There might be quite a lot of sentimentality for Jap Michigan coach Chris Creighton in Saturday afternoon’s sport at Washington, the defending nationwide runner-up.
Creighton grew up in Seattle and performed quarterback at Roosevelt Excessive College, so will probably be a homecoming for him.
In his eleventh season at Jap Michigan, Creighton stated he has by no means returned to the realm as a head coach, so this might be a brand new expertise for him as he relives some childhood reminiscences.
“I went to Husky video games as a child,” Creighton stated. “We really have been shut sufficient the place I received sweatbands and soiled socks from guys as they have been leaving the locker room. I assumed I used to be hitting the treasure chest.”
Creighton hopes his return house will lead to a win towards a Washington group that did not expertise any slip-ups final week in its season opener.
In its first sport beneath first-year head coach Jedd Fisch and a number of new faces who transferred into or signed with this system as freshmen, Washington earned a 35-3 house win over Weber State.
Fisch stated he’ll proceed to throw youthful gamers into the combination after taking part in 9 of the 18 true freshmen on his roster final week.
“We do not actually speak an excessive amount of about redshirting,” Fisch stated. “That is probably not a part of our program. Our program proper now’s about taking part in the very best gamers proper now and seeing if we are able to develop them.”
As for Jap Michigan, Fisch stated he was impressed by the play of its line of defense in a 28-14 win over UMass, a victory that can put Washington quarterback Will Rogers and the offensive line on excessive alert this week.
The Eagles recorded six sacks towards the Minutemen in Week 1.
“They play quite a lot of post-I protection, so count on quite a lot of effort to cease the run, and we’ll see how we reply to that,” Fisch stated.
One Jap Michigan participant who needs to be acquainted with Washington is linebacker James Djonkam, who was named the Mid-American Convention’s Defensive Participant of the Week final week after registering 13 tackles and one sack.
Djonkam is a switch from Arizona State, which performed Washington final season earlier than convention realignment took each groups out of the Pac-12.
–Area Degree Media
