duck and injuries have been an issue, but that doesn’t mean the Huskies should only be coming up with 135 yards against UCLA. The passing game is a total mess, with Ronnie Fouch only throwing for 39 yards, and the five turnovers didn’t help. As awful as the season has been, and even though the program is on a 12-game losing streak, Washington State is up next defense.

Nov. 8
Arizona State 39 … Washington 19
It took a while but Arizona State finally put Washington away. The Sun Devils were down 19-16 in the third quarter before closing out with 23 unanswered points helped by two Rudy Carpenter to Michael Jones touchdown passes and a 29-yard Keegan Herring dash. Washington tried a little bit of everything, but the offense produced four Ryan Perkins field goals and a six-yard Ronny Fouch touchdown off a trick play. Washington turned it over three times with Troy Nolan returning a fumble 44 yards for a score in the second.
Player of the game: Arizona State RB Keegan Herring ran 22 times for 144 yards and two touchdowns.
Stat Leaders: Washington - Passing: Ronnie Fauch, 13-40, 192 yds, 2 INT
Rushing: Terrance Dailey, 14-66. Receiving: D’Andre Goodwin, 5-99
Arizona State - Passing: Rudy Carpenter, 22-31, 218 yds, 2 TD
Rushing: Keegan Herring, 22-144, 1 TD. Receiving: Mike Jones, 11-146, 2 TD
Whoopty doo. What does it all mean, Basil? ... Washington at least is trying to make this all a little bit of fun. Head coach Ty Willingham emptied the playbook against Arizona State, and Ronnie Fauch wasn’t afraid to start bombing away deep, but it didn’t matter. The Sun Devils came through with decent drive after decent drive late with a good offensive balance to get the win. The Huskies get it a little bit easier over the next two week against UCLA and Washington State. Those two offense shouldn’t be able to produce too much on the UW defense as long as the Husky offense doesn’t start turning the ball like it did against ASU.

Nov. 1
USC 56 … Washington 0
USC went through the motions against the lifeless Huskies with 42 first half points starting out with two Patrick Turner touchdown catches from four and 32 yards out. The Trojans got short touchdown runs from Mark Sanchez and Stafon Johnson, with C.J. Gable running for two scores.  The bench was emptied at halftime, but USC still dominated with a five-yard touchdown run from Broderick Green and a six-yard run from Marc Tyler in the fourth. USC outgained Washington 485 yards to 184.
Player of the game: USC WR Patrick Turner caught six passes for 100 yards and two touchdowns.
Stat Leaders: Washington - Passing: Ronnie Fouch, 14-33, 113 yds, 3 INT
Rushing: D’Andre Johnson, 18-54. Receiving: D’Andre Goodwin, 5-35
USC - Passing: Mark Sanchez, 15-19, 167 yds, 2 TD
Rushing: C.J. Gable, 10-108, 2 TD. Receiving: Patrick Turner, 6-100, 2 TD
Whoopty doo. What does it all mean, Basil? ... Washington never had a chance to keep it remotely close against USC. Now that the Ty Willingham era is close to over, it’s about developing the talent for the next head coach. This won’t stay the nation’s only winless team, the Huskies are better than Washington State, but there are several job interviews on the line. The new head man will go on what he’s seeing over the final few games, and those players who step up and fight will likely get a leg up.

Oct. 25
Notre Dame 33 … Washington 7
Notre Dame dominated Washington with the first 33 points of the game before the Huskies finally got on the board late with a six-yard D’Andre Goodwin touchdown catch. Michael Floyd took a pass 51 yards for the opening Irish score, Golden Tate ran for a 21-yard touchdown, and James Aldridge scored from four and three yards out on the way to the easy win. The Irish outgained the Huskies 459 yards to 124.
Player of the game: Notre Dame QB Jimmy Clausen completed 14-of-26 passes for 201 yards and a touchdown with an interception
Stat Leaders: Washington - Passing: Ronnie Fouch, 11-25
Rushing: Terrance Dailey, 8-24. Receiving: D’Andre Goodwin, 7-47, 1 TD
Notre Dame - Passing: Jimmy Clausen, 14-26, 201 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT
Rushing: Armando Allen, 15-62. Receiving: Michael Floyd, 4-107, 1 TD
Whoopty doo. What does it all mean, Basil? ... Washington is just flat-out woeful. Losing Jake Locker shouldn’t be an excuse for this part of the season. The defense wasn’t remotely close to making a key stop against Notre Dame, the offense under Ronnie Fouch didn’t go anywhere, and at times, it looked like an Irish scrimmage. With a trip to USC up next, there’s no real chance of pulling off the win, or even making it close, unless the team can come up with one thing it does well. There was nothing to build on from the loss to the Irish.

