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Most disappointing plungerings
AIRWOLF
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Given the theme of the week, I thought this might be fun(?) to revisit.
There have been a whole shit ton of them over the years, but the ones that stand out most to me were the ones that caught me off guard. There are surely at least a dozen other "great" examples, but these three stick out most to me.
3. 1996 vs. Notre Dame. Huskies went into South Bend ranked #16 to play Notre Dame (#11 at the time) and were brutalized 54-20.
2. 1995 Sun Bowl vs. Iowa. I told a buddy of mine who went to UVA that the Huskies were "going to drop a double nickle" on Iowa. Dawgs got run, badly, by fucking Iowa, well after Hayden Fry had lost it as a coach. 38-18
1. 2011 at Stanford Huskies came into the game 5-1 and ranked #22. They had lost at Nebraska 51-38, but I told myself that game had been closer than the score. "Sure, Holt's defense has issues, but they are getting them figured out, " I lied to myself, quite blatantly. All time plungering: 65-21.
There have been a whole shit ton of them over the years, but the ones that stand out most to me were the ones that caught me off guard. There are surely at least a dozen other "great" examples, but these three stick out most to me.
3. 1996 vs. Notre Dame. Huskies went into South Bend ranked #16 to play Notre Dame (#11 at the time) and were brutalized 54-20.
2. 1995 Sun Bowl vs. Iowa. I told a buddy of mine who went to UVA that the Huskies were "going to drop a double nickle" on Iowa. Dawgs got run, badly, by fucking Iowa, well after Hayden Fry had lost it as a coach. 38-18
1. 2011 at Stanford Huskies came into the game 5-1 and ranked #22. They had lost at Nebraska 51-38, but I told myself that game had been closer than the score. "Sure, Holt's defense has issues, but they are getting them figured out, " I lied to myself, quite blatantly. All time plungering: 65-21.
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2011 @ LSU. Really thought UW had a shot to pull the upset. Fuck I'm an idiot.
2012? @ Oregon State. No Teeth Price? No worries. Montana was better than Heaps anyway. Fucking ASJ had a drop for the win. Winners win. Losers lose.
65-7 and not that close.
Sorry, I don't do Soduku.
Perhaps poetically, Air Force also administered the first beating of the Willingham Era, at Husky Stadium. I recall it being a nice day and the fly-over by the F15s was cool. That was the best thing that could be said of the next 4 years of Husky football.
For anyone that wants a trip down plunger lane, start here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_Washington_Huskies_football_team and work your way up to this season.
Rob Waldrop and Teddy Bruschi did a pretty fair impression of Emtman and Donald Jones that day.
The Apple Cup a few weeks later was far more upsetting to me personally. Fucking Bledsoe and the snow.