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Which Husky game made you a fan for life?

DerekJohnson
DerekJohnson Administrator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 70,131 Founders Club
edited April 2015 in Hardcore Husky Board
I already had strong interest by age 7, but at age 9 when the Huskies played USC on Nov 17,1979, was epic for me. Huskies lost 24-17, after having first and goal at the USC 2 yard line. Trojans won the Rose Bowl bid. But I was a fanatic at that point.
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  • CFetters_Nacho_Lover
    CFetters_Nacho_Lover Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 32,887 Founders Club
    The Rose Bowl game where Jaques Robinson went wild got me interested but not hooked. The Orange Bowl against Oklahoma I think really did the trick for me.
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  • DerekJohnson
    DerekJohnson Administrator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 70,131 Founders Club
    CFetters_Nacho_Lover said:

    The Rose Bowl game where Jaques Robinson went wild got me interested but not hooked. The Orange Bowl against Oklahoma I think really did the trick for me.

    Jacque ran wild in that game too
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  • CokeGreaterThanPepsi
    CokeGreaterThanPepsi Member Posts: 7,646
    Naturally gravitated to watching UW when I was young because they won. The game that cemented it for me was my first time going to Husky Stadium when Dillon broke all sorts of records in the first quarter against SJSU. I was hooked at that point. The stadium was incredible to 11 year old CokeGreaterThanPepsi.
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  • fivehundredmileDAWG
    fivehundredmileDAWG Member Posts: 1,212
    edited April 2015
    There was a game - tape delayed and aired on Sunday a fter a Seahawks game - in 1979 versus UCLA.

    That was the game that captured me .... I was 9.
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  • allpurpleallgold
    allpurpleallgold Member Posts: 8,771
    I'd say I first became interested in Ricks first year. They lost to BYU. Tui overthrew a ball out of the end zone on the last play of the game. I remember Rick ran onto the field and grabbed Tui and it was obvious he was telling him something like keep your head up or some inspirational shit. And I just thought that's the kind of coach I want to root for.

    Then the Rose Bowl team the next year was impossible not to fall in love with.

    But I'd say what cemented it was the next years first game against Michigan. Reggie Williams first game. A blocked FG returned for a touchdown and an Omare Lowe pick 6. I remember screaming as loud as I could and I could not hear myself at all. The stadium was crazy. Unfortunately I was hooked after that.
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  • NeGgaPlEaSe
    NeGgaPlEaSe Member Posts: 6,017
    First game Nebraska 1990, second OSU when Nip ran for 217 with 278 all purpose yards
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  • chuck
    chuck Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 11,842 Swaye's Wigwam
    Home against the Ducks in 1990. I was a casual UW fan to that point but had no loyalty. I caught on to the excitement a bit after hearing about the destruction of SC (friends were at the game), then lucked into crazy good student section tickets for the Oregon game. It was my first CFB live game and I was hooked. I actually got the kick in the ass I needed to jump start my post high school life that day. Probably be pumping gas like a Duck (ROTFLMAO!!) right now without that experience.
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  • droggins
    droggins Member Posts: 804
    84 orange bowl. Listening to the radio broadcast from a bus.
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