OFFICIAL Washington vs. Illinois Game Thread

DerekJohnson · 10:06AM

CFetters_Nacho_Lover · 11:20AM

Thanks Taft!

RaceBannon · 11:45AM

The pride of Wapato Bill Douglass carried off the field in the Rose Bowl. My dad said something to the effect of - we're fucked but G rated since I was 8 watching one of the first full games I saw on TV

graveyardDEADdawg · 1:48PM

Heavy rains - this is pre “Atmospheric River” - Illinois won’t know what hit them come Saturday afternoon.

https://komonews.com/news/local/pacific-northwest-fall-storm-atmospheric-river-to-drench-western-washington-bring-gusty-winds-snohomish-public-utilities

YellowSnow · 3:15PM

https://hardcorehusky.com/discussion/comment/2110407#Comment_2110407

Sploosh

WoolleyDoog · 3:38PM

https://hardcorehusky.com/discussion/comment/2110423#Comment_2110423

This sounds great for our QB from Phoenix and offense that can't run the ball.

TheHB · 5:01PM

Where my dawgs at?!?!

I left Seattle at 2 a.m. because, as every Husky fan knows, real loyalty means sacrificing sleep, dignity and your checking account. Packed the essentials:

14 Space Dusts (because light beer is for people who think “Cougar Gold” is a wine, amirite?)
A Bluetooth speaker preloaded with “Bow Down to Washington” on repeat
A Patagonia vest (mandatory, ha)
And, of course, a laminated chart proving Jake Locker > Juice Williams in every conceivable metric.

Flight? Red-eye from Seatown. Middle seat. Between a guy in a WSU hoodie who kept burping “Cougs house!” and a woman who asked if UW was “that school in Wisconsin.”

Landed in Chicago, rented a car. They gave me a Chevy Spark. A SPARK. I’m a Husky, not a hamster. Hit I-74, passed 400 miles of corn, and started questioning if Illinois even has humans or if it’s just a simulation run by John Deere.

Finally, I roll into Memorial Stadium at 7:30 a.m., ready to tailgate like Don James himself is watching. I fire up the Coleman road-tripper, crack a dusty, and blast the fight song loud enough to scare prairie dogs. I’m feeling elite. I’m feeling smug. I’m feeling… alone.

Because here’s the thing: THERE’S NOBODY HERE. No orange. No blue. No bratwurst smoke. Just me, my grill, and a stadium that looks like it’s hosting a library convention. Did Illinois cancel football? El-Oh-El

At this point, I’m wandering the parking lot like a lost Patagonia model, muttering about Marques Tuiasosopo being better than anyone Illinois ever recruited. Red Grange? Cute. Dick Butkus? Adorable. But could they handle the Pac-12 grind? Please.

So yeah, if anyone knows why Champaign looks like the set of The Walking Dead instead of a Big Ten showdown, hit me up. Until then, I’ll be here explaining to the squirrels why Reggie Williams > Brandon Lloyd and sipping my Spacey like the pretentious West Coast elitist I am.

Go Dawgs. Beat Illinois. (If they actually show up, har har.)