PASADENA, Calif. — They’ll tell you that a win is a win no matter how dubious the performance or how thin the margin.
But sometimes a win is not a win. Sometimes it is a warning. Or a wake-up call. Or a word to the wise.
For the Huskies, Saturday’s 31-24 victory over UCLA was all of those things. Because whatever that was out there against the Bruins, it ain’t gonna fly next week against Oregon.
Tenth-ranked Washington (5-1, 3-1 Pac-12) entered the Rose Bowl as a three-touchdown favorite over winless UCLA. It boasted the nation’s top scoring defense, and was seven days removed from giving then No.