It’s That Time of Year: USC Upset By Washington, 16-13

It must be tempting for Washington fans to celebrate the Huskies’ win by posting a collection of Journey videos and chintzy animations of teddy bears morphing into the words “I love you” (that’s what I would do), but UW Dawg Pound has elected to sit back and take a calm, objective look at the Huskies’ game.Each department is graded, and it’s not all roses. The tight ends get a C-plus:

But almost every other department receives an A, including the coaching staff:

On the heels of being upset by the Huskies, Conquest Chronicles zeroes in on USC’s quarterback issues.

The post also has some harsh words for the Trojan secondary and coaching staff, but is willing to cut USC’s running backs some slack.

Washington may have succumbed in the end, but after last season’s 0-12, manhood-stripping apocalypse of a season, a 31-23 loss to a top ten team is a considerable moral victory. And today, the Huskies took another step on the road to redemption.

While many in the media will rightfully cast this game in a negative light—the Trojans lost yet another game in which they were heavily favored, giving away a shot at the national title in the process—it’s important to remember who won. Hindsight may tell us one day that this was a crucial step toward legitimacy for a burgeoning Washington program.

Yahoo! Sports’ Dr. Saturday adds his own take, and bemoans the broken record playing out in Southern Cal:

If you live on the East Coast like me, it started out as an innocent curiosity. What’s going on, out there?

One game-winning field goal later, and it was time for our own Spencer Hall to weigh in: