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Welcome to the Big Ten, Washington.

SEATTLE – Ryan Walters, the former Purdue coach, was officially announced as Washington’s new defensive coordinator on Friday by UW coach Jedd Fisch. Walters will replace Steve Belichick, who is reportedly joining his father Bill Belichick’s new staff at North Carolina.

SEATTLE – On an overcast April day inside Husky Stadium, Demond Williams Jr. was asked if he was pushing to start as a true freshman. It was a foregone conclusion, of course, that fifth-year senior Will Rogers – who brought 12,315 career passing yards and 94 touchdowns from Mississippi State to Seattle last offseason – would eventually earn the role.

EL PASO, TEXAS – The Franklin Mountains are no strangers to legendary gunslingers.

Louisville, as an eight-win team, should come into this game with momentum after winning four of its past five games including the upset against Clemson and a 41-14 beatdown against in-state rivals Kentucky.

More than 130 schools play major college football – 134 to be exact – but few experienced a greater year-over-year downturn than Washington.

Washington defensive coordinator Steve Belichick, who has been expected to join father Bill’s staff at North Carolina, will become the Tar Heels’ defensive coordinator, according to a report Sunday from Matt Zenitz of 247Sports.com.

Top-ranked Oregon leads the pack.

SEATTLE – Jedd Fisch doesn’t understand when — or why — people stopped caring about bowl games.

SEATTLE – The turnaround was never going to be immediate. There’s no guarantee everything will change and the Huskies will be back on top of the college football world again next season.

EUGENE, Ore. — After outlasting Oregon for a 34-31 win in last December’s Pac-12 championship game, Dillon Johnson said UW did so because “we were the most physical team.”