Posted by ESPN.com's Ted Miller

After suffering its worst loss in history to Arizona, 48-14, Washington now owns the nation's longest losing streak at seven games.

The Huskies, 0-5 for the first time since 1969, are now 11-30 under coach Tyrone Willingham. The only other winless FBS team is North Texas.

This is a program that has played in 14 Rose Bowls, didn't suffer a losing season from 1977-2003, won a national championship in 1991 and finished ranked in the top 10 four other times during that span.

Now Washington is headed for its fifth losing season in a row.

Each week the ranting and raving and speculation about when -- not if -- Willingham will be fired gets louder.

The atmosphere around the program is toxic.

At least one Seattle columnist is almost pleading for the misery to end, and Jerry Brewer isn't known as a guy who goes off half-cocked.

Arizona players said it seemed like the Huskies quit on Saturday.

Recruiting is going terribly. The Huskies presently have only five committed players and that crew ranks last in the Pac-10 according to most recruiting services.

Yet new athletic director Scott Woodward has repeatedly told reporters that he won't make a decision on Willingham's fate until the end of the season.

Patience is typically a virtue, and it is rarely seen when evaluating college football coaches.

But it's impossible not to wonder if in this case delaying the inevitable is pointless and counterproductive.