UW vs. Oklahoma: "By Saturday, I'd learned a thing or two."

The 1985 Orange Bowl between UW and Oklahoma is one of Seattlest's earliest memories. After Dad told us to stop fidgeting (we were real nervous) we sat our 8-year-old butt in a chair, by the 17-inch Sony Trinitron, and watched the flickering images of a titanic Husky upset beam back from Miami.

We were too young to know that we were watching genius at work.

With Coach Don James' game plan, the Huskies ran for nearly 200 yards against a defense that allowed an average of only 68 on the year. That game plan? Audible on every play. With collegians. Holy crap.

Writes Bob Condotta in the Times:

The Sooners' best player was defensive tackle Tony Casillas, who would go on to become the No. 2 pick in the 1986 NFL draft. He was the player James thought was the key to the game.

"Nothing against any of our players, but we didn't have one player who could block him," James said.

So James and offensive-line coach Dan Dorazio devised an elaborate scheme of trap plays designed to neutralize Casillas. Most were audibles called at the line of scrimmage based on where Casillas lined up.

"If you ever tried to do that during the regular season, having just five days to prepare, you couldn't do it," said UW quarterback Hugh Millen. "By having four weeks to prepare, we got it down to where it became second nature."

The Dawgs will need a game plan better than this--or a boatload of luck--to beat the Sooners on Saturday.