Husky Fan Podcast: A Major Debate then 2 minutes on Arizona
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It wasn't right about Florida St lol, come on Chest be reasonable. SRS has its place but to say it should 'be weighed right along with W/L' is crazy talk.
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Of course you think we are going 4-1 you think we are going to win every week.Tequilla said:Fair point about Cooper. But up to that point in his career, he had not fumbled the football in his entire career. Washington (the starter) has a history of fumbling problems and Coleman was a freshman. I get it from your perspective. I get it from the coaches perspective as well. I tend to chalk that up to winning players/teams making winnings plays and losing players/teams make losing plays.
Regarding 4-1 to end the year, what part of that is LOL worthy?
Arizona, Washington State, and Oregon State are either comparable to, or significantly worse than, Utah State from a SOS perspective. Neither of these 3 teams have beat anybody worth a damn. The Cougs best win is either at Arizona or Oregon (missing 2 of its most important offensive players). Arizona's 5 wins have been against teams with SRS of 90 or below + a D2 win. Oregon State's only D1 win was against 102nd ranked San Jose St. These are 3 TERRIBLE football teams.
Arizona State is a team that has talent but can't seem to get out of its own way. Statistically, they are good in areas but outside of the UCLA game this year, they've lost by 2 scores to the 3 semi-legit teams that they played this year and allowed an Oregon team that statistically they beat up to beat them at home in a game that they went into the game thinking it was a win or else game. Follow that up with a trip to Pullman next weekend (in what could very well be a loss) and you may have a team that is quickly throwing in the towel on a season where some picked them for national championship aspirations.
Utah's a good football team. But they can be offensively challenged and the defense has a good chance to keep the game close. Of the 5 games remaining, this would be the game that I don't think that we win.
Sure we could go 4-1. But 3-2 is most likely followed by 2-3 followed by 4-1.
Play around with the odds. Most optimistic 15-18% chance of 4 or more wins here on out. -
Just think if Emmert had hire Mora back in '07. Then we'd be sitting here complaining about how Mora was taking us back to another Cotton Bowl instead of the Rose Bowl.
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SRS had FSU at #8 last year. They lost by 40 points in the playoff. Of course they were going to make the playoff but the metrics argued that they were clearly not a top 4 team.Gladstone said:It wasn't right about Florida St lol, come on Chest be reasonable. SRS has its place but to say it should 'be weighed right along with W/L' is crazy talk.
Win, nothing else matters.
Ultimately W/L is all that matters. But when evaluating a new tenure or rebuild, SRS and other metrics are equally as important over the first few years. That stuff will be less important a few years from now. -
They weren't right about Florida State. The game got away in the second half. They were a good team.HeretoBeatmyChest said:
SRS had FSU at #8 last year. They lost by 40 points in the playoff. Of course they were going to make the playoff but the metrics argued that they were clearly not a top 4 team.Gladstone said:It wasn't right about Florida St lol, come on Chest be reasonable. SRS has its place but to say it should 'be weighed right along with W/L' is crazy talk.
Win, nothing else matters.
Ultimately W/L is all that matters. But when evaluating a new tenure or rebuild, SRS and other metrics are equally as important over the first few years. That stuff will be less important a few years from now.
Arkansas never would have went undefeated in the ACC. And SRS couldn't have been more wrong about Arkansas. That's something I pointed out multiple times.
SRS says UW sucks. Being ranked 41 is nothing to celebrate.
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Yeah but we wouldn't be able to self righteously claim we?re not racistDerekJohnson said:Just think if Emmert had hire Mora back in '07. Then we'd be sitting here complaining about how Mora was taking us back to another Cotton Bowl instead of the Rose Bowl.
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From my research guy. Yes I have a guy.
List of coaches in first two years who did not exceed win total of team the year before they came:
Woody Hayes at Ohio State
John McKay at USC
Barry Switzer at Oklahoma
Tom Osborne at Nebraska
Phillip Fulmer at Tennessee
Johnny Majors at Tennessee
Charles McClendon at LSU
Terry Donahue at UCLA
Duffy Daugherty at Michigan State
Jimmy Johnson at Miami
Dennis Erickson at Miami
Butch Davis at Miami
Bobby Ross at Georgia Tech
Jim Owens at Washington
Jackie Sherrill at Pittsburgh
Bobby Petrino at Arkansas
David Shaw at Stanford
John Ralston at Stanford
Mike Bellotti at Oregon
Rich Brooks at Oregon
Danny Ford at Clemson
Some of them tied win total but did not match it.
