It was finally nice to see the Huskies get a win yesterday against Portland State (even if they are worse than most intramural flag teams at the UW). What may have been the best moment of the game, other than all the scoring, was when Coach Steve Sarkisian had the team huddle up on one knee before going into the locker room at halftime. . I couldn't find a picture, but if you watched the game yesterday, you should know what I am talking about. It had appeared the Dawgs were playing about as well as a team could at home against an F-C-who cares? team, but the head coach saw something wrong. Coach Sark up until this point has seemed to be a little bit too relaxed, or atleast appeared that way, and I think that may have played into this team not having the fight it needs to finish in close situations and play as hard as they need to in tough games. His very public display of dissatisfaction at the end of the half after a couple of personal fouls and dumb penalties put a charge in me, and hopefully will resonate with the players as they head into this brutal stretch (Stanford, at Oregon, USC, at Arizona). It was fun to see the Huskies win, and hopefully this confidence will carry over into a very important game against Stanford on a Thursday night on national TV after a BYE after Stanford upset USC. I said before the season that this will be the biggest game in UW's more recent history, maybe ten years or so. A game at home in front of 68,000 fans in a blackout should give the team an advantage, now it's up to the players to use that momentum, and use the lesson learned from Coach Sark yesterday, to put away a good team on the way to a productive season.
Husky Loyalist
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