SANTA CLARA, Calif. — You know that old saying: Sometimes you gotta stop, drop three games, have your quarterback controversially pulled, lose your star running back for two games, rally to win four straight (including one against your rival in a snowstorm), return a pick-six to score the only touchdown of the championship game — and smell the roses.
Friday night at Levi’s Stadium, the Huskies capped what may have been its most tumultuous Pac-12 title run yet. Their 10-3 win over Utah was the exclamation point at the end of a wildly convoluted sentence.