Not even 5,000 miles of distance is enough to stop these Huskies from cheering on their football team as they take on the Wolverines Monday evening. University of Washington fans around the world are getting ready to cheer on their team as the Huskies fight for a national title against the University of Michigan on Monday. Students studying abroad at the UW Rome Center may be eating their way through the nearly 3,000 year old capital city of Italy, but their hearts are bleeding purple.