I'm claiming Shelton knocking mariota out of the game and ducks putting a huge * on this season and thus saving helfreeze's career for another year.
#doogin
Husky defenses used to be known for that kind of toughness and pressure, hitting quarterbacks with enough authority to make them loopy and ineffective, often knocking them out of games. Win or lose, bring the fucking pain was a hallmark of the Huskies, on both sides of the ball.
Peterman's Dawgs looked pretty good at Cal, but Goff was still game aware when the buzzer sounded. They won't be great until they routinely get into the opposing quarterback's head. If Shelton, or Kikaha, or Hudson, or anyone else actually knocks Mariota out of the game, that will be a very strong sign that Peterman and Kawasaki are close to bringing back old school Husky Football. Saving Ruprecht/Slingblade would be a bonus, but I'd be doogin it up over finally, after decades of absence, seeing a real Husky defense. Hell, I might even blow a dusty load in my old fart sweat pants if that happens.
By the way, props to whomever posted the ESPN article on Peterman at UW. This season has been a series of "teachable moments", and it's highly likely that this game at Autzen will be another one of those. This has been frustrating as hell to watch as a fan. It's going to take longer to clean the team of the Sark stench than I think most of us would like, but it appears that real progress is being made. The team is better at this point in the season than it was at the beginning of the season, something that never really happened under Gilby, Ty or Sark. In fact the last time that was the norm for the Huskies, Don James was the head coach. They're certainly not the best team in the conference at this point, but from what I'm seeing, Peterman's approach is pointing them in that direction, and it's possible that they'll be that team no one in the conference wants to play as early as the end of this season. We'll see.