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DerekJohnson
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Why does this offense refuse to take the easy yards? Seems like screens to Rome and crossing routes to westover are available every single play for 8-15 yards. Seems weird they don’t do that more.
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Who are you're season MVP?
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OdunzeGrundleStiltzkin said:Who are you're season MVP?
Mine, Dillon Johnson
Johnson
Penix
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oops I should answer on the pod, huh?
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How many snaps did Tuli play? Seemed like he was trying to sit this one out but had to play in the 4th to stone them.
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12-0 Huskies vs 11-1 greatest team of all tim Ducks in Vegas: a fitting way for the Pac to end, or a sad way for the Pac to end given it is the greatest Pac matchup ever in terms of the records involved?
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Discuss Penix video post apple cup 2022 (holding the cup, smoking a cigar, talking shit) with post apple cup 2023 (head in a box, covered by a bag, and uncomfortable at press concpference).
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Should we expect a special Pac-12 Championship Post-Game podcast live from Las Vegas?
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While we want a spectacular 1st quarter KOs every week, every game is a drawn out confusing ugly fight.
We are the Royce Gracie of college football, unassuming soft spoken dude who has murder in his eyes and slowly chokes everyone out without losing his cool.
Let’s weather the hype train this week then frustrate, exhaust, and submit the Ken Shamrocks of Oregon…. again… and go to the ship
For visual reference
https://youtu.be/-y2SEefVNtE?si=jxT6hvb6r7-BdCUP
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Of all the Grubb fuckups in play calling this year, was the 3 and out with 2 minutes to go in the half up 14-7 possibly the worst of this season?
Seems like it was even worse than the 3rd quarter play calls again Oregon and that Grubb should have been fired on Boeing Apple Cup logo after the game. -
How the fuck is it possible that I trust the defense more than I trust the offense?
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Please rank the grease factor on our 12 opponents this year.
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Questions for my pods on the pod:
- Penix hurt or is it all in his head?
- who’s starting the GoFundMe to Polk in with a sports psychologist this week?
- did UW deploy security around the logo?
- any ideas on the best concessions stands in Vegas? Looking for speed, quantity and quality in that order.
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Given that the Ducks are unquestionably the better team, how much (I deal in hypotheticals) does UW need to win by to get a shot at the Playoffs? Are the Ducks a lock with another three point loss or do they need to keep it closer?
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Do you think Brock Huard does actually have some sort of deep-seated animosity towards his alma mater? It can easily be chalked up to him trying to be "neutral" but he really does seem to go out of his way to downplay anything positive UW does and fellate their opponents when he commentates our games. He seemed irritated when they showed the picture of him playing for UW and quickly moved on from the subject when it was brought up. When he was a local radio personality, he never discussed UW or his time there.
Also, now that our Penix is broken, would Jacob Eason be a good comparison for what we are left with at the position? Great arm but doesn't see the field well, thinks too much, and is off on most of his throws? -
Cliff Mass has not blogged about it to my knowledge, but could Penix’s issues be related to the weather? Seems he started fading a bit as the temperature started cooling.
Maybe this portends good things in the climate-controlled Vegas venue? -
Was it wrong to criticize Race for pointing out that the defense was trending up as it won its third game yesterday with the best offense in school history suffering from an unknown malaise?
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Why is Brock Huard so embarrassing? Openly cheers for the Beav, Coog and Ducks on his telecasts and on twitter (e.g. rooting for the Beavs to win the P12 title preseason), let alone his anti-UW behavior on the air with Salk.
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Anyone that would willingly work side by side with Salk for a decade is a douche in their own right.SonnyShackelford said:Why is Brock Huard so embarrassing? Openly cheers for the Beav, Coog and Ducks on his telecasts and on twitter (e.g. rooting for the Beavs to win the P12 title preseason), let alone his anti-UW behavior on the air with Salk.
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Why don’t we throw slants, RB wheel routes, TE hooks, etc.
Why do we keep throwing crazy ass go routes and sideline passes into full coverage while simultaneously not being able to hit the broadside of a barn?
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Least valuable players of the season?
Elijah Jackson
The punter guy
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I feel bad for Jackson. He gets beat so fucking often out there and we? don’t have anyone better than him.biak1 said:Least valuable players of the season?
Elijah Jackson
The punter guy
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Is the infatuation with Grubb over? some folks seemed to want to crown his ass?
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I made that same observation. I believe the Cougs threw exactly one incomplete slant pass the whole game. Hit the receiver right in the hands, and he dropped it. Would have been an easy first down. Again.PineapplePirate said:Why don’t we throw slants, RB wheel routes, TE hooks, etc.
Why do we keep throwing crazy ass go routes and sideline passes into full coverage while simultaneously not being able to hit the broadside of a barn?
Our opponents know we are doing it.
It's really three questions:
1.) Why is it SO easy to complete simple slant passes against our defense?
2.) Why isn't every opponent just throwing 30 of them per game until Washington gets out of position to stop it?
3.) Why are slant passes free money for every other team but Washington can't take advantage of this apparent cheat code? Is it a "can't" or "won't" situation? -
How many years is it going to sting Cuog that they lost their last game in a power 5 conference to UW going undefeated? Or, will they move on quickly, clinging to the moral victory that if they’d stopped the Fuskies on 4th down, they would have certainly won?
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Now my own question/observation:
The consensus at Hardcore Husky is that Chris Petersen's offense sucked and watching it was like holding your eyes open while taking a blast of rusty roofing nails to the face.
The criticisms of Chris Petersen's offense:
1.) So many motions and shifts is confusing and time consuming and takes the offense out of rhythm.
2.) Ignores the middle of the field and throws nothing but safe sideline routes.
3.) Abandons the run too early.
4.) Does not scheme players open.
5.) Only worked for one year because of a pair of elite receivers and a stud running back and NFL tight ends.
6.) Runs extremely frustrating trick plays that go for minimal or negative yardage even when the offense is working or playing against an overmatched opponent. Like running a reverse on the opening play of the Apple Cup, for instance. Or reverse pass two point conversion.
I mean, I doubt I need to even ask the question at this point, but it sure looks to me like I'm watching Petersen's offense with a bunch of NFL guys, and what we're seeing now is what it looks like when those NFL guys aren't at their best. Most of these guys are leaving after this year, so are we going to have a @FireDeBoer handle on the board beating his chest in three or four years while UW faces an $80 million buyout? -
Is Florida boy Penix going to come out of his shell in warm Allegiant Stadium? First game since SC that’s not cold wet or windy
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Penix's body language in general yesterday was not great. More specifically, on incomplete passes to Polk and others, the vibes were particularly not good. It continues to baffle me how we can have an offense with so much talent, yet we putter along scoring, for example, only 24 points versus the Cougs.
So: I can see a scenario where our shitty offensive execution continues to be our achilles heal next week and we look frustratingly lame versus Oregon. On the other hand, I can also see a scenario where--with a 12-0 record accomplished and the regular season behind us--the Pac-12 Championship Game marks a new chapter where we are freed up just to go out and play (it also maybe helps specifically that Giles will be back in the offense and that McMillan is starting to contribute).
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Based on this year only I’d swap dom for Asa.biak1 said:Least valuable players of the season?
Elijah Jackson
The punter guy
ASA
