Cal Favored @ Washington
Goff sprained his ankle but sounds like it was minor. BB's looked more serious against Utah State but hopefully he started getting treatment immediately and will be ready for Cal's passing attacking.
Probably their most significant injury is a leg injury to Devante Wilson (bounce-back from USC, picked Cal over us coming out of JC). He may be their best pass rusher and it hurts their DL depth.
I had thought this game would be a pick' em. The public is probably overrating Cal's win over a Texas team that is still trying to find its identity while dealing with the slippage from Mack Brown's last couple of years.
Maybe the sharps will come in at the end of the week and push it down to UW +3.
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Ballbag put millions on Cal skewing the line
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I love that we're home dogs ... love even more that the line is getting pushed more in that direction.
Generally rule is to beware of the home dog particularly when that dog has the better defense.
And finally, we beat Cal 31-7 last year at their place with Cyler Miles at QB. I don't see our defense being materially worse year to year. Browning should be an upgrade over Miles. Is Cal really 24+ points better than us in 12 months? I don't think so. -
Lucky for us Cal isn't in the South, they are loaded you know.RaceBannon said:Ballbag put millions on Cal skewing the line
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This is the kind of game that has always tripped Washington up in the past. Just when momemtum is going their way, they shit the bed. It's probably different with Peterson, but I'm taking Cal (still ranked too high) until shown otherwise.Tequilla said:I love that we're home dogs ... love even more that the line is getting pushed more in that direction.
Generally rule is to beware of the home dog particularly when that dog has the better defense.
And finally, we beat Cal 31-7 last year at their place with Cyler Miles at QB. I don't see our defense being materially worse year to year. Browning should be an upgrade over Miles. Is Cal really 24+ points better than us in 12 months? I don't think so. -
On the other hand it is also the kind of game that trips up Cal. Fresh off a big win over Texas they come to their house of horrors.greenblood said:
This is the kind of game that has always tripped Washington up in the past. Just when momemtum is going their way, they shit the bed. It's probably different with Peterson, but I'm taking Cal (still ranked too high) until shown otherwise.Tequilla said:I love that we're home dogs ... love even more that the line is getting pushed more in that direction.
Generally rule is to beware of the home dog particularly when that dog has the better defense.
And finally, we beat Cal 31-7 last year at their place with Cyler Miles at QB. I don't see our defense being materially worse year to year. Browning should be an upgrade over Miles. Is Cal really 24+ points better than us in 12 months? I don't think so. -
Don James needed a miracle to escape Berkeley with a W in 1991...Peterson's going to need some of that same magic Saturday.
Regardless of what the old fat man says, I'm not a Cal fan at all...i fucking hate them...but their offense is dangerous regardless of how bad their defense is. -
Just because they had your team beat last year is no reason to get all out of sorts. 31-7 at Cal. UW wins easilyBallSacked said:Don James needed a miracle to escape Berkeley with a W in 1991...Peterson's going to need some of that same magic Saturday.
Regardless of what the old fat man says, I'm not a Cal fan at all...i fucking hate them...but their offense is dangerous regardless of how bad their defense is.
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Well take some of your social security money and bingo winnings and place a wager then.RaceBannon said:
Just because they had your team beat last year is no reason to get all out of sorts. 31-7 at Cal. UW wins easilyBallSacked said:Don James needed a miracle to escape Berkeley with a W in 1991...Peterson's going to need some of that same magic Saturday.
Regardless of what the old fat man says, I'm not a Cal fan at all...i fucking hate them...but their offense is dangerous regardless of how bad their defense is.
Sounds like you do care
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That game was hard fought but how was it a miracle?BallSacked said:Don James needed a miracle to escape Berkeley with a W in 1991...Peterson's going to need some of that same magic Saturday.
Regardless of what the old fat man says, I'm not a Cal fan at all...i fucking hate them...but their offense is dangerous regardless of how bad their defense is.
