I bark for Sark

Shock the world.

I heard it over and over last week on local sports radio from delusional Husky fans. What if we could upset the number three team in the country? What could that do for a program that has sunk to the absolute bottom of the college football world?

Huskies 16, Trojans 13. Shock the world.

In the new Steve Sarkisian era, hopes were high - but c'mon people. You play a competitive game against LSU, but lose. You whomp on Idaho and win. Nice to break the streak, but here's the real test: the big, bad boys from USC. You remember USC, right? The team that spanked the Dawgs 56-0 last season?

Nobody really expected this outcome. But that's what makes sports so much fun. FOX Sports promotes its World Series telecasts with the line: You can't script October. Well, you might be able to script an overcast September day in Husky Stadium. The Dawgs followed their game plan, got some big turnovers and took it to the Trojans.

This one game will do more for the Huskies' national image than any PR program for Sark and the Dawgs ever will. For the Huskies, it's pretty simple: just win. And win big. Today the UW finds itself in the AP Top 25 for the first time in six years.

Shock the world, indeed.