The Huskies did, for a while, reaching No. 15 in The Associated Press poll after a 4-0 start. But the narrow Stanford defeat has been followed by a series of disappointments, interrupted only by routs of the Pac-12 dregs, California and Colorado.
That has led to much saber-rattling in Husky Nation, which includes a vocal segment out for blood. The Huskies, who once aspired to the conference title and major bowls, now must come to terms with the fact that those prizes no longer await.
