I guess it’s like a cool story or whatever, but I’m bored to fucking death already with the fact that Washington will be going up against Coach Pete’s old team on the 21st. I don’t know what’s worse: the fact that we have to go up against a team we’ve seen a lot of throughout the years (as opposed to someone new and fresh that we’ve never seen before), or the possibility of losing to the Broncos as one final Fuck You before Petersen rides off into the sunset or whatever.

Really, I could see it going either way. I could see us just whomping the shit out of them, and I could also see us totally blowing it. We already know the Huskies will be without Hunter Bryant and Trey Adams, and honestly I don’t blame them one iota. With their injury histories, and their potential to go high in the NFL Draft next year, they HAVE to protect themselves over playing in some piddling bowl game on the second day of Bowl Season.

And that, quite frankly, hurts the Huskies’ chances on offense considerably. It’s been The Hunter Bryant Show on offense for this entire year, but especially in the second half of the season. The rest of our receiving corps either drops the ball or can’t get open (or gets hopelessly overthrown by our quarterback who has one speed on his passes: four-seam fastball). And, considering Eason’s struggles at the slightest hint of pressure, losing our starting left tackle for this game can’t be good at all.

I don’t know how our O-Line will look next year, but there’s a lot to hope for out of our tight end room. It sounds like we’ve got some good guys on the roster, and more quality coming in the next class.

My hope for this game is – with the additional practices – the defense continues its trend of dominating performances down the stretch. I’d like to see us hold Boise State’s high-flying offense in check to really send us off with a lot of momentum heading into 2020. It would be a nice feather in the cap of Jimmy Lake as he pounds the pavement on the recruiting trail; we’ll need all the good news we can get from that side of the ball.

At this point, it’s unknown if Jacob Eason will be back next year, but given his poor finish – on top of the litany of quality QBs coming out in the 2020 draft – he should probably give it some thought. I’m not even sure if he’ll be playing in this GAME, which would make it doubly interesting from a Looking Ahead perspective.

Look, of course I’m going to watch the game and root for the Huskies, but this is obviously not where we all thought we’d be heading into bowl season. We’re in the 6th-highest bowl game in the Pac-12, our head coach is retiring, and there’s a ton of uncertainty swirling around the 2020 season. It would be nice to go out on a high note, but I’m also not really getting my hopes up.