The Athletic: Scouting the Huskies

whlinder

Ask rival coaches in the Pac-12 about Washington, and almost all come back to the same larger point about this Huskies team: They just know how to win.

That seems like it would be an obvious point, considering two of the four teams in the College Football Playoff are undefeated and the other two are 12-1. But this vibe goes a little deeper for Kalen DeBoer’s team.

The nine Pac-12 coaches The Athletic interviewed for this scouting report, who were granted anonymity in exchange for candid opinions, admitted they expected Oregon to beat Washington in their rematch in the Pac-12 Championship Game. And yet, once again, the Huskies found a way to win.

https://theathletic.com/5147692/2023/12/21/washington-texas-college-football-sugar-bowl-scouting-report/

dirtysouwfdawg

The better team won that game, the team that played better won that game.

Deep, I know.

whlinder

Shockingly they all think Texas is going to win now.

I support their track record.

Bob_C

Looks like The Athletic is doing well.

FireCohen

whlinder said:

Shockingly they all think Texas is going to win now.

I support their track record.

Yup, they fucking jealous that the fatduchman is like a hot flirtatious chick that lets them think they can smash but then changes her mind last min with all them close wins this season. He left a lot of blue balls this season

CFetters_Nacho_Lover

Article in the wam for the non pours

CallMeBigErn

whlinder said:

Ask rival coaches in the Pac-12 about Washington, and almost all come back to the same larger point about this Huskies team: They just know how to win.

That seems like it would be an obvious point, considering two of the four teams in the College Football Playoff are undefeated and the other two are 12-1. But this vibe goes a little deeper for Kalen DeBoer’s team.

The nine Pac-12 coaches The Athletic interviewed for this scouting report, who were granted anonymity in exchange for candid opinions, admitted they expected Oregon to beat Washington in their rematch in the Pac-12 Championship Game. And yet, once again, the Huskies found a way to win.

https://theathletic.com/5147692/2023/12/21/washington-texas-college-football-sugar-bowl-scouting-report/

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UW_Doog_Bot

"Found a way to win" the Pac12 Championship?

This team dominated that game for a large portion, fucked around and let Oregon back in, then crushed their spirits.

The whole "plucky underdwags" narrative is lazy af writing.

jecornel

After the Athletic dropped Caple I canceled.

whlinder

jecornel said:

After the Athletic dropped Caple I canceled.

My sub hasn't expired yet. It's still probably the best writing about sports on the interwebs, other than this place ofc.

dnc

jecornel said:

After the Athletic dropped Caple I canceled.

same

ExtraChrisB

You can read all Athletic articles for free by just pressing Show Reader in your browser

GrundleStiltzkin

Elite

https://twitter.com/BruceFeldmanCFB/status/1737850413846839741

Tequilla

One of the biggest challenges for people in evaluating DeBoer and UW is that I really don't think a lot of them know or understand what he's doing.

To the outside observer, it looks like smoke and mirrors at times ...

But there is a decided method to the madness that has strong elements of changing the way the game is played and thought ...

Here's the best way that I can compare/contrast what UW and Texas does offensively:

With UW, they are going to constantly adjust their formation until they are able to establish a read or look that they like and want to take advantage of ... the times where they struggle often come because they are trying to force something

With Texas, there's a lot of predetermined elements of Sark and if you follow his motion it will often tip off the intent of the play ... while it's easy to say it is either leading you to the play or dressed up eye candy, the reality is that anybody that has closely followed Sark for years (like most here) can successfully call out his play calling at a reasonably high rate for internet half brains ... this idea that Sark has no tendencies and that he's not predictable at all is just laughable and more of an indictment at how bad the Big12 was this year than anything else.

PurpleJ

I cancelled when NY Times bought them out

SpoonieLuv

Bob_C said:

Looks like The Athletic is doing well.

Contemplating this business model gives me heaps of unneeded anxiety. Drowning the lifeguard because you can’t swim.

UW_Doog_Bot

Tequilla said:

One of the biggest challenges for people in evaluating DeBoer and UW is that I really don't think a lot of them know or understand what he's doing.

To the outside observer, it looks like smoke and mirrors at times ...

But there is a decided method to the madness that has strong elements of changing the way the game is played and thought ...

Here's the best way that I can compare/contrast what UW and Texas does offensively:

With UW, they are going to constantly adjust their formation until they are able to establish a read or look that they like and want to take advantage of ... the times where they struggle often come because they are trying to force something

With Texas, there's a lot of predetermined elements of Sark and if you follow his motion it will often tip off the intent of the play ... while it's easy to say it is either leading you to the play or dressed up eye candy, the reality is that anybody that has closely followed Sark for years (like most here) can successfully call out his play calling at a reasonably high rate for internet half brains ... this idea that Sark has no tendencies and that he's not predictable at all is just laughable and more of an indictment at how bad the Big12 was this year than anything else.

Sark to the Big12.

FireCohen

Boner and Grubb can put points on anyone with the current offensive roster. Defense just needs to get 2-3 stops and the game should be close enough to where we win by 1-3 points

TheRoarOfTheCrowd

its weird to think that if your defense can just get 3 stops that you will win, but with this team that is true ~ stranger than fiction.

CFetters_Nacho_Lover

TheRoarOfTheCrowd said:

its weird to think that if your defense can just get 3 stops that you will win, but with this team that is true ~ stranger than fiction.

The defense only needs 1 more stop (punt, turnover, 4th down conversion) than the other team.

I think for UW to win the game, they’ll need 4-5 total stops.

TheHB

jecornel said:

After the Athletic dropped Caple I canceled.

Same. My subscription ends Dec. 31. For the past six months or so, I’ve rated every story “meh.”

That’ll show them.