Spring football is over. The transfer portal is closed. The calendar reads June. You know what that means? College football is almost here. It has now been five months since Michigan took down Washington in the national championship game in Houston, and we have made it through the hardest part of the offseason. We are well past the halfway point, and now, there's nothing but excitement to get us to the finish line. We are less than three months away from the start of the college football season, and Washington football is ready. Huskies fans can't wait to see their team take the field for the first time.
The 2024 college football season is shaping up to be one of the most exciting seasons in a long time, and it's because of all the changes that are coming to the game in 2024. Let's start with the expanded College Football Playoff.
It's going to be interesting to see how the first year of the new 12-team College Football Playoff goes. The four-team playoff era is over, and having eight more teams make it is going to make a huge difference.
First of all, college football fans can breathe a little bit easier during the regular season. There's no worse feeling as a fan than seeing your team lose a huge game in the first weeks of the season before conference play even starts. In the four-team playoff era, that's as demoralizing as it gets. You know that one more loss is the nail in the coffin, and even with one loss (or in Florida State's case, zero), there is no guarantee that you will make it. Now, power five teams that go 10-2 should be pretty safe, and even some 9-3 teams will likely be able to make it.
The other big change is more football and a longer season. The College Football Playoff committee recently released the schedule for the 2024 playoff, and it is going to be an exciting month. Instead of three total playoff games played in the span of a week, we will get to see 11 games spread out over the span of a month. That is going to be a lot of fun.
Another huge change to the college football world this year will be with the new conferences. The Pac-12 is gone as everyone except for Oregon State and Washington State found a new home. USC, UCLA, Oregon and Washington are now in the Big Ten, Cal and Stanford moved to the ACC, and Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado and Utah are in the Big 12.
The Big 12 did lose two teams, however, as Oklahoma and Texas are making the move over to the SEC.
All in all, big changes are coming to college football, and it should make for an exciting season. Things are going to look different, and not everyone is a fan of the new changes, but there is going to more football and more good matchups. That's a plus.
Washington football is entering the Jedd Fisch era
The Washington football team is coming off of one of the best seasons that they have ever had. This was the last season that the Huskies, and nine other schools, were part of the Pac-12 conference, and the final football season with all of the teams together did not disappoint. Washington and Oregon highlighted the talented conference, and the two teams played in two great games during the season. The Huskies ended up getting the better of the Ducks in both of those matchups, and that helped them get all the way to the national title game.
It was a great season for the Huskies, but Michigan was just too much for the Huskies to handle in the national title game. The Wolverines got out to a big lead early, and while Washington started to play much better on defense, their offense was never able to get anything going against Michigan's top defense. The Wolverines scored 14 points in the first quarter, and the Huskies scored just 13 points in the entire game. Michigan went on to win 34-13.
Washington had a great season, but their offseason has not gone so well. The Huskies are losing most of their production from this season, and they also lost their head coach. Nick Saban decided to retire after this season, and Kalen DeBoer is now the head coach of the Alabama football team. The Huskies made a ton of progress to get near the top of the college football world, and it seems like a lot of that progress is now lost.
The good news for Washington football is that they made a great hire to replace Kalen DeBoer. Jedd Fisch is the new head coach of the Huskies, and he did a tremendous job of turning around Arizona quickly. He has had a good offseason bringing people over to Washington in the transfer portal, and a lot of his Wildcats have joined the team. He has also lost some players to the portal but that is expected after a head coach leaves. There wasn't a lot of damage in the spring window, but the Huskies will still need a lot of players to step up next season after they lost so much talent to the pros. Here is one Washington player poised for a breakout season.
Denzel Boston, WR
The Washington football team will need a new star to emerge at wide receiver as Rome Odunze is now in the NFL. One player that could pick up some of the slack is Denzel Boston. Boston has played two seasons for the Huskies so far and he has been quiet. He has just seven receptions in his career for a total of 66 yards and zero touchdowns.
Denzel Boston has been quiet in his Washington football career so far, but this season will be a great opportunity for him to have a breakout year. First off, it certainly hurts that the Huskies lost Michael Penix Jr. to the NFL, but getting Will Rogers in the transfer portal was huge. Washington has a good QB. Secondly, Boston is going to be on the field a lot. He has waited his turn and climbed up the depth chart, and he is expected to be a starter this season.
The recipe is there for Denzel Boston to have a big season. A lot of people are expecting the Huskies to take a major step back, but they got a good new head coach, and if they have another special WR-QB duo, they can surprise some folks. Denzel Boston could help make that happen.
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