Jedd Fisch touts Washington's achievements, which he had nothing to do with

Let’s start with a simple question and answer: If you were Jedd Fisch at Big Ten media days, would you have boldly promoted the elite achievements of Washington football despite having no role in forging them? Yes, of course you would. Why wouldn’t a new coach look at the accomplishments of his predecessor and hold them up before the world? Why not remind everyone how great your school, your program, can be? Of course Fisch should have leaned heavily into Washington’s majestic 2023 college football season. UW Huskies Wire noted this at Big Ten media days:

From taking shots at Washington’s rivals to earning praise from one of his former players, Jedd Fisch and the Huskies were a big hit at their inaugural Big Ten media day.

“Washington football has beaten Oregon the last three times we played,” Fisch said at the podium, unafraid to take a jab at the Huskies’ bitter rivals. “Washington has beaten Texas the last two times we played. Washington has beaten USC the last two times we played.”

Fisch wasn’t wrong to do this, but it remains that while Washington was a hugely successful program last year, everything is beginning again with a very different assemblage of coaches and players and a lot of uncertainty.

USC visits Washington in early November. It will be fascinating to see where the two teams will be by then.

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