As Oregon prepares for its first game of the season against Washington, I think it’s necessary that we put the Huskies plight into historical perspective. They enter 2008 seeking (yeah, I said seeking) their 5th consecutive losing season and sixth consecutive non-winning season. Even Stanford is saying, “at least we’re not the Huskies.” How bad is it? See for yourself. Special thanks to jhowell.net for having an unmatched database of information. I’m assuming it’s all accurate and since this is a blog, “assuming” is all that matters.

• Last losing season prior to the current run: 1976
• Last consecutive losing seasons: 1973-74
• Years it took to achieve 4 losing seasons before 2004-07: 35
• Since 1916, percentage of overall losing seasons the 2004-07 run has accounted for: 17.39%
• Previous long for consecutive losing seasons: 3, 1947-49
• Number of teams not named Oregon State to ever go an entire Pac-10 season (since 1978) without a conference win: 3 – Washington State in 1998, Cal in 2001 and Washington in 2004
  Note: Oregon State is an entirely different story with 7 such seasons. I finally understand why grown men cried in 1999 when they went 7-6.
• Until 2003 when no Huskies were selected, last season that Washington didn’t have a player drafted to the NFL: 1960
• Last time Washington lost 4 consecutive games to Oregon: 1928-31.
• Last time Washington lost 5 consecutive games to Oregon: 2004-August 31, 2008 (call me clairvoyant)
• Number of times Kenny Wheaton’s interception in 1994 has been played on jumbotrons, laptops, desktops, ringtones, radio and television: 6,263,817,485 (It took exhaustive research, but this is an exact number)
• Ratio of obnoxious Husky fans to pleasant ones from 1977-2002: 234,089/.002
• Ratio of obnoxious Husky fans to pleasant ones from 2003-present: Has anyone seen a Husky fan recently?