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My site has Arizona at -4. Does that mean that Arizona was very overrated going into the Pac-12 Championship game (beat Kal on a hail mary, should've lost to UW, looked terrible against Oregon in the rematch) or that CP left a very good team in BSU?
Or is it a combo of both?
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Plus their new coach (Bryan Harsin) was Petersen's former OC from 2006-2010 so Harsin was able to step back into the program and even coach guys again he had recruited when he was BSU's OC....nearly a seamless change compared to the one we had between Dude Brah and CP.
I know we lose a lot from our OL and front 7 but we return pretty much all of our skill guys, 3 year starter Dex Charles at LG, Coleman Shelton at OT (has started 7 games this year), and C/OG Tufunga got 4 starts when Charles went down.
On D, we'll obviously take a step back after losing Shelton, Kikaha, and Thompson but at least we have Qualls, Mathis, and Dissly waiting in the wings on the DL and Feeney, Littleton, and Lawyer are back at LB.
The biggest question may be if Jaylen Johnson will be the answer at Buck to replace Kikaha?
Our secondary will be good next year after this year's trial by fire. It actually may be very good if John Ross stays at DB, Jermaine Kelly bounces back from injury, and JC Zeke Turner provides some thump at SS.
Washington returns a mediocre QB and a turned-over front seven. Petersen and staff will be fully fired up for the game, but it's tough to believe that the UW players will be as excited as the BSU players. The game will get a lot of attention for the Petersen return, and will be the #2 Pac-12 game of the weekend behind ASU/TAMU. That's why I think BSU will be favored.
That could change on bowl performances. But I think BSU beating Arizona weighs more than Washington beating OkSt.
I expect a good game, but anyone thinking UW was going to waltz in and blow them out is foolish.
If you're looking at what the teams are on paper as of today, I think BSU will be favored and ranked in the top 25 next year to start the year. Especially if they beat zona as stupid as that sounds it does have a lasting effect on voters for the following preseason poll.
Arizona's D actually looked decent for the first 20-25 minutes against Oregon but the offense sucking so hard hung them out to dry and they couldn't sustain it. The fumble on the kickoff return didn't help either.
I definitely agree about UW beating OKie State meaning less if BSU beats Arizona.