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To play devil's advocate..

Now that the alcohol has worn off and the dooginess has subsided reality is sinking back in. Yes KDB did something that CP could never do - beat a ranked OOC opponent and rather easily at that. However on the flip side, CP never had the opportunity to play a beatable OOC ranked team like this MSU squad and definitely not at home. Thanks to our limpdick scheduling from the Sark/Woodward years, the best non-conf opponents that came to Husky Stadium during the CP era were fucking Fresno St and BYU. Saturday's game felt like the 2013 Boise game or the 2016 Stanford game where an over-ranked team came to town and the Vegas oddsmakers saw it coming a mile away.

Don't twist, I'm pumped about the win but there's still a lot to prove. Starting with avoiding a letdown this week against 'Furd.
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  • insinceredawg
    insinceredawg Member Posts: 5,117

    Auburn was winnable

    Fair but that was basically a road game
  • MelloDawg
    MelloDawg Member Posts: 6,917

    Sometimes when things go well anyone questioning something will be told to shut up and enjoy the win. But the problem areas still exist.

    Case in point, in '21 Sparty had the nation's worst pass defense. Several B1G friends called it the worst they'd ever seen. (Obviously a lie; I poast here so no way I've got "several" friends)

    But Sparty went 11-2 and #9 in country so it largely got brushed aside and...oh hey look - their pass defense is still super shitty.

    Nice win for DeBoer and Co. Let's see if they can keep it up and build on it.
    Cheers--

    The Michigan St fan sitting next to me said that there will be TDs in the game where Husky receivers are wide open down the field. Sure enough, Polk’s 3rd TD arrived and the fan next to me received affirmation.
  • WoolleyDoog
    WoolleyDoog Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 5,782 Founders Club
    edited September 2022
    At the game I will say Michigan State didn't look impressive. Their defensive front seven was strong and didn't miss tackles. The QB was pretty good and probably saved them from getting shut out by making plays. A couple big strong receivers who made nice jump ball plays,

    The thing is, I think with college football now, every year there is going to 1-3 elite teams and then a bunch of teams that are similar that will sort each other out depending on schedule, QB, and luck. For example, 2021 Michigan who trucked UW but lost to Michigan State, I'm not sure was a special team but made the CFP.
  • LawDawg1
    LawDawg1 Member Posts: 3,945
    edited September 2022

    At the game I will say Michigan State didn't look impressive. Their defensive front seven was strong and didn't miss tackles. The QB was pretty good and probably saved them from getting shut out by making plays. A couple big strong receivers who made nice jump ball plays,

    The thing is, I think with college football now, every year there is going to 1-3 elite teams and then a bunch of teams that are similar that will sort each other out depending on schedule, QB, and luck. For example, 2021 Michigan who trucked UW but lost to Michigan State, I'm not sure was a special team but made the CFP.

    4th down bailed out Michigan State all game long. I wonder how many Pac 12 teams will decide to punt on 4th down after seeing that...

    Edit: 7/16 on 3rd down. 4/6 on 4th down. equivalent of 11/16 on 3rd down + heart break.
  • MikeDamone
    MikeDamone Member Posts: 37,781
    Been ages since uw fans rushed the field after winning a game they were favored in.
  • MikeDamone
    MikeDamone Member Posts: 37,781

    Sometimes when things go well anyone questioning something will be told to shut up and enjoy the win. But the problem areas still exist.

    Case in point, in '21 Sparty had the nation's worst pass defense. Several B1G friends called it the worst they'd ever seen. (Obviously a lie; I poast here so no way I've got "several" friends)

    But Sparty went 11-2 and #9 in country so it largely got brushed aside and...oh hey look - their pass defense is still super shitty.

    Nice win for DeBoer and Co. Let's see if they can keep it up and build on it.
    Cheers--

    "We beat w ranked team and here you bitching about the run game, the ticket scanners, and concessions. Fucking a boomers" - BTP
  • LawDawg1
    LawDawg1 Member Posts: 3,945

    Sometimes when things go well anyone questioning something will be told to shut up and enjoy the win. But the problem areas still exist.

    Case in point, in '21 Sparty had the nation's worst pass defense. Several B1G friends called it the worst they'd ever seen. (Obviously a lie; I poast here so no way I've got "several" friends)

    But Sparty went 11-2 and #9 in country so it largely got brushed aside and...oh hey look - their pass defense is still super shitty.

    Nice win for DeBoer and Co. Let's see if they can keep it up and build on it.
    Cheers--

    "We beat w ranked team and here you bitching about the run game, the ticket scanners, and concessions. Fucking a boomers" - BTP
    Christ. Fuuuuuuck you. I’ve been a fan since 1968. Fucking doogs every god damn year since UWs been shitty write the same fucking post as you just did. (I knew sark would get us back after the USC win, I just didn’t think it would be so soon!) Yeah, and every fucking time some aspect of the game looks like fuck against a weak opponent some dickwad trots out the “limited playbook” excuse. JFC, they ran a god damn reverse flea flicker. They weren’t limiting shit. People couldn’t cover or tackle.

    They did ok against a team they should bury. And they did on offense. Defense was fuck all and it had nothing to do with a fucking playbook. I’m read for UW to win a big game. Yes, it wasn’t really too long ago (Neuheisal) tthat was a feature of Husky football. Win big games. Of course I’m happy UW whooped KSU. But holy fuckall, at least get past sparty before you lay down a Tequila like doog rant. I hope we get there.

    Yup,Pete had 15 games to show if he was a big time coach. He wasn’t. He lost every big game on the national stage then fucked us over when he left.