The University of Washington football team has never beaten the likes of Notre Dame, Alabama and LSU, never even played Georgia, Tennessee or Florida State.
However among college football’s nonpareil, Michigan, while taking its regular pound of flesh from the UW — as recently as 10 months ago in Texas, in fact — has been responsible as much as anyone for making the Huskies feel like they belong with the big boys.
On Saturday, this two programs get together for the 15th time, and for the first time as Big Ten members, with both finding themselves in a rebuilding mode after having their way with everyone else last season as the national champion and runner-up…