We needed a miracle in the '93 game at Cal, coming back from a 23-3 deficit. But not in 1991. -
I'm waiting for all the Bears and Bruins to push it to 17 points
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I was trolling your senior citizen buddy. HTH.DerekJohnson said:
That game was hard fought but how was it a miracle?BallSacked said:Don James needed a miracle to escape Berkeley with a W in 1991...Peterson's going to need some of that same magic Saturday.
Regardless of what the old fat man says, I'm not a Cal fan at all...i fucking hate them...but their offense is dangerous regardless of how bad their defense is.
We needed a miracle in the '93 game at Cal, coming back from a 23-3 deficit. But not in 1991.
The real miracle is DJ got to avoid Terry Donahue that season. Terry Donahue owned DJ, even though TD was a mediocre coach. -
^ is it Friday yet?
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I might change my pick simply if Cal fans consider a win at Texas (2010-Present) big. Fans with that low of expectations have been institutionalized by loser mentality.RaceBannon said:
On the other hand it is also the kind of game that trips up Cal. Fresh off a big win over Texas they come to their house of horrors.greenblood said:
This is the kind of game that has always tripped Washington up in the past. Just when momemtum is going their way, they shit the bed. It's probably different with Peterson, but I'm taking Cal (still ranked too high) until shown otherwise.Tequilla said:I love that we're home dogs ... love even more that the line is getting pushed more in that direction.
Generally rule is to beware of the home dog particularly when that dog has the better defense.
And finally, we beat Cal 31-7 last year at their place with Cyler Miles at QB. I don't see our defense being materially worse year to year. Browning should be an upgrade over Miles. Is Cal really 24+ points better than us in 12 months? I don't think so. -
UW has won something like 20 out of the last 25?
I expect a traditional UW home game against Cal -> fall behind by 17 points, then UW scores 21 in the 4th Q. -
We should beat Cal because they still suck, but this is ridiculous. Cal played their worst game of the season on offense against us last year. Against defenses just as good or better, they performed much better.Tequilla said:I love that we're home dogs ... love even more that the line is getting pushed more in that direction.
Generally rule is to beware of the home dog particularly when that dog has the better defense.
And finally, we beat Cal 31-7 last year at their place with Cyler Miles at QB. I don't see our defense being materially worse year to year. Browning should be an upgrade over Miles. Is Cal really 24+ points better than us in 12 months? I don't think so. -
So you're saying that Cal sucked last year because of Cal and not at all because anything UW did? Is that what you are saying?RoadDawg55 said:
We should beat Cal because they still suck, but this is ridiculous. Cal played their worst game of the season on offense against us last year. Against defenses just as good or better, they performed much better.Tequilla said:I love that we're home dogs ... love even more that the line is getting pushed more in that direction.
Generally rule is to beware of the home dog particularly when that dog has the better defense.
And finally, we beat Cal 31-7 last year at their place with Cyler Miles at QB. I don't see our defense being materially worse year to year. Browning should be an upgrade over Miles. Is Cal really 24+ points better than us in 12 months? I don't think so. -
We will beat Cal by 10+
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Goff's a good QB but I'm not sure that I'd say that they really push the ball down the field much. Last week, their longest completion was 24 yards. They are much more a quick throw team that relies on some yards after the catch.
If you go look back at last year's game, we did 3 things particularly well on defense:
1) We stuffed the Cal running game making it a non-factor
2) We tackled well after the catch and limited explosive plays
3) We were able to take away some of the quick throws that led to the DL having the time to get after Goff
If you look at the games so far this year, we stuffed Boise for 3.5 yards per carry. Utah St averaged 2.8 yards per carry. I'm fairly confident in our ability to slow Cal's running game down.
And, not that this means anything against the game per se, but Washington has covered now 6 of the last 8 games. The only games not covered were the bowl game stink fest and the UCLA game last year where Kikaha got hurt early in the game. This is a team that isn't sexy and sexy teams generally don't get bet up by the public ... but the sharps like them. In contrast, Cal has the QB and is a sexy pick ... they aren't covering at a high rate.
No question Cal can win the game. But it should be close. And in that event, give me the home team that has the better defense. UW wins 27-24. -
If Donahue was a mediocre coach, what good coaches have been employed by the University of California, Southern Branch?BallSacked said:
I was trolling your senior citizen buddy. HTH.DerekJohnson said:
That game was hard fought but how was it a miracle?BallSacked said:Don James needed a miracle to escape Berkeley with a W in 1991...Peterson's going to need some of that same magic Saturday.
Regardless of what the old fat man says, I'm not a Cal fan at all...i fucking hate them...but their offense is dangerous regardless of how bad their defense is.
We needed a miracle in the '93 game at Cal, coming back from a 23-3 deficit. But not in 1991.
The real miracle is DJ got to avoid Terry Donahue that season. Terry Donahue owned DJ, even though TD was a mediocre coach.
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Bob Toledo, of course... how could you forget?AZDuck said:
If Donahue was a mediocre coach, what good coaches have been employed by the University of California, Southern Branch?BallSacked said:
I was trolling your senior citizen buddy. HTH.DerekJohnson said:
That game was hard fought but how was it a miracle?BallSacked said:Don James needed a miracle to escape Berkeley with a W in 1991...Peterson's going to need some of that same magic Saturday.
Regardless of what the old fat man says, I'm not a Cal fan at all...i fucking hate them...but their offense is dangerous regardless of how bad their defense is.
We needed a miracle in the '93 game at Cal, coming back from a 23-3 deficit. But not in 1991.
The real miracle is DJ got to avoid Terry Donahue that season. Terry Donahue owned DJ, even though TD was a mediocre coach.
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Dick Vermeil. And probably some really old fuck that is Races age.AZDuck said:
If Donahue was a mediocre coach, what good coaches have been employed by the University of California, Southern Branch?BallSacked said:
I was trolling your senior citizen buddy. HTH.DerekJohnson said:
That game was hard fought but how was it a miracle?BallSacked said:Don James needed a miracle to escape Berkeley with a W in 1991...Peterson's going to need some of that same magic Saturday.
Regardless of what the old fat man says, I'm not a Cal fan at all...i fucking hate them...but their offense is dangerous regardless of how bad their defense is.
We needed a miracle in the '93 game at Cal, coming back from a 23-3 deficit. But not in 1991.
The real miracle is DJ got to avoid Terry Donahue that season. Terry Donahue owned DJ, even though TD was a mediocre coach.
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Vermeil's best record at UCLA was 9-2-1 with a Rose Bowel win. That's good.
Donahue with 10-1-1 in 1982 (and won the Rose Bowl)
He also went 9-2-1 in 1985 (and won the Rose Bowl)
He also went 10-2 in 1988 (and won the Cotton Bowl)
The old man name you might be looking for is Henry Sanders, who went 66-19-1 over 8 years, invented the UCLA uniforms as we used to know them before Adidas fucked them up this year, and was responsible for UCLA's only Heisman winner and national championship -
UCLA History Knowledge Superiority GuyAZDuck said:Vermeil's best record at UCLA was 9-2-1 with a Rose Bowel win. That's good.
Donahue with 10-1-1 in 1982 (and won the Rose Bowl)
He also went 9-2-1 in 1985 (and won the Rose Bowl)
He also went 10-2 in 1988 (and won the Cotton Bowl)
The old man name you might be looking for is Henry Sanders, who went 66-19-1 over 8 years, invented the UCLA uniforms as we used to know them before Adidas fucked them up this year, and was responsible for UCLA's only Heisman winner and national championship -
Cal fucking sucks.
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Not putting money down until auburndawg releases the fearless Friday forecast.
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Well it's not like he had an Oregon history to study and learn when he became a college football fan in 1994Southerndawg said:
UCLA History Knowledge Superiority GuyAZDuck said:Vermeil's best record at UCLA was 9-2-1 with a Rose Bowel win. That's good.
