The final season for UW in the Pac-12 is nearly upon us, but an awful lot is changing right now in the UW athletic department as we get ready to head to the Big Ten starting next summer. That affects the whole of Husky athletics, but since it’s football season—and since football is really the main reason this move is happening in the first place—one of the questions people have been asking is how this is likely to affect UW’s chances of success in the future.
There was something to be said for hanging on in a diminished conference, racking up wins with fewer serious rivals at the top and winning a lot of games.