Washington head coach Jimmy Lake was suspended from team activities for the week and Saturday’s game against Arizona State after pushing player Ruperake Fuavai.
After a skirmish with player Ruperake Fuavai during Saturday’s game against the Oregon Ducks, Washington head coach Jimmy Lake was suspended for one game without pay. Lake thrust his right arm toward Fuavai when they were along the Washington sidelines, hitting him in the facemask, and then pushed him further back, according to Fox News. Moments before, Fuavai appeared to be talking to Oregon’s Jaylon Redd. Lake denied that he hit Fuavai, stating that he was trying to get him away from Redd. “I separated him. I didn’t strike him. I separated him,” Lake said. However, the TV replay showed that Fuavai had already moved away from Redd before Lake approached him to intervene, ESPN reported.
