Three things we learned from Washington’s 35-31 loss to rival Oregon

The Washington Huskies are 5-3.

They’re unranked, and unofficially out of contention for another Pac-12 title. They’re 2-3 in conference play, and they’ve lost two games inside Husky Stadium in the same season for the first time since 2015.

Oh, and there’s this: Washington fell to 5-3 in the worst possible way, by dropping a heartbreaker to its chief rival for the second consecutive season. The Huskies led 28-14 and 31-21 in the third quarter on Saturday, then surrendered 14 consecutive points and went scoreless in the final 15 minutes.

So, in summary: all is not well on Montlake. But there are also positives to pull from the wreckage.

Here are three things we learned from UW’s 35-31 loss to…