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COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Sarkisian puts Washington football back on track
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SEATTLE — Two years to the day after he was announced as Washington's football coach, Steve Sarkisian began planning for a Holiday Bowl rematch with Nebraska.
And as he took a break from those duties to talk to reporters on Monday, Sarkisian said the bowl berth is tangible evidence the rebuilding process that started when he was hired on Dec. 6, 2008 is on track.
"I think that for our players and for this program this is another step in the right direction," he said. "There have been a lot of
things accomplished here in two years, whether it's road wins, wins in Los Angeles, Pac-10 wins to break streaks, as we've moved along. This is another one of those milestones"
Agreeing with that sentiment is Sarkisian's boss, Washington athletic director Scott Woodward. It was Woodward who hired Sarkisian as his first significant move after being named permanent AD.
"My philosophy is that I want a solid base foundation of building this program and I think we made a very, very good step forward in achieving postseason play," Woodward said. "He inherited an
0-12 season with a lot of unrest and Steve did a hell of a job last year to turning that around to a 5-7, very competitive football team. And this year we achieved that next step, which is postseason play. So from that standpoint I couldn't be more pleased.
"Do you want more wins? Of course you do. But we want this to be built on a solid foundation, which means solid coaching and solid character kids and great recruiting, and I see all of those things happening. And they need to continue happening going forward."
Woodward said he felt the same way when UW was 3-6 a
month ago, a time when some national observers were including the Huskies on their lists of most disappointing teams, and some Huskies fans were questioning the progress of Sarkisian's program.
"I had no doubts in my mind, even at 3-6," Woodward said, saying that even after disappointing losses "you have to look at the big picture." And that, he said, has been moving in the right path since day one, citing improved recruiting and the fact that "our kids were believing in what they were doing."
He said the comeback from 3-6 to a bowl berth "is a testament to the kids and the coaching job that
coach Sarkisian and his staff did."
Sarkisian signed a five-year contract when he was hired, which runs through the 2013 season, and Woodward said it is possible that deal will be extended after the season. He said "sure," when asked if he would be amenable to giving Sarkisian an extension, but said that has not been discussed. "He and I will have that discussion at the appropriate time," Woodward said.
On Monday, Sarkisian was more concerned with figuring out a way to beat the Cornhuskers, whose 56-21 win over the Huskies in Seattle on Sept. 18 was one of the low points of the season.
Sarkisian said the Huskies are embracing the opportunity to have another shot at the Cornhuskers and said, "I'd just like to go out and put our best foot forward."
Sarkisian said the bowl game was a proper reward for a senior class that he said had done all that was asked of it to help turn the program around, saying "this is a very special time" for them.
But he also said the work is far from done, "We are going there to play a football game and to win the game," he said. "This isn't a vacation."
WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Connecticut stays on top of women's AP basketball poll
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Connecticut remained the unanimous choice at No.1, while Michigan State shot up the Top 25.
The Huskies have won an NCAA women's basketball-record 86 straight games and received all 40 first-place votes in The Associated Press Top 25 poll Monday. It was the 48th straight week they sat atop the poll.
UConn will host Marquette on Thursday before going on break for meals. The Huskies will try for their 88th straight — which would match the record set by the UCLA men's basketball team — on Dec. 19 against No. 6 Ohio State at Madison Square Garden.
Baylor, Stanford, Xavier and Duke followed UConn for the second consecutive week to round out the first five. The Blue Devils will face No. 7 Texas A&M on Monday night in the Jimmy V Classic.
Michigan State made the biggest jump in the poll, climbing 10 spots to No. 15 after beating Florida State and Texas. It's one of the biggest leaps in the Top 25 since Rutgers climbed 10 spots in consecutive weeks during the 2004-05 season.
The Spartans beat then-No. 15 Florida State before topping 17th-ranked Texas.
Tennessee, West Virginia, and UCLA rounded out the top 10.
Georgetown and North Carolina were 11th and 12th, passing Oklahoma, which fell to 13th after its loss to Ohio State on Sunday.
Kentucky dropped six places to 14th following a blowout loss at Louisville on Sunday.
The Spartans were followed by Iowa State, Florida State, Notre Dame, Iowa, and St. John's.
Texas, Maryland, Wisconsin-Green Bay, DePaul, and Georgia round out the poll. The Longhorns dropped four places after their loss
to Michigan State
to Minghai town
Both Wisconsin-Green Bay and DePaul had runs in the Top 25 last season. The Phoenix visit Eastern Michigan on Monday night.
"We want to be in the Top 25 all the time," DePaul coach Doug Bruno said. "What we've learned through the years is that you have to earn your way in. Once you're in, it takes a lot of work and effort and stay in."
DePaul opens its Big East season Tuesday night in Pittsburgh. The Blue Demons will play five games in the next 10 days, culminating with a visit from No.2 Stanford on Dec.16.
"We're in the midst of a tough stretch," Bruno added. "Throw in the two locals we have on our schedule and every game is going to be a battle."
Nebraska fell out of the Top 25 a week after entering. Vanderbilt also dropped out of the rankings.
NFL
MRI shows sprain in Favre's shoulder, ending starting streak
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EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — Logic says Brett Favre might have suffered the injury that will end his record streak of consecutive starts.
A magnetic resonance imaging exam Monday confirmed Favre sprained the sternoclavicular joint in his throwing shoulder on his first pass attempt Sunday. He wasn't able to return to the Vikings' 38-14 victory over Buffalo and later admitted he couldn't have even thrown a football.
This type of damage to a quarterback's throwing arm ordinarily would qualify as grim news. It looks even more bleak when that player is 41.
But we learned long ago that logic does not apply when it comes to Favre and injuries. Perhaps that's why Vikings interim coach
Leslie Frazier did not hesitate to answer when he was asked if he expected that Favre would be able to make his 298th consecutive NFL start Sunday against the visiting Giants.
"No question," Frazier said. "Someone asked me that same question yesterday. I really thought hed come back in the game (against Buffalo), just knowing Brett. As hard as I saw him get hit, I've seen him take harder hits and bounce back and come back and play. There's nobody tougher than Brett Favre to ever play the quarterback position. I was a little surprised he wasn't able to make it back, and I'd be surprised if he's not able to play this weekend."
Frazier said the injury is "not something that can surgically be attended to," and added that doctors did not give him any type of degree on a sprain that affects
Favre's neck and sternum area. Favre made a brief appearance in the Vikings locker room Monday but declined to comment about how the shoulder was feeling. He then ducked into the training room to receive treatment.
"If the doctors say he is fine and he is functional and not at risk and Brett feels good about it, it won't be a hard decision," Frazier said. "The only thing that makes it difficult is if the doctors say he is fine and he says, 'I'm not ready to go.' ... Between the two, between what the medical people tell me and what Brett tells me, we will make a decision based on that."
Favre will spend much of this week receiving treatment, and Frazier acknowledged rest will be a key, so it's likely Favre will do little to no work in practice.
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