Donahue with 10-1-1 in 1982 (and won the Rose Bowl)
He also went 9-2-1 in 1985 (and won the Rose Bowl)
He also went 10-2 in 1988 (and won the Cotton Bowl)
The old man name you might be looking for is Henry Sanders, who went 66-19-1 over 8 years, invented the UCLA uniforms as we used to know them before Adidas fucked them up this year, and was responsible for UCLA's only Heisman winner and national championship -
Henry Red Sandeds also was found dead from a heart attack in a motel with prostitute a few years after he won a NATTY. You should have read the full Wikipedia Page. F for effort, fag.AZDuck said:Vermeil's best record at UCLA was 9-2-1 with a Rose Bowel win. That's good.
Donahue with 10-1-1 in 1982 (and won the Rose Bowl)
He also went 9-2-1 in 1985 (and won the Rose Bowl)
He also went 10-2 in 1988 (and won the Cotton Bowl)
The old man name you might be looking for is Henry Sanders, who went 66-19-1 over 8 years, invented the UCLA uniforms as we used to know them before Adidas fucked them up this year, and was responsible for UCLA's only Heisman winner and national championship
Donahue was mediocre. Most broon fans view him as a slightly more than 'okay'. In the 80s and 90s UCLA/SC/UW all took turns dominating the conference, the difference between Donahue and Don James is TD never made it to a natty with Troy Aikman. Those teams were loaded top to bottom. Also his down years in between QBs usually got real bad. His teams were also very conservative. -
I'm saying last year doesn't fucking matter.Tequilla said:
So you're saying that Cal sucked last year because of Cal and not at all because anything UW did? Is that what you are saying?RoadDawg55 said:
We should beat Cal because they still suck, but this is ridiculous. Cal played their worst game of the season on offense against us last year. Against defenses just as good or better, they performed much better.Tequilla said:I love that we're home dogs ... love even more that the line is getting pushed more in that direction.
Generally rule is to beware of the home dog particularly when that dog has the better defense.
And finally, we beat Cal 31-7 last year at their place with Cyler Miles at QB. I don't see our defense being materially worse year to year. Browning should be an upgrade over Miles. Is Cal really 24+ points better than us in 12 months? I don't think so. -
This is a quality flamewhatshouldicareabout said:
Well it's not like he had an Oregon history to study and learn when he became a college football fan in 1994Southerndawg said:
UCLA History Knowledge Superiority GuyAZDuck said:Vermeil's best record at UCLA was 9-2-1 with a Rose Bowel win. That's good.
Donahue with 10-1-1 in 1982 (and won the Rose Bowl)
He also went 9-2-1 in 1985 (and won the Rose Bowl)
He also went 10-2 in 1988 (and won the Cotton Bowl)
The old man name you might be looking for is Henry Sanders, who went 66-19-1 over 8 years, invented the UCLA uniforms as we used to know them before Adidas fucked them up this year, and was responsible for UCLA's only Heisman winner and national championship
This is notBallSacked said:
Henry Red Sandeds also was found dead from a heart attack in a motel with prostitute a few years after he won a NATTY. You should have read the full Wikipedia Page. F for effort, fag.AZDuck said:Vermeil's best record at UCLA was 9-2-1 with a Rose Bowel win. That's good.
Donahue with 10-1-1 in 1982 (and won the Rose Bowl)
He also went 9-2-1 in 1985 (and won the Rose Bowl)
He also went 10-2 in 1988 (and won the Cotton Bowl)
The old man name you might be looking for is Henry Sanders, who went 66-19-1 over 8 years, invented the UCLA uniforms as we used to know them before Adidas fucked them up this year, and was responsible for UCLA's only Heisman winner and national championship
Donahue was mediocre. Most broon fans view him as a slightly more than 'okay'. In the 80s and 90s UCLA/SC/UW all took turns dominating the conference, the difference between Donahue and Don James is TD never made it to a natty with Troy Aikman. Those teams were loaded top to bottom. Also his down years in between QBs usually got real bad. His teams were also very conservative. -
@Tequilla's pick of 27-24 was exactly what I was thinking.
Now I'm really looking forward to the O / U coming out. I'd guess it will be 66 with the under being enticing.
