Which Husky game made you a fan for life?

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I already had strong interest by age 7, but at age 9 when the Huskies played USC on Nov 17,1979, was epic for me. Huskies lost 24-17, after having first and goal at the USC 2 yard line. Trojans won the Rose Bowl bid. But I was a fanatic at that point.
 
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The Rose Bowl game where Jaques Robinson went wild got me interested but not hooked. The Orange Bowl against Oklahoma I think really did the trick for me.
 
The Rose Bowl game where Jaques Robinson went wild got me interested but not hooked. The Orange Bowl against Oklahoma I think really did the trick for me.
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Jacque ran wild in that game too
 
Naturally gravitated to watching UW when I was young because they won. The game that cemented it for me was my first time going to Husky Stadium when Dillon broke all sorts of records in the first quarter against SJSU. I was hooked at that point. The stadium was incredible to 11 year old CokeGreaterThanPepsi.
 
There was a game - tape delayed and aired on Sunday a fter a Seahawks game - in 1979 versus UCLA.

That was the game that captured me .... I was 9.
 
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I'd say I first became interested in Ricks first year. They lost to BYU. Tui overthrew a ball out of the end zone on the last play of the game. I remember Rick ran onto the field and grabbed Tui and it was obvious he was telling him something like keep your head up or some inspirational shit. And I just thought that's the kind of coach I want to root for.

Then the Rose Bowl team the next year was impossible not to fall in love with.

But I'd say what cemented it was the next years first game against Michigan. Reggie Williams first game. A blocked FG returned for a touchdown and an Omare Lowe pick 6. I remember screaming as loud as I could and I could not hear myself at all. The stadium was crazy. Unfortunately I was hooked after that.
 
Home against the Ducks in 1990. I was a casual UW fan to that point but had no loyalty. I caught on to the excitement a bit after hearing about the destruction of SC (friends were at the game), then lucked into crazy good student section tickets for the Oregon game. It was my first CFB live game and I was hooked. I actually got the kick in the ass I needed to jump start my post high school life that day. Probably be pumping gas like a Duck (ROTFLMAO!!) right now without that experience.
 
I remember watching the '85 Orange Bowl and not knowing what was going on or even understanding football, but my brothers and dad were into it. I believe my oldest brother had transferred from Whitman to UW at that point to get away from Fleenor and Fatters.

The '86 THE Ohio St gayme really got me though. That was a good 10-3 OSU team with Spielman and Cris Carter too. On paper they probably had equal or even greater talent, and the Dawgs destroyed them in the cold September rain (don't miss that).

Chris Chandler had a really good debut. I always thought he was underrated and was overshadowed by Billy Joe Camaro, Brunell, Brock Huard, and Tui. He led the fucking FALCONS to a Super Bowl.
 
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Oregon State game of 2013. Watching Coach Sark lead the boys in one of his famous "blowouts" confirmed that he was the next Don't James
 
The apple cup to get to Jacque's rose bowl and then the rose bowl were pretty amazing for a five year old. But it was the bowl game against florida when the dawgs made emmit smith quit that made the huskies my #1 and the seahawks #2
 
I was already a 'fan' because we had picked Huskies vs Cougars on the playground in 1st grade. But it was cemented at my first home game in 1986 vs UCLA. I was 8 years old, it was hotter than shit. My parents made hats out of newspaper to block the sun. Rick Fenny, Chris Chandler and Lonzel Hill did the rest.
 
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