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Some words on the Hardcore Husky podcast
DerekJohnson
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I've received a handful of PMs in 2022 from posters thanking me for being consistent with the podcast during the offseason. It's true that the podcast came close to shutting down last year. But the support shown for Hardcore Husky during the last fundraiser, especially given the general lack of enthusiasm for UW football, was a vitamin B shot in the arm for me mentally. I felt like I should make sure the pod keeps going regularly during the offseason as a sort of thank you back to the posters.
But I'll also say that working with @JoeEDangerously and @WoolleyDoog has been a blast, so that makes it easier. They are both rabid fans. Talking Husky football with them has rekindled my interest in the program, which is supremely ironic given that UW football is at a low ebb.
Hardcore Husky doesn't have the best of reputations amongst the general UW fan base. But one comment I hear pretty regularly is that we (most of us here) hold UW football to a high standard and call a spade a spade. Many people out there do find it refreshing.
So as we head into Spring Ball, I just wanted to say those things. Let's hope Michael Penix can lead us to the promised land ofPasadena Dallas to taste sweet victory over Wake Forest in the SERVPRO First Responders Bowl.
But I'll also say that working with @JoeEDangerously and @WoolleyDoog has been a blast, so that makes it easier. They are both rabid fans. Talking Husky football with them has rekindled my interest in the program, which is supremely ironic given that UW football is at a low ebb.
Hardcore Husky doesn't have the best of reputations amongst the general UW fan base. But one comment I hear pretty regularly is that we (most of us here) hold UW football to a high standard and call a spade a spade. Many people out there do find it refreshing.
So as we head into Spring Ball, I just wanted to say those things. Let's hope Michael Penix can lead us to the promised land of
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They viewed us as the pussy rich kid school with artificial turf and soft players, and they were right. I always wondered what the rest of their league was like, because we always played Olympia teams in the playoffs.
So even the OL brothers are a great get because of that school's rep. Well, hopefully we get the younger brother.
There's even a juicy @Dennis_DeYoung post where he rips Derek for devaluating Sirmon because of a high school rivalry. (I still love DDY/FuckRobot for what it's worth).
But when @BendDawg24 confirms it you know it's true.
Lynden - Large, Dutch farm kids who punished you but weren't mean. Hot blonde girls. Stanford, when they were good.
Bellingham - White gangsters with a few minorities sprinkled in. Oregon.
Squalicum - Soft rich kids terrible at football. Stanford, when they're bad.
Sehome - Pre-Rapp was actually tough. Never remarkable but always had one really big kid and one really fast kid. Cal.
Sedro-Woolley - Inbreds. Almost never good. Wait till wrestling season. Wait...no one cares. Oregon State.
Burlington - Farm kids but also kind of preppy and weirdly standoffish and arrogant, but were always sneaky good, but never made sense given they weren't big, fast, or tough. Utah, when they're good.
Anacortes - Disinterested semi-rich kids with old parents. A few old fishing family tough kids. Washington.
Mount Vernon (they went 4A during Locker's years but still) - Most kind of down the line Americana down the middle and big. Should have been pretty good but were always kind of soft. UCLA.
Ferndale - Hard ass factory, refinery and farming kids whose families I assume couldn't afford to live in Bellingham and weren't clean cut enough for Lynden. Ohio State.
You could 1:1 map those roles with Greater St Helens during that time.
Except Ferndale. Like 1 year of Kelso was kind of on their level, but not really.
Probay could with most leagues outside of Seattle.
Couldn’t agree more. Probably the best thing uw related to come out in the last 20 years. Those that don’t like HH are just pussies that can’t handle the truth. There are some dicks (hi haie!), some shitty links that no one should read (SI.com), but overall a solid site that any true football fan should enjoy. Thank you Derek!
All I've ever heard about Kelso is WoolleyDoog's dad saying he knew a guy from there who did two tours of duty in Vietnam and never got shot but has been shot in Kelso on two separate occasions.