Richard Newton’s redshirt freshman season may not be over just yet.
That certainly seemed to be the case in the third quarter on Saturday, when Washington’s 210-pound running back lay flat on his back at the Stanford 24-yard line. Newton was surrounded by a trio of UW trainers, and his helmet was discarded on the turf directly behind his head. Chris Petersen leaned over and squeezed Newton’s left hand; it was all the Huskies’ sixth-year head coach could do. Petersen said immediately after the game that “I didn’t even talk to the trainers. I know he was in pain.