It is pretty obvious why Washington hasn’t sold out. Texas will win. the game. Washington doesn’t have as dedicated fan base as Texas. The last reason is it is farther away.
I hope all the former Pacific Athletic Conference teams fail in their new conferences. PAC is weaker than the others, but they were local. These teams sold their soul for money.
From Washington. The problem is a lack of flights to the area. Alaska airlines normally does 2 flights / day. They are the “official sponsor” of the UW. There was a lot of public clamor for them to ramp up flights to the area. They were able to muster up 6 extra flights initially, then I think they got it up to 8. Which is still only ~2500 people. Locally it was frenetic to try and get people down there, but there was a bunch of barriers. The airport yesterday was said to be a huge sea of Purple and huge lines and chaos. UW normally travels very well, but it will likely - 30-40% UW fans . Go Dawgs!
“ These teams sold their soul for money.”
No kidding. Money and TV (I.e., more money) ruined college football. I went to school in the era of pure regional conferences, minimal money, and a handful of bowl games (and no ridiculous minuscule, obscure and oddball bowl games). Our Big 8 spanned Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Colorado, and Nebraska, all contiguous states. The conference had longevity having been formed in 1907, so there was lots of tradition. The year before my frosh year, Big 8 started its association with the Orange Bowl.
Modern collegiate football has become sickening. I pity people who don’t have decades of tradition behind them.
The Huskies were portrayed as the under-dawgs. However, those Dawgs won over the Texas Longhorns at the Sugar Bowl, 37 to 31. Texas would have had one less score if Germie Bernard hadn't dropped the ball on the five yard line that was punted to him; giving the ball back to the Longhorns. Now the Huskies face Michigan in the championship to be played Jan. 8th in Houston. To watch the Huskies' quarterback Michael Penix Jr. is like watching magic. During the Sugar Bowl, he completed 29 of 38 passes for a total of 430 yards and threw two touchdowns. No wonder he was a Heisman Trophy finalist.