A loss that hurt

Quietcowskee

Quietcowskee

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Can you remember a game that started the process of ripping your heart out as a Husky fan?

Mine? Cal in 2002. Dawgs hadn’t lost to Cal since 1976. Nnamdi Asomugha bodied Reggie and Kyle Boller ripped it on us. Total shock. They actually did it.

It was a given that we’d never lose to Cal. Neuhiesal’s team was becoming pass-happy and soft. Mediocrity was starting to set in and it sucked.
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Can you remember a game that started the process of ripping your heart out as a Husky fan?

Mine? Cal in 2002. Dawgs hadn’t lost to Cal since 1976. Nnamdi Asomugha bodied Reggie and Kyle Boller ripped it on us. Total shock. They actually did it.

It was a given that we’d never lose to Cal. Neuhiesal’s team was becoming pass-happy and soft. Mediocrity was starting to set in and it sucked.
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1979 ASU
1982 WSU
1986 ASU
1988 WSU
1992 Arizona
1994 Oregon
1995 Oregon
2003 Nevada
2006 Stanford
2007 Cal
2008 Oklahoma
2008 WSU
2010 Stanford
 
1979 ASU
1982 WSU
1986 ASU
1988 WSU
1992 Arizona
1994 Oregon
1995 Oregon
2003 Nevada
2006 Stanford
2007 Cal
2008 Oklahoma
2008 WSU
2010 Stanford
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Surprised you didn’t mention UCLA in 90
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It hurt bad but for some reason it wasn't traumatizing
 
It was 1990 UCLA for me, hands down.

Many of the losses under Petersen make the list. I can't really call anything between 1997 and 2014 real disappointing because my expectations were low. Maybe the Sun bowl vs Purdue, or the 2000 loss at Oregon would make it.
 
2002 Cal was the first time I felt like the program was going hard down the mountain

1990 UCLA hurt for completely different reasons knowing that a win likely meant a national title … Greg Lewis getting hurt and Mark Brunell not knowing how to throw the football is something that I’ll never feel great about …

1992 Arizona because as a teenager I was in the mindset that UW had a big swinging duck and didn’t lose to ANYBODY … much less Arizona … grown up me would have bet heavy on Arizona that week

1995 USC turning a 21-0 lead into a come from ahead tie to lose out on the Rose Bowl … that was way more impactful than some of the other games like the Ortege flip game

There have been a handful of games that left me shaking my head (notably during the Sark years) … but few games have left me where a walk for perspective didn’t do the trick
 
2017 getting robbed of 3 straight conference championships in a shit tier empty stadium. Fuck perspective.

3 straight conference champions and even this lazy staff doesn't have to fight SC and Oregon for west coast blue chips.
 
I forgot the chart loss to Arizona in '14 or so
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Anyone who thinks Pete was a good coach can go watch that game on repeat forever.

Chaser: 2015 in Tempe the next year. Fuck Petersen.
 
1979 ASU
1982 WSU
1986 ASU
1988 WSU
1992 Arizona
1994 Oregon
1995 Oregon
2003 Nevada
2006 Stanford
2007 Cal
2008 Oklahoma
2008 WSU
2010 Stanford
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“Husky Football: Breaking hearts since 1979!”
 
1990 UCLA for obvious reasons

1995 Tie at Home vs. SC. Up 21-0 and Lambo offensively went into a complete shell, and prevent defense when we had clearly lost momentum and did nothing about it. Always wondered had we went back to RB and that, coupled with expectations and talent on 96 team if it could have been start of another run.

2003 Nevada: I knew that was the low for the program, just never expected it to keep bouncing along it for 6-8 years.

 
Fuck this. Not reading this thread but Air Force, in 2005, at Quest Field. A sign of things to come with tyrone willingham.
 
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