Petersen Pissed Away the Utah Game, but he won't Admit it
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I haven't paid enough attention to who returns and who doesn't next year to figure it out.Doogles said:
He needs to win the north next year.Tequilla said:Petersen can't get out of this season without some flags ... there are issues that need to be addressed.
But the good still outweigh the bad. The trends are still far more positive than not.
Barring an absolute disaster next season, he'll still be around for Year 4. It's the next 2 years that are going to really define what we have in Petersen going forward. He can't slip up next year and go 7-5 or whatever. That won't be good enough. But he definitely needs to get past the 8-4 or 9-3 measure and at least win the North in the next 2 years to really maintain the "all is well" mindset.
The only way it's acceptable if he doesn't if it's a 1 loss situation like when Andrew Luck and Harbaugh had to go to the Orange Bowl and the Ducks played for the Natty. I don't think any teams in the north are really primed to be elite next year so I don't see it playing out like that.
Win it next year.
Stanford will still be a tough out ... helps that we get them at home. Not completely sure how Oregon and the Cougs will be. I expect Cal to take a massive step back.
But to think that we could be looking at a 7-2 or better season in the conference next year would make a lot of sense. -
Wazzu will actually be one of the tougher teams next year. I agree the usual suspects of Stanford and Oregon will be the ones to watch, but both are going to be breaking in new QBs and that could be the difference. In Oregon's case, if they go with Lockie we know he sucks, so it's him or a frosh/soph with little to know experience.
Stanford's backup was a highly ranked kid, but who knows how that plays out. They'll still have Mccaffery and Line play to fall back on though.
Cal will plummet. OSU is still way behind athletically. We should be better than Cuog.
It's going to come down to the game in Eugene. Petersen has walked in there before and done it. If he has any of that 92-12 Boise magic left, he'll need to show it at Autzen. -
It's special talking about next year during this year. It's just so irritating.
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The future will be speshul!Doogles said:It's special talking about next year during this year. It's just so irritating.
UW football since 2001. -
Reason it is hard to peg Oregon is because I fully expect that they will go grad transfer route again ... I seriously doubt that there's a single QB on their roster they are interested in handing the keys over to at this point.
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"In a game where Jake Browning (a struggling, pure freshman quarterback) was starting, and with monsoon conditions at Husky Stadium, one would think Petersen would show some conservative intelligence.
Why didn't Myles Gaskin start at tailback? Not only is he dynamic, but he's proved he can protect the football.
But no! For baffling reasons, Petersen starts Dwayne Washington, a running back with a well-documented history of fumbling away the football. And Mr. Washington fumbled twice in the first half, including one that was returned directly for a touchdown."
Utah has the 17th ranked run defense in the country and the 92nd ranked pass defense. Dwayne is a much better asset in the passing game (315 yards vs 5 for Gaskin). I can find only one other instance of him losing a fumble this year (maybe there are more he recovered, I'm not sure). -
Valid poonts...KnocksvilleE said:"In a game where Jake Browning (a struggling, pure freshman quarterback) was starting, and with monsoon conditions at Husky Stadium, one would think Petersen would show some conservative intelligence.
Why didn't Myles Gaskin start at tailback? Not only is he dynamic, but he's proved he can protect the football.
But no! For baffling reasons, Petersen starts Dwayne Washington, a running back with a well-documented history of fumbling away the football. And Mr. Washington fumbled twice in the first half, including one that was returned directly for a touchdown."
Utah has the 17th ranked run defense in the country and the 92nd ranked pass defense. Dwayne is a much better asset in the passing game (315 yards vs 5 for Gaskin). I can find only one other instance of him losing a fumble this year (maybe there are more he recovered, I'm not sure).
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Funny how the defense has young starters and key subs, yet aren't out there fucking the dog.PurpleJ said:
Race. We have a GREAT defense and the offense is only struggling because they are YOUNG. You are the worst type of Huskie fan.RaceBannon said:We want a need a great coach. Period end of fucking story. Not interested in seeing if Petersen can improve to mediocre.
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Nope:doogsinparadise said:
Funny how the defense has young starters and key subs, yet aren't out there fucking the dog.PurpleJ said:
Race. We have a GREAT defense and the offense is only struggling because they are YOUNG. You are the worst type of Huskie fan.RaceBannon said:We want a need a great coach. Period end of fucking story. Not interested in seeing if Petersen can improve to mediocre.
Defensive starters: 4 SRs, 2 JRs, 5 SOs, 0 FR
Offensive starters: 3 SRs, 1 JR, 4 SOs, 3 FR (including QB, RB, and LT)
Offense is a hell of a lot younger than Defense
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Yup, let's have our average at best offense rush against the 17th ranked run defense instead of passing against the 92nd ranked pass defense. We would all make better coordinators than Smith.PurpleBaze said:
Valid poonts...KnocksvilleE said:"In a game where Jake Browning (a struggling, pure freshman quarterback) was starting, and with monsoon conditions at Husky Stadium, one would think Petersen would show some conservative intelligence.
Why didn't Myles Gaskin start at tailback? Not only is he dynamic, but he's proved he can protect the football.
But no! For baffling reasons, Petersen starts Dwayne Washington, a running back with a well-documented history of fumbling away the football. And Mr. Washington fumbled twice in the first half, including one that was returned directly for a touchdown."
Utah has the 17th ranked run defense in the country and the 92nd ranked pass defense. Dwayne is a much better asset in the passing game (315 yards vs 5 for Gaskin). I can find only one other instance of him losing a fumble this year (maybe there are more he recovered, I'm not sure).
Now,
LEAVE!!
