Coming into the 2017 football season, both the Washington Huskies and the Washington State Cougars felt pretty good about their quarterback situations. On the Palouse, the Cougars had Luke Falk, a redshirt senior returning for his fourth year in the Air Raid—which has historically translated to ridiculous statistics—who was poised to break every meaningful career passing record in the Pac-12. Over on the west side of the state, the Huskies had Jake Browning, coming off a trip to the College Football Playoff as the capstone to a season where he threw forty-three touchdown passes, putting him in line to become the all-time leader in touchdown passes thrown by a Husky quarterback.
Coach’s Corner: The John Ross Effect
