Harry Husky and His 12-Pac: The End Edition

by JLee2025 on Jan 10, 2012 2:01 PM PST

And just like that, the 2011 College Football season was over.

The book on the 2011 Washington Huskies has officially been closed. The verdict? At least they replaced Jake Locker.

I was a Jake Locker mancrushlovehimwishhedidnthavetoleave fan through my college years. My years at the UW coincided with that of Jake and I thoroughly enjoyed watching him through 4 years. So after the two of us (you know, Jake and I, best friends) graduated from the UW, I was left wondering who would lead me through the next few years of enjoying Husky Football. Then came Mr. Price.

Amid all of the stories, negative and positive, surrounding Husky football this year, none was more surprising than the emergence of quarterback Keith Price from Compton, California. He broke the season touchdown record with 33 TD passes and, more importantly, solidified his leadership in the hearts of not only his teammates, but also Husky football fans. While we have not hesitated to criticize Keith at times, I think as a whole, Husky nation has been blown away by this kid.

An explanation of the above picture after the jump!

So that's my biggest story of the year. What's yours?

Others I considered as candidates:

1. The firing of Nick Holt - Fresh in our minds are the 67 points scored on us with ease by the Baylor offense. I am still not sure how to feel about Nick Holt, but am looking forward to what the future with Justin Wilcox brings.

2. The subsequent hiring of Tennessee defensive coordinator Justin Wilcox - To be honest, I didn't know anything about Wilcox before his name came up in the rumor mill. But his resume is impressive. This year, LSU shut down Oregon with their supreme physical talent. On the other hand, Wilcox's Boise State Broncos outsmarted and outcoached Oregon. Remember when Tyrone said that the Nickel 3-3-5 was the solution to Oregon's spread? I think we are finally past those days with this hire.

3. Beating the Utes - Ok, this wasn't really a big story. But this was arguably the biggest win of the 2011 Husky football season. I, personally, didn't give the Huskies a chance and they blew me away. So much so, that I decided to make a comic strip about the Huskies after that. The rest is history...

4. Getting beat by RoboGunner3000 and the Baylor Bears - I still don't want to talk about this one. It hurts...

5. The departure of seniors Chris Polk, Ta'Amu, and Dennison to the NFL - Polk helped build a mentality within this Husky Football team that emphasized toughness and effort. His contributions will be missed. But hopefully, he won't be going too far away from home in April's draft...

6. The rise and fall of our expectations - It was tough seeing this team seemingly regress (or at least, fall back to earth) after such a strong start. I think for a lot of Dawg fans, the 2-5 finish has left a very bitter taste in their mouth.

Thank you all again for enjoying Harry Husky and I look forward to seeing you again down the road. Cheers!

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Nice way to wrap up the season....

Fantastic as usual…thanks for the help this year and in the future…as Nick Holt is so fond of saying…AWESOME!

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by John Berkowitz on Jan 10, 2012 2:30 PM PST reply actions

Awesome

Should that now be a banned word on uwdawgpound?

by CODawg on Jan 11, 2012 10:05 AM PST up reply actions

Nicely done

Enjoyed your work throughout the season, and hope for more in the coming years!

Benno

by Benno on Jan 10, 2012 3:30 PM PST reply actions

Love the picture

Fits this season perfectly!! Well done…

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by DAWGFATHER91 on Jan 10, 2012 3:49 PM PST reply actions

Fantastic art

… you didn’t even need to explain it.

Damn, my eyeball tastes good.
@chrislandon

by Gekko Mojo on Jan 10, 2012 3:50 PM PST reply actions

... and I hope that RoboGunner3000 makes an appearance next year.

Damn, my eyeball tastes good.
@chrislandon

by Gekko Mojo on Jan 10, 2012 3:50 PM PST reply actions

Wouldn't top story be...

The renovation of Husky Stadium? This is bigger then an assistant coach being fired.

All I saw was purple

by crazidawg on Jan 10, 2012 6:25 PM PST reply actions

Doesn't Polk still have a year of eligibility left?

I don’t know if he’s declared, but if not he’s still here. And no way the Hawks spend a pick, particularly a second rounder, on a running back. Sorry to rain on your parade.

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by THolt on Jan 10, 2012 11:00 PM PST via iPhone app reply actions

uhhh, yeah. he declared

Damn, my eyeball tastes good.
@chrislandon

by Gekko Mojo on Jan 11, 2012 9:04 AM PST up reply actions

Appreciate your Positive Mental Attitude

Look forward to seeing your posts

by HuskyInExile on Jan 10, 2012 11:33 PM PST reply actions

Still no sniff

of a Secondary Coach – interesting. Hard to recruit CB’s when they/you don’t know who will coach them isn’t it?

by onewoodwacker on Jan 11, 2012 3:22 AM PST reply actions

dead period for recruiting anyway

by CODawg on Jan 11, 2012 10:06 AM PST up reply actions

Good work!

Washington Husky Football-"Hear the bark, feel the bite!"

by dawgfan22 on Jan 11, 2012 7:00 AM PST reply actions

Excellet as usual

I agree Keith Price has been the story of the season, the positive story at least. He has done so well, I wouldn’t say I forgot Jake, but at least we replaced him with a better QB. I think Price will go down as the best in Husky history after his career is over with us.

I think our expectations have overall soared since Sark took over. Even with the way we ended the year, if you looked at our schedule and thought about it, it was bound to happen. Besides the OSU game we just about won every game we should have. We hung tough with Baylor, should have won it and honestly it does still hurt. Played Nebraska well on the road. The only disappointment I came away with was the Beaver game and the way our defense finished up. You can point out the way we played against SC and Stanford as well but they were two great teams. I’m excited for the future of our defense and I think we will be very successful next season. Go Dawgs!

by datboyeddiep on Jan 11, 2012 7:25 AM PST reply actions