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Why does the fucking retarded Pac-10 media think we will win the P12?
Dennis_DeYoung
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The fact that we didn't win the north last year and we are being picked to win anything is FS. We are fucking losers and Jake Browning is a loser winner. But even he can't change the fact that this season is going to be a curl up job after we get broken in half by Auburn.
I don't get why people think we are going to win anything this year. WE LOST THE P12N TO FUCKING STANFORD LAST YEAR. AND STANFORD LOST TO SDSU!
Christ, just enough with this shit. Our 'big time' wins in the past two glory seasons are beating... wait for it... Stanford at home... and I guess beating Colorado?
WOOHOO!!! WE ARE FUCKING BIG TIME.
I don't get why people think we are going to win anything this year. WE LOST THE P12N TO FUCKING STANFORD LAST YEAR. AND STANFORD LOST TO SDSU!
Christ, just enough with this shit. Our 'big time' wins in the past two glory seasons are beating... wait for it... Stanford at home... and I guess beating Colorado?
WOOHOO!!! WE ARE FUCKING BIG TIME.
Why does the fucking retarded Pac-10 media think we will win the P12? 40 votes
Jake Browning: best player on the field.
57%
23 votes
Offensive Line: We have at least two guys who are both good and healthy!
7%
3 votes
Jimmy Lake: New scheme and new attitude that will help us give up over 30 every game.
0%
Speed. Speed. Speed. Weapons like Pounds are undeniable!
5%
2 votes
Time Of Possession. Bush Hamdan will revamp the offense I'm sure of it!
10%
4 votes
BECAUSE WE FUCKING LOST TO ASU LAST YEAR AND STANFORD WON THE NORTH.
10%
4 votes
Actually we are better than Stanford because we just are and us losing at ASU was just a random piece of BAD LUCK!!
10%
4 votes
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HTH
If the late Don James was Washington football's Vito Corleone, then Chris Petersen is fast establishing himself as Michael. The Huskies' empire seems to be on the return in Petersen's fifth season at the helm, coming off two consecutive double-digit-win seasons. That has not happened in Montlake since James' 1990 and '91 campaigns.
The 2016 campaign marked an especially significant milestone, with Washington winning its first conference championship since the 2000 season, and reaching the College Football Playoff. A return trip to football's final four eluded the Huskies in 2017, but this season's team has the chops to get back there. Washington will go to the mattresses this season with arguably the most talented team in Petersen's tenure.
Three Reasons Washington Will Reach the College Football Playoff in 2018
1. An outstanding offensive line
Before arriving at Washington in December 2013, Chris Petersen established Boise State as a perennial fixture in the top 15 with some of the best offensive line play in college football. He's built Washington with a similar approach, and the 2018 front five should be his best yet.
A pair of high-value NFL draft prospects line up at each tackle position, with All-America candidate Trey Adams aiming to bounce back from a knee injury on the left side; and Kaleb McGary manning the right side. Adams and McGary provide a foundation for a line featuring some new starters on the interior, losing Andrew Kirkland and Coleman Shelton from the 2017 lineup. But with Matt James, Jesse Sosebee and Luke Wattenberg, Washington's offensive line has no shortage of experienced players ready to make key contributions.
So long as the offensive line stays healthy, it's the best the Pac-12 has to offer -- and ranks among the very best in the country. This should translate into success for a multifaceted run game and veteran quarterback, Jake Browning.
2. Dominating defense
Coordinator Pete Kwiatkowski's defense finished in the top rights for points allowed each of the last two seasons. A bevy of NFL talent made the Dawgs' dominance possible, and a considerable portion has indeed gone onto the pros. And yet, the 2018 defense could be Washington's best since Steve Emtman powered the '91 national champions.
Seriously.
Consider the returning starters to what is one of college football's most experienced rotations. The Huskies have back tackles leader, linebacker Ben Burr-Kirven, as well as aggressive pass-rushing presences Tevis Bartlett and Ryan Bowman. The edges will be vulnerable as opposing offensive lines try to solve the massive Greg Gaines' presence on the interior.
Pressure in opposing backfields should translate to turnover opportunities for a secondary that was young last year, but is tested coming into 2018. Expect Byron Murphy to build off an impressive freshman year, while 2016 frosh breakout Taylor Rapp contends for national honors.
3. Balance
Perhaps the most defining trait of the 2018 Washington Huskies is that one facet does not define them. Browning and Myles Gaskin have both shown the capacity for conference Player of the Year-caliber performance, a testament to UW's balance on offense.
