So far, the lead up to the Washington game on Saturday feels a lot like it did before the Washington State matchup two weeks back after the firing of Nick Rolovich.
Washington (4-5) sits in a nearly identical position against ASU as its Evergreen-State counterpart. Husky head coach Jimmy Lake is suspended for Saturday’s game after striking a player on the sideline last Saturday against Oregon. Washington also fired its offensive coordinator, John Donovan, after finding itself ranked 112th of 130 FBS teams.
Like Washington State (Former coach Nick Rolovich and assistants were fired two weeks before ASU for their refusal to get vaccinated against Covid-19), Washington will have two new play-callers this week against the Sun Devils, but a similar problem did not seem to deter the Cougars in their 34-21 victory over ASU.