HOUSTON Michigan vs. Washington is just about the perfect way to end the 2023 college football season, a matchup of unbeatens that hits all the major themes and storylines of the past five months from conference realignment to the transfer portal with Jim Harbaugh as the main character.
NEW ORLEANS Wearing matching smiles and dark blue suits, Washington Coach Kalen DeBoer and Texas Steve Sarkisian shook hands and posed for a photo with the Sugar Bowl trophy their teams will play for tonight.
LAS VEGAS George Kliavkoff, as is the custom for a conference commissioner, handed the Pac-12 Championship trophy to Washington Coach Kalen DeBoer on Friday night and quickly got out of the way.
Putting the cap on a perfect regular season – just the second in school history – required Washington Coach Kalen DeBoer to make one of the riskiest calls of his career.