{"id":3898,"date":"2020-11-19T00:47:03","date_gmt":"2020-11-19T00:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sportspaper.org\/?p=3898"},"modified":"2020-11-19T00:47:03","modified_gmt":"2020-11-19T00:47:03","slug":"washington-huskies-won-but-i-saw-a-lack-of-discipline-from-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sportspaper.org\/?p=3898","title":{"rendered":"Washington Huskies won, but I saw a lack of discipline from them"},"content":{"rendered":"

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TERRY MOSHER<\/p>\n

TOP OF THE TOWN<\/strong> \u2011\u00a0 It wasn\u2019t pretty but the Washington Huskies debut under first-year coach Jimmy Lake was a success on the football field, a 27-21 Pac-12 victory over a much-improved Oregon State team. My view of the game is that for the first time in years (I covered the Huskies for the Bremerton Sun for nearly 30 years) I saw a sideline that appeared not to have much discipline. Players were laughing and goofing off even as the game became tension-filled as the Huskies on the field struggled to find their footing. Lake has stressed to the media that he will instill discipline and toughness, but it didn\u2019t look like it Toughness? Maybe. I liked what I saw from running back Sean McGrew, defensive back Elijah Molden, wide receiver Terrell Bynum, linebacker Edefuan Ulofoshio, running back Cameron Davis, defensive back Trent McDuffie, linebacker Zion Tupuola-Fetui and, maybe, quarterback Dylan Morris. I\u2019m not perfectly sold on Morris, although I don\u2019t quite know how good a leader he is, although Lake said he is a good one. I know he was not asked to throw a lot, but he did have three passes knocked down by defensive linemen, which isn\u2019t good. McDuffie is really, really good. He\u2019s headed to the NFL someday. Davis is a freshman and looked awful good for a guy that didn\u2019t start. Lake has an offensive line that weighs on average way over 300 pounds and has repeatedly said he wants a team that pounds the rock behind that mammoth line. I didn\u2019t think for all its size that the line did that well. You can be big and slow and that won\u2019t work well. I\u2019m not sure if it was just first-game jitters, but the line looked slow. We\u2019ll see as the shorten season goes along whether they will get a bit quicker. The secondary, led by McDuffie and Molden, looked good. For sure, if this game is going to be typical of the 2020 Huskies, we are in for some boring games because it looks like Lake wants to run the ball first, second and third, which goes against what college football is in today\u2019s world. The days of Woody Hayes and three yards and a cloud of dust have been gone for decades. Teams regularly throw the ball around from 30-50 times a game. So we\u2019ll see how this all works out as the Huskies host its second game Saturday at 5 p.m. against Arizona, which looked good in a last-minute loss to USC. As for the Seahawks, forget it. You can\u2019t win if you don\u2019t play defense. And now their MVP candidate at quarterback, Russell Wilson, suddenly looks like he\u2019s having trouble at home and bringing that to their games. He may be in solid at home, but something is bugging him because he now has 10 turnovers in the last three games and looks like he\u2019s lost. Somebody needs to get him a map. What I have seen is that teams are locking down his receivers and putting a lot of pressure on him with blitzes and that has not allowed him to throw those deep bombs he had used to get wins through the Hawks\u2019 first five games. It has him rattled and he\u2019s trying to create something out of nothing and that is not like him. It didn\u2019t help in Sunday\u2019s loss to the Rams that the Hawks\u2019 top two running backs were out with injuries. If you can\u2019t take the pressure off with some timely runs, you are going to get hit repeatedly attempting to pass. That\u2019s what has happened to Wilson. He\u2019s been forced to hurry up his delivery which takes away the long bombs. I\u2019m not making an excuse for him. Football is a violent sport and injuries are part of the game. You have to play with what is available, and if you can\u2019t win with back-ups that\u2019s tough. It\u2019s part of the game. \u00a0I don\u2019t see a path to victory for them on Thursday night. That little guy \u2013 Kyler Murray \u2013 will be tough to hold down in the best of circumstances and with the Hawks playing defense as if they just discovered it, it could be a long night. That\u2019s it for today. I had a fairly good predicting week, especially among colleges, so maybe I\u2019m back in my usual groove.<\/p>\n

Be well pal.<\/p>\n

Be careful out there.<\/p>\n

Have a great day.<\/p>\n

You are loved.<\/p>\n

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Last week<\/strong> \u2011 21-9<\/p>\n

Season <\/strong>\u2011 162-87-1 (62.8 percent)<\/p>\n

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COLLEGES<\/strong><\/p>\n

Syracuse at Louisville (Louisville)<\/p>\n

Perdue at Minnesota (Minnesota)<\/p>\n

UCLA at Oregon (Oregon)<\/p>\n

Indiana at Ohio State (OS)<\/p>\n

Clemson at Florida State (Clemson)<\/p>\n

Illinois at Nebraska (Nebraska)<\/p>\n

LSU at Arkansas (LSU)<\/p>\n

Cincinnati at UCF (Cincy)<\/p>\n

Iowa at Penn State (Iowa)<\/p>\n

California at Oregon State (OS)<\/p>\n

Kentucky at Alabama (Alabama)<\/p>\n

Kansas State at Iowa State (IS)<\/p>\n

Virginia Tech at Pittsburgh (VT)<\/p>\n

Tennessee at Auburn (Auburn)<\/p>\n

Mississippi State at Georgia (Georgia)<\/p>\n

Oklahoma State at Oklahoma (Oklahoma)<\/p>\n

Liberty at North Carolina State (Liberty)<\/p>\n

Michigan at Rutgers (Michigan)<\/p>\n

Arizona at Washington (Washington)<\/p>\n

USC at Utah (USC)<\/p>\n

Washington State at Stanford (WSU)<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/u><\/p>\n

PROS <\/strong><\/p>\n

Arizona at Seattle (Arizona)<\/p>\n

Philadelphia at Cleveland (Cleveland)<\/p>\n

Cincinnati at Washington (Washington)<\/p>\n

Detroit at Carolina (Detroit)<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh at Jacksonville (Pitt)<\/p>\n

Tennessee at Baltimore (Baltimore)<\/p>\n

New England at Houston (NE)<\/p>\n

Miami at Denver (Miami)<\/p>\n

New York Jets at Los Angles Chargers (Chargers)<\/p>\n

Green Bay at Indianapolis (GB)<\/p>\n

Dallas at Minnesota (Minnesota)<\/p>\n

Kansas City at Las Vegas (KC)<\/p>\n

Los Angeles Rams at Tampa Bay (Rams)<\/p>\n

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