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Road Games

WilburHooksHands
WilburHooksHands Member Posts: 6,804
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In all seriousness, how much damage do you think Sark did to the program in terms of team mentality on the road. Do y'all think this is something that can be cured immediately by real coaching, or will the stink of the past hang on for say the first conference road game (which is mercifully Cal)? You always hear the "you have to learn how to win" trope, shit even Sark spit that one out. Just curious as to if anyone believes it. In this case, I'd say inexplicable game plans and shit calls put us in just as many awful situations as being generally unprepared. Then again, thinking that way makes me feel half doog.
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  • Dardanus
    Dardanus Member Posts: 2,623
    The first road game of the season is on October 18th.
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  • fivehundredmileDAWG
    fivehundredmileDAWG Member Posts: 1,212
    Road gaymes....

    Home gaymes....

    Win them... IDGAF where they play ... Just win them...
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  • alumni94
    alumni94 Member Posts: 4,878
    Sark didn't start the road game lameness. That was there before him. He just did nothing to fix it.
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  • puppylove_sugarsteel
    puppylove_sugarsteel Member Posts: 9,133
    No, he couldn't win on the road with 3 good fooball teams. Ty ' s teams stunk. Plus he didn't just lose on the road, he lost embarrassingly. (see Stanford for starters). If he just kicked away from the best returner in the conference, twice, this might have been a rose bowl team last year. That game killed this team's confidence.

    now to answer question. This team will have no fear of the road. Petersen's teams win on the road, in big games.
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  • Southerndawg
    Southerndawg Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 8,354 Founders Club
    puppylove_sugarsteel said:

    No, he couldn't win on the road with 3 good fooball teams. Ty ' s teams stunk. Plus he didn't just lose on the road, he lost embarrassingly. (see Stanford for starters). If he just kicked away from the best returner in the conference, twice, this might have been a rose bowl team last year. That game killed this team's confidence.

    now to answer question. This team will have no fear of the road. Petersen's teams win on the road, in big games.

    Crisped
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  • IrishDawg22
    IrishDawg22 Member Posts: 2,754
    Sark's teams were absolutely terrible on the road. Anything Coach Pete does will be an improvement.

    Coach Pete's teams were 3-3 on the road vs. Top 25 teams which is pretty solid, but also figured a way to lose to Sark and Ty on the road.

    UW should be 6-0 when he gets his 1st real road test on the 18th of Oct.

    I will take Boobs advice and LIFPO.
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  • CuntWaffle
    CuntWaffle Member Posts: 22,500
    IrishDawg22 said:

    Sark's teams were absolutely terrible on the road. Anything Coach Pete does will be an improvement.

    Coach Pete's teams were 3-3 on the road vs. Top 25 teams which is pretty solid, but also figured a way to lose to Sark and Ty on the road.

    UW should be 6-0 when he gets his 1st real road test on the 18th of Oct.

    I will take Boobs advice and LIFPO.

    Sark had pretty much everything going g for him against Peterman. First game I'm the new stadium against the shittiest BSU team Pete has coached (their piss of the balcony QB was hot garbage). Sark didn't need to motivate the team to play that game... All the factors surrounding the game did that itself.

    I remember BSU hanging in there but just not able to make that 1 big play, it happens. Saban got plungered by Lambo.
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  • HeretoBeatmyChest
    HeretoBeatmyChest Member Posts: 4,295
    UW's road play did take a step forward last year with the blowout against Oregon St and near win against Stanford, which was the best performance of the year according to the metrics. I'd bet the metrics have these as the two best road performances of Sark's tenure with USC 2010 #3. Heading into Stanford UW was confident and feeling good while the Oregon St game was almost do or die for Sark's career aspirations. Nevertheless, we can't discount the turd we laid at ASU and the half turd (uninspired, lackadaisical performance) against UCLA.

    What we need to see this year is another step forward. Oregon, WSU, Arizona are the tough games. The road schedule is easier but the teams have a bigger home field advantage. The details and mental shit will be key when you are a slight favorite against Arizona and WSU. Arizona is really the key game as we've consistently laid turds there since 2007. Blowout Cal, Colorado, beat Arizona, close loss to Oregon would show a lot of progress on the road and its do able.

    With a strong front 7 as well as a running QB, we'll have two things that we didn't have recently that will help a lot on the road.
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