After some uncertainty, Utah receivers coach Aaron Roderick has decided to move to Washington in the same position, completing Steve Sarkisian's football staff.

Sarkisian confirmed the hiring through a UW media representative, although the official announcement will come next wek. However, the University of Utah posted this announcement on its Web site:

SALT LAKE CITY - Dave Schramm is Utah's new offensive coordinator, Kyle Whittingham has announced, amending an earlier decision to split the coordinator duties between Schramm and Aaron Roderick. Roderick took a position at the University of Washington today after initially agreeing to serve as Utah's co-coordinator.

Whether Schramm continues to coach running backs and coordinate Utah's recruiting efforts will be determined later, as Whittingham searches for assistants to fill his openings. Previously, offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Andy Ludwig and offensive line coach Charlie Dickey accepted jobs at Kansas State. With Roderick's departure, Whittingham has three openings.

"It was an easy decision to hand the coordinator duties over to Dave after we received the news on Aaron this morning," said Whittingham. "Dave is a veteran coach with a great track record and he has played a major role in our game planning and play calling ever since he got here four years ago."

Schramm has coached two 1,000-yard rushers in his first four years at Utah--Quinton Ganther (now with the Tennessee Titans) in 2005, and Darrell Mack in 2007. Prior to Schramm, Utah had just seven 1,000-yard rushers in its history. Schramm has 21years of college coaching experience at Austin Peay, Nebraska, San Diego State, Southwest Texas State, Montana and Utah.

Meanwhile RealDawg.com is reporting that the Huskies have received oral commitments from wide receiver James Johnson of Valley Center, Calif., and defensive back Will Shamburger of Bellflower, Calif.

UW is now in a three-way tie with UCLA and Cal atop the Pac-10 standings.

Here's my game story, here's the story from the Corvallis Gazette-Times, and here's the skimmer's version:

Star of the game: By the end it was hard to remember, but the Huskies had a lot of early trouble with Oregon State’s zone. It was senior guard Justin Dentmon who found the answer first, with his shooting, driving and passing. He ended with 13 points, three rebounds, three assists and a steal.

Key stats: UW out-rebounded the Beavers, 46-19. Their 17 offensive rebounds helped provide points though the early going. UW also shot 58.6 percent from the field to Oregon State’s 39 percent.

Key run: Washington scored on its first 12 possessions of the second half, inflating a seven-point halftime lead into a 60-42 rout.

Observations: UW freshman guard Elston Turner returned to action after missing four games with a high ankle sprain. … Twelve Huskies played, 11 scored, and five scored in double figures. … UW is off to a 3-0 start on the road in Pac-10 play.

Quotable: “I think it’s perfectly fine to feel good about (being in first place). It’s a great start for us. It’s a good way to start off conference play. But no one cares in March how you did at the beginning of the season. We have to keep improving, keep keeping after it and continue this little bit of success that we’ve had.” – UW senior Jon Brockman

Next: 8 p.m. Thursday, USC, Hec Edmundson Pavilion; FSN.

Halftime: Huskies trailed much of the half -- having trouble getting inside OSU's 1-3-1 zone on anything but offensive rebounds -- but closed strong and leads, 34-27.

Jon Brockman has eight points, Justin Dentmon seven, Matthew Brian-Amaning six, Isiah Thomas, five.

Tipoff: With UCLA and Cal both losing today, a share of first place in the Pac-10 awaits the Huskies if they take care of business tonight.

UW is going with its usual starting lineup: Brockman, Dentmon, Pondexter, Dent and Thomas.

5:40: I'm at Gill Coliseum about an hour and a half before tipoff of Huskies-Beavers.

It's already been a fascinating day in the Pac-10 with Arizona State beating UCLA and the Cougars setting a conference free throw record (28-of-28) in their win over still-winless Oregon. Arizona-USC and Cal-Stanford are going and I write this.

Meanwhile, the Huskies are a nine-point favorite, and they had better not let this one slip away because the schedule turns really tough over the next three weeks.

Anyway, usual gameday plans here: pregame news as it breaks, updates through the game and then postgame notes and quotes.