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What would a UW win over Ducks mean? Sweet revenge … and a whole lot more

Huskies fans have been thirsting for an end to the victory drought, but it could also return the UW football team to relevance

So what it would mean to beat the Ducks?

That was the question asked of Huskies fans who have been mired in a decade-plus drought. Those were the nine words posed to Dawg die-hards looking to rediscover their woof.

It has been 11 years since UW last topped Oregon, during which time the programs have plunged and ascended with equal velocity. But to end that anguish? To cease that suffering? Is there a thirst in the state of Washington in greater need of quenching?