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Re: anything but... March Madness.
« Reply #15 on: April 01, 2018, 12:50:15 PM »
I want to think that after the run of 2009, the Huskies were determined to build a championship stadium. During that run, the Huskies spent 3 weeks on the road in going to the finals. It was a tough row to hoe. What was missing was the lights at the home field. There were none, thus no evening games.

The call went out for support, and lights were added the next year. Today, the stadium hosts regional and semis. WOOF!
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« Reply #16 on: April 11, 2018, 08:21:08 PM »
I had to change my avatar to a more all encompassing one.

The Lady soft ballers are now 39-2 on the season. They have three Pac 12 sweeps in a row going into this weekend when the will play Cal at home.
Last weekend, Gabbie Plain (a freshman from OZ) threw the 7th perfect gave in UW softball history. The pollsters took notice and the Ladies garnered 32 of 33 1st place votes in the polls. The threshing will come soon.

Meanwhile, the little acknowledged sport of crew is heating up. Both the men's and women's teams are undefeated this year. Much like the softball schedule, this will be hard fought for the rowers. The Cal dual is typically the litmus test for both teams. Seldom does it make a difference at the end of year finals.

After that comes the Windermere Cup. This year the Dawgs welcome the Ladies Dutch National team who finished 6th in the world championships in 2017, and the 2016 in the Olympics. The men have a much harder battle ahead. They will face the Oxford Brooks team that has dominated Brit rowing for 3 years running.  AND the University of British Columbia. The University of British Columbia men's crew won the Canadian University Rowing Championship for the third time in four years last spring.

More to come...

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« Reply #17 on: April 17, 2018, 09:16:28 PM »
A bit of history on the Husky crew team and the late great Keith Jackson...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-I160j8OMY4
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« Reply #18 on: April 20, 2018, 12:13:59 PM »
BIG weekend coming up!

The #1 Lady Ballers are at #3 UCLA for the weekend for a HUGE showdown. #4 Oregon took down #2 Oklahoma (back to back National champions) 5-0 last night and broke their 30 game winning streak. Next week the Ladies host #4 (for now) Oregon for another huge series.

Crew:
The Dawgs are in Cal for the annual Cal dual (men and women). The Husky women's team is #1 and Cal is #2. On the men's side, Cal is #1 and the Huskies are #3. Not sure how that werks as the men took 4 of 5 races at the IRA's last year. The 5th race (varsity 8 for the National title) was won by Yale by .069 seconds. Whatever... Both the men and women are undefeated this year. Then it's a week off before the Windermere cup.
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« Reply #19 on: April 20, 2018, 12:34:08 PM »
The Windermere cup from the air:

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« Reply #20 on: April 20, 2018, 12:36:50 PM »
And from the water. These guys are obviously Dartmouth fans, but you get the idea of the atmosphere the regatta creates. "It's like rowing in a stadium".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZz6UWZoACE
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« Reply #21 on: April 23, 2018, 05:42:09 PM »
Big games on 27th, 28th & 29th :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool:

Oregon swept last weeks #3 UCLA earlier in the year and 5-0 #2 Oklahoma, now play #1 Washington.

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« Reply #22 on: April 23, 2018, 06:42:42 PM »
The Bruins swept the Huskies last weekend so expect them to be ranked no higher than 4 tomorrow. Both teams played well however. As did the Ducks.

The crew teams lost both V8 races to Cal but won all the others.

Question for all the other conference watchers out there...

Does you conference have a tv network deal that requires you to pay jacked up cable rates in order to watch a few games? In order for me to get the Pac 12 network, I'd be looking at $125/mo. That's just crazy!
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« Reply #23 on: April 30, 2018, 11:16:14 AM »
1  :cool: 2  :cool: 3  :cool:

Hope we don't have to face them again.

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« Reply #24 on: April 30, 2018, 07:29:11 PM »
I knew it would get ugly, but this is over the top. The Dawgs are 0-6 in the last two weeks. This is why they play the games though. Battle tested at the end is good for the game.  :pig:

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« Reply #25 on: May 01, 2018, 10:01:26 AM »
The bad part, they will seed all PAC 12 in same area so SEC will get chance to get in for their TV deal....

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« Reply #26 on: May 01, 2018, 08:28:03 PM »
I'm not sure that will happen. While I'm sure that the SEC will try to strangle the PAC, there's too much money involved to cut yer nose off. I'm not worried about that aspect as the PAC has far more entrants in the WCWS (history wise) than any other conference.

Windermere Cup is this weekend and the weather looks to be spectacular.

The Cup is an International event, but not up to many others due to the course. The finishing 500 meters is through the Montlake cut. The 'cut' is a channel that was made between Lake Washington and Lake Union in order to allow fishing and merchant vessels access to the Ballard Locks. It's simply not wide enough to allow more than 3 crews across. The locks allow vessels to get to Puget Sound from their fresh water harbors.

Sooo.. 3 teams a year get to race in the Cup. Typically a national team, one from the east coast, and a local team. In order to beat the best, you must become the best.

WOOF!

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« Reply #27 on: May 05, 2018, 03:03:08 PM »
The racing is over for today. The men went undefeated, and the Ladies were short .25 seconds to the Dutch National team. All other boats were victorious.

All in all, a great day to be a Husky.  :cool:
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« Reply #28 on: May 06, 2018, 10:21:48 AM »
Correction:

The Ladies lost by 1.225 seconds to the Dutch natl. team (with 6 Olympians in the boat), and the Men beat Oxford by .457 seconds.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbUkkyisa38
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« Reply #29 on: May 06, 2018, 11:18:30 AM »
This video is 4 years old and is actually quite entertaining. Yes it's another rowing video  ::). But it's unlike anything you see here in the US when it comes to rowing (barring the Head of the Charles). But the commentary is delightful as well as insightful. Maybe it's that OZ accent, but I love it. If ya got 20 minutes to spend, this is a great way to use it. Or perhaps it's just me...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeOA5t4oKiQ
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