After becoming a Husky fan just as the program was in a nosedive into oblivion, CokeGreaterThanPepsi can barely contain his excitement over this new era of UW football.
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Younger Fan Eager to Finally See Good Football
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After becoming a Husky fan just as the program was in a nosedive into oblivion, CokeGreaterThanPepsi can barely contain his excitement over this new era of UW football.
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GrundleStiltzkin
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Not a dry eye in the thread.
WilburHooksHands
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I'm 33 and at least my sophomore year was the Tui Rose Bowl. Basically anyone that came in during or after the Pickett game in Miami was lost until now.
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Tequilla
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I'm looking forward to some October/November games this year that rival what I was able to watch in the student section in the 2000 season ... the unthinkable against Miami, the thriller against Oregon St, the unforgettable day against Arizona a week after the Stanford game, and the final home game against UCLA.
allpurpleallgold
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I read it.
EsophagealFeces
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Good chit, cokehead
I'm the same age/same timeframe at UW. If you showed up there in 1999 as a Freshman, you missed the Air Force debacle at home. So my first game was the 99 win over Colorado. We proceeded to lose at home to ASU that year and then win every home game the next two years. That will rope you in.
The 3 game streak of getting crushed by Miami, blowing the Holiday Bowl vs Texas and then 12-men-on-the-field couging vs Michigan (went to this game) was the end. Luckily I graduated in 2002 and didn't have to witness in person the rest of that season. But for the 3 seasons I was at UW I saw 1 home loss, a Rose Bowl win, the 2000 Miami & Oregon St games, a win over Michigan, and two 2nd place finishes in the Pac.
WilburHooksHands
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Watching Major Applewhite just toy with Chris Massey for the entire second half was both amazing and gut-wrenching to watch. The fact that Simms ever started a game over him (besides injury) was one of the biggest travesties in CFB history. In a way it would be like starting Nick Montana over Tui because of pedigree, even though Simms played in the NFL, etc. Applewhite was the heart and soul of that program and had the Tui type of game you just cant teach or coach. MackBrownFS.
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sarktastic
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Reading this thread, I suddenly feel very, very old.
Most of all, I'm excited for you guys who fell in love with Husky football thru the eyes, memories and stories of older generations... and stuck it out. I feel you're on the cusp of earning your just rewards.
Most of all, I'm excited for you guys who fell in love with Husky football thru the eyes, memories and stories of older generations... and stuck it out. I feel you're on the cusp of earning your just rewards.
I was a lifelong fan, but got really hooked through the Neuheisel early years and rose bowl.
i arrived at UW fall of 2003, i witnessed the 6-6 "horray we upset WSU and continued our non-losing season streak lets fucking rush the field" season. I thought that would be the lowpoint, needless to say that was not. Nevada, Suddenly Senior Stanford, Stanbacks footbreak, Oklahoma throttling at home, USC "we should have gotten one more play", fuck all that shit.
I'll be honest, I wanted to quit UW many times over the last 10 years, but like a battered and beaten housewife I kept moving the goalposts and making excuses. Last year seemed like the lowpoint, as we were not aimlessly searching for success, but trying to redefine it by smearing DJs legacy.
I'm forcing myself to be in LIFPO mode, but my inner doog is raging. I'm nervous what serious success would do to my fandom, as I've never witnessed a dominate UW team that I didn't have to make excuses for.
i arrived at UW fall of 2003, i witnessed the 6-6 "horray we upset WSU and continued our non-losing season streak lets fucking rush the field" season. I thought that would be the lowpoint, needless to say that was not. Nevada, Suddenly Senior Stanford, Stanbacks footbreak, Oklahoma throttling at home, USC "we should have gotten one more play", fuck all that shit.
I'll be honest, I wanted to quit UW many times over the last 10 years, but like a battered and beaten housewife I kept moving the goalposts and making excuses. Last year seemed like the lowpoint, as we were not aimlessly searching for success, but trying to redefine it by smearing DJs legacy.
I'm forcing myself to be in LIFPO mode, but my inner doog is raging. I'm nervous what serious success would do to my fandom, as I've never witnessed a dominate UW team that I didn't have to make excuses for.
WilburHooksHands
New Fish
That 6-6 WSU field rush was arguably worse than Owen 12.
CokeGreaterThanPepsi
New Fish
Good chit, bronco12. I feel like we just bonded!
puppylove_sugarsteel
Asshole Emeritus
Good chit Whlinder
last 3 years of Ty through Sark's first year here. I'm from the "I'm only interested in academics, not the football team" generation of idiotic fans/students.
I feel no sympathy for myself/peers, but I'll be really happy for the older fans (like my 92 yr old grandpa) who will hopefully get to see good husky football again.
I feel no sympathy for myself/peers, but I'll be really happy for the older fans (like my 92 yr old grandpa) who will hopefully get to see good husky football again.
oregonblitzkrieg
New Fish
Good football? You've seen it for the last 10 straight years.
