SEATTLE — Rebuilding a depleted college football program takes time, time some fans aren’t interested in taking. Being intrenched in Rose Bowl victories, 10 win seasons and nationally ranked isn’t something one can be OK with losing. From 1975 to 2003 Washington had only one losing season, going 5-6 in 76′ in Don James’ second year.
Within that 28 year span Washington finished with .500 record twice, 1998 and 2003. Those were the golden days on Montlake, when you knew every single year Washington would be a contender and likely a top 25 team. However, since the Rick Neuheisel-Barbara Hedges scandal and fallout in 2003, Washington hasn’t been the same.
That was until the school hired Steve Sarkisian, a former USC offensive coordinator at USC, to be the teams head coach in 2009. Since then Sarkisian has rebuilt a program that went win-less a season before he was hired into a rising and possibly top 25 caliber team.
The bulk of Sarkisian’s ear...
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