Tag Archives: E.J. Savannah

No surprise here: Tyrone Willingham out at Washington

As a head coach, no matter what job you take, at some point, you have to win games. If you don’t, you won’t be around after a while. Tyrone Willingham won’t be at Washington in 2009, as his official departure was announced on Monday. He’ll finish out the season, but that’ll be the end for [...]

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2008 Washington Huskies Preview: Locker-led Huskies must deliver

Earlier this week, we broke down one Pac-10 program which is facing a must-win season in Arizona, but Mike Stoops isn’t the only coach in the conference on the hot seat. Tyrone Willingham inherited a program that wasn’t in good shape when he took over following a 1-10 season in 2004. The Huskies improved their [...]

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Washington’s hopes of Pac-10 respectability take an injury hit

One of the worst teams in the Pac-10 won’t have one of the conference’s best linebackers for some if not all of this season, as Washington’s E.J. Savannah, the team’s leading returning tackler, is academically ineligible to play this fall. “When you lose a guy that you think is a top player, it’s a bit [...]

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Huskies may open season minus top tackler

Under-fire head coach Tyrone Willingham could open a crucial 2008 season without his leading tackler from last season, according to Matt Severance.

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