As expected, the Pac-10 announced a few changes to football schedules around the conference today. The list includes three UW games being moved. The Huskies were orginally scheduled to play 12 games in 12 weeks next year, and moved some games around to create a few breaks in the schedule.
Washington will now open the season at Oregon on Aug. 30, a game that was originally scheduled for Sept. 13. The Huskies’ home game against Oklahoma will move up a week from Sept. 20 to Sept. 13, creating a bye on the 20th. And Washington will end the season playing Cal on Dec. 6, creating a bye on that game’s original date of Oct. 11, as well as on Nov. 29 between the Apple Cup and the Cal game.
It might be odd having three off weeks in the season next year, but it certainly beats not having one. And how big is that opener against Oregon going to be for the Huskies and Tyrone Willingham, who is 0-3 against the Ducks at Washington? The good news, I suppose, is that the Huskies have started well the last two seasons, going 4-1 out of the gate in 2006 and 2-0 this season, so maybe August will be the best time to catch the Ducks.
Here are the other changes
Arizona State:
Oregon at Arizona State – move from Sat., Oct. 18 to Sat., Oct 25
California:
Washington at California – move from Sat., Oct. 11 to Sat., Dec. 6
Oregon:
Boise State at Oregon – move from Sat., Aug. 30 to Sat., Sep. 20
Washington at Oregon – move from Sat., Sep. 13 to Sat., Aug. 30
Oregon at Purdue – move from Sat., Sep. 20 to Sat., Sep. 13
Oregon at Arizona State – move from Sat., Oct. 18 to Sat., Oct. 25
Oregon at USC – move from Sat., Nov. 22 to Sat., Oct. 4
Oregon State:
Add game at Penn State on Sat., Sep. 6
Oregon State at Utah – move from Sat., Sep. 6 to Thu., Oct. 2
USC at Oregon State – move from Sat., Sep. 27 to Thu., Sep. 25
Oregon State at Stanford – move from Sat. Oct., 25 to either Thu., Aug. 28 or Sat., Aug. 30
Stanford:
Oregon State at Stanford – move from Sat., Oct. 25 to either Thu., Aug. 28 or Sat., Aug. 30
USC:
USC at Oregon State – move from Sat., Sep. 27 to Thu., Sep. 25
Oregon at USC – move from Sat., Nov. 22 to Sat., Oct. 4
Finally if you missed our coverage in today’s Herald, here’s our story on Todd Turner’s surprise resignation. John Sleeper also offered his take on the situation.
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