Oct. 18
Oregon State 34 … Washington 13
The Rodgers brothers carried Oregon State as Jacquizz ran for 94 yards with a one-yard score, and James caught 33-yard touchdown pass and ran for scores from 52 and 55 yards out. Washington never threatened with four turnovers and two missed field goals proving costly. The lone bright spot for the Huskies came on a 59-yard Terrance Dailey touchdown run in the fourth quarter.
Player of the game: Oregon State RB James Rodgers caught three passes for 53 yards and a touchdown and ran three times for 110 yards and two touchdowns
Stat Leaders: Washington - Passing: Ronnie Fouch, 17-32, 276 yds, 3 INT
Rushing: Terrance Dailey, 16-102, 1 TD. Receiving: D’Andre Goodwin, 5-136
Oregon State - Passing: Lyle Moevao, 18-22 191 yds, 1 TD
Rushing: James Rodgers, 3-110, 2 TD. Receiving: Sammie Stroughter, 6-51
Whoopty doo. What does it all mean, Basil? ... Nothing is working. The offense keeps sputtering, and was a detriment early on against Oregon State, the defense is giving up big plays, and the special teams are struggling in a big way with two missed field goals. Jake Locker really was the offense, and the team, and while Ronnie Fouch is able to make a few plays here and there, he’s not able to lead the way to consistent scoring drives. The team’s problems are hardly Fouch’s fault; the young team still needs to find something that works on both sides of the ball.

Oct. 4
Arizona 48 … Washington 14
Arizona had few problems against a Jake Locker-less Washington as Rob Gronkowski caught touchdown passes from 27, nine, and eight yards out, and Nic Grigsby ran for 113 yards and a four-yard score. Washington managed a one-yard Paul Homer touchdown run early in the second. But that would be if for the fun as the offense failed to get back on the board until the fourth quarter. Willie Tuitama completed 17-of-21 passes, and Mike Thomas took a punt 48 yards for a score.
Player of the game: Arizona TE Rob Gronkowski caught five passes for 109 yards and three touchdowns
Stat Leaders: Arizona - Passing: Willie Tuitama, 17-21, 193 yds, 3 TD
Rushing: Nicolas Grigsby, 14-113, 1 TD. Receiving: Rob Gronkowski, 5-109, 3 TD
Washington - Passing: Ronnie Fauch, 12-28, 181 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT
Rushing: Brandon Johnson, 13-35. Receiving: Devin Aguilar, 4-35
Whoopty doo. What does it all mean, Basil? ... Not only is Washington 0-5, it’s not even close. It only lost to Stanford by a touchdown, and it battled with BYU in early September, but that was with Jake Locker. At the moment, nothing is working. It’s not Ronnie Fouch’s fault, he doesn’t have a great cast around him, and the defense didn’t help the cause in the loss to Arizona. With four home games in the next five, and Oregon State up in two weeks, the team needs to rest up, regroup, and see if it can find something it can count on going through the vital midseason stretch. But first, just getting a win would be nice.

Sept. 27
Stanford 35 … Washington 28
Anthony Kimble stepped in for Toby Gerhart, who suffered a concussion, and scored from 13 and 83 yards out while Tavita Pritchard added three scoring passes in Stanford’s win, Washington hung tough despite the loss of QB Jake Locker to a broken thumb, but Stanford went ahead for good late in the first half on a 61-yard Doug Baldwin scoring play. The Cardinal outgained the Huskies 466 yards to 377.
Player of the game: Stanford RB Anthony Kimble ran 15 times for 157 yards and two touchdowns. He also caught two passes for 17 yards  
Stat Leaders: Stanford - Passing: Tavita Pritchard, 16-24, 222 yds, 3 TD
Rushing: Anthony Kimble, 15-157, 2 TD. Receiving: Ryan Whalen 7-76, 1 TD
Washington - Passing: Ronnie Fouch, 13-27, 186 yds, 1 TD
Rushing: David Freeman, 7-64. Receiving: Jermaine Kearse, 6-52, 1 TD
Whoopty doo. What does it all mean, Basil? ... And there goes the Washington season. As if an 0-4 start wasn’t bad enough, the loss of QB Jake Locker to a broken thumb should be a devastating blow to the offense that relied on him for everything. Ronnie Fouch isn’t nearly the same runner and he struggled with his passing accuracy. Now it’ll be up to the rest of the offense to pick up the slack, but it might not matter. Beating Stanford at home was a must-have to save Ty Willingham’s job. This was supposed to be the breather.

