SEATTLE, Wash. – Purple Majesty turned into Purple Madness.
Washington quarterback Michael Penix Jr. yells as he runs out during introductions before an NCAA college football game against Oregon, Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023, in Seattle. A purple field-storming. Purple people everywhere. Purple shirts. Purple hats. Purple signs and purple shoes, even.
No apology is necessary from Washington’s wizard. A purple magician. A football sorcerer. To Oregon and all of those he leaves in his wake, a purple-clad necromancer. His team down four points with 2 minutes, 11 seconds left and 53 yards away from the end zone, it took him two plays to win it, two rifling daggers from that wrist of his — the first for 35 yards to Ja’Lynn Polk and the second to Odunze for an 18-yard, go-ahead score.
Fireworks — purple! — illuminated the overcast skies. Prince’s “Purple Rain” boomed across the speakers. And from the clouds above, in a storybook ending, a drizzle of precipitation baptized their heads.“As much as I did want to celebrate, it was hectic out there,” he said, “In a good way!”Oregon, down 29-18 late in the third quarter, suddenly found ways to slow down a Penix-led offense that scored touchdowns on four of their first six drives.
“I think it does,” he said. “Our defense has to defend a more aggressive style of offense because the other teams know we are going to put a lot of points on the board.”
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