A few more items to pass along as I clean out my notebook from today's press luncheon:

--- There were 1,000 tickets left this morning, on sale at GoHuskies.com and through the ticket office. UW officials anticipate a sellout, and it will be rare if it's not. Of Notre Dame's last 74 road games, 67 have been sellouts. One that wasn't was the team's visit here in 2005, which I'd forgotten officially drew 71,473, just a little shy of a sellout.

--- In an unintentionally humorous moment today, UW coach Tyrone Willingham started to refer to D'Andre Goodwin and instead called him "Coleman,'' a reference to the Garfield High recruit who had committed to UW and now is open. "Caught myself,'' Willingham said before proceeding.

--- Willingham's basic take on the focus on his ND past this week: "That's something that everyone else will dwell on. After we finish up (the press conference) this morning I will simply be focused on our football game and trying to move our football team in that direction. And at some point some of you will tire of that so you will move on to something else.''

--- Willingham on the Oregon State game: "There are some positives how our guys are fighting and if you can continue to do that you can put yourself in position to win if we can find a way to eliminiate those major big plays that they had, and in the majority of the cases we were in potential position to eliminate those so that maybe it would have been a big gain but not been a touchdown. So line up and play again and who knows what could happen when you put yourself in that position. So we are going to work to do th things to put ourselves in the right position so we can make plays.''

--- Ronnie Fouch said he liked the game plan against OSU saying that the deep throws "have always been my favorite.'' But he said this week's game plan figures to be different because "they like to blitz a lot more and play zone, so it will be different.''

--- OL coach Mike Denbrock is the only assistant remaining on the staff who worked with Willingham at Notre Dame. He said that "I consider myself a Husky and I'm very happy to be part of this program. But obviously it adds a little bit to it having been there.''

--- Denbrock said all three of Notre Dame's captains were players Willingham and his staff had a hand in recruiting. LB Maurice Crum Jr., is a fifth-year senior who was part of Willingham's last full class in 2004 while WR David Grimes and FS David Bruton were each players Denbrock said he helped recruit in 2005 before the staff was let go. "They are great kids and you try to keep an eye on (them) and follow their progress and hope they do well,'' Denbrock said.

--- Denbrock said C Juan Garcia injured his ankle a few times Saturday but that the injury is unrelated to his foot injury of last spring. Still, he said Garcia also continues to feel the pain of that injury, as well. "He's a warrior and he's playing through a very sore foot, his ankle is sore now on top of it,'' Denbrock said. "But he won't come out unless I shoot him with an arrow or drag him off the field, so he really is fighting through some soreness. But he's healthy enough to play and he wants to play and be out there battling with his teammates.''

--- Denbrock also said he thought there were "some bright spots'' in the game Saturday. "We were a little more consistent in the run game. Pass-protection wise, we only gave up one sack, but I thought we gave up way too many hits on the quarterback, which was a concern for me. We've got to find a way to keep Ronnie healthy. So I'd like to see us play better in that area. But overall we did a really nice job physically getting after Oregon State's front. I thought they got after us sometimes, we got after them sometimes, good give and take, and that hasn't always been the case out there.''