The Huskies are in the playoff race
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what's wrong with creeping into the playoffs?
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If UW wins out they are 3rd in the B1G unless Michigan fucks Ohio State again
Oregon needs to beat Iowa and its lined up
I just explained it
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With all due respect, it's really hard to respect that take. "I would rather look good and try and (somewhat fraudulently) convince people I'm elite than take a image risk by trying to do something actually good and become actually elite."
But you're not the only one around here who thinks that way, so you're far from alone. And doogman is a forum basically comprised of that population.
It's loser'ish though. Sorry, but it is. You play to win not hope you get some matchup that you can brag about years later when nobody remembers that the big name you played actually kinda sucked that year.
And, no, I'm not saying that because you used Miami in your example.
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A lot of those two loss teams would have worse resumes, and a lot of them will lose.
I don't think a single two loss team would have a better resume than UW if UW wins out.
Also, fuck off
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The UCLA talk is crazy to me unless you want to get paid, enjoy the weather and have no expectations. That place is a project now and Washington is a way better job if you're a real coach.
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I get the we don't want to sneak in and get blown out thought, but I think you're overvaluing the teams that will be around the 5 and 6 seed. Ohio State and Indiana are the only teams this year which have shown the consistent ability to blow out decent teams. Alabama and Georgia for example have constantly played down to opponents. Mississippi and A&M are crazy suspect. Then you have the Big 12 drek.
This isn't 2023 where you have teams like the Georgia and Oregon teams of that year hanging out at 5 who would shovelfuck this UW team, especially in their home stadium. This field doesn't even have a 2024 Ohio State lurking at 8.
The Playoffs are all that matters. Get there and see what happens and it's not like we are 2023 where it will be the end of a run, Even if UW gets bullied on the road the narrative will be look out for this team, and Demond in 2026 (at Florida).
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If they're already ahead of UW, how will they have worse resumes?
UW plays 3 awful teams and 1 maybe good team. I'm confident Oregon will lose at least once before the game in Seattle.
I just think there are way too many "this needs to happen" outcomes not involving UW just winning out for it to make the playoff.
You all should be pissed at the pollsters. UW sitting outside the top 25 for so long created a recency bias that spilled over inti the CFP rankings.
Frigging Utah is #13 at 7-2. Is there a reason Utah is 10 spots ahead of UW? Blown out by Texas Tech. Couldn't beat Y at home. Look at the other 2 loss teams. Try to make sense of it. I can't, except for Oklahoma.
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Find one single example where I ever said "don't pay DeBoer" or "hire a cheaper coach"
You can't
You never will be able to find me advocating for that
Anybody that pays attention will be able to readily conclude that I'm not a fan nor friend of the UW Athletic Department, its Administration, or upper campus.
Of course, since you're asleep at the wheel as usual living in your own delusion you wouldn't be able to recognize that
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This obviously is a roster that has enough gaps that it isn't winning 4 games in the CFP … we all should see that
There's a lot of comparables to the 2022 roster at this point … so the "getting in" part would be a positive in helping to identify what is needed for 2026 to actually make a run if we were to get in at that point
If the standard is thinking that anything less than a national championship is success then you're going to find yourself disappointed quite often.
There's a path for this team to finish the year in the Top 10-15 range … given what this roster looked like in the 2024 offseason getting back to that range in the matter of 12-18 months is worth acknowledging and viewing as a success
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10 years ago I'm absolutely agreeing with you
Today … I think we have to be very realistic about what the implications of losing a coach are in this world of college football where you aren't just losing your coach but often very significant portions of one's roster.
While it's fair to counter that by saying that you'll likely get a good chunk of the roster from whatever coach you end up hiring, I'd say it is very unlikely in how deep this years coaching carousal is that UW would be at the top of the list and wouldn't take a step back if they were to lose Jedd and effectively start over closer to what 2024 looked like.
I have no illusions that Jedd will eventually leave … but hopefully we can have a couple of really good years of success before he does leave and when he leaves it is heading to the NFL instead of elsewhere in college
