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College football: Washington’s top 3 teams burn, outscored only 140-7

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Washington State’s top three football teams, the Washington Huskies, Washington State Cougars and Seattle Seahawks, lost last weekend by a combined score of 140-7 (not a misprint).

The No. 7 Southern California Trojans shutout the Huskies 56-0. How bad was it? Well, the Huskies turned the ball over 3 times and Southern Cal scored touchdowns on their first 6 possessions of the game.

It was the Huskies’ first shutout since a 38-0 loss at Southern Cal in 2001, their worst loss since their 65-7 disaster in Miami in 2001, and their worst shutout loss since a 58-0 blowout they received. at Oregon in 1973. The Huskies have been outscored this season 113 to 333. Yeah, they have no offense, no defense, no special teams games and no apparent coaching results.

Washington coach Tyrone Willingham has been told to go on the road after this season, but he opted to wait out the last 4 games before leaving. This tactic has some fans and supporters scratching their heads, wondering if this hasn’t become a festering sore in such a negative environment.

The Stanford Cardinal shutout the Cougars 59-0. How bad was it? Well the Cougars had 4 turnovers and 3 dropped giving Stanford a quick 31-0 lead and things just went downhill from there.

There are 3 more Pac 10 games left on the Cougars’ schedule, but they’ve already broken the Pac 10 Conference record for most points allowed in league play: a whopping 350.

Conference records date back to 1916. Who knows how many more points the Cougars will add to their new record before this season mercifully comes to a close. Overall, the Cougars have been outscored this season 111 to 443.

The Seahawks were burned at home by the Philadelphia Eagles, 26-7. If not for a record 90-yard pass and rush play from Seneca Wallace to Koren Robinson on Seattle’s first play of the game, all three Washington teams would have been shutout 140-0. The Seahawks have been outscored this season 151 to 210.

The Washington Huskies are 0-8 thus far, the Washington State Cougars 1-8 and the Seattle Seahawks 2-6. Their combined record is 3-22. All three teams have been outscored by a combined 375 to 986.

It’s not the year for football in Washington. A whole sports depression hangs over the state like a pestilence in the Middle Ages.

The Seattle Mariners have lost more than 100 games this year on a $100 million payroll, setting a major league record for wasted investment. The Seattle Supersonics were hijacked out of town and appeared as the Oklahoma City Thunder.

When you add up the back-to-back losses among the top three Washington teams mentioned, the number is 14. Fourteen straight losses. If that’s not some kind of log, it should be.

No end in sight? We’ll find out this weekend when the Huskies take on Arizona State, the Cougars take on Arizona, and the Seahawks take on Miami. Some people wouldn’t give you 2 cents for the chances of either one of them winning. It may be the first electoral hangover since Barack Obama became president-elect of the United States.

Copyright © 2008 Ed Bagley

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