2023 Undefeated 13-0 Pac-12 Champions

My Washington Huskies continued their dream season by beating rival Oregon in the Pac-12 Championship game on Friday. It was a magical night that I’m incredibly grateful to have witnessed live. The entire weekend before the game was just tense all around. Washington and Oregon do not like each other and usually there’s quite a bit of chirping back and forth. This time felt different as both fan bases seemed nervous given the stakes.

We were fighting for the last Pac-12 Championship title ever, a CFP spot, and we both had Heisman finalist quarterbacks. The stakes were never higher in the 100+ years of the rivalry. Fortunately, the Huskies answered the call and came out to a fast start. As goes the story of the season, they seemed to take their foot off the gas and of course let Oregon back in it. But much like the rest of the reason, we kept fighting and pulled it off.

I’ve been to a lot of UW football games and that likely takes the cake for best game I’ve seen. It was a magical night all night and the vibes in Las Vegas carried on to Saturday. Unfortunately, we have now “earned” the #2 seed and a ticket to the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans to play Texas. It does not look good for our fans as there’s just not a lot of reasonably priced tickets to New Orleans during the holidays. Texas gets the luxury of being able to make the drive across the border.

It doesn’t matter though. This Husky team has proven to be resilient and battle tested. We’re once again the underdawgs just where we want to be.

On the personal front, I’m still recovering a bit from the last month. I was exhausted from being in Croatia and went right into recovering from COVID at home straight into a trip to Las Vegas where sleep was an afterthought. Sophia is back in SF finally and we plan to take this week and weekend easy. I’m looking forward to it.