Earlier today, Washington head football coach Kalen DeBoer, co-defensive coordinator/safeties coach Chuck Morrell, and offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Ryan Grubb met with the local Seattle media to discuss their monumental 37-34 upset road victory over Oregon, as they prepare for their home game against Colorado this weekend. They spoke about the play of the offense and defense this past weekend, and the status of player injuries. DeBoer also took the time to talk about the Buffaloes and what that challenge will present for the Huskies this Saturday evening.

Here are things of note that each coach said…..

RYAN GRUBB (Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach)

“He came up to the offices and we put our arms around him,” Grubb said about RB Wayne Taulapapa and the shooting tragedy at Virginia with his former teammates.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign #DubLife

— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 14, 2022

Grubb said, “He’s doing a great job of owning it,” about WR Jalen McMillan.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign #DubLife

— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 14, 2022

“We wanted to show the kids that we had an attack mentality,” Grubb said with taking the ball first on the coin toss and scoring a TD.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign #DubLife

— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 14, 2022

“That’s the best throw i’ve seen Mike make in a game!” Grubb said about QB Michael Penix Jr.’s sideline TD pass to WR Taj Davis.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign #DubLife

— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 14, 2022

“Yeah…we were pretty fired up about that one. There was a lot of fist bumping going on and banging on the window,” Grubb said about their reaction in the coaches box after the Penix Jr. to Davis TD pass.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign #DubLife

— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 14, 2022

“Don’t let one play or one big play define you,” Grubb said was the message to Penix Jr. the day before the game.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign #DubLife

— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 14, 2022

Grubb told Penix Jr. after the crucial interception, “you know better than that.”@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign #DubLife

— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 14, 2022

Grubb said OL Corey Luciano had a great game.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign #DubLife

— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 14, 2022

“It was awesome!” Grubb said about the plane ride home.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign #DubLife

— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 14, 2022

“There are obviously some things we can do better. I felt like we left 15 points off the board,” Grubb said.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign #DubLife

— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 14, 2022

“We have to trust our kids,” Grubb said about putting the Oregon win in the rear view mirror for now and getting ready for Colorado this week.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign #DubLife

— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 14, 2022

“I thought that was a really cool moment for him as a kicker,” Grubb said about PK Peyton Henry’s redemption FG.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign #DubLife

— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 14, 2022

Grubb calls RB’s Wayne Taulapapa and Cam Davis “workhorses”.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign #DubLife

— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 14, 2022

Grubb said RB Will Nixon has been dinged up.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign #DubLife

— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 14, 2022

CHUCK MORRELL (Co-Defensive Coordinator/Safeties Coach)

Morrell said DB Jordan Perryman is day-to-day and DB Davon Banks is out for the year.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign #DubLife

— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 14, 2022

Morrell said, “Dime package, keep everything in front of us,” was their strategy defensively on the last drive.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign #DubLife

— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 14, 2022

“No comment,” (he smiles 😊), Morrell said about the Oregon player going down with an injury (faked) at the end of the game.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign #DubLife

— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 14, 2022

Morrell credits LB Kris Moll for “the light bulb turning on lately!”@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign #DubLife

— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 14, 2022

KALEN DEBOER (Head Coach)

DeBoer starts his presser off with giving condolences to the University of Virginia.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign #DubLife

— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 14, 2022

“What an awesome night! The memories…nobody can take that away from our guys!” DeBoer said about the upset road win over Oregon.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign #DubLife

— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 14, 2022

DeBoer said they wore all purple uniforms because Oregon’s colors were light and it’s important for the QB to see the colors.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign #DubLife

— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 14, 2022

DeBoer said, “That was the biggest and best throw I’ve seen him make,” about Penix Jr’s TD throw to Davis.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign #DubLife

— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 14, 2022

“That’s what we see too. It’s one of those things where, what can we do?!” DeBoer said about the Oregon player faking the injury at the end of the game.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign #DubLife

— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 14, 2022

DeBoer said DB Davon Banks season ending injury occurred in a game a couple weeks ago and will have surgery this week.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign #DubLife

— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 14, 2022

DeBoer said,”they came out with some different jersey numbers,” about Oregon trying the onside kick at the start of the 2nd half.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign #DubLife

— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 14, 2022

“It was talked about earlier in the week,” DeBoer says about winning the toss and wanting the ball first.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign #DubLife

— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 14, 2022

“We will have 13 guys that we will be recognizing on Saturday,” DeBoer said about senior night against Colorado.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign #DubLife

— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 14, 2022

“I’ve leaned on them so much over the last 12 months now,” DeBoer said about the seniors.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign #DubLife

— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 14, 2022

“We will keep coming at you,” DeBoer said is how he wants to describe his team and the lesson that they have learned!@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign #DubLife

— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 14, 2022

* Here is the official Husky Football Depth Chart for this week…..