SEATTLE — It occurs, watching the Washington Huskies engage in perhaps the most tepid school fight song singalong to date, that no bar top has ever witnessed a debate over a team’s worst wins.
The Huskies are fortunate Saturday’s struggle against Utah State wound up fodder for such a list, rather than the other kind. Were college football ruled solely by karma, the Huskies might well be 1-1 right now, considering how they tempted fate with that first-down pass in the final two minutes. Instead, they claimed a 16-14 victory before an exasperated crowd of 62,152 when Rahshawn Clark intercepted the Aggies’ Hail Mary attempt on the final play, then returned it 57 yards, or about 57 yards further than he should have.
You’ve heard of a feel-good win. This was the opposite.
It’s appropriate this game wound up on a Big Ten Network overflow channel. Saturday afternoon at Husky Stadium was the picture of “meh,” from the weather (gray) to the atmosphere (flat) to the result, but only if you’re looking on the bright side.