When is the last time we were pleasantly surprised by a season?

I would give 1999 a slight edge over 1983. That year UCLA made the rosebowl at 6-4-1 and beat the shit out of Illinois. Like 45-6 or something. Rick Neuheisel was rosebowl MVP. They started the year 0-3-1 and made the rosebowl, cray. I still think 1999 was worse tho.

Im sure Race can remember something from pre-WWII. But my memory doesn't go much past 1983.

BallSacked said:

HeretoBeatmyChest said:

Probably 1999. Picked to finish 6th or 8th if I recall. Had the Rose Bowl almost locked up and blew it at UCLA.

That game was the mother of all ironies for the huskies:
-It was a Paus that did them in. Cory not Casey.
-It screwed UW out of a rosebowl
-AND as a result it got Ty into the rosebowl, which in my opinion really created the false narrative that he was good coach and got him the ND job and later UW.

If UW won that game, not only are they in the RB, they arguably never hire Ty. Butterfly effect.

This is a good thread—let's not ruin it with Ty-blaming. Only fucking Doogs think Ty did anything to our program.

We were ONE AND TEN the year prior to Ty's hire. Ty sucked, but after 30 straight .500+ seasons we won ONE game in 2004.

Ty would've won more than one in '08 with Jack, too.

I hate Ty, but acting like his hire was some atrocity is stupid.

It was Gilby. Gilby is Fredo.

Also, '99 was the last pleasant surprise. We got fucked in the UCLA game by the refs.

There's sure to be an awful lot of butthurt avatars out there this morning.

TierbsHsotBoobs said:

2008 was an awesome surprise.

I'm surprised you were surprised.

Definitely owen12 because that meant the lawn jockey was that much closer to being shown the door.