The day the 1991 National Champions were born
Their defensive linemen were faster than our running backs - Don James
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speed, speed, speed
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James changed how they recruited and insisted that Husky coaches do the 40 times themselves instead of believing what they were told
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Good thing we didn’t fire him. Don never had to face ranked internet message boards.
I also like the bit about measuring vertical jump if 40 wasn’t feasible.
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UW and Alabama’s histories are indeed intertwined.
I had to watch that game with a cuog who gleefully laughed and pointed at me and the tv screen for three fucking hours.
no amount of reminding him that his team went 3-7-1 and got drilled by UW 44-23 helped
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77 to 84 Washington won two of three Rose Bowls and an Orange Bowl. James had some capital stored up
86 was a decent bounce back from the disaster of 85. Curb stomped Ohio State and were in contention but ASU was loaded
87 and 88 were rough.
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yes, then in 1988 the dawgs reached the Nadir point of a 6-5 season, did not qualify for a bowl game and lost to the COUGS.
James had choices to make and his response was bigger, faster tougher guys as recruiting targets and amazingly, for a dead in the water team, the new recruits were his finest players ever. It obviously did help the rebuild that Washington was still producing some national quality players…
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Are you sure it wasn't the day most of your team started juicing?
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lost the the COUGS and?
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Memory gets a little dim after that
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'86 team also crushed BYU 52-21 when BYU was ranked #11 in the country
