Here's Tyrone Willingham's week-opening nod back to the Oregon State game and ahead to Notre Dame:

"The best thing I can say – and I think those sentiments will be echoed by our players – (there were) not enough of the good things that we liked from the ball game, but I think we saw the opportunity to play better than we did. And what we've got to do is cut down on our mistakes and put ourselves in position to win a football game. And if we can do that, this week we have another quality football team coming to town and we've got to play physical, we've got to get after it, and we've got to put ourselves in a position to eliminate the mistakes so we can put ourselves in a position at the end of the game to win."

An early scouting report on the Irish:

NOTRE DAME (4-2)
5 p.m. Saturday, ESPN2, at Husky Stadium.

Coach: Charlie Weis, 26-17 in his fourth season.

Last week: The Irish were off. The week before, Notre Dame gave up an 11-point lead in a 29-24 loss at North Carolina, which was then ranked No. 22. Notre Dame quarterback Jimmy Clausen threw for 383 yards and two touchdowns. Halfback Armando Allen carried 11 times for 60 yards.

Against the Huskies: Notre Dame leads the series, 6-0. The teams first met in 1948. The most recent meeting came in 2005, a 36-17 Irish win at Husky Stadium.

Washington connections: Most notably, UW coach Tyrone Willingham's previous job was at Notre Dame, where he went 21-15 (583) over three seasons before being dismissed. Offensive line coach Mike Denbrock also coached under Willingham there. Notre Dame has two players from Washington high schools: freshman OL Carl Brophy (Spokane/Gonzaga Prep) and senior WR Kris Patterson (Seattle/O'Dea).

Scouting report: The Irish average 25.5 points per game and allow 22.7. Clausen is an exceptionally strong-armed quarterback, and the Notre Dame offense is heavily titled toward the pass, averaging 272 yards per game through the air (17th nationally) and 101 yards on the ground (108th). Similarly, their defense is better against the pass (28th) than the run (60th). Notre Dame's special teams are strong in punting, average on returns, and weak on field goals. The Irish have played nine true freshmen this season, and 18 of their 21 touchdowns this season have been scored by underclassmen. Notre Dame sometimes lines up with only the quarterback in the backfield. Willingham said the Huskies might respond with increased nickel packages on defense.

Did you know: Notre Dame football has produced 11 national championship teams, seven Heisman Trophy winners, 79 consensus All-Americans, and 42 College Football Hall of Famers.

The final 1,000 or so tickets for the Notre Dame game -- 5 p.m. Saturday at Husky Stadium -- went on sale this morning.

Details available through the Husky ticket office.

A sellout is expected.

The drums started beating loudly today on the topic of Ty Willingham's game Saturday against Charlie Weis and Notre Dame.

Although, not surprisingly, no matter how we phrased the question, Willingham refused to acknowledge that this game is special to him beyond the normal next-game-on-the-schedule importance.

"That's something that everybody else will dwell on," he said. "After we finish (this press conference) I will be simply focused on our football game and try to move our football team in that direction. And at some point, some of you will tire of that and move on to something else."

Yeah, but not yet. That's the whole focus of my Tuesday story.

Meanwhile, the players agreed that Notre Dame is a little different -- partly due to tradition and partly as Ty's former employer.

Other news from the day was minor. About 1,000 remaining tickets for the Notre Dame game went on sale Monday. A sellout is expected. … This week's depth chart shows Terrance Dailey (tailback), Ryan Tolar (guard) and Trenton Tuiasosopo (linebacker) listed as starters for a second consecutive week, while Senio Kelemete is shown reclaiming his previous defensive tackle spot ahead of Johnie Kirton, who started vs. OSU. … Willingham praised Dailey and implied that he could nail down the long-term starting job. … Willingham reported no new injuries from the OSU game, although he didn't name any previously injured players certain to return. However, he did mention tailback David Freeman and safety Johri Fogerson as possible. He also said quarterback Jake Locker's six-to-eight week recovery timetable will probably be closer to eight weeks – which could mean no sooner than the Apple Cup. … Until someone earns the full-time kicking job, Ryan Perkins will handle UW field goals of less than 40 yards, and Jared Ballman will handle longer distances.

UW coaches added a extra offensive player in their weekly Player of the Game awards.

Honored for their play against Oregon State were both receiver D'Andre Goodwin and tailback Terrance Daily on offense, as well as linebacker Mason Foster on defense and punt returner Devin Aguilar on special teams.

Also noted for work on the service teams were fullback Tobias Togi, linebacker Bradly Roussel and defensive back Taylor Lappano.

Meanwhile, the depth chart for the Notre Dame game shows new OSU starters Dailey, Ryan Tolar (guard) and Trenton Tuiasosopo (linebacker) remaining at the top of the depth chart, while Senio Kelemete is shown reclaiming his previous defensive tackle spot ahead of Johnie Kirton, who made his first defensive start Saturday.

Washington's game at USC game on Nov. 1 has been selected for national television broadcast by FSN. The game will kickoff at 3:30 p.m. for the Los Angeles Coliseum.

The start time for Washington’s Dec. 23 men’s basketball game against Lehigh has been changed to 3 p.m.

Tipoff was moved up from the previously announced 7:30 p.m. so that Lehigh could fly out after the game to get an earlier start on the holidays with their families.

Meanwhile, here is the Pac-10 TV schedule and start times.