I like it. It's a BCS conference team but not too dangerous for a first game. Plus, it wouldn't hurt to make progress in recruting up there. I don't think we've gotten to many recruits from that area. Ben Voogd is the only one that comes to mind and I can't think of anyone in football. Am I missing someone.
YES! Finally we are scheduling a road game against a BCS school. I'd like to see someone of higher quality than Washington, but the effort is the important thing to me at this point. I was sure we'd fall into the "gotta have 8 home games a year" trap.
Other notable non-Pac-10 schools the University of Washington has scheduled: 2010 -- Nebraska 2009 -- LSU, Notre Dame 2008 -- Oklahoma, Notre Dame 2007 -- Ohio State 2006 -- Oklahoma 2005 -- Notre Dame 2004 -- Notre Dame 2003 -- Ohio State 2002 -- Michigan 2001 -- Michigan, Miami 2000 -- Miami, Colorado 1999 -- Colorado 1998 -- Nebraska 1997 -- Nebraska 1996 -- Notre Dame 1995 -- Ohio State, Notre Dame 1994 -- Ohio State, Miami 1993 -- Ohio State 1992 -- Nebraska, Wisconsin 1991 -- Nebraska, Kansas State ... Husky Stadium
Talk from their boards. Sounds like a good group out there. Not a gump in sight. :hihi: Scout.com: Washington Forums List Scout.com: Washington Forums List
One interesting thing to consider is that we have a rough recent history when it comes to having our season opener against teams from other major conferences: 2009 -- Washington 2005 -- Arizona State W 35-31 (ASU had 560 yards, LSU had 434) 2004 -- Oregon State W 22-21 (OSU had 315 yards, LSU had 302) 2002 -- Virginia Tech L 8-26
That will make for a nice road trip! I remember playing them in the early 80's. We lost early that year to FSU and thought we had everything corrected in blowing out a highly ranked Washington team a week or two later. The wheels fell off after that and the Jerry Stovall tenure came to an end. The Dalton-James gang rebounded the next season with Bill Arnsparger running the show. Washington wasn't very good last year but I think they came close to upsetting USC. I think we've won the last nine or ten games versus the PAC-1 so hopefully the trend will continue.
