Washington

5-3

Week 10 · updated Wednesday, Nov 4

Washington won 17-10 at Nebraska as a 7.5-point underdog.

Fan mood in the week of the Nebraska game: on the bright side, brighter than usual for them

Fan mood in each Washington game week this season

Compared with other fanbases in r/CFB game threads that week. Each row is a week, named for its game; the further right the dot, the brighter the talk.

sourerbrightervs Utah State W 16-14sourvs Eastern Washington W 48-16on the sour sidevs Minnesota L 24-27on the sour sideat USC L 21-25on the sour sidevs Iowa L 24-41middle of the packat Purdue W 38-26middle of the packat Nebraska W 17-10on the bright sidesourerbrighterSep 12vs Utah StateW 16-14sourSep 19vs Eastern WashingtonW 48-16on the sour sideSep 26vs MinnesotaL 24-27on the sour sideOct 3at USCL 21-25on the sour sideOct 9vs IowaL 24-41middle of the packOct 16at PurdueW 38-26middle of the packOct 31at NebraskaW 17-10on the bright side
  • W 24-10 vs Washington State
  • W 16-14 vs Utah State
  • W 48-16 vs Eastern Washington
  • L 24-27 vs Minnesota
  • L 21-25 at USC
  • L 24-41 vs Iowa
  • W 38-26 at Purdue
  • W 17-10 at Nebraska
  • Next: vs Penn State, Saturday, Nov 7

Scores ours first. The three losses came by 3, 4 and 17.

Since the last game

Washington won 17-10 at Nebraska, after trailing 3-7 through three quarters.

The whole Nebraska game

Then and now

Jedd Fisch has taken Washington to a bowl in each of his two full seasons.

Before Penn State

Penn State has won the last three meetings.

The playoff simulation gives Washington a 64% chance at home against Penn State on Saturday, Nov 7.

In the playoff simulation, the Penn State game has a bowl on it for Washington.

Penn State game on Now

What the Penn State game is worth

How fan mood is read

Fan mood compares what Washington fans wrote in r/CFB game threads with every FBS fanbase with enough talk that week. A week runs Monday to Sunday and is named for the game in it. The read is redrawn 300 times from the same commenters, re-ranking every fanbase each time. Sour or all in means the read sat in the bottom or top fifth in at least 70 of every 100 draws; on the sour side or on the bright side, in the bottom or top two fifths in at least 80; anything less settled is middle of the pack. A bright label also needs more positive talk than negative, and a sour one the reverse. Brighter or sourer than usual compares the week with the team's own earlier weeks, after taking out how every fanbase read that week. Each dot sits at the read's rank that week. A week read before these labels keeps the word it was first given, the fifth it sat in (sour, uneasy, mixed, hopeful or all in). Season averages are the mean of a season's reads, in fifths from sour to all in, and seasons before 2026 were read from each week's wider talk, so a comparison across seasons is rough.

Fan mood, week by week

Mood over time

Position = mood · width = volume · color = the kind of feeling

What the message boards say

Message boards

Via HardcoreHusky

What the reporters say

What reporters say

7 quotes collected this season

What the beat said, in their own words.

A guy walked up to my 13-year-old daughter and was like, ‘F-U and F your dad.’ I’m not going to keep coaching if it means my kids grow up screwed up
Rhule · On3the day after Washington's 2026 game against Nebraska
When you’re the head coach of a blue blood school, you have to be ready to weather the storms, the overly positive and overly negative
Riley · On34 days before the Nebraska game
The biggest losers for the book this week were the Colts vs. Commanders, Ravens vs. Titans and Steelers vs. Browns
Horne · FOX Sports2 days after the 21-25 game

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Fan chatter

Fan chatterThe loudest night of the season and what a usual night looks like.

Fan chatter this season

Roaring

The loudest night was the 17-10 win over Nebraska.

FirstSecondThirdFourthWashington fansNebraska fansusual

A usual night for Washington fans is busy.

Arguments

The argumentThe one thing this fanbase can't agree on, with receipts.

Inside the fanbase: all 12 corners

Cr/CFB
GGoogle News
LLocked On
CCougcenter
UUw Dawg Pound
CCampus paper
BBluesky
YYouTube
8 outlets & communities talking

The split, staged

Warmest corner+0.15
Casuals
Most bought-in cohort
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Coldest corner+0.06
Local
Coolest cohort

How Washington fans actually talk

Rr/CFBFan talk

As a neutral, I can't comprehend how Nebraska could be this cursed. This is like 10x the bad juju of the FSU red solo shit cup guy

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One of the crowd’s most upvoted takes — read for mood, not as a side. The cohort read is the measured part.

From the team’s own coverage

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Locked On

Washington Will Turn Back To Demond Williams Jr. Against Penn State

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All 12 corners of the fanbase

negative
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positive
Local+0.06 to Casuals+0.15

Cohort sentiment is a source-weighted model read — never a quote pinned to a person.

What this fanbase keeps coming back to

fan energy
27%
recent results
19%
where the program is headed
13%
the coaching staff
11%
offense
8%

Topics are model-labeled from Reddit — a rough signal of what this fanbase is circling right now.

week 10. The sources and the divergence rank are measured. Cohort labels and sentiment are a source-weighted model estimate, never a quote attributed to a person.
ArgumentsRecurring arguments this fanbase keeps returning to.

