Having been snubbed by both former Husky walk-on and Seahawks head coach Jim Mora and former UW assistant Gary Pinkel of Missouri, Washington is turning its attention to Boise State's Chris Petersen and Alabama Offensive Coordinator Doug Nussmeier as potential replacements for Steve Sarkisian, who bolted UW after a five-year run earlier this week to become head coach at the University of Southern California.

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Missouri coach Gary Pinkel, who served as an assistant under Don James at Washington from 1979-90, Thursday squashed talk about replacing Steve Sarkisian, telling ESPN Radio that he intends to stay with the Tigers, who will play for the SEC Championship Saturday.

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Marques Tuiasosopo will coach the University of Washington football team in its upcoming bowl game, the school said Wednesday.

The Huskies MVP of the 2001 Rose Bowl is in his first year as UW's quarterback's coach, serving the regular season as mentor to fifth-year senior quarterback Keith Price.

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The Mariners Tuesday named former catcher Dan Wilson the club's minor league catching coordinator. A member of the club's Hall of Fame, Wilson will work with catchers at all levels of the organization, beginning during spring training and continuing through the minor league season. He will travel to each of the Mariners affiliates several times during the season.

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CenturyLink Field was a bit cool -- temperatures were in the 30's -- and damp for Monday Night Football. As weather, the Seahawks defense and 68,387 customers closed in around the Saints, Sportspress Northwest photographers Drew McKenzie and Drew Sellers stood their ground on the sidelines to capture the action.

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The Seahawks were up 17-0 before New Orleans made a first down, continued to pour it on behind Russell Wilson and a stifling defense, and routed the Saints 34-7 Monday night at CenturyLink Field. The playoff-clinching dominance improved the record to 11-1 and means the Seahawks would have to lose three of their final four games to squander home-field advantage throughout the playoffs.

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Washington RB Bishop Sankey was named to the Pac-12 first-team offense and Washington State S Deone Bucannon to the first-team defense, in voting done by conference coaches announced Monday.

UW TE Austin Seferian-Jenkins earned recognition to the second-team offense and DE Hau'oli Kikaha to the second-team defense. Kikaha also earned a spot on the Pac-12 All-Academic first team while Sankey made Pac-12 All-Academic second team.

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Multiple sources told ESPN Monday that USC has hired Washington's Steve Sarkisian as its new head football coach. Sarkisian admitted early Monday on KJR radio that he spoke with the Trojans about the job, but denied interviewing for it, saying the Trojans contacted him. Sarkisian, Washington's head coach since 2009, led the Huskies to a 34-29 record in five seasons, including 8-4 this season.

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A source told ESPN that University of Washington football coach Steve Sarkisian interviewed with USC athletic director Pat Haden over the weekend about the Trojans' head coaching vacancy. Sarkisian completed an 8-4 regular season Friday with a 27-17 victory over Washington State in the Apple Cup.

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GAME: New Orleans Saints (9-2, 1st, NFC South) at Seattle Seahawks (10-1, 1st, NFC West). TYPE. Regular season. WEEK: 12. WHEN: Monday, 5:40 p.m., CenturyLink Field. MEETING: 13th (series tied 6-6). STREAKS: Seahawks W 6, Saints W 2. HEAD COACHES: Sean Payton, New Orleans; Pete Carroll, Seattle. LINE: Seahawks by 6. TV: ESPN. RADIO: ESPN 710 AM, KIRO 97.3 FM.

Rewind the calendar to Jan. 8, 2011, the day the 11-5 New Orleans Saints lined up for their NFC wild card game against Seattle already insulted that, as defending Super Bowl champions, they had to hit the road to face a 7-9 Seahawks team that had become the first club in NFL history to wins its division with a losing record.

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Junior Mike Anderson scored 19 points, pulled down 16 rebounds and hit a key free throw with 15 second left in double overtime to lift the Washington Huskies to a 92-82 victory over Long Beach State Saturday afternoon at Alaska Airlines Arena. The Huskies, who struggled throughout against the 1-6 49ers, improved to 4-3 and needed everything in their arsenal to win.

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Percy Harvin's surgically repaired hip hasn't responded well enough to make him a likely participant in the Seahawks game against New Orleans at the Clink. Listed as doubtful on the Saturday injury report, coach Pete Carroll all but ruled him out of the Seahawks' biggest game of the season.

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Former Lakes High all-state running back Willis Wilson, a three-year walk-on at the  University of Washington who transferred the past summer to the University of Hawaii, apparently drowned Saturday morning in an incident on a beach near Honolulu.

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GAME: Long Beach State (1-6 overall, 0-0 Big West) at Washington (3-3 overall, 0-0 Pac-12). WHEN: Saturday, 3:30 p.m., Alaska Airlines Arena. TYPE: Non-conference. MEETING: 3rd (UW leads 2-0). RANKINGS: Neither school ranked. COACHES: Dan Monson, Long Beach State; Lorenzo Romar, Washington. TV: Pac-12 Networks. RADIO: KJR 950 AM

After losing Jernard Jarreau to reconstructive knee surgery and Desmond Simmons to arthroscopic knee surgery, with Shawn Kemp Jr. playing through Graves Disease in his thyroid, and Hikeem Stewart transferring out of the program, Lorenzo Romar has been forced to adjust to a rapidly shrinking of his current roster.

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Senior quarterback Keith Price, who had a frustrating first half, threw for a touchdown and ran for another in the second, Bishop Sankey set two significant rushing records and the Washington Huskies reached eight victories for the first time since 2001 with a 27-17 victory over Washington State in the 106th Apple Cup Saturday at Husky Stadium.

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GAME: Washington State (6-5 overall, 4-4 Pac-12) at Washington (7-4 overall, 4-4 Pac-12). WHEN: Friday, 12:30 p.m., Husky Stadium. MEETING: 106th (UW leads 67-32-6). COACHES: Mike Leach, Washington State; Steve Sarkisian, Washington. RANKINGS: Neither school ranked. LINE: Washington by 14. TV: FOX. RADIO: KJR-950 AM.

It's likely that the identity of Washington's quarterback for Friday's Apple Cup at Husky Stadium will not be made public until shortly before the 12:30 p.m. kickoff. No matter which -- senior Keith Price, rehabbing a shoulder injury, or Cyler Miles, who threw for 162 yards and a TD in Washington's 69-27 romp over Oregon State -- gets the nod, coach Steve Sarkisian said he will be good with his choice.

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In a surprise move Wednesday afternoon, the Seahawks released cornerback Perrish Cox a day after they signed the former 49ers cornerback. They promoted cornerback DeShawn Shead from the practice squad to the active roster and signed cornerback Akeem Auguste to the practice squad. But with CB Brandon Browner's status still unclear, the Seahawks have only four cornerbacks for the Monday night game against New Orleans.

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Washington coach Steve Sarkisian is getting creative with responses to questions about quarterback Keith Price's availability for Friday's Apple Cup against Washington State (12:30 p.m., FOX Channel 13). After Wednesday morning's practice, UW's last in pads before kickoff, Sarkisian practically held a clinic on how to speak without saying much, though he acknowledged that Price "looked really good" splitting reps with backup Cyler Miles.

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Faced with a Montana team Tuesday night at Hec Ed that scorched Washington with 71 percent shooting in the first half, the Huskies had no alternative but to let their own premier shootist, C.J. Wilcox, take over the game to avert another embarrassing home loss. Wilcox had 28 points as UW went down to the wire before prevailing 83-79 over the Grizzlies.

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