For those of you who have been busier with other things, or just refuse to pay for Xfinity’s new sports package, the Washington Huskies defeated the Texas Longhorns in the Sugar Bowl on New Year’s Day. The win was classic Huskies: They were both dominant and panic-inducing as they advanced to a spot in the National Championship game against the Michigan Wolverines.
That title game, which will be played in Houston on Monday, will be one of the biggest in Seattle’s short—and if we’re being brutally forthright, mostly unsuccessful—sports history. We just haven’t had many winner-take-all championship games here, at the amateur or professional level.
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