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What are the odds we beat Stanford?
Mad_Son
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Since I like to look way down the road instead of at the next game and make grand assumptions like we will beat the teams we should, what are the odds we beat Stanford? I posit that those are the odds we host Gameday against Oregon on October 12. The only real competition is from the Red River Rivalry. The RRR has had Gameday in 2001, 2002, 2008, 2009, and 2011 so they are not always a shoe-in. I think ESPN would like to highlight the new stadium, advertise for Nike, and get a chance to finally go to Seattle before we implode. Of course when Stanford's OL pushes our DL downfield like a blocking sled, our team realizes they are on the road, Stanford seeks revenge, etc, etc this will all be moot but still it was a thought that occurred to me. So 5% chance of Gameday? 81%?
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Also 10 of their 14 games last year were decided by 7 points or less. They obviously will have a strong defense but they lost their leading WR, Taylor, and all the TE's. I know Shaw is high on their running backs and Hogan will be decent behind that line but their pass game is going to struggle against good defenses.
They have the advantage on both lines but they did last year and still lost to us. Now we look like a much better team. If we are going to beat them it will be the same way as last year....we contain their run game just enough and we win because our skill guys make big plays.
In 2012 they only went over 28 4 times. And now minus out Taylor and Ertz, and I think they are going to be average at best on offense. Hogan gets a lot of hype when compared to Nunes, but I don't think he is going to go out and beat you with his arm.
Similar to last year, I think they play a lot of close games. Personally I think ASU is the tougher match up for us.
With it being a road game, I think it is more likely we get plungered then we beat them. They are going to destroy us on the line and I don't think our speed will be enough. They did fine against Oregon last year. It is a terrible match up for us despite beating them last year, and them not being explosive on offense. Look at the couple of years before last year... We got plungered every time, and last year was about the luckiest win I have ever seen outside of the 2009 Arizona game. Nunes and #88 gift wrapped it for us.
I think our no huddle offense can give Stanford fits as Oregon has given them problems in three of the four years with that same offense.
We play Arizona the week before, so we might be a bit gassed. Stanford plays WSU the week before, which last year was a surprise but not likely to be overlooked this year. So Stanford will be better rested for a game that looks to be a tough one. Our DL will get stuffed.
Yes, all of us would have said this last year, and the 2012 win against Stanford was the shock of the year. But I can't see it happening two years in a row, especially 1. Because they have a solid QB now, and 2. It is in their house.
We won't know what this year's version of Stanford is made of until they play a few games. The same is true of every other team in the conference including UW. However, Stanford had the best team in the conference last year, winning both the conference title and the Rose Bowl, and they've retained far more pieces from that team than they've lost. Based on how they finished last year and the key players they have returning I suspect they will be formidable, maybe as good or better than they were last year. It is likely there will be no team in the PAC that can match them along the line of scrimmage, and it is also likely that they will have the best front seven on defense in the conference. If those things pan out for them, they are going to be very tough, and with their schedule, playing their toughest opponents at home, they will be in great shape to win another conference title.
Odds of beating them? Maybe 19% .... or better yet, LIPO