Notebook: Pac-10 schedules announced

Jan 5, 2010, 12:00 AM

The UW football team will finally end its season against Washington State again next year. That much has been expected for a while now, but was made official yesterday with the Pac-10's release of the 2010 schedules for all 10 conference teams. The Huskies will play all three of their non-conference games before beginning Pac-10 play, opening Sept. 4 at BYU before hosting Syracuse and Nebraska the following weeks. They'll have bye weeks on Sept. 25 and Nov. 20. Washington was originally scheduled to play WSU on Nov. 20, but the game will instead be played Dec. 4, the latest the rivalry has ever been played. WSU likely benefits most from playing on that date, since the Apple Cup typically is played the week of Thanksgiving, and transportation becomes an issue for WSU students who have the entire week of Thanksgiving off. The Apple Cup hasn't been the final regular-season game for the Huskies since 2006, when UW beat WSU 35-32 in Pullman. COOPER ENROLLS UW commit Deontae Cooper, a prolific tailback from Perris, Calif., enrolled at the UW and attended his first class, the school announced yesterday. Cooper is the first of Steve Sarkisian's 2010 recruiting class to arrive on campus. Cooper ran for 2,863 yards and 34 touchdowns for Citrus Hill High School last season, finishing his career with 7,450 yards and 107 touchdowns, the yards total being the second-highest in Inland Empire history. Toby Gerhart holds the No. 1 spot. Because he's already in school, Cooper can participate in spring practices, and can also be counted against the 2009 class, which is meaningful because Sarkisian plans to take more than the 25-player limit in this year's class. Scout.com lists 26 players as being committed to the school, and the Huskies are still in the running for a couple of other players who have yet to commit. It's thought that Sarkisian could take as many as 30, meaning that he would have to find a way to get everyone into school; even if there are enough scholarships open for everyone, a team still can't take more than 25 players in one recruiting class. That problem is usually solved by asking players to delay enrollment by a year, or in Cooper's case, enrolling a player early in order to count them against the previous year's class. MANGUM GONE The Seattle Times and RealDawg.com reported yesterday that backup linebacker Kurt Mangum has left the team and will transfer to Howard University. Mangum didn't see the field much last year while battling a knee injury. He's the first player to leave the team since the conclusion of Sarkisian's first year at the helm. Matt Mosley also transferred mid-season. Reach Sports Editor Christian Caple at sports@dailyuw.com.

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