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Hardcore Husky Podcast: Humdinger Huskies Now in a Class by Themselves

DerekJohnson
DerekJohnson Administrator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 68,388 Founders Club
An explosive offense that made the needed plays against a tough, physical Utah team. A defense that gave viewers heartburn in the first half but somehow saved the day in the end. A remarkable head coach that suffuses positivity into his players regardless of circumstance. These are the 2023 Washington Huskies: 10-0 for only the second time in school history and headed to Corvallis for a showdown with 8-2 Beavlet.

We also answer questions from posters and succeeded in not going down the Texas A&M rabbit hole. The show opens with A.I. Norm MacDonald responding to a listener question. Editor's note: During the broadcast, the poster BananasNBlondes sent in a $50 donation to Hardcore Husky, along with a demand that Cowboy Pup be brought back for show openings. Cowboy Pup shall return next week!

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hardcorehusky/episodes/Humdinger-Huskies-Now-in-a-Class-by-Themselves-e2br4fr

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  • GrundleStiltzkin
    GrundleStiltzkin Member Posts: 61,516 Standard Supporter
    Thanks for the pod, pods
  • Joey
    Joey Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 7,260 Founders Club
    edited November 2023
  • Doog_de_Jour
    Doog_de_Jour Member Posts: 8,041 Standard Supporter


    Long live Cowboy AI Pup!
  • FireCohen
    FireCohen Member Posts: 21,823
    Sunshine of a podcast, nicely done
  • bananasnblondes
    bananasnblondes Member Posts: 15,509
    I appreciate being immortalized in the podcast lore
  • Doog_de_Jour
    Doog_de_Jour Member Posts: 8,041 Standard Supporter
    I’m not going to go into my feelings about the chatter on the pod about the female ref, but you have to remember that a PAC 12 ref is probably going to suck regardless of race, gender, etc.

    The refs this week at the Colorado game were terrible too. One Buff fan shouted “so glad we’re leaving this shitty conference!” An Arizona fan, two rows behind him, shouted “amen, brother!”


    And RE: the baseball stuff, the Japanese love the home run celebration stuff. Look at any of Shohei Ohtani’s stuff - he always throws on a samurai helmet and does crazy shit.


  • bananasnblondes
    bananasnblondes Member Posts: 15,509
    I think the Chest term you were looking for was the "advanced metrics"
  • TXDawg
    TXDawg Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 851 Founders Club
    This kumbaya positivity shit is really off-brand.
  • jecornel
    jecornel Member Posts: 9,737
    The pod fell apart at the 50 minute mark…lol
  • jecornel
    jecornel Member Posts: 9,737
    I rather enjoyed the first 49 minutes.

    jecornel said:

    The pod fell apart at the 50 minute mark…lol

    49 minutes better than normal.
  • phineas
    phineas Member Posts: 4,732
  • Joey
    Joey Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 7,260 Founders Club
    TXDawg said:

    This kumbaya positivity shit is really off-brand.

    Making you guysm and galsm happy is harder than my wife
  • Doog_de_Jour
    Doog_de_Jour Member Posts: 8,041 Standard Supporter

    TXDawg said:

    This kumbaya positivity shit is really off-brand.

    Making you guysm and galsm happy is harder than my wife
    Making wives happy isn't that difficult.
  • DerekJohnson
    DerekJohnson Administrator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 68,388 Founders Club
    FireCohen said:

    Of course Stalin would bring up Korean baseball in one of the most bizarre tangent. We get it you like Korean women

    Hey it finally dawned on my mental peanut that I was being way too self-absorbed about posting Korean videos of all stripes to an audience that had little to no interest. During the years when the only thing keeping me attached to UW football was the fact I ran this site, I felt entitled to also post things that really interested me in order to keep me engaged, because I was disheartened with the whole state of UW football. But I don't need to do that so much anymore, for a variety of reasons. The arrival of DeBoer and departure of Jen among them.

