From: farenebt@craft.camp.clarkson.edu (Bri "Droopy" Farenell)
Subject: Re: Arizona-UW game from the perspective of a Husky fan I
Organization: Clarkson University
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 16:53:54 GMT

yang@math.duke.edu (Joe Yang) writes:

>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.

Well, the law of averages states that eventually there will be a game
where your opponent gets all the breaks that you normally do. A game where
your opponent does things that you usually do or you do things that
you DONT usually do (ie turnovers)

>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.  

From an Arizona fan's standpoint, I understadnd what you're feeling.
Our team won the PAC-10 basketball title every year from 1986(or was it1988?)
until 1991 but only made it to one Final Four. At least you guys had one
shot. Also, it's redemption for the Arizona football program. It had not
been really exciting since 1982. It has captured the imagination of the
city of Tuscon and now, for the first time in a while, December or January
will mean more to Tuscon than just basketball.

>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.

Here's to hoping that Washington State wins the Apple Cup this year
(or at least they tie).

GO COUGARS!!	(?)
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