The Huskies won’t have running back Richard Newton when they play at Arizona on Saturday, which severely hampers a rushing attack that’s been the most consistent unit on a beleaguered offense.
That’s the bad news, but it could have been worse.
On Monday, coach Chris Peterson said the redshirt freshman would need to see a specialist after injuring his left foot injury during last Saturday’s 23-13 defeat at Stanford.
On Thursday, Petersen provided a somewhat rosy update on Newton.
“There’s no surgery or anything like that at this point,” Petersen said. “Just rehabbing.