Let’s just say it — the Pac-12 was not good last year. Of the eight teams that reached a bowl game, only one came away with a victory (Utah over West Virginia). Conference champion USC got trounced by Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl, but there was one more team that reached a New Year’s Six bowl game — the Washington Huskies.
Washington lost to Penn State in the Fiesta Bowl, 35-28, to end the season at 10-3 overall, after going 7-2 in conference play. The Huskies lost some big playmakers, but they’ll return the core of a solid group, and they’ll have an immediate measuring stick game when they head all the way to Atlanta for the opener with Auburn on September 1st.