New coach for UW

The football program at my alma mater, the University of Washington, has been mired in mediocrity and controversy of late. Rick Neuheisel, the "golden boy" coach who was hired with great fanfare in 1999, was later kicked out after being involved in a very embarrassing betting scandal. To make matters worse, Neuheisel is suing the UW for wrongful termination (the trial starts next week). Since then the Huskies have gone from bad to worse - they lost 10 of 11 games played this past season, including all their Pac-10 games; that's a record for sucking, especially for UW, which sees itself as a traditional football powerhouse. Now it looks like they're about to start on the road to recovery, by hiring former Notre Dame coach Tyrone Willingham - UW's first black coach. He'll replace Keith Gilbertson to become UW's third head football coach in four years (I guess I'm glad I missed those seasons!). An announcement is due early next week.