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Washington preps used to put a fair amount of guys in the NFL at quarterback. It's been awhile

Flick, Pelluer, MIllen, Chandler, Conklin. Bledsoe, Hobart etc
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Washington did fine when the archetype was big strong-armed white boys. When the league changed to a more athletic predominant model it kind of passed us(?) by.
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You mean like Stanback and Locker? Both pretty athletic

That said, I think the only thing I dislike about the portal era is that even fewer of the players are from the region. I know we will still recruit the state and get our share of WA guys. The regional aspect of college sports was one of the best things about it IMO.

Next we are are probably starting Miss State players at QB and RB

That said, ultimately I prefer the portal era - dont twist. But it would be nice for the program to clean up in state.
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Neither of those guys could throw a football...
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They could with real coaching

Locker didnt suck with the Titans
 
The quality and quantity of high school football players is dwindling. UW needs to grab the best ones when it can, but the days of stocking up on state players are over.
 
The quality and quantity of high school football players is dwindling. UW needs to grab the best ones when it can, but the days of stocking up on state players are over.
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I hear this from time to time, but is there any data that supports it?

Football in WA state seems as strong as ever from a participation standpoint.

I know Cali is down, curious about this state and the country as a whole
 
Seattle Times investigated this a few years ago and 11-man football in Washington declined by like 5,000 players over a five-year period. It hasn’t reversed that trend, especially with the crudemic.
 
Seattle Times investigated this a few years ago and 11-man football in Washington declined by like 5,000 players over a five-year period. It hasn’t reversed that trend, especially with the crudemic.
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Both sons played during the scamdemic and yes the numbers were way down. This year's freshman class at their HS was the largest in 4 or 5 years.
 
Maybe in a couple years things will turn around. But student populations in general aren’t growing. K-12 are expected to decline by more than 5% by 2030.
 
Perhaps a real football coach at UW will inspire dad's across the state to strap their kids into pads
 
Perhaps a real football coach at UW will inspire dad's across the state to strap their kids into pads
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I mean this is actually another thing though, people and families move around a lot more now. Doubly so for a lot of the football family and prep dudes who shop which high-school to play at.

The number of born-and-bred Huskies fans who shit purple and piss gold while growing up in Washington their whole life is also way down.

Reclaiming our "national brand" is more important than ever in this era.
 
Tui, Huard’s, Locker.

Sizemore and Tui’s younger brother probably would have ended up in the league.

Washington preps used to put a fair amount of guys in the NFL at quarterback. It's been awhile

Flick, Pelluer, MIllen, Chandler, Conklin. Bledsoe, Hobart etc
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sizemores dad was my little league coach

my claim to fame
 
Perhaps a real football coach at UW will inspire dad's across the state to strap their kids into pads
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I mean this is actually another thing though, people and families move around a lot more now. Doubly so for a lot of the football family and prep dudes who shop which high-school to play at.

The number of born-and-bred Huskies fans who shit purple and piss gold while growing up in Washington their whole life is also way down.

Reclaiming our "national brand" is more important than ever in this era.
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Petersen was on a decent trajectory despite some losses to Cristobol and Urban and decided to kill all of it.
 
I get the feeling UW has a portal QB on the hook.
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Let's hope it's Cam Ward and not the noodle-armed statue from Mississippi State
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Disagree on Rogers. Rogers is very good and easily could have his best year ever in DeBoer's / Grubb's offense.
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when penix rolled in my first thought was 'who the fuck is michael penis and why the fuck do we? want a guy who played at indiana?'

at this point, i trust the coaches.

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^--- thats me being brave in this post.
 
The quality and quantity of high school football players is dwindling. UW needs to grab the best ones when it can, but the days of stocking up on state players are over.
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I hear this from time to time, but is there any data that supports it?

Football in WA state seems as strong as ever from a participation standpoint.

I know Cali is down, curious about this state and the country as a whole
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Some schools can barely field a team. In general participation is down not just in Washington but the west and Colorado.

Utah and Arizona are the exceptions out west. Screw the fence. Get the dudes.
 
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I watched Penix beat Penn State with his legs[/b] as a freshman, but I just assumed his career was pretty much over since he was a running QB who had 46 knee injuries.
 
Perhaps a real football coach at UW will inspire dad's across the state to strap their kids into pads
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I mean this is actually another thing though, people and families move around a lot more now. Doubly so for a lot of the football family and prep dudes who shop which high-school to play at.

The number of born-and-bred Huskies fans who shit purple and piss gold while growing up in Washington their whole life is also way down.

Reclaiming our "national brand" is more important than ever in this era.
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Migration within the US has been and is in decline.
https://www.census.gov/library/stor...tion-continued-decline-from-2020-to-2021.html
 
Maybe in a couple years things will turn around. But student populations in general aren’t growing. K-12 are expected to decline by more than 5% by 2030.
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We had record turnouts in youth football this year. We capped each team at 35 to avoid having two teams in each division. It will likely be that way in the coming years. That’s a good start hopefully.
 
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