Classics Continue On UWTV

By Athletic Communications on January 7, 2010 8:40 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

As we previously announced, UWTV is stepping into the world of UW sports with new programs featuring commentary from coaches and players, game previews and recaps -- and rebroadcasts of some of the greatest sports matchups in Husky history.

UW basketball will be the topic each week for Husky Hoops Talk at 6:30 p.m. each Tuesday. The show -- viewable either on cable channel 27 or online -- will feature UW men's basketball Head Coach Lorenzo Romar and women's Head Coach Tia Jackson talking about their teams. The series, which began on Dec. 29, will also offer previews of upcoming opponents, recaps of recent games and interviews with Husky student-athletes. Visit UWTV online to learn which players will be featured from week to week.

And for diehard fans, UWTV has begun a new series called Husky Classics, showing some of the UW's most famous games from years past. These are viewable on Channel 27 -- but not online -- at 7 p.m. every Monday night.

Husky Classics began in style on New Year's Day with the broadcast of three of the most famous football games of recent years. The three-game lineup featured the 1990 match with USC (where the USC quarterback was famously quoted as saying, "All I saw was purple. No jerseys, no numbers, just purple."), the 1993 Apple Cup and the 1994 "Whammy in Miami."

The classic broadcasts are made possible through a contract with the Fox Sports Net -- a group of regional cable TV networks -- and that UWTV , UW Athletics and FSN are working collaboratively on a number of UW sports-related projects.

If you missed the New Year's Day broadcasts, those three games will be shown again on coming Mondays in January. Then the Huskies will be seen to defeat California on Jan. 25 (the game was on Oct. 19, 1991), will trounce Nebraska on Feb. 1 (from Sept. 19, 1992 -- known as among the loudest games ever at Husky Stadium) -- and will beat the heck out of Stanford on Feb. 8 (from Sept. 4,1993). And they'll just keep playing and winning every Monday night.

More sports programming is planned at UWTV, which in recent years has evolved from a television station to a multimedia organization. New features to come will include live coverage of UW women's softball games. This year will also bring new programming that will appeal to people interested in multiple subjects but with a uniquely UW perspective.

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