What fans are saying

player performanceEarly signal — few voices

fans think Demond had too many turnovers in key games

Even more heartbreaking, those two losses to MN and USC were close games, both with dumb turnovers by Demond resulting from rushed or stupid decisions that led to points for the opponent.

Based on 2 comments from 2 posters across 2 threads · Oct 10, 2026–Oct 17, 2026 · via CFB, huskies

player performanceEarly signal — few voices

fans believe Washington’s defense ranks among the league’s best

Washington has not regretted that at all. We have an elite defense this year (offset by our offense that like the defense also keeps the ball from moving forward)

Based on 2 comments from 2 posters across 2 threads · Sep 17, 2026 · via CFB, huskies

coaching decisionOne fan's take

One fan thinks an assistant coach should be promoted

It seems like this is a lost season. Maybe it is time to start putting in whomever we want to train up as the QB of the future instead of wasting time with Demond.

Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Oct 10, 2026 · via huskies

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player performanceOne fan's take

One fan thinks Demond has poor pocket presence

I’ve never heard them go this hard after a player before. Entire podcast is worth a listen. Highlights: “The turnover was completely Demond's fault.”

Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Oct 4, 2026 · via huskies

scheme identityOne fan's take

One fan thinks the offensive scheme is not maximizing talent effectively

This team reminds me of 2019. Great defense, but offense can’t do anything even though they got the talent.

Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Sep 12, 2026 · via CFB

player performanceOne fan's take

One fan believes Demond has not met his potential on the field

Demond did not live up to the offseason hype.

Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Sep 7, 2026 · via huskies

position battleOne fan's take that season

One fan argues multiple players are competing for the same position

Christian Moss, Chris Lawson, Dezmen Roebuck, Jordan Clay, Trez Davis, Rashid Williams and Mason James will all have opportunities to earn or cement first-team snaps at wide receiver.

Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Aug 4, 2026 · via huskies

player performanceOne fan's take that season

One fan thinks the defense gets exposed by high-powered offenses

Need a TD on this drive or this game is over. They can just run it for four yards on every play or pick on Dylan Robinson if they ever need a bigger gain.

Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Oct 4, 2025 · via CFB

Rival talk

The obsessionThe rival this fanbase can't stop bringing up.
Rent Free · r/CFB fan posts, 2026 season
Who Washington fans can’t stop bringing up
  1. Georgia23%
  2. USC17%
  3. Oregon14%
  4. Iowa10%
  5. Minnesota9%
share of Washington’s football posts that mention each team
Rivalry wordsNumbers from Words for this program and its tier-1 rival, staged side by side.
What the sport says about this rivalry 2026 season · from Words

The watchlist words in play for this rivalry, Washington vs. Oregon, staged head to head. A number is how much a program uses that word against the average FBS program — above or below 1.0× — not raw volume, and not a claim about who says it about whom.

Washington Oregon
The whole board →

How Washington fans talk

Who they talk aboutThe people this fanbase names more than anyone else does.
Who they talk about Against the field · 2026 season

The names this fanbase says more than anyone else does — players, coaches, the places they keep coming back to. Not slang: these are the people carrying the conversation.

Jedd Fisch
×172.1 the field
Signature — named ≥10× as often as the rest of college football
Jedd Fisch×172.1
Dezmen Roebuck×197.5
Chris Lawson×658.4
Jayden Limar×109.7

“Jedd Fisch is just John Donovan who can recruit.”

reddit/CFB · fan post
Fans on Jedd Fisch
  1. I'm pretty sure Jedd Fisch is available. He's up and coming.
  2. Keep em, coming! I eagerly await Jedd Fisch's descent down this list over the season.
  3. **Jedd Fisch, Washington** \- Something isn't right with the Huskies, and the most glaring issue
  4. Jedd Fisch has to be on the hot seat and it's very telling he hasn't been extended get. Given
  5. Jedd Fisch is a bad football coach and Demond Williams is a bad QB. I was baffled by everyone’s
  6. Jedd Fisch should be gone before the clock hits triple zero
  7. Jedd Fisch has brought to the field, he’s absolutely tarnishing what Washington is.
What they're calledThe slang the sport reaches for about this program more than most.
What the sport calls them 2026 season · from Words

How often college football reaches for these watchlist words about Washington — against the average FBS program, or against their own usual rate — said by rival fans and national media as readily as by their own people.

The whole board →
Voice profileHow this fanbase sounds vs. every other fanbase.
Doomers
Optimism
6th
Joy
22nd
Anger
88th
Doom
77th
Sarcasm
13th
Vs the 127 highest-volume fanbases - 2026 season
Vocabulary by eraThe words that defined each chapter of this program.

Season vocabulary

2026usc
uscdemondjedddawgslosangeles
An average offense scores 35 against usc.
2025star
stardefenseuclawisconsinrankedboise
Chiefs need a running back Marcel. start preparing.
2024portal
portalhuskydawgsstadiumrutgersespn
Lance Holtzclaw enters portal This one sucks.
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