While the Apple Cup always lends to celebrating departing seniors, every once once in a while a University of Washington freshman reaches for the spotlight in this rivalry game.
What looked like just a match-up of struggling Big Sky football teams actually was much more entertaining than that — Sam Huard emerged as the better player in a battle of hyped-up former University of Washington quarterbacks.
Looking at the relationship between star rating and performance for elite QB recruits The merry-go-round of how much recruiting stars matter is never-ending, and we’ve had great examples of the good and bad side of that right here at UW.
Former Washington quarterback Sam Huard, experiencing the highs and lows of a new college football situation, was back on track over the weekend by unloading 6 touchdowns in Cal Poly's 41-20 victory over Liberty in San Luis Obispo.
Sam Huard, the former University of Washington quarterback, got a reality check in his second outing with his new football team when the Cal Poly Mustangs were crushed 59-3 by the San Jose State Spartans on Saturday in San Jose.
Sam Huard, the former University of Washington quarterback, had a successful Cal Poly debut on Saturday by throwing for 364 yards and a touchdown to lead the Mustangs to a 27-10 victory over San Diego.
With 85 scholarship players on a college football roster, you're not going to keep everyone happy. Guys need to play or else they leave. And sometimes teams, in this case the University of Washington, just have to wonder if they let someone go out the door who might go and be great?
It seems Kalen DeBoer's University of Washington offense is most efficient when it has a left-handed quarterback calling the signals. When he took over the program, the coach had a pair of southpaws in Michael Penix Jr.
Sam Huard, the former University of Washington quarterback, didn't waste any time getting people excited about his possibilities for Cal Poly by completing his first nine passes Saturday in the Mustangs' closing spring scrimmage.
If this were pro baseball, Josh Cuevas was acquired by the University of Washington in what was a straight-up offseason deal for Sam Huard. A hitter for a pitcher.
They left Kennedy Catholic High School possessing unreal passing stats, promising to carry them over to the college level. For a day at last year's University of Washington's Spring Preview, a controlled scrimmage rather than full-fledged game, curious fans caught a glimpse of what was possible.
Just nine months ago, they were University of Washington spring standouts, bullish about their future football prospects in Montlake and brought in for post-scrimmage media interviews.
The former Huskies quarterback has found a new home for the 2023 season. Sam Huard, the former quarterback at Washington, announced Monday that he will play at FCS program Cal Poly next season.
In today’s Fact or Fiction — transfer portal edition — I look at three big recent topics from the transfer portal and decide whether the statement is indeed FACT or if it’s FICTION.
Huard, the son of former Washington quarterback Damon Huard, has decided to transfer from Washington to Cal Poly, he announced Monday. That means the consensus top-ranked quarterback in the 2021 class will be playing at the FCS level in 2023.
Sam Huard, the former 5-star and University of Washington legacy quarterback, will drop down a football level and resume his career in the Big Sky Conference, choosing to transfer to a rebuilding Cal Poly program.
Quarterback Sam Huard, a former five-star recruit, is leaving the Huskies. The university legacy player said he entered the transfer portal on Tuesday and is searching for an opportunity to play.
The son and nephew of former Huskies quarterbacks attempted just two passes in 2022. Washington is seemingly set at the quarterback position for the immediate future, as Michael Penix Jr.’s first season in Seattle after transferring from Indiana ended with an eighth-place finish in the Heisman voting.
At 12:40 p.m. on Tuesday, a text message arrived to seven media members who cover University of Washington football with somewhat surprising news. It was sophomore quarterback Sam Huard, in a very organized and professional manner, letting everyone who covers him know he will be entering the transfer portal.
Husky fans far and wide broke into a joyous celebration on Sunday night when quarterback Michael Penix Jr., seemingly with all sorts of immediate NFL opportunities within reach, announced he would return for the 2023 college football season.
On the University of Washington campus, students gravitate to the Michael G. Foster School of Business and the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering.
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