Trophy update moving into week 11

 The Washington Huskies continue their reign as holders of the jiMpossible-sarcasMike trophy

UW beat USC in a high scoring match-up 52-42. Washington hosts Utah this week in another tough game.

• Washington is now 40-23 in Trophy games
• USC falls to 89-18-8
• Utah goes into Saturday with a 2-2 record in Trophy games
• They defeated Colorado State in October of 1994 in their first ever chance for the Trophy. The Utes won again the next week over UTEP, before falling to New Mexico in early November
• Their only other chance was a 1996 loss to Trophy-holder and arch-rival BYU
• After Utah the Huskies travel to Oregon State  and then close the regular season in hopefully not the final Apple Cup with Wazoo.
• If they continue to hold the trophy they end up in a likely rematch with Oregon for the conference championship with the winner likely playoff bound
  
• Utah travels to Arizona and hosts Colorado to close out the conference schedule. Even with a winning all 3 games they would likely need help to make the conference championship game.

It would seem the quickest path to bringing the Trophy to the Big Ten is for Washington to win out and either face and lose to a current conference team in the playoffs or win the championship and join the conference as Trophy-Holder next season. 

Michigan travels to Washington on October 5, 2024