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  • Homebrew_Dawg
    Homebrew_Dawg Member Posts: 1,652
    tracker said:

    Auburndawg said:

    For obvious reasons, this game is huge for us. But it is just as big for the Idaho Trucking Academy. This is their one shot at a BCS conference opponent. Winning this game is the key to their season.

    On paper, no contest. We recruit a different level athlete than they do. But on the field, Chris Peterson has only lost 8 games in 7 years. And he has never been blown out. His worst loss was to Jake and Ty, 24-10. (And didn't it feel like a corner had been turned that day?) Boise is extremely well coached and they expect to win every game.

    So this game will close and extremely intense. Here is how Auburndawg sees it:

    We lost by 2 in Vegas

    By getting healthy and getting kids like Tanigawa and Jamora back, and returning virtually every starter from last year, we will be improved over last year. Boise, on the other hand, has to replace 40% of their starters. They will be no better, talent wise, maybe a bit worse. Let's say that makes a 7 point difference.

    Home field advantage adds another 7 points.

    Dawgs 34
    Boise 24

    If you combine the comments in this thread with the comments from the "Pole-First Play. . ." thread you'll see that anything is possible with a Sark coached team. . .and that's the problem with the Huskies. No identity. Predicting a game scenario or outcome is a crap-shoot.
    Crap-shoot. Awesome. Is Sark still playing with house money? Is house money what the commemorative coins they intend to give first 20,000 through the gates will be called?
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  • MikeDamone
    MikeDamone Member Posts: 37,781
    If UW wins it will mean something, if not, it will mean something.
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  • Southerndawg
    Southerndawg Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 8,354 Founders Club
    edited August 2013
    IrishDawg22 said:

    Some of the people on here are so hilarious.

    I love how they set this game up as a meaningless win, yet we always hear how Chris Petersen is the next Bear Bryant.

    Maybe some perspective on why this could be a big win:

    1. Opening game of the New Husky stadium
    2. Peterson is 84-8 @ Boise St
    3. Win over Top 25 team to start the season
    4. List some of the early season opponents in the CP era:

    12' = L @ #13 MSU
    11' = W @ #19 Georgia
    10' = W @ #10 Va Tech (technically "neutral site")
    09' = W #16 Oregon
    08' = W @ #17 Oregon
    07' = L @ UW (CP lost to Try Losingham???)
    06' = W Oregon St

    So yes this is a big game and a MUST win for the UW.


    The outcome of this game has no influence on conference standings. From that perspective it means little. One could also argue that this is the first game of the season so neither team will be operating at 100%, but why throw that little turd nugget into the punch bowl.

    Simple fact, Peterson will have BSU ready to play. That is who he is and how his teams play. Also simple fact, we have no fucking idea what Searkeessian is going to roll out, except as history has taught us, it could get boat raced.

    RoadDawg is right about the talent level. It is not the same as the Kellen Moore teams. They are closer to the team that lost @UW in '07. Losing to them, especially at home, means a lot more than beating them. Win this game and all you can say is that the Huskies bettered a rebuilding MWC team at Husky Stadium. Solid win, but this should be a matter of routine. A loss to them means the Huskies are nowhere near taking that "next step". This is another simple fact.
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  • TierbsHsotBoobs
    TierbsHsotBoobs Member Posts: 39,680
    IrishDawg22 said:

    He_Needs_More_Time said:

    IrishDawg22 said:

    Some of the people on here are so hilarious.

    I love how they set this game up as a meaningless win, yet we always hear how Chris Petersen is the next Bear Bryant.

    Maybe some perspective on why this could be a big win:

    1. Opening game of the New Husky stadium
    2. Peterson is 84-8 @ Boise St
    3. Win over Top 25 team to start the season
    4. List some of the early season opponents in the CP era:

    12' = L @ #13 MSU
    11' = W @ #19 Georgia
    10' = W @ #10 Va Tech (technically "neutral site")
    09' = W #16 Oregon
    08' = W @ #17 Oregon
    07' = L @ UW (CP lost to Try Losingham???)
    06' = W Oregon St

    So yes this is a big game and a MUST win for the UW.

    Sark has already proven he can beat quality/decent teams at home(Stanford and Oregon State in 2012, Cal in 2011, Cal in 2009, Arizona in 2009 and USC in 2009).

    To me a "turning the corner" win would be beating Stanford on the road, beating Oregon, winning two of three on the road against UCLA, Oregon State and ASU.
    Turn the corner??? Who said anything about turning the corner?

    If you can't see this is a big game then I can't help you.

    But continue to set it up as a win means NOTHING.
    The original poster said something about turning the corner in the original post.

    In fact, his original post showed just how meaningless a win over Boise State is.

    Hope this helps.
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  • dhdawg
    dhdawg Member Posts: 13,326
    I don't think it means a whole lot in the standings. However, it would be a good momentum builder. Just as a loss would be a tremendous letdown
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  • TierbsHsotBoobs
    TierbsHsotBoobs Member Posts: 39,680
    dhdawg said:

    I don't think it means a whole lot in the standings. However, it would be a good momentum builder. Just as a loss would be a tremendous letdown

    Beating Boise is always a good momentum builder, everybody says so:

    August 31 5:00 PM at Syracuse* Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY ESPN W 42-12 40,329
    September 8 12:30 PM #20 Boise State* Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA FSN W 24-10 70,045
    September 15 12:30 PM #10 Ohio State* Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA ESPN L 14-33 74,927
    September 22 7:30 PM at UCLA Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA FSN L 31-44 72,124
    September 29 5:00 PM #1 USC Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA ABC L 24-27 68,654
    October 13 7:00 PM at #14 Arizona State Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ FSN L 20-44 64,347
    October 20 4:30 PM #7 Oregon Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA FSN L 34-55 66,481
    October 27 12:00 PM Arizona Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA FSN L 41-48 61,124
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  • TierbsHsotBoobs
    TierbsHsotBoobs Member Posts: 39,680
    Fuck...why did EmmertFuckingStupid bring Ty back after that 2007 season anyway?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Washington_Huskies_football_team
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 11,453
    TierbsHsotBoobs said:

    Fuck...why did EmmertFuckingStupid bring Ty back after that 2007 season anyway?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Washington_Huskies_football_team

    That team may have been 4-9 but damn look at those moral victories!
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  • TierbsHsotBoobs
    TierbsHsotBoobs Member Posts: 39,680
    Auburndawg said:

    It is a huge game for two reasons:

    1. Best case scenario, the Oregon game is a toss up. We have to win every other home game to get have the type of season we all want. (Well, everyone other than you.)

    2. Everyone else on the planet would acknowledge the psychological importance of winning this game.

    But I like how you are preemptively moving the goal posts, Hills. If Sark wins its no big deal. If he loses its a disaster. Well played.

    But how was I right the whole time?
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  • Tequilla
    Tequilla Member Posts: 20,172
    TierbsHsotBoobs said:

    Auburndawg said:

    It is a huge game for two reasons:

    1. Best case scenario, the Oregon game is a toss up. We have to win every other home game to get have the type of season we all want. (Well, everyone other than you.)

    2. Everyone else on the planet would acknowledge the psychological importance of winning this game.

    But I like how you are preemptively moving the goal posts, Hills. If Sark wins its no big deal. If he loses its a disaster. Well played.

    But how was I right the whole time?
    Well ... you did say that @Oregon State was a big game ... so that was a bit of a miss. Anytime you consider a game to be big and is cited by KJV as one of the crowning moments of Sark's tenure, you should probably light yourself on fire.
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  • Southerndawg
    Southerndawg Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 8,354 Founders Club
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