Thinking Back To August

godawgst

The play of the wr's was the #1 question going into the season, and they have blown past even the most optimistic doog.

Pettis is a different player from last year, same for Ross two years ago. Chico has continued his upward trajectory, and Bachelli, Fuller have been more than solid for what they are being asked to do.

Ironically, for the first two years under JS/CP the only consistent production we got in the pass game was from the tight ends, yet if you would have told anyone here what the te's have as a group for catches (around 15 is my guess) after 7 games back in August, we would have thought the offense would have been screwed.

I would love to be a fly on the wall and hear what C.P. in private would say how much of it is Pease versus Hamden and his effect on the group and how much it's the maturity of Jake at qb.

Tequilla

In my wildest dreams, what we're seeing is what I thought was at the edge of being possible ...

Before Spring Practice, I was a little concerned about the WRs and the offense ... watching practice and seeing how dominant the defense was didn't help ...

After seeing about 3 drives against Rutgers and what John Ross brought to the table told me everything with the offense was going to be fine ..

The defense is really fucking good ...

The offense has raised their game practicing against that defense every single day ...

For those that didn't see Stanford and Oregon regressing, you weren't paying attention (although they have arguably regressed far more than one would have thought) ...

PostGameOrangeSlices

doogsinparadise said:

Let's slow the horses down until they beat Utah and USC, then we can say that they'll have actually beat "someone."

Winning at Cal is going to be a lot harder than beating SC at home

ApostleofGrief

Jesus Christ, what a load of doogs! Wait until the next few games before you rack up the natty trophy. They are all eminently losable, with or without those big lines ready to rumble. Playing on the road is still a huge question mark in my mind.

Ice_Holmvik

backthepack said:

RoadDawg55 said:

We were hoping for an above average offense. We ended up getting one of the best offenses in the country.

I read today that Gaskin is leading the PAC 12 in rushing. Browning has the best passer rating of all P-5 QB's. Coleman is leading the country in YPC for anyone with at least 50 carries.

Weak schedule or not, this offense is elite. We played dreck the past two years and the offense was terrible.

This is the best OL since at least 2000, if not '96 or '97. Ross and Pettis ball out every game. The other WR's, especially Chico have played well too.

Can anyone here honestly say they saw this coming?

TTJ said:

Um, no. I expected what we've seen defensively. I did not expect to have the best WR corps and the best OL in the P12. And Coleman -- da fuq did this come from?

A little something called prayer warriors..

DerekJohnson

PurpleJ said:

We don't know for sure if they are good, great, or ELITE yet. So LIPO.

13-0 or GTFO. Then we can find out how good they actually are in the playoffs.

So if they go 13-1 and lose the natty to Bama on a last second 52-yard field goal, you want Petersen to GTFO.

DugtheDoog

bananasnblondes said:

Yes, I expected this.

Petersen's player development has been unreal, and unlike last year, UW doesn't have true freshman at the 3 most important positions on offense. In addition, every other team in the Pac-12 lost a shit load of experience last year.

I lived in Boise for much of Petermen's tenure there. I knew quite a few former players and obviously a lot of fans who followed the program closely. And every time they'd lose a stud to graduation or the NFL, it would boggle my mind that none were concerned because some redshirt junior was going to replace him. Sure enough, some unathletic 4th year white kid from Mountain Home or Weiser with no other offers would step in without noticeable drop-off.

I didn't understand this foreign notion. You expect players to get better every year simply because they're a year older with more experience? Nonsense! I was used to John Timus, Ben Bandels, Greyson Gunheims, James Johnsons, ASJs, Jack Lockners and Nate Fellners being better as freshmen than as juniors. This whole concept was completely foreign to me and I was secretly jealous. Looking back, it really is pathetic that we've? gone 15? 20? 25? fucking years without a coaching staff that made kids significantly better over time on a consistent basis. Guys like Mason Foster who significantly improved (in spite of the coaching staff) were an anomaly.

TierbsHsotBoobs

PostGameOrangeSlices said:

doogsinparadise said:

Let's slow the horses down until they beat Utah and USC, then we can say that they'll have actually beat "someone."

Winning at Cal is going to be a lot harder than beating SC at home

If winning at Cal is hard, the season is over.

TierbsHsotBoobs

DerekJohnson said:

PurpleJ said:

We don't know for sure if they are good, great, or ELITE yet. So LIPO.

13-0 or GTFO. Then we can find out how good they actually are in the playoffs.

So if they go 13-1 and lose the natty to Bama on a last second 52-yard field goal, you want Petersen to GTFO.

Hi.

UW would have already been 14-0 in that scenario.

Doogs hate math.

CFetters_Nacho_Lover

TierbsHsotBoobs said:

DerekJohnson said:

PurpleJ said:

We don't know for sure if they are good, great, or ELITE yet. So LIPO.

13-0 or GTFO. Then we can find out how good they actually are in the playoffs.

So if they go 13-1 and lose the natty to Bama on a last second 52-yard field goal, you want Petersen to GTFO.

Hi.

UW would have already been 14-0 in that scenario.

Doogs hate math.

If you can't tell that @DerekJohnson doesn't deal with hypotheticals around here and didn't know UW would be 14-1 in his scenario then I can't help you.