Montlake Mailbag: A post-Oregon deluge of questions about the Huskies

You asked, I answered. As many as I could, anyway.

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All it takes is a once-in-a-lifetime Washington victory over a top-10 rival to cause our mailbag to overflow.

I received so many great questions this week that I couldn’t possibly get to them all. Maybe a follow-up is in order. 

As always, priority goes to Friends of the Program — you can upgrade your subscription at any time, by the way — but I was able to answer several others, too.

Topics include, but are not limited to:

• Fake injuries

• Playcalling

• Defensive issues

• In-state recruiting philosophy

• NIL fundraising

• Michael Penix Jr.’s place on all-time UW Rushmore

• Offseason portal priorities

If you haven’t grabbed a paid subscription yet, now is a great time to do so. It’s going to be a wild six weeks and beyond.

Let’s dive into the mailbag. Questions have been lightly edited for clarity and length.