Not since 2000 has the Washington-Oregon rivalry game carried this much significance.
At stake for the No. 7 Huskies is, well, first there’s some old-fashioned Northwest pride on the line against No. 17 Oregon. (Let’s pause and give an overdue shoutout here to Rick Neuheisel, whose genius (genius?) creation of the “Northwest Championship” has long strummed the emotional strings of fans’ hearts from all parts of the region, from Ashland to Zillah, from the Puget Sound to the Willamette Valley, from the Palouse to Corvallis. Thank you, Rick.)
More to The Point within the context of this season, the 111th meeting between Washington and Oregon on Saturday in Eugene (12:30 p.