    Furthermore, the reference on the pod started with Japanese baseball before I corrected myself and realized it was Korean baseball, where flipping the bat when hitting a homer was accepted showmanship as part of the game, in contrast to the Huskies being flagged for a celebration penalty where it was considered disrespectful to the opponent or whatever. Nothing bizarre about the point at all. It was spot on, if I do say so myself.
  • DerekJohnson
    DerekJohnson Administrator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 68,388 Founders Club
    Also, Cauce hiring Dannen heartened me a lot. it signaled that woke politics are hopefully over with at the UW athletic department, and we're back to a meritocracy and trying to find the right people to win now as top priority.
  • CFetters_Nacho_Lover
    CFetters_Nacho_Lover Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 32,288 Founders Club
    jecornel said:

    I rather enjoyed the first 49 minutes.

    jecornel said:

    The pod fell apart at the 50 minute mark…lol

    49 minutes better than normal.
    The first 49 minutes were consensual.
  • FireCohen
    FireCohen Member Posts: 21,823

    FireCohen said:

    Of course Stalin would bring up Korean baseball in one of the most bizarre tangent. We get it you like Korean women

    Hey it finally dawned on my mental peanut that I was being way too self-absorbed about posting Korean videos of all stripes to an audience that had little to no interest. During the years when the only thing keeping me attached to UW football was the fact I ran this site, I felt entitled to also post things that really interested me in order to keep me engaged, because I was disheartened with the whole state of UW football. But I don't need to do that so much anymore, for a variety of reasons. The arrival of DeBoer and departure of Jen among them.

    Furthermore, the reference on the pod started with Japanese baseball before I corrected myself and realized it was Korean baseball, where flipping the bat when hitting a homer was accepted showmanship as part of the game, in contrast to the Huskies being flagged for a celebration penalty where it was considered disrespectful to the opponent or whatever. Nothing bizarre about the point at all. It was spot on, if I do say so myself.
    Some of the recommendations were not bad. Saw one show you recommended on Netflix
  • DerekJohnson
    DerekJohnson Administrator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 68,388 Founders Club

    I think the Chest term you were looking for was the "advanced metrics"

    If I can find a fella that loves me as much as @HeretoBeatmyChest loved his Sagarin Rankings, I’d be a very happy woman.
    SRS, that was what I was trying to remember
  • DerekJohnson
    DerekJohnson Administrator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 68,388 Founders Club

    I’m not going to go into my feelings about the chatter on the pod about the female ref, but you have to remember that a PAC 12 ref is probably going to suck regardless of race, gender, etc.

    The refs this week at the Colorado game were terrible too. One Buff fan shouted “so glad we’re leaving this shitty conference!” An Arizona fan, two rows behind him, shouted “amen, brother!”


    And RE: the baseball stuff, the Japanese love the home run celebration stuff. Look at any of Shohei Ohtani’s stuff - he always throws on a samurai helmet and does crazy shit.


    You say you're not going to go into your feelings about the chatter on the pod about the female ref, but in so mentioning it like that you've implied and gone into your feelings about the chatter on the pod about the female ref.
  • whlinder
    whlinder Member Posts: 5,270
    The NFL equivalent to Texas A&M is the Washington Redskins Football Team Commanders

    Expect to win at the level of the teams in your division, despite no evidence in several decades of being capable of that
    Spend a ton of money on coaches, usually on ones with prior success elsewhere
    Lose more than "expected" but never be the worst team
    Fire them, pay a big buyout, then repeat the process
    Have a weird cult following despite constant failures
  • haie
    haie Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 23,720 Founders Club
    It never ceases to be humorous to me when I observe Boise State/Michigan State/Utah fans walking around our? stadium in awe of it like they're looking at one of the seven wonders of the world.

    They traveled even better than Oregon fans did this year, so per usual every fucking bar and restaurant on the Ave was annoyingly jammed up. Hope the cuogs just mail it in for the apple cup and I can actually get a few beers at one of these places without having to show up 3 hours before fucking kickoff.
  • WoolleyDoog
    WoolleyDoog Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 5,105 Founders Club
    haie said:

    It never ceases to be humorous to me when I observe Boise State/Michigan State/Utah fans walking around our? stadium in awe of it like they're looking at one of the seven wonders of the world.

    They traveled even better than Oregon fans did this year, so per usual every fucking bar and restaurant on the Ave was annoyingly jammed up. Hope the cuogs just mail it in for the apple cup and I can actually get a few beers at one of these places without having to show up 3 hours before fucking kickoff.

    I was surprised with the amount of Ute fans who caulked their wagons and made their way up. There was some possible poly family surrounding us. I'm borderline not against being dicks to these people in hopes that they stop coming thinking Seattle is a fun little trip with a possible win or some shit the way it used to be.
  • WoolleyDoog
    WoolleyDoog Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 5,105 Founders Club

    Also, Cauce hiring Dannen heartened me a lot. it signaled that woke politics are hopefully over with at the UW athletic department, and we're back to a meritocracy and trying to find the right people to win now as top priority.

    I think the good news/bad news here might be that the changing TV contract landscape and the losses of the covid season is already making it so you have to play fucking hardball or you are risking going bankrupt. Plus, UW has more than paid their dues with this shit. Go after someone else.