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Please consider this as a public service announcement. It’s a PSA that should not have to be made, but apparently does.
Speaking on behalf of most Washington State alums I know, we’re not rooting for the Huskies to win the national championship Monday night.
I thought it was something that could go without saying, but I’ve had a few people ask me if I was hoping Washington would beat Michigan in the national title game.
One friend, who’s a U Dub alum, texted me and said: “OMG, you want UW to lose to Michigan? Hopefully you would see it more as a win for the Pac-12 than for a team you despise.”
I texted back that, yes, in fact I do want the Huskies to lose to Michigan, and no, I really don’t see it as a win for the Pac-12, a conference the Huskies helped extinguish when they left for the Big Ten.
She texted back: “That makes me so sad, Jim.”
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I wanted to feel bad, and then I thought, no I don’t, I’m just being honest, why would this be so hard for someone to understand? In sports, you don’t root for your arch-rival under any circumstances.
Am I happy for her that her alma mater is one step away from winning a national championship? Yes. And I’m happy for other people I know who love the Huskies and are so excited about the latest developments with their favorite team.
But most Cougs would be happier to see the Dawgs lose to the Wolverines, preferably in stunning fashion or better yet, by 50 points.
To put it in terms that Husky fans can understand, they might root for the Cougs when we’re not playing the Dawgs, but guaranteed, if the Ducks were playing Michigan Monday night, there’s no way they’d be rooting for them.
One of the absolute worst things Dawg fans can say is that they root for us…
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Author : Kitsap Sun
Publish date : 2024-01-07 22:00:10
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