Reason #45: Ty Willingham...AGAIN

"But M-Pop! You already did Ty Willingham! That's against the rules!"

RULES?!? There are no rules and if there were I'd be the one making 'em. Plus, look, it's a picture of him while he was at Notre Dame so it's completely different.

In case you were watching an important football game this weekend, the UW Huskies cemented their place as the worst team in college football and maybe the worst in Pac-10 history by losing the Apple Cup to the Washington State, 16-13 in 2 OTs. Players, including resident complete badass Jordan White-Frisbee, left the field with tears streaming down their faces. Senior TE Michael Gottlieb got choked up in the post-game press conference. Nate Williams laid prone on the field for a good five minutes after the kick went through.

Play for the Ty Willingham (see what I did there? YEAH!) made two decisions that absolutely killed me. The first and most talked about happened on 4 and 3 on the WSU 36 with 2 minutes left. Instead of giving your team a chance to win the GAME up 10-7, you punt and hope the other team loses it. Punt goes into the endzone, one play later they're back past the 36. Good call! It's not like you'd ran for 224 yards already. It's not like every senior on that offensive line wasn't going to try to kill the guy in front of him to finally win a game.

The play that really got my goat and when I knew that UW was going to lose came in the first overtime. WSU had already kicked a field goal. The Huskies had 3 and 6. Instead of taking a shot, you know, and try to win, they ran the ball and settled for kicking the field goal thus PLAYING NOT TO LOSE! You know what, I would've rather had Fouch throw a pick right there and lose that way then try to play the field goal kicking game. It's extremely comical considering that Tom Osbourne once went for two with a national championship on a line instead of playing for a tie. He failed but at least had his dignity intact. What were you playing for, Ty? You have absolutely nothing to lose. You're already fired!

I respect you as a person, Ty, but as a coach and a leader of men, I'm not so sure anymore. Real classy throwing freshman CB Quinton Richardson under the bus about the 47 yard completion in the final seconds to set up the game tying field goal. You said you didn't know what was going through the young man's head on that play. I'm guessing it was the attitude shown by his head coach every game. Maybe he was trying not to lose, instead of trying to win.