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DerekJohnson
DerekJohnson Administrator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 69,820 Founders Club
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I'm sure there are others, but the '82 Huskies only had to beat the Cougs to be 10-1 and Rose Bowl-bound with a #5 national ranking.

Instead, they ended up playing Maryland in the Aloha Bowl.

USC had to beat Utah and they're in the national playoff.

Instead, they lose the playoff, the Rose Bowl bid, and will end up someplace second rate.

Ouch.

But it also speaks to how weak the Pac-12 is overall.
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  • DucksFC
    DucksFC Member Posts: 4,462
    Also we? knocked Ute out of the playoff in 2019
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  • DerekJohnson
    DerekJohnson Administrator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 69,820 Founders Club
    DucksFC said:

    Also we? knocked Ute out of the playoff in 2019

    and they lost the Rose Bowl bid too... good point.
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  • MikeSeaver
    MikeSeaver Member Posts: 5,800
    DerekJohnson said:

    I'm sure there are others, but the '82 Huskies only had to beat the Cougs to be 10-1 and Rose Bowl-bound with a #5 national ranking.

    Instead, they ended up playing Maryland in the Aloha Bowl.

    USC had to beat Utah and they're in the national playoff.

    Instead, they lose the playoff, the Rose Bowl bid, and will end up someplace second rate.

    Ouch.

    But it also speaks to how weak the Pac-12 is overall.

    Not sure how Pac12 teams beating other Pac12 proves the league is weak.

    Not saying it isn’t but I don’t think you’re using the appropriate data points.
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  • haie
    haie Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 24,453 Founders Club
    MikeSeaver said:

    DerekJohnson said:

    I'm sure there are others, but the '82 Huskies only had to beat the Cougs to be 10-1 and Rose Bowl-bound with a #5 national ranking.

    Instead, they ended up playing Maryland in the Aloha Bowl.

    USC had to beat Utah and they're in the national playoff.

    Instead, they lose the playoff, the Rose Bowl bid, and will end up someplace second rate.

    Ouch.

    But it also speaks to how weak the Pac-12 is overall.

    Not sure how Pac12 teams beating other Pac12 proves the league is weak.

    Not saying it isn’t but I don’t think you’re using the appropriate data points.
    Probably just that the conference did everything they could to get a team into the playoffs but the top of the conference wasn't deserving of the national stage.

    SC has had underwhelming games all season with the exception of UCLA. Not on the same level as 2016 UW.
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  • DerekJohnson
    DerekJohnson Administrator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 69,820 Founders Club
    haie said:

    Pac 12 weak with almost half the teams ranked in the top 17?

    WSU, Cal, Stanford, Colorado, Arizona and Arizona State all would have struggled even if they played in the Mountain West.
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  • haie
    haie Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 24,453 Founders Club
    edited December 2022
    DerekJohnson said:

    haie said:

    Pac 12 weak with almost half the teams ranked in the top 17?

    WSU, Cal, Stanford, Colorado, Arizona and Arizona State all would have struggled even if they played in the Mountain West.
    So it was weak when it had a bunch of parity, and now it's weak when the top half is 2-3 loss teams and the bottom half is 2-3 win teams?

    Ugh, WSU and Arizona would be toward the top of the mountain west. Cal would be over .500

    Stanford and Colorado are both fcs
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  • DerekJohnson
    DerekJohnson Administrator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 69,820 Founders Club
    haie said:

    DerekJohnson said:

    haie said:

    Pac 12 weak with almost half the teams ranked in the top 17?

    WSU, Cal, Stanford, Colorado, Arizona and Arizona State all would have struggled even if they played in the Mountain West.
    So it was weak when it had a bunch of parity, and now it's weak when the top half is 2-3 loss teams and the bottom half is 2-3 win teams?

    Ugh, WSU and Arizona would be toward the top of the mountain west. Cal would be over .500

    Stanford and Colorado are both fcs
    We will agree to disagree,

    How would you feel with USC, UCLA, UW, OSU or Utah going against the very best, like Michigan, Georgia, LSU, Tennessee, Alabama, etc.? We are not a strong league. I don't see any argument for it.

    (Personally I think UW and Utah would have a 50/50 shot against LSU)
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  • Goduckies
    Goduckies Member Posts: 8,082 Standard Supporter
    haie said:

    MikeSeaver said:

    DerekJohnson said:

    I'm sure there are others, but the '82 Huskies only had to beat the Cougs to be 10-1 and Rose Bowl-bound with a #5 national ranking.

    Instead, they ended up playing Maryland in the Aloha Bowl.

    USC had to beat Utah and they're in the national playoff.

    Instead, they lose the playoff, the Rose Bowl bid, and will end up someplace second rate.

    Ouch.

    But it also speaks to how weak the Pac-12 is overall.

    Not sure how Pac12 teams beating other Pac12 proves the league is weak.

    Not saying it isn’t but I don’t think you’re using the appropriate data points.
    Probably just that the conference did everything they could to get a team into the playoffs but the top of the conference wasn't deserving of the national stage.

    SC has had underwhelming games all season with the exception of UCLA. Not on the same level as 2016 UW.
    You mean Oregon 2014 UW was a joke in 16in the cfp
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