Five years can seem like an eternity in the world of major college athletics.
Ask anyone whose school is experiencing a fiery, prominent death spiral — think University of Wisconsin football in the late 1980s — when one day as a supporter can feel like a month of colonoscopy prep.
By the same token, five years can whiz by in the blink of an eye.
That tends to occur when a dynamic student-athlete arrives on campus, becomes a transformative force and writes a mesmerizing script that makes it seem like time has flown by.
So it will be interesting to gauge the mood in and around the UW Athletic Department in 2020.