Washington Huskies Football 2020 Re-Preview
Trent McDuffie, Washington Huskies football.
After last week’s cancellation of the season opener, PNWS re-introduces you to the 2020 Washington Huskies football team.
For Washington Huskies fans, PAC-12 football is finally just a few days away. This season will be unlike any other. There are no out of conference games. Also, for Pac-12 teams to be eligible for bowl games, the conference will play a limited seven-game regular season.
This, of course, sets up another layer of debate as to which teams should be in the College Football Playoff. “*Insert top PAC-12 team* is 7-0 but Clemson is 9-1 and Georgia is 8-2 and play in far superior conferences so they should be in over any PAC-12 team.”
Also, the disparity in the number of games will skew stats, which makes individual awards and draft scouting more difficult. Needless to say, there will be plenty of debates this year in college football.
The two best ways to decide what teams are great and which ones are pretenders will be their winning percentage and the eye test. Those are not perfect measuring sticks, but this year has been anything less than perfect.
Washington Huskies (2019 record 8-5, 4-5 in Pac-12)
A limited schedule is both bad and good for the Huskies. Bad in the sense that UW is very young at some positions. From the start, every game is important. There is no time to get acclimated. Additionally, with only seven games, the margin for error is slim; schools can’t get away with playing a bad one.
On the positive side, Washington catches a small break with scheduling. The South Division appears to be a bit stronger on paper. The Huskies won’t have to face one of the southern six until the regular season’s final game. Because 2020 is somewhat of a throwaway season, it’s a good year for a first-time head coach like Washington’s Jimmy Lake to get some on the job training.