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It's kind of ironic that both the Hawks and the Huskies are sitting with 7 wins, with one more game to go this season.

Both teams are in the midst of a growing process, and have increased their regular season win total from a year ago.  And both fan bases should feel good about their young talent, and the how good these two teams could be next year, and for the next few years.

The Huskies will see a much healthier Keith Price in the Alamo Bowl. Keith set the Washington record for touchdown passes this season despite battling both knee and ankle prooblems, and we'll see if he can keep pace with the Heisman trophy winning quarterback on the other side. 

The Huskies enter this game as double digit underdogs, and with college football fans around the nation tuning in to see what Robert Griffin will do, the Dawgs will have a chance on a national stage for a signature win.

Under Steve Sarkisian, this team has gone from 5 wins, to 7 wins, and possibly to 8 this year, despite losing a 1st round quarterback, and a linebacker that was the heart and soul of the Husky defense.  If this program can continue to grow and get better despite losing key leaders, it is a sign of great things to come.

The Hawk's foundation of young talent was rewarded today with the announcement that Earl Thomas made his first career pro bowl.  In just his second year, the safety has already established himself as one of the best safeties in football.  And to see Brandon Browner and Cam Chancellor also pick up honors as Pro Bowl alternates, just solidifies how good the Hawk defense will be for years to come.

Here's to both teams continued success and growth, and for this city to finally be rewarded with a championship sometime soon!

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I think all Husky fans found it easy to root for Jim Mora to have success when he was with the Falcons.  And obviously when he was with the Seahawks as both an assistant, and as the head coach.

But the former Husky defensive back, and college roomate of Hugh Millen is no longer someone that UW fans will find easy to root for. 

For one, he is now in your conference as the head coach of UCLA.  He is your direct competitor now, and you better get used to it.

And two, he just stole the best recruiter on the Husky coaching staff, and took him down to UCLA.

Demetrice Martin was a bulldog when it came to recruiting.  He was given the most important area to recruit, southern California, because he was the most effective recruiter on the UW staff.

It is the first coach to leave the UW program since Steve Sarkisian took over, and it's a big loss.  He is young, energetic, and relentless in the recruiting game. That's the bad news.

The good news is that the reason that Martin is leaving is because he is from the LA area.  His wife is from the area, and they have lots of family in the area to help raise their kids.  It is completely understandable why Martin is leaving.  But it still hurts, because of how good of a recruiter he was for the Dawgs.

Only time will tell how this move will effect the recruits from this upcoming class who have already verbally committed to UW. Martin was the lead on many of them, and you have to believe that he will now start trying to switch their committments to UCLA.

Jim Mora may have said at one time that the UW job is the one job that he coveted more than any other, and that he bleeds purple.  Well as soon as he took the UCLA job, his allegiance switched over to the powder blue.  And that's the way it should be.  We don't expect Sark to give USC a break, do we?

Mora has no experience with recruiting at the collegiate level, but he just snagged a guy that lives for recruiting.  Great hire by Mora, and big loss for the Dawgs.

And maybe a wake up call for the UW fans that have a soft spot in their heart for the former Dawg.  He's now a Bruin.