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Things you already knew about UW's 2024 schedule and performance
EwaDawg
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Went 0-4 (all on the road) against the top third of the B1G. Allowing a nearly 100 point point differential.
Went 1-0 (all at home) against the bottom third of the B1G.
Went 3-1 against the middle third (4-2 if you count the spring game) against the middle third of B1G.
Sure, the schedule was not friendly but losing to (WSU and) Rutgers is what made this team mediocre/average.
Using espn standings which had UCLA ahead of Nebraska but still. . . . . . .
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It was not a tough schedule.
8-4 minimum you could sell the It's Hard transition etc and etc
6-6 is simply a system failure and a red flag but we have no choice but to let it play out so don't' say let it play out because it is going to play out whether we let it or not
It was reasonably tough, in hindsight. Not easy, but also not K2.
Could have been worse if all the teams UW beat were better or UW was worse. Could have been better if all the teams UW lost to were worse or UW was better.
This was a 4 to 8 win ballteam that won 6 games.
Next year is the barometer.
Simply a system failure and a red flag but we have no choice but to let it play out so don't' say let it play out because it is going to play out whether we let it or not
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That statement could not be more untrue. Be better. JFC.
You can agrue strength of schedule a million ways but playing at 4 of the top six teams in the B1G and only against one of the bottom six teams is, BY FUCKING DEFINITION, TOUGH.
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etc, etc, etc. (fuck vanilla, rusty conical cheese grater).
Agreed. There was a vast difference between the best and worst teams on the schedule. 8-4 (after the fact) is minimal expectation for 2024.
That is why 10-2 is minimal acceptable expectation for 2025. A two game improvement over what he should have done in 2024.
Jedd doesn't get both mulligans for two years.
Everything beyond tOSU and 0regon (both at home) is winnable.
Time to fucking Fisch or fucking cut bait.
Penalties vastly decreased as the season went on, including in road games. Redzone sucking seemed largely due to Rogers lack of a running threat.
Spend some $ in the trenches and develop these young guys. Demond with the keys and a competent line should be yuge.
Allegedly.
The middle third of the B1G is also the bottom. That’s why your calculations are off.
Ohio State, Oregon, @Michigan, and @Wisconsin are likely games where UW won't be favored.
I see 8-4 since UW will probably win one of those games (maybe Wisconsin) but drop a game they should have won (@ UCLA or @Maryland).
But if UW gets a top DT and a top OL in the portal along with a pretty good LB, then maybe 9-3.
The helpful thing is that depth will be better at nearly every position with the staff having a full portal season and solid 2023 and 2024 recruiting classes in terms of talent and numbers.
I was wrong on Coog, Rutgers, Iowa, Michigan, Indiana, USC
I thought they would be 7-1 going into the final homestretch going…. Possibly losing the final four.
It is an objective fact that the miles we had to travel this year for B1G play were the furthest we will have to travel across the 5 year schedule rotation. Oregon will have a similar 2025 road schedule to our 2024 but swaps Indiana for Northwestern.
This years road schedule feels easy in hindsight because all of 2024 CFB was easy. All these teams suck.
Come on my man. I don't know if I would call it a tuff schedule, but it was a tough schedule. I'd be curious if people think it was easier or harder than last year's schedule.
I don't have confidence in us improving much in the front seven next year to be able to stand up to good Big 10 run games, but I think if we can actually have an offense and QB playmaker next year it can combat that if we can actually get up on teams and trade shots and put pressure on their offenses and shit QBs so they can't just run the damn ball.
If Fisch made the lay ups the board is different at 8-4
If he stole one of the 4 tuff games to get to 9 and was looking for #10 in a bowl there is legit praise and optimism
But that's hypothetical
Reality is 6-6 and the jury remains in deliberations
maybe the prosecution will ask the judge to dismiss the top charge?
This is your most objective football view all season, no disrespect intended.
The schedule narrative is hilarious. You? lost at Rutgers but all those home games against bad teams UW didn't dominate at all are just automatic wins if played on the road? What? FOH. Flip the games and UW could easy have gone 4-8.
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Yeah, the best argument against it being a tuff schedule is the hypothetical that it was good to get teams we were evenly matched against (Michigan, LA schools) at home as there's a decent chance we lose those games on the road and games we weren't winning either way (Penn State, Indiana, maybe Iowa) on the road.
Even with that though you can get into common opponent stuff and home/road hypotheticals. Penn State wasn't as good on the road. Iowa had serious struggles on the road.