I never said it out loud. But I certainly thought it. Back when the 2021 season was going into the toilet there were portions of the Husky fanbase saying the standard should be for Washington to win a National Title when making a coaching hire to replace Jimmy Lake.
I run a Washington fan site. I never told that portion of the fanbase that they were being completely unrealistic because that’s just bad business. Hope is what keeps people coming back but I didn’t see UW ever getting back to that point. The Huskies had a seemingly once in a generation coach in Chris Petersen and at his apex, Washington got to a CFP semifinal as the #4 seed and lost three consecutive New Year’s Six bowls.