Looks like the opening lines have Cal favored by 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 points
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Fuck, I was thinking and agreeing with this and then I scroll down one post and im reminded who our quarterback is. FuckPostGameOrangeSlices said:UW should win this game rather easily.
Cal is 1 dimensional as fuck.
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My site is offering UW + 1.5.
The known unknown (hi Rummy) is what changes Petersen and Smith will make to the offense. I'd like to see more of a Gus Malzahn style offense where we only have a max of 2 or 3 WRs on the field and use D. Daniels and / or Hartvigson as H-backs in the backfield or as inline blockers. Blast away with Coleman, Washington, and Miles to wear out Cal (not the best depth on D) and burn clock / protect our secondary. That style of offense also often simplifies reads for the QB. Of course, we don't have the OL Auburn has but we should be getting back Riva which will help a good amount.
I'm sure we'll start out with a lot of Cover 2 and Cover 3 and see if we can get pressure on the true soph Goff when rushing only 4. Cal has many capable WRs so I'd prefer not to have our 4th and 5th best cover guy (T. Dixon and N. Hale) man-to-man on their 4th or 5th WR because that's not a good match-up for us. Peters, Jones, and Baker are a solid trio (no lemons at that party) but it starts getting dicey after that.
When Cal was @ Northwestern in the first game of the year, they put up just 31 (they are averaging 50).....probably because Northwestern has a good D. UW's D has appeared to mostly stabilize after the EWU debacle because Peters is playing at a high level (and should play the whole game @ Cal) and Baker, Jones, and the other young guys are played a good amount of football so far.
I still think Petersen is a great coach and definitely superior to Dykes so if someone put a gun to my head and said my life depended on it, I'd probably pick UW to win 38-35.
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Not sure what makes you guys think the Fighting Doogs can hold Cal under 40, but to me it'll take at least that much on offense to win. 45-42 or whatever.
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Just want to make a couple points here:
Saying we are one-dimensional is false. We have pretty good success running the football.
I don't know if Washington's defense is the best we faced this far. NU's is looking pretty good and they are off to a 2-0 start in the big-10.
Washington's D might be good, or is it just that stud Shaq making played? Either way, Washington has yet to face an above average offense to be fair.
Cal is at home this game. Pickem' game seems about right to me. -
My mind isn't even ready for the possibility that we might lose to CAL. Fuck me if we do. And fuck Petersen too for good measure.
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LEAVE!FrankBear21 said:Just want to make a couple points here:
Saying we are one-dimensional is false. We have pretty good success running the football.
I don't know if Washington's defense is the best we faced this far. NU's is looking pretty good and they are off to a 2-0 start in the big-10.
Washington's D might be good, or is it just that stud Shaq making played? Either way, Washington has yet to face an above average offense to be fair.
Cal is at home this game. Pickem' game seems about right to me. -
Our front 7 is very good. 2 players who should be 1st or 2nd rounders (Shelton and Shaq) and Kikaha is probably a 3rd or a 4th (unless some team falls in love with him despite his injury history and picks him in the 2nd). Peters is a 1st or 2nd round pick at CB too.
In terms of offenses, Illinois is slightly above average and we thumped them pretty badly (they are pretty bad as a team though).
When Cal actually played a good D (Northwestern), they were pretty one-dimensional...averaged just 2.5 ypc. 3.4 ypc vs. WSU (the next best D Cal has faced) isn't that great either since neither are Stanford.FrankBear21 said:Just want to make a couple points here:
Saying we are one-dimensional is false. We have pretty good success running the football.
I don't know if Washington's defense is the best we faced this far. NU's is looking pretty good and they are off to a 2-0 start in the big-10.
Washington's D might be good, or is it just that stud Shaq making played? Either way, Washington has yet to face an above average offense to be fair.
Cal is at home this game. Pickem' game seems about right to me. -
My site moved to UW +2.5 (at -105) so I decided to buy a half point and get 3 total:
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I also love that we are one of the best in the nation at a turnover margin of +11 vs. Cal which is below average (at 0). Cal also gets more penalties per game than UW.
