Which Husky game made you a fan for life?
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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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Jacque ran wild in that game tooCFetters_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.
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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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the 1994 Oregon game
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There was a game - tape delayed and aired on Sunday a fter a Seahawks game - in 1979 versus UCLA.
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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. -
First game Nebraska 1990, second OSU when Nip ran for 217 with 278 all purpose yards
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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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84 orange bowl. Listening to the radio broadcast from a bus.
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1925 Rose Bowl against Bama
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2000 Miami game
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I remember watching the '85 Orange Bowl and not knowing what was going on or even understanding football, but my brothers and dad were into it. I believe my oldest brother had transferred from Whitman to UW at that point to get away from Fleenor and Fatters.
The '86 THE Ohio St gayme really got me though. That was a good 10-3 OSU team with Spielman and Cris Carter too. On paper they probably had equal or even greater talent, and the Dawgs destroyed them in the cold September rain (don't miss that).
Chris Chandler had a really good debut. I always thought he was underrated and was overshadowed by Billy Joe Camaro, Brunell, Brock Huard, and Tui. He led the fucking FALCONS to a Super Bowl. -
*That was actually the 1926 Rose Bowl game.RaceBannon said:1925 Rose Bowl against Bama
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You mean like the 1994 Oregon game?AZDuck said:the 1994 Oregon game
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'81. USC. Windstorm. Fred Small.
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Oregon State game of 2013. Watching Coach Sark lead the boys in one of his famous "blowouts" confirmed that he was the next Don't James
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The apple cup to get to Jacque's rose bowl and then the rose bowl were pretty amazing for a five year old. But it was the bowl game against florida when the dawgs made emmit smith quit that made the huskies my #1 and the seahawks #2
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The National Championship Game in 2016 when we beat Oregon for the 2nd time in a season.
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I was already a 'fan' because we had picked Huskies vs Cougars on the playground in 1st grade. But it was cemented at my first home game in 1986 vs UCLA. I was 8 years old, it was hotter than shit. My parents made hats out of newspaper to block the sun. Rick Fenny, Chris Chandler and Lonzel Hill did the rest.
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1996 Holiday Bowl. Because Corey Dillon is that much of a badass, despite the mediocre coaches, and because it was badass to get beat by a coach and then hire him away. If UW was serious about football they would have offered Chip a million young asian men plus whatever Phil was paying him to turn this shit show around.
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The most excited I remember being before a game was when Swaye's cousin's faced off on the ABC game of the week in a (real) injun death match.
(it was kinda a big deal to be on TV back then)
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I had to listen to this game on the radio because of a power outage. I remember Dillon having a monster first quarter. Still recall an interview question from a Colorado defender about Dillon, "in the big 12 we see running backs like him every week". Was the first season where I made it a point to watch each game. That game etched it in stone for me.haie said:1996 Holiday Bowl. Because Corey Dillon is that much of a badass, despite the mediocre coaches, and because it was badass to get beat by a coach and then hire him away. If UW was serious about football they would have offered Chip a million young asian men plus whatever Phil was paying him to turn this shit show around.
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I forget the year but when we beat a undefeated coog team and spoiled the rose bowl.
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Seriously? A game that ended in a tie is the one that did it for you?pawz said:I was already a 'fan' because we had picked Huskies vs Cougars on the playground in 1st grade. But it was cemented at my first home game in 1986 vs UCLA. I was 8 years old, it was hotter than shit. My parents made hats out of newspaper to block the sun. Rick Fenny, Chris Chandler and Lonzel Hill did the rest.
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"All I saw was purple"
Been a Dawg from birth. Both parents were UW grads. Mom was a cheerleader and dad played basketball and baseball at UW. But that game, on a beautiful Seattle day, my 6th year at UW, having boated to the game on a 54' footer, seeing RoboQB eaten alive, watching the scoreboard to see if we were going to hold mighty USC to negative rushing yards.......forever the standard for UW dominance to me. -
that game was in the rain and ended in a 17-17 tiepawz said:I was already a 'fan' because we had picked Huskies vs Cougars on the playground in 1st grade. But it was cemented at my first home game in 1986 vs UCLA. I was 8 years old, it was hotter than shit. My parents made hats out of newspaper to block the sun. Rick Fenny, Chris Chandler and Lonzel Hill did the rest.