Sept. 13
Oklahoma 55 … Washington 14
Sam Bradford threw five touchdown passes and ran for a one-yard score in the blowout of the Huskies. The Sooners scored the first 41 points of the game with Ryan Broyles catching touchdown passes from four and 77 yards out. Juaquin Iglesias started off the scoring with a 13-yard touchdown and Jermaine Gresham scored twice. Jake Locker broke the run with a 15-yard touchdown dash in the third quarter, but OU answered with a Grisham 64-yard touchdown. The Sooners got 100-yard rushing days out of both Chris Brown and DeMarco Murray.
Player of the game: Oklahoma QB Sam Bradford completed 18-of-21 passes for 304 yards and five touchdowns. He also ran for a one-yard score.
Stat Leaders: Oklahoma - Passing: Sam Bradford, 18-21, 304 yds, 5 TD
Rushing: Chris Brown, 13-107. Receiving: Juaquin Iglesias, 6-65, 1 TD
Washington - Passing: Jake Locker, 16-24, 154 yds
Rushing: Jake Locker, 12-44, 1 TD. Receiving: D’Andre Goodwin, 9-82
Whoopty doo. What does it all mean, Basil? ... After the debacle at the end of the BYU game, the last thing the Huskies needed was to get their doors blown off in ugly, humiliating fashion. Unfortunately, Bob Stoops has it out for the Pac 10 and he wanted to make a point after the loss to Oregon a few years ago. The Husky defense didn’t have a prayer against the well-oiled Sooner machine, while the offense didn’t do nearly enough to keep the defense off the field. Jake Locker had to go it alone, with few making plays around him.

Sept. 6
BYU 28 ... Washington 27
Washington QB Jake Locker ran for a three-yard touchdown with two seconds left to pull the Huskies within one, but in his excitement he threw the ball over his head and got flagged with a questionable celebration penalty. BYU blocked the 35-yard extra point attempt and sealed the win. The Cougars got three touchdown passes from Max Hall including a 15-yarder to Dennis Pitta with 3:31 to play to take the lead for good. Locker also ran for a 14-yard touchdown and threw a 48-yard touchdown pass to Jermaine Kearse.
Player of the game: BYU QB Max Hall completed 30-of-41 passes for 338 yards and three touchdowns with an interception.
Stat Leaders: Washington - Passing: Jake Locker, 17-32, 204 yds, 1 TD
Rushing: Jake Locker, 18-62, 2 TD Receiving: D'Andre Goodwin, 5-83
BYU - Passing: Max Hall, 30-41, 338 yds, 3 TD, 1 INT
Rushing: Harvey Unga, 23-136. Receiving: Dennis Pitta, 10-148, 1 TD
Whoopty doo. What does it all mean, Basil? ... All anyone will talk about is the controversy at the end of the BYU game with the celebration penalty on Jake Locker, but the bigger issue for Washington is how Jake Locker is the only one doing much of anything for the offense. He ran for 62 of the team's 133 yards on the ground, and while his receivers were fine, they weren't anything special. With Oklahoma up next, it doesn't get any easier. Defensively, the Huskies couldn't get off the field struggling way too much on third downs.

Aug. 30
Oregon 44 ... Washington 10
Oregon started off the scoring with a four-yard Jeremiah Johnson run and a 60-yard Terence Scott touchdown catch, but Washington rallied to pull within four going into halftime on a one-yard Paul Homer touchdown run. The second half, particularly the fourth quarter, was all Oregon. Starting quarterback Justin Roper was knocked out with a concussion, but Jeremiah Masoli came in and his Jaison Williams for a 48-yard touchdown and Jeffrey Maehl from 25 yards out to put it away. Johnson added a 13-yard scoring dash in the third quarter. Oregon outgained UW 496 yards to 242.
Player of the game: Oregon RB Jeremiah Johnson ran 15 times for 124 yards and two touchdowns, and caught a pass for 13 yards
Stat Leaders: Washington - Passing: Jake Locker, 12-28, 103 yds
Rushing: Jake Locker, 16-57. Receiving: D'Andre Goodwin, 8-67
Oregon - Passing: Jeremiah Masoli, 9-17, 126 yds, 2 TD
Rushing: Jeremiah Johnson, 15-124, 2 TD. Receiving: Terence Scott, 6-117, 1 TD
Whoopty doo. What does it all mean, Basil? ... And it doesn't get any easier. Washington played like a young, inexperienced team against Oregon, and while Jake Locker is a superior talent, he can't do it all himself. The defense held up for about a half before struggling with the Duck O line, while the offense failed to generate anything through the air to keep up in the fight. Things aren't going to get any easier with BYU and Oklahoma ahead. If UW plays like this, it won't just start out 0-3 before a week off, it'll be 0-3 without coming remotely close to being competitive.