Analyst: UW Huskies could be ‘ultimate chaos agent’ this fall

The UW Huskies could be one of college football’s more interesting teams this fall.

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For one, Washington has a good crop of talent on both sides of the ball, highlighted by dual-threat junior quarterback Demond Williams Jr. That makes the 17th-ranked Huskies a possible contender to crack the 12-team College Football Playoff, if things break the right way.

And then, there’s Washington’s schedule. The Huskies face five Associated Press preseason Top 25 teams – with home games against No. 6 Indiana, No. 18 Penn State and No. 22 Iowa, and road trips to No. 2 Oregon and No. 14 USC.

It’s a schedule that gives the Huskies plenty of opportunities to bolster their CFP resume. And it’s a schedule that could allow Washington to spoil a Big Ten rival’s CFP dreams.

As college football analyst Josh Pate said during his AP Top 25 reaction show on Monday, the Huskies could be college football’s “ultimate chaos agent” this fall.

“You want to talk about a hinge team?” Pate said. “You want to talk about a wild card team? … Washington could wreak this whole thing. Got a really good quarterback. And you know what else they have? They’ve got a schedule where they play a lot of the other big boys.

“So, there is a world where Washington uses that to thrust themselves into the playoff,” he added. “There’s another world where maybe Washington doesn’t quite make the playoff, but they’re the reason you don’t make the playoff.

“Either way, (the Huskies) can be the ultimate chaos agent in college football this year.”

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