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UW Class of '66 law school grad pledged $200K if Willingham, AD fired

ESPN.com news services

Thursday, January 10, 2008

Among the many e-mails and letters received by the University of Washington regarding the football program and coach Ty Willingham, there are the usual: words of praise, derision, encouragement, urgency. And then there was this: an offer by a Huskies alum to donate $100,000 to a Washington law school scholarship if Willingham were fired, and another $100,000 if Todd Turner were fired as athletic director. The Huskies finished the season 4-9, and it was their third straight losing record ...

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