This might have been the last home game of Vea’s UW career, as the junior is widely expected to leave for the NFL with a year of college eligibility remaining.
For a second, Vita Vea appeared on the verge of breaking news.
“It was a lot of fun, especially being the last game of the. ….’’ Vea said, then paused.
His career at UW, maybe?
“Last game of the season, the regular season,’’ he continued.
It unquestionably was fun, for Vea and the Washington defense, at least, as they had a lot of what he likes to call “a party in the backfield’’ with the Huskies sacking Washington State quarterback Luke Falk five times to key a surprisingly dominant 41-14 victory in the Apple Cup.