Before Washington played at UCLA this season, center Nick Harris heard a story.
He can’t remember who told him, but it goes like this: One year, after a regular season game, a group of Husky offensive linemen left an object in the Rose Bowl Stadium locker room. They were confident they’d be back for the Rose Bowl, and planned to retrieve it then.
UW did go to the Rose Bowl that season and whatever they left behind was collected. The Huskies offensive linemen considered copying the strategy after this season’s win over UCLA, Harris said, but didn’t end up leaving anything behind.