“They tried to write us off, but we ain’t write back,” Penix, UW’s Heisman candidate quarterback, said in a postgame interview with ESPN’s Holly Rowe, imitating Seattle Seahawks signal-caller Geno Smith.

14 – was projected to make the CFP had it won Friday. Oregon, which had just one loss entering the title game – to the Huskies in Seattle on Oct.

Washington’s third victory in the Pac-12 championship game – where the unbeaten Huskies (12-0) were 9½-point underdogs – all but locked up a spot in the four-team College Football Playoff. and the Huskies punch in two touchdowns in the fourth quarter to prevail 34-31. Oregon fans might have been inclined to bail early after their team surrendered a three-score lead, but the Bo Nix-led Ducks scored touchdowns on consecutive drives in the second and third quarters and held a brief led, only to see Michael Penix Jr. Then, over the course of 3½ hours at Allegiant Stadium, the Huskies and Ducks did just about everything possible to ensure it was a game you couldn’t turn off. 5 Oregon made sure Friday’s sequel was something you had to follow.

LAS VEGAS – With the stakes attached to it, the rivalry between the teams involved, the Heisman hopefuls under center and the sense of finality that came with the Pac-12 Championship game, No.