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Washington Football: 3 takeaways from 2019 Apple Cup victory

By Dante Pryor

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - AUGUST 31: The Washington Huskies take the the field prior to taking on the Eastern Washington Eagles during their game at Husky Stadium on August 31, 2019 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Abbie Parr/Getty Images)
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - AUGUST 31: The Washington Huskies take the the field prior to taking on the Eastern Washington Eagles during their game at Husky Stadium on August 31, 2019 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Abbie Parr/Getty Images) /
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SEATTLE, WASHINGTON – NOVEMBER 29: Head Coach Chris Petersen of the Washington Huskies holds the Apple Cup trophy after defeating the Washington State Cougars 31-13 during their game at Husky Stadium on November 29, 2019 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Abbie Parr/Getty Images)
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON – NOVEMBER 29: Head Coach Chris Petersen of the Washington Huskies holds the Apple Cup trophy after defeating the Washington State Cougars 31-13 during their game at Husky Stadium on November 29, 2019 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Abbie Parr/Getty Images) /

2. Washington offense lacked creativity

One of the difficult questions of this season is why hasn’t the Washington Huskies offense been better. Few would argue that Jacob Eason is an upgrade over Jake Browning. They have as good a group of receivers since the last year they made it to the playoff. Running back Salvon Ahmed is as explosive a runner as Myles Gaskin ever was.

However, it seems as if the Huskies have yet to put together a dominant offensive performance this season. There were times where the defense was just bad. Today the offense wasn’t needed because the defense was so dominant.

Chris Petersen mentioned the Huskies playing “complementary” offense this afternoon. That’s what was needed to win the game because they have the Cougars’ number. One thing that is missing from the Husky offense is the creativity Petersen showed while at Boise State.

There was even more variety when former offensive coordinator and current Oregon State head coach Jonathan Smith was there. One only wonders how involved Petersen is with the offense.

The run game wasn’t especially effective against an undersized Cougar defensive line, and the pass game produced only one explosive play of over 30 yards.

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