However, the defense has been vital to the past two seasons' success. To wit, Rapp and Budda Baker's turnover creation in the 2016 Pac-12 Championship Game saved Washington from an upset bid vs. Colorado.
Meanwhile, one of the best staffs in college football oversee it all. Petersen built on a few seasons of promise at Boise State and turned that program into a national powerhouse. He's parlayed the raw talent Steve Sarkisian stockpiled in Washington into national title viability at Washington. But UW's success isn't simply a byproduct of being coached-up: NFL quality players on both sides of the ball separate Washington from other programs.
Three Reasons Washington Will Not Make the College Football Playoff in 2018
1. Health
The injury bug has not been kind to Washington of late. Jake Browning's Heisman Trophy candidacy in 2016 evaporated commensurate with his sustaining a shoulder injury. Likewise, his inability to throw the deep ball as effectively took away a critical component of the offense in Washington's national semifinal against Alabama.
Last year, Washington lost Chico McClatcher, Trey Adams and Quinten Pounds over the course of the season, badly impacting the potency of the passing game.
Washington is hardly the only team prone to injury. It can befall any squad and mean the difference between any win or loss -- and one win or loss can mean the difference in making the playoff or not.
2. Offensive consistency
Washington has the pieces necessary to put eye-popping numbers on any scoreboard around the Pac-12 (and, for the sake of its playoff chances, Atlanta). However, meeting that potential has not always been easy for the Huskies over the past two seasons.
In losses to USC and Alabama in 2016, Washington scored 13 and seven points. Against Arizona State last October, the Huskies mustered just seven in a confounding defeat that all but eliminated UW from playoff contention.
Certainly health plays a part in Washington's offensive outlook, but the Huskies simply need to find ways to be more effective on offense. Myles Gaskin's return at running back provides a cornerstone, with the explosive Salvon Ahmed capable of a star turn as Washington's change-of-pace option. Losing Dante Pettis hurts the passing attack, so Browning must establish new primary go-to weapons to prevent defenses from stacking the box.
3. Early pitfalls
Washington has an opportunity to assert its position as a national championship contender right out of the gate. The Huskies' Week 1 matchup with reigning SEC West champion Auburn sets the stakes not just for the Dawgs, but the entire Pac-12. Washington's performance in Atlanta might very well dictate the playoff attitudes assigned to the conference, which is a lot of pressure for one team to carry.
The Auburn matchup is ostensibly a road game; two weeks later, the Huskies travel to Salt Lake City for an actual road game vs. Utah. The Utes have come within a score of besting Washington each of the last two seasons, and Kyle Whittingham may have his most balanced team at Utah since joining the conference in 2011.
September will either define Washington as a viable national championship team, or erase the Huskies from the playoff conversation early.
Final Verdict
The peculiarity of last season's Arizona State loss, and the playoff elimination suffered in a defeat at Stanford on a short turnaround, rendered Washington's 2017 campaign something of an afterthought. However, Washington came literally two touchdowns away from a perfect regular season. A weak non-conference schedule and favorable league slate probably would have denied the Huskies a No. 1 seed, but being a No. 2 would have meant playing in the Rose Bowl. There are certainly what-ifs lingering.
Those, coupled with a loss to Penn State in the Fiesta Bowl, have presumably placed a chip the size of Mount Rainier on the Huskies' collective shoulders. Expect to see an angrier Washington football team in 2018, beginning Week 1 against Auburn.
The Huskies can and will make a statement that resonates throughout the season, on the way back to the College Football Playoff.
Rather easily
Stanford is usually always picked second because of their high number of try hard whites.
SC is starting a 17 year old QB and weren't very good with a 1st round QB.
Oregon is on their third coach in three years.
Everyone else is just a cannon fodder program so they're never getting first place votes.
@ Auburn
@ Utah
@ UCLA
@ Oregon
Stanford
I could easily see losses to ASU and @ Cal.
We?'ll be lucky to make a bowl game.
Auburn is going to buttfuck us on national TV though. That's a given. Utah is due, and we never beat UCLA. That's three for sure.
Auburn is a winnable game, but I feel like shit about it because we're still Beta Men until we're not.
We'll go 2-1 against Utah, Oregon and Utah. Don't know which one yet. You'll have to wait for Yella's pre season spectacular which comes out early November like Pup's.