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

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  • RaceBannon
    RaceBannon Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 113,946 Founders Club
  • TierbsHsotBoobs
    TierbsHsotBoobs Member Posts: 39,680
    dnc said:

    What would UW's record have to be to be considered a pleasant surprise?

    The over/under is 15.
  • TierbsHsotBoobs
    TierbsHsotBoobs Member Posts: 39,680

    Question for the old timers: Has the Pac 8/10/12 ever been worse than in 1999?

    1994 was pretty bad IIRC. It wasn't horrible, but it was very middle heavy, and Lambright fucking sucked and held us back from a non-Rose Bowl. Whoregon lost to Hawaii and was about 1-3 at one point, and they were the tallest midget. Still, '99 was worse. Ty won that year.
    The conference champs lost 69-17 to Texas (and also lost to San Jose State).

    I can't imagine another conference champ so bad.
  • ThomasFremont
    ThomasFremont Member Posts: 13,325

    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.
    http://www.cc.com/video-clips/5uemlz/chappelle-s-show-celebrity-trial-jury-selection---uncensored
  • dnc
    dnc Member Posts: 56,839

    Question for the old timers: Has the Pac 8/10/12 ever been worse than in 1999?

    1994 was pretty bad IIRC. It wasn't horrible, but it was very middle heavy, and Lambright fucking sucked and held us back from a non-Rose Bowl. Whoregon lost to Hawaii and was about 1-3 at one point, and they were the tallest midget. Still, '99 was worse. Ty won that year.
    The conference champs were coached by a man who eventually went owen12.

    I can't imagine another conference champ so bad.