From: yang@math.duke.edu (Joe Yang)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.college
Subject: Arizona-UW game from the perspective of a Husky fan I
Date: 10 Nov 92 01:33:07 GMT
Distribution: usa

The damn postnews failed to append the file I wanted to include. So
here is another try. Again, this is the mail from a friend in Seattle
who is a true Husky fan. I thought it might be interesting for the net
readers. It should be more interesting than the woofing from some
Husky or anti-Husky fans. 


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To: yang@math.duke.edu
Subject: The darkest Saturday
Status: RO


Joe,

Last week was a bad week for all Husky fans.  But yesterday was the darkest.
I was so disappointed that I did not watch the last two minutes of the game.
The city was shocked and in disbelief.  I still have not recovered from
the sadness and bad taste from the game.  Too many streaks and an undefeated
season and a second national title are all gone.  Miami is overwhelmingly
the number one team in the nation now, the irony is that they did not even
play yesterday.  We lost to a team which we destroyed 54-0(?) a year ago, but
yesterday we could only score 3 points.  I bet most Husky fans are heartbroken.

The game was a defense struggle, not very exciting.  Arizona has a very good
defense, and their kicking team is very good, too.  Husky's defense was good.
The problem was offense, four turnovers by offense, two in the fourth quarter,
three turnovers led to scores by Wildcats.  All the breaks went to Wildcats,
they had big plays which were the trademark for the Huskies this season.  No
luck for the dawgs, the offense was simply flat and ineffective.  The game
was 9-3 when less 5 minutes left, and Husky was driving, Shelly caught a pass
from Brunell at Wildcats 10 or 15 yard line, but the Arizona safety hit on
Shelly's hands and the ball popped out of Shelly's hands and a second Arizona
player caught the ball while it was in the air.  This interception wiped out
any hope for a win and summarized the ill fate and bad luck the Huskies have
experienced last week.  The Wildcats went on to a 1-yard run for the only
TD in the game when 48 seconds left in the game.

Offensively, Huskies had more yardage than Wildcats.  Turnovers killed us.
We have a shot at a national title three years in a row, but only got one.
The loss is difficult to absorb since the Huskies have not lost in two years.
History repeats itself.  Remember UCLA spoiled our national title hope in 
1990 which was the last time we lost before last Yesterday?  The Bruins did
not play after that for two years, so we did not get the chance to punish
them last year and this year.  Arizona will not play us in the next two years,
we can only revenge in 1995.  

Huskies did not lose big, not even as the score may indicate.  But this is
a huge upset, its effect on this year's national title and bowl picture
is tremendous.  Arizona thinks it's the biggest victory in its history.
All of these makes the loss hard to swallow.  But we can still go to the
Rose Bowl and beat Michigan if we win the remaining two games.

The honeymoon is over, we have to start from zero.  The Huskies are responsible
for its mistakes in the game.  We have to give Wildcats respect for playing
a good defense.  Their offesne does not score much, but it runs and takes
a lot of time from the clock.

I hope the defeat is the last bad thing happened.  Next week, we will know
the outcome of the investigation.  Forfeiture is possible, especially
the game against Standford if not all the games.  So the road to the Rose
Bowl is tough.  We have to cross our fingers and pray for the best even for
the Rose Bowl trip.  I think Hobert should be kicked out of the football 
team.  The Huskeis have to heal the wounds and rebuild right now.

The game was taped, but I don't know if you still want to see it.  It was
not very exciting, surely it was humiliating for us.
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