When Steve Sarkisian took the Washington Huskies job in the after the 0-12 season in 2008, the word rebuilding was not in his dictionary.
In Sarkisian's first two years as head coach the Huskies have gone 11-13 in 24 games. His team has been in most of games at halftime and are 6-4 in games that are decided by seven points or less, including a 4-1 record this year.
The biggest thing that Steve Sarkisian has talked about to the team is "Expect to Win". That has been the slogan all year for Washington and when the Huskies take on the 18th ranked Nebraska Cornhuskers a moral victory is not on the Huskies minds.
To describe how bad the loss was to Nebraska you can view by game recap here.
An upset win though is a tall order. Nebraska destroyed Washington 56-21 at Husky Stadium. During that game Taylor Martinez the scramble quarterback ran for three touchdowns with 19 carries and 137 yards. In contrast, Jake Locker was 4/20 for 71 yards one touchdown and two interceptions. For Washington to pull off the upset the Huskies will have to play an almost perfect game.
With Washington's bowl bid the Huskies will also be able to practice 15 extra times. Washington's Senior stars such as Jake Locker, Mason Foster and D'Andre Goodwin stepped up in a big way for the Huskies, the practices are mostly to build for the future. Players like Colin Porter, Erik Kohler, Sean Parker and Jesse Callier should really benefit from the extra practices. Not to mention Keith Price and Nick Montana, who will fight for the starting quarterback job next year.
The rematch will also give anther chance for the defense to show how much they have improved. Nick Holt said a few days after the 56-21 loss to Nebraska " the UW defense would love to play the game over again. " The Huskies defense will get their opportunity on December 30th. The question is have the Huskies defense learned enough to make the game competitive.
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