DawgmanRadio: Was UW's 27-17 win over No. 10 Michigan their most complete game of the season?

Dawgman Radio: A Washington Huskies athletics podcast

The guys from Dawgman.com - Kim Grinolds, Chris Fetters, and Scott Eklund - broke down the main talking points and storylines that came out of Washington's 27-17 win over No. 10 Michigan Saturday night at Husky Stadium, one that fans will rightly claim as the best win so far for the Huskies, but was it their best-played game?

Under the circumstances, there's a lot of evidence to suggest so. After all, they were able to gain over 100 yards on the ground against a Michigan front that had been incredibly stingy giving up yards that way. Washington quarterback Will Rogers threw for 271 yard, albeit with his first interception of the season to go with two touchdowns. And Jonah Coleman, conspicuously absent at the end of the Rutgers loss, was right there when the Huskies needed him most in the fourth quarter, scoring the go-ahead touchdown with 6:22 left in the fourth quarter on a throwback play where the running back leaped over defenders to get to the end zone.

And finally in the first part of the show the guys talk about the changing that took place along Washington's offensive line, namely along the inside of the OL with D'angalo Titialii, Landen Hatchett, and Gaard Memmelaar.

After a quick break, talk turns to one of Washington's biggest contributors - Voi Tunuufi and the fact that he actually played a little offense against the Wolverines, coming out to play a little fullback early in the game. Did he lobby for that, or was there something that Fisch, Brennan Carroll, and others on UW's offense staff saw in Voi that he could impact the game on that side of the ball too?

They talk about the real impact moments of the game, starting with the moment Michigan decided to bench starting quarterback Alex Orji and go to Jack Tuttle, a move that paid immediate dividends and forced Washington Defensive Coordinator Steve Belichick to quickly re-evaluate UW's game plan after Michigan scored.

But there were no bigger moments for UW than in the fourth quarter, when they came up with two huge turnovers via a Logan Sagapolu fumble recovery of a forced fumble by Tunuufi, and a pick by Kamren Fabiculanan. Grady Gross, who missed one kick in the first half and had another one blocked, came up massive with two made field goals, the last one to salt the game away with just a little over a minute left.

To finish the recap, Scott talked about some of the many recruits that were at the game, including the lone 2025 official visitor, OL Peter Langi from Archbishop Riordan in San Francisco. And then the guys ponder what the game will mean as the Huskies move forward with preparations for their next game, at Iowa.

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