SEATTLE — Ken Jennings sounded the ceremonial siren before Washington’s Big Ten opener against Minnesota on Saturday night. The Jeopardy! host is an Edmonds native and Seattle resident, and he attended the University of Washington before transferring to BYU, sort of like Puka Nacua.
I wonder what goes through the mind of a Jeopardy! champion during that kind of football game.
Fans at Husky Stadium booed their team after Washington committed this kind of penalty while in punt formation in the third quarter of Saturday’s loss to Minnesota.
Demond Williams Jr. was sacked this many times in the Huskies’ 27-24 defeat — one more than Ohio State’s total against UW last year.
With a remaining schedule that includes top-25 opponents like USC, Iowa, Penn State, Indiana and Oregon, the Huskies are going to win this many games in 2026.
OK, so that last one would be a trick question — err, answer — with no definitive answer — err, question — just yet. But if your response lands anywhere north of .500, you’re either an eternal optimist, or you didn’t stay up late enough to watch the Golden Gophers put the Huskies in a box on Saturday night, racing to a 14-0 lead before ball-controlling and field-positioning the home team into submission.