Welcome to the Hardcore Husky Forums. Folks who are well-known in Cyberland and not that dumb.
UCLA
RoadDawg55
Member Posts: 30,392 
I'm coming down on them a little bit. They've had a decent amount of guys drafted. They have lost their best defensive player, best OL (their OL was pretty bad last year), best WR, a DL (Marsh), and a good college LB in Zumwalt. I think UW and UCLA were pretty comparable teams last year. They were talented, but flawed. The difference in the game was turnovers and Mora being a superior coach to Sark. I think we probably would have beaten them at home.
UCLA should be the favorite to win the South, but those are pretty important guys to lose for a top 10 team. I think Hundley is good, and will be better this year. The young OL and young secondary should both be better (their weakness last year), and Jack is obviously a beast. Mora's teams will always play hard and be tough. Mora has recruited very well, but many of their best players are still young. If we get good QB play and the secondary isn't a complete dreckfest, we could be better than them. I may be riding a doog wave down here in LA, but I actually have more faith in Petersen than I would in Mora. It's tough to say that with too much conviction though because I think both are quality coaches. I have seen posters call the UCLA game a likely loss, but I think we win that game at home. That could change after watching the first 5 games, but I think we are as good as them.
UCLA should be the favorite to win the South, but those are pretty important guys to lose for a top 10 team. I think Hundley is good, and will be better this year. The young OL and young secondary should both be better (their weakness last year), and Jack is obviously a beast. Mora's teams will always play hard and be tough. Mora has recruited very well, but many of their best players are still young. If we get good QB play and the secondary isn't a complete dreckfest, we could be better than them. I may be riding a doog wave down here in LA, but I actually have more faith in Petersen than I would in Mora. It's tough to say that with too much conviction though because I think both are quality coaches. I have seen posters call the UCLA game a likely loss, but I think we win that game at home. That could change after watching the first 5 games, but I think we are as good as them.
Comments
-
You were pretty down on them heading into last year too.
-
Just because they were so young. I think they will be good. I'm not sure if I'm buying top 10 good. The OL will need to take a big step and those are important guys to lose off the front 7, compared to UW where the only guy lost is Fuimaono who was a middling player.dnc said:You were pretty down on them heading into last year too.
They definitely have the edge at QB at this point, which is obviously huge, but I think we stack up well with them after that. We should have the superior OL and DL. -
RoadDawg, I was feeling the same way. I know they return the most starters of any team in conference but holy fuck they've lost a ton of talent.
They are still my runaway pick to win the South though. -
I would be surprised if they didn't win the South. ASU lost almost their whole defense. USC has Sark and a shitty OL, and Arizona lost Carey and will probably be 7-8 win team that their program is destined to be.He_Needs_More_Time said:RoadDawg, I was feeling the same way. I know they return the most starters of any team in conference but holy fuck they've lost a ton of talent.
They are still my runaway pick to win the South though.
UCLA got kind of fucked with the schedule too. The two teams they miss are Oregon State and WSU. USC gets to miss Oregon and UW (this pisses me off). I still think UCLA wins the South, but I thought that was interesting and something to watch.
-
That's why I think Sark is in trouble. I think this team isn't very good and the next two years he replaces the Beavers and Cougs with Huskies and Ducks.RoadDawg55 said:
I would be surprised if they didn't win the South. ASU lost almost their whole defense. USC has Sark and a shitty OL, and Arizona lost Carey and will probably be 7-8 win team that their program is destined to be.He_Needs_More_Time said:RoadDawg, I was feeling the same way. I know they return the most starters of any team in conference but holy fuck they've lost a ton of talent.
They are still my runaway pick to win the South though.
UCLA got kind of fucked with the schedule too. The two teams they miss are Oregon State and WSU. USC gets to miss Oregon and UW (this pisses me off). I still think UCLA wins the South, but I thought that was interesting and something to watch.
It is a nice little scheduling quirk the Pac-12 has created it to give an LA team an advantage for a two year cycle. -
UCLA will win the south, but have 3 Pac-12 losses (Oregon, Stanford, at UW)
USC will have 3 Pac-12 losses (at Stanford, at UCLA, at Arizona) -
USC will have 4 conference losses. It's in the script. I think they lose either @Utah or @WSU for the fourth loss.whatshouldicareabout said:UCLA will win the south, but have 3 Pac-12 losses (Oregon, Stanford, at UW)
USC will have 3 Pac-12 losses (at Stanford, at UCLA, at Arizona) -
2013 was the first and only year where Sark didn't have that WTF road loss(You could argue UCLA/Stanford but both of them were favored).RoadDawg55 said:
USC will have 4 conference losses. It's in the script. I think they lose either @Utah or @WSU for the fourth loss.whatshouldicareabout said:UCLA will win the south, but have 3 Pac-12 losses (Oregon, Stanford, at UW)
USC will have 3 Pac-12 losses (at Stanford, at UCLA, at Arizona)
Utah tends to play well at home too. Good call on that one. -
Sounds like they are imploding.
-
It isn't hard to be down on a team that Slick was recently fired from.dnc said:You were pretty down on them heading into last year too.
But you guys have no shot. Your QB experience is nothing compared to theirs.
![[Deleted User]](https://wb.vanillicon.com/b14605887e2b6b59902271a0095c9265_100.png)
