Think about that Michael Penix Jr. had been the quarterback for Louisiana State College in the course of the 2023 school soccer season and that, moderately than quarterbacking for LSU, Jayden McDaniels had been enjoying for the College of Washington Huskies. In that situation, it appears fairly darn doubtless that Penix would have received the Heisman Trophy as an alternative of coming in second to McDaniels.
Washington appears to at all times be discounted by the pundits and prognosticators within the East and South, and I’ll wager that labored in opposition to Penix within the Heisman vote.
Again in 2006, when the Seahawks went to their first Tremendous Bowl to face off in opposition to the Pittsburgh Steelers, I drew a cartoon map of the NFL that lampooned the way in which many of us in the remainder of the USA perceived Puget Sound nation. On the map, the far northwest nook was labeled “terra incognita” with borders trailing off into an vague mist and sea monsters lurking within the curling waves. That was the 12 months throughout which one sports activities author from the East Coast alluded to the Seahawks hometown as “Seattle, Oregon.”
Is there extra respect flowing our method nowadays? Maybe marginally, however the oddsmakers have nonetheless persistently picked the Huskies as underdogs in matchups they’ve gone on to win. Washington was not purported to beat Oregon within the Pac-12 championship nor defeat Texas within the Sugar Bowl, however that’s what occurred. Lots of gamblers will need to have misplaced a pile of cash.
On Monday, the staff from Washington will go into the nationwide championship recreation, as soon as once more recognized because the doubtless losers in a matchup with the Michigan Wolverines. The UW’s final 21 consecutive victories, although, recommend the end result might simply be totally different. I hope so, not only for the sake of my alma mater, however as a result of it might afford this UW grad the chance to brag concerning the obtuse minds of all these know-it-alls residing in America’s insufferably boastful, overly hyped areas.
Bow right down to Washington.
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