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I am 32 years old and I don't have a recollection of UW ever being very good. There was 2000, but I watched the Ducks beat the Huskies that year at Autzen. Same as it ever was.
I was at "The Pick." It was cool, but I was still really young and didn't realize how important that Rose Bowl trip was.
What did it for me was Husky Stadium in 1997. What a bunch of smug asshole fans UW had back in those days. It was three 14 year old kids and one of our mom's. The shit that grown ass men said to us was ridiculous. Now having spent a lot of time on message boards with the people who would have made up that caring fan base in those days I totally get it.
Anyway, UW had those $75k purple helmets and yellow pants. So, so many empty seats. Just a complete shit show in contrast to the mighty Husky football program we were all supposed to witness. Akili floats that pass up, Pat catches it, and what little pride Husky fans had left was gone. UW has maybe beaten Oregon three times since then.
That is what did it for me. UW turned into absolute shit and still completely is while Oregon is one of the elite programs in the country. Sure, Don James quitting started the bleeding but to actually be there when Husky football died was something truly special.
I went back in 2007 and most Husky fans wouldn't even look me in the eye. Many were complimentary of Oregon. Empathy and battered wife syndrome had set in. Fast forward to last season with UW's new "gem" of a coach with his All-American littered defense that would turn the tide. Oregon has to start coasting early in the 3rd quarter as their 19 year old running back was starting to run up the score on his own. Same as it ever was. -
That was first Husky game I went to (I think). I was 11 and remember more the cold and the peanuts politicians were giving out in front of the stadium. I started playing football as the late 80s/early 90s teams were kicking ass, and it was an easy aspiration. Shit I miss that.Fire_Marshall_Bill said:I remember watching the '85 Orange Bowl and not knowing what was going on or even understanding football, but my brothers and dad were into it. I believe my oldest brother had transferred from Whitman to UW at that point to get away from Fleenor and Fatters.
The '86 THE Ohio St gayme really got me though. That was a good 10-3 OSU team with Spielman and Cris Carter too. On paper they probably had equal or even greater talent, and the Dawgs destroyed them in the cold September rain (don't miss that).
Chris Chandler had a really good debut. I always thought he was underrated and was overshadowed by Billy Joe Camaro, Brunell, Brock Huard, and Tui. He led the fucking FALCONS to a Super Bowl. -
tl;drMosster47 said:I am 32 years old and I don't have a recollection of UW ever being very good. There was 2000, but I watched the Ducks beat the Huskies that year at Autzen. Same as it ever was.
I was at "The Pick." It was cool, but I was still really young and didn't realize how important that Rose Bowl trip was.
What did it for me was Husky Stadium in 1997. What a bunch of smug asshole fans UW had back in those days. It was three 14 year old kids and one of our mom's. The shit that grown ass men said to us was ridiculous. Now having spent a lot of time on message boards with the people who would have made up that caring fan base in those days I totally get it.
Anyway, UW had those $75k purple helmets and yellow pants. So, so many empty seats. Just a complete shit show in contrast to the mighty Husky football program we were all supposed to witness. Akili floats that pass up, Pat catches it, and what little pride Husky fans had left was gone. UW has maybe beaten Oregon three times since then.
That is what did it for me. UW turned into absolute shit and still completely is while Oregon is one of the elite programs in the country. Sure, Don James quitting started the bleeding but to actually be there when Husky football died was something truly special.
I went back in 2007 and most Husky fans wouldn't even look me in the eye. Many were complimentary of Oregon. Empathy and battered wife syndrome had set in. Fast forward to last season with UW's new "gem" of a coach with his All-American littered defense that would turn the tide. Oregon has to start coasting early in the 3rd quarter as their 19 year old running back was starting to run up the score on his own. Same as it ever was.
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