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My way too early prediction is 9-3. I am all in on DeBoer and think he's amazing but I also think this next year is a transition year.
2025 we'll be back in the playoff, pretty much for good. -
We're already scared of Oregon again? Maybe it's time to adopt some of their mindset and not concede losses even when we do lose?houseofpain247 said:
I think we will beat one of Michigan or USC. Probably lose to Oregon. 10-2 should keep us in or around the top 15RoadTrip said:I see 9-3 at best and 7-5 at worst.
Weber St W
Eastern Mich W
Wa St. W
Northwestern W
Rutgers W
Michigan L
Iowa W
Indiana W
USC L
Penn St. W
UCLA W
Oregon L -
At least next season's schedule is favorable.
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Eight wins is your floor next season. Fucking Iowa with an offense out of the stone age won 10 games in the shitty, bottom heavy Big 10. Your OOC slate is straight up garbage so that's 3 wins. Northwestern, Rutgers, Indiana and Iowa should be 4 more. I don't see UW going 0-fer the rest: @Penn State, Michigan, UCLA, USC and @Oregon. Michigan loses a ton. Penn State is a fraud. UCLA is perennially average. USC seems like they are in a free fall. And you have Oregon's number. There's no reason that UW can't be competitive in most/all of those. I think 8 wins with Deboer is your floor going forward and you should be in the mix for the playoff annually.
As a fan of a team that rode a generational QB to a national championship, I don't know how replicable and sustainable that is. Deboer is a really good coach who seems to maximize talent though. The kid from Mississippi State is solid. He put up good numbers for Leach. He will score points in your system, especially with the majority of the offensive line coming back (that's correct, no?). You can find WRs in the portal. It's the easiest position to restock, even if you don't find an Odunze or Polk, there are soooooo many WRs that should want to play in that system.
Long term, though, I think overall UW needs to be bigger/ stronger / deeper in the trenches to make it through a 12 team playoff. They were able to overcome it against Texas because 1) Penix was on fire and 2) UT has shit for pass rushers off the edge and bad safety play. UW was a terrible matchup for Texas, and UT still had four chances throwing it into the endzone to win it at the end. Both Michigan and Texas made Washington one dimensional on offense and both ran it way too easily on your defense. That's a losing recipe, no matter how great your QB is. -
Yeah I’m surprised that now we fear Lanning.WoolleyDoog said:
We're already scared of Oregon again? Maybe it's time to adopt some of their mindset and not concede losses even when we do lose?houseofpain247 said:
I think we will beat one of Michigan or USC. Probably lose to Oregon. 10-2 should keep us in or around the top 15RoadTrip said:I see 9-3 at best and 7-5 at worst.
Weber St W
Eastern Mich W
Wa St. W
Northwestern W
Rutgers W
Michigan L
Iowa W
Indiana W
USC L
Penn St. W
UCLA W
Oregon L -
Pros: They have more experience and nice pieces returning and Lanning is great at coaching against teams they are better than. Gabriel quitting Oklahoma is odd and he's a twerp but probably the most proven QB transfer for 2024. Tez Johnson and Jordan James could actually be better pure players than Bucky and Franklin. They care a lot as a program and transition well.TheHB said:
Yeah I’m surprised that now we fear Lanning.WoolleyDoog said:
We're already scared of Oregon again? Maybe it's time to adopt some of their mindset and not concede losses even when we do lose?houseofpain247 said:
I think we will beat one of Michigan or USC. Probably lose to Oregon. 10-2 should keep us in or around the top 15RoadTrip said:I see 9-3 at best and 7-5 at worst.
Weber St W
Eastern Mich W
Wa St. W
Northwestern W
Rutgers W
Michigan L
Iowa W
Indiana W
USC L
Penn St. W
UCLA W
Oregon L
Cons: They lose all of their main stars and the engine in Nix who I think was really good for them as a leader culturally. They have no proven lightning players on either side of the ball. Lanning has been bad in games against teams as good as his and they will play more of those in 2024 than 2023. -
I don't fear Lanning but I don't expect to win that game. DeBoer will get him more often than not.TheHB said:
Yeah I’m surprised that now we fear Lanning.WoolleyDoog said:
We're already scared of Oregon again? Maybe it's time to adopt some of their mindset and not concede losses even when we do lose?houseofpain247 said:
I think we will beat one of Michigan or USC. Probably lose to Oregon. 10-2 should keep us in or around the top 15RoadTrip said:I see 9-3 at best and 7-5 at worst.
Weber St W
Eastern Mich W
Wa St. W
Northwestern W
Rutgers W
Michigan L
Iowa W
Indiana W
USC L
Penn St. W
UCLA W
Oregon L -
Solve for X:
Year 1: 2 losses
Year 2: 1 loss
Year 3: X losses -
I can't wait for year 4.Canadawg said:Solve for X:
Year 1: 2 losses
Year 2: 1 loss
Year 3: X losses -
I’m not sure why you’re getting downvoted, 8-4 seems reasonable. I wouldn’t be happy with 8, but I wouldn’t be shocked. I think 8-10 is the likely rangeFireCohen said:We will be 8-4 next year
