The Washington football team is coming off of one of the best seasons that they have ever had. This was the last season that the Huskies, and nine other schools, were part of the Pac-12 conference, and the final football season with all of the teams together did not disappoint. Washington and Washington highlighted the talented conference, and the two teams played in two great games during the season. The Huskies ended up getting the better of the Ducks in both of those matchups, and that helped them get all the way to the national title game. Let’s run through what’s happened with the program in the past few months before we dive into transfer portal talks.
Back in October, Washington football and Oregon were both undefeated and set for a huge clash that would put the winner in prime position to run the table in the conference and finish the regular season undefeated. The Ducks and Huskies met in Seattle for the big matchup, and it came down to the final play. Oregon had a chance to tie things up and send the game into overtime on a field goal that happened as time expired, but the kicked missed, and the Huskies survived the difficult test.
After that, Washington didn’t look as dominant as they had looked in the first part of the season, and despite the loss, Oregon was starting to look like the best team in the Pac-12. The Huskies kept winning, but they got quite a few scares down the stretch. Still, they managed to win out and finish the regular season with a perfect 12-0 record. Oregon also ran the table after losing to the Huskies, but they looked dominant doing so. The loss seemed to be a big wake up call for the Ducks, and after winning out, a rematch was set for the Pac-12 title game.
The rematch between Oregon and Washington was an interesting one. The Huskies were undefeated and they had already beaten Oregon at this point in this season. However, the Ducks were favored in the game. That wasn’t really the surprising part, though. Oregon had looked very good in the back half of the season while Washington looked a bit sloppy. The surprising part was that the Ducks were favored by 9.5. That number seemed way too big, especially since Washington had already beaten Oregon. It might’ve given the Huskies some motivation going into the game, because they brought out one of their best performances of the season.
