I was at the Rose Bowl in January 2001 and he coached a very complete game, although Purdue, while a worthy opponent, it was not like playing Miami. Nevertheless, the PAC-10 that year was an extremely competetive conference with all or most of the PAC-10 teams dominating their bowl games. Thus for UW to win the conference that year speaks highly of Neuheisel.
Nevertheless, he is aquiring too much baggage and I think will be let go.