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Another Look at the UW Win Over Arizona Through Skylar Lin Images

Photos of last Saturday's Husky game came at a premium. We explain why.
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Another Look at the UW Win Over Arizona Through Skylar Lin Images
Another Look at the UW Win Over Arizona Through Skylar Lin Images

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For the first time in a long while, a University of Washington football game at Husky Stadium was not photographed by someone assigned to do this chore for national distribution.

It was almost as if last Saturday's Pac-12 game between the Huskies and Arizona didn't exist in some ways outside of the Northwest.

The Mariners baseball playoff game was such a big deal for Seattle that day, in fact a first for the city in 21 years, it required all syndicated photographic hands on deck at the downtown ballpark.

Luckily, Skylar Lin was available. As he has for nearly a year now, the UW student took photos for our Inside the Huskies/FanNation website on the Sports Illustrated network.

He was the tall, skinny guy in the end zone capturing Jack Westover doing his mid-game Superman impersonation — leaping over tall defensive backs in a single bound — or Rome Odunze showing off his amazing juggling skills with a long-range touchdown at stake.

Check out a sampling of his Arizona-UW photos right here. You won't get them anywhere else. Skylar is studying business, but he has a knack for photography, as well.

Jack Westover shows off his hops by effortlessly vaulting over Arizona cornerback Christian Roland-Wallace as he tries to get to the end zone.

Rome Odunze turned into the courtyard juggler while battling the sun in his eyes and his hands a little out of sync to pull in this Michael Penix Jr. pass for a touchdown against Arizona.

Ja'Lynn Polk wears this Arizona defensive back like another backpack during Saturday's 49-39 UW victory at Husky Stadium. 

UW fans enjoy themselves in the West end zone during the Huskies' 49-39 victory over Arizona. Officials announced a paid crowd of 63,181. 

Making his second career start for the Huskies, redshirt freshman Elijah Jackson sets himself at cornerback and very much alone in coverage as a play begins to unfold. 

Rome Odunze holds court on the Husky sideline during his 9-catch, 169-yard, 2-touchdown performance against Arizona. Fellow receiver Jackson Girouard (84) hangs with greatness.

The redshirt freshman running back has been given increasing playing time, seeing his most snaps yet against Arizona. He scored a touchdown on a 4-yard catch and ran the ball six times for 20 yards.

The Huskies, including linebackers Carson Bruener (42) and Daniel Heimuli (15), take apart wide receiver Anthony Simpson after he makes a catch.

Kalen DeBoer works the Husky sideline as his players and coaches signal in plays during the UW-Arizona football game at Husky Stadium.

UW running back Wayne Taulapapa comes to a sudden stop, trying to shake free from Arizona's DJ Warnell Jr. last Saturday at Husky Stadium.

While Lin was capturing Kalen DeBoer's team win its fifth game in as many outings at Husky Stadium, the UW offense was at its point-producing best in a 49-39 victory.

If only DeBoer had a stingy defense to match. This current one has been nearly as generous as all of the Husky opponents when facing Odunze and company. 

"It's definitely new for the defense, a new kind of adversity," edge rusher Zion Tupuola-Fetui said this week. "I wouldn't say we're playing bad football per se, we're just giving up too many points and letting the big plays we give up hurt us too much."

This weekend, the Huskies head back on the road where they're 0-2 after games at UCLA and Arizona State. On Saturday night, they'll try for a breakthrough win against the California Bears in Berkeley.

They'll face former UW linebacker Jackson Sirmon, now playing for his father, Bears defensive coordinator Peter Sirmon, with the latter spending a pair of seasons with the Huskies a decade ago. There are coaches up and down the Cal staff with UW connections.

It's too bad Lin won't be there with his camera because every time he shoots images of the UW football team, whether or not the national guys show up alongside him, the Huskies win. His photos are pretty good, too.

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DAN RALEY

Dan Raley has worked for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, as well as for MSN.com and Boeing, the latter as a global aerospace writer. His sportswriting career spans four decades and he's covered University of Washington football and basketball during much of that time. In a working capacity, he's been to the Super Bowl, the NBA Finals, the MLB playoffs, the Masters, the U.S. Open, the PGA Championship and countless Final Fours and bowl games.

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