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After Brandon Browner returned to practice Wednesday and raised hope that he might play again this season, the veteran cornerback was ruled out of Sunday’s game in San Francisco by a dismayed Pete Carroll.
Having been snubbed by UCLA coach Jim Mora, a former Huskies walk-on and Seahawks head coach, and former UW assistant Gary Pinkel, head coach for 13 years at Missouri, Washington is turning its attention to Boise State’s Chris Petersen and Alabama offensive coordinator Doug Nussmeier.
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.
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.
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
Russell Wilson joined Peyton Manning and Tom Brady in the “Elite QB” club after posting big numbers against New Orleans.
The Seahawks took all of the suspense out of their matchup with the New Orleans Saints before halftime, and rolled to a 34-7 victory to clinch a playoff berth.
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