Pac-12 football preview: Predicting Washington’s weekly outcomes and victory total

Welcome to the Hotline’s predictions for each and every Pac-12 video game of the 2022 period. The 12-section sequence will be revealed in six installments, with groups grouped by travel associates. Backlinks to prior content articles at bottom …

Washington Huskies

Mentor: Kalen DeBoer (very first season)
Offensive coordinator: Ryan Grubb (very first year)
Co-defensive coordinators: William Inge and Chuck Morrell (initially seasons)

2021 report: 4-8/3-6

Washington’s five-year gain totals: 12-10-10-8-4 (2020 time excluded)

Past postseason appearance: 2019 Vacation Bowl (conquer Boise Condition)

Most effective-situation 2022 situation: 10-2
Worst-case 2022 circumstance: 6-6

Projected starting off quarterback: Michael Penix Jr.

Vital question: Did the Huskies underachieve very last season just since of inadequate coaching, or is the roster stocked with next-rate expertise?

Right here we go …

Sept. 3: vs. Kent State
Final result: win
Record: 1-
Comment: Supplied the Week One implosion previous yr — and this remaining Kalen DeBoer’s debut — we assume a first-level energy from the Huskies, even if the execution is a little bit spotty.

Sept. 10: vs. Portland Condition
Final result: win
File: 2-
Comment: Dwelling favorites are vulnerable to a search-forward sinkhole, but Portland Point out lacks the personnel of, say, Montana.

Sept. 17: vs. Michigan Condition
End result: acquire
Record: 3-
Comment: The Spartans are loaded on protection and will endeavor to exploit any physical weak point together UW’s lines of scrimmage. But the Huskies reply with a effectiveness from a preceding period (2016-18) and outmaneuver the guests with internet pages from the playbook kept underneath wraps in Months One and Two.

Sept. 24: vs. Stanford
End result: decline
Report: 3-1/-1
Comment: The September highway will take a detour via Letdown Metropolis as Stanford, which is coming off a bye, normally takes entire advantage of the further prep time and UW’s lingering euphoria.

Sept. 30 (Friday): at UCLA
Result: decline
Document: 3-2/-2
Comment: Knocked for a loop by Stanford, the Huskies are unable to regain their footing versus an opponent that has the offensive harmony to just take regardless of what UW’s protection offers.

Oct. 8: at Arizona State
Consequence: loss
Record: 3-3/-3
Comment: So much for that 3- start out. But at the very least receivers are not running 6-lawn designs on third-and-9. This skid is about personnel, not plan.

Oct. 15: vs. Arizona
Consequence: win
File: 4-3/1-3
Remark: It’s not simple or clean, but the Huskies take gain of Arizona staying in a vulnerable location pursuing a dwelling showdown versus Oregon.

Oct. 22: at Cal
Outcome: get
History: 5-3/2-3
Remark: The earlier 3 head-to-heads have created just one-rating effects, and we assume the similar right here. First workforce to 18 wins.

Oct. 29: idle
Remark: No aggressive advantage the Beavers are also idle.