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haie said:

Our apple cup was a fucking dreckfest. I was at both that game and OSU this year. In Corvallis they set out to pillage. WSU was your typical lazy bullshit combined with play calling that was way too cute. Thank god Halladay was looking to throw some clutch picks.

Those last two games were such weird games emotions wise. The fire Sark momentum actually had some steam after that UCLA loss. If UW goes 7-5 and a losing record in conference in the "special season" I don't think he survives. I know of one booster who was telling me in late October they(Boosters) were getting tired of his bullshit(running around, being a drunk, the James memorial service) so I think had he lost either one he's gone.

With the Apple Cup trailing 10-3 at halftime and Sankey having 5 carries I was so upset. I hate losing to the Cougs because I gotta hear their annoying ass fan base for a fucking year straight. On the other hand I knew a win would equal an extension for Sark so I was super torn.

UW wins the game as we know and this bored became very dark. Like Chest alluded to we all thought we were stuck with Sark. USC was going to make a splash hire so no way was he leaving for USC going to be a possibility we were going to be stuck in mediocrity for the rest of the decade.

I still can't believe USC hired him. So surreal that not only did Sark LEAVE! That UW actually hired a good coach to replace him.

MikeDamone said:

He_Needs_More_Time said:

DerekJohnson said:

I remember beating Indiana (around 2002 or 2003) something like 38-13 and going onto Dawgman to vent about how that wasn't Husky Football and why do we suck so bad.

Conversely I remember in 2011 being like "This is going to be a long year" after the Eastern game and being told "a win is a win" by several doogs.

"Three years ago you would have killed for a win and now you are complaining? Damn you are negative!".

While like you said back then being disappointed in wins was normal because the expectations were so much higher. I remember leaving Husky Stadium in 1995 after barely beating Army and walking out feeling like we had lost.

There was the famous "Can't you just be happy with 5-1?" When I pointed out that UW went through the easy part of the schedule in unimpressive fashion and the reckoning would soon come. They went 2-5 after that.

How a team wins or losses in very important. I remember after watching the Colorado game in 1990 thinking, UW has a very good team and could very well be one of the best in the nation. It was a well played game by two good teams. I think Colorado won the MNC that year (even though they got a 5th down vs. Missouri). Then there are games where they play like shit, but are lucky to beat an inferior team, and you know they aren't very good and it will catch up with them. Like a bad golfer who who maybe skips one across the water, or hits a tree and gets a bounce that puts him near the hole...maybe he gets a par or a birdy on the first couple of holes, but everyone knows he will still shoot a 110, becuase he isn't very good. (see the Arizona foot bounce pick 6 for reference)

I hate saying this but you gotta go by the ole eye test. Big difference between being 5-1 like the 1990 team was vs how the 2011 team was.

Even this year in starting 4-0 I wasn't convinced as UW was leading the nation in penalties and top five in the nation in yards per game yet way down there in points per game. It was the same old sloppy play which ended up burning them against Stanford, Oregon, ASU and UCLA.