For the Huskies or Cougars to make the playoffs, there would have to be a confluence of events occurring that make it possible, and that makes this whole scenario a decided longshot. But longshot is a far cry from no shot.
What Husky football fans really want to be told is that they still have a playoff chance — and better than the one-out-of-a-million odds that made Jim Carrey so gleeful in “Dumb and Dumber.”
With their excruciatingly timed bye, the faithful has had nearly two weeks now to stew about Washington’s hopes of returning to the College Football Playoff.