I'm not overly optimistic. I could easily see 7 wins and that spun as improvement. Still doesn't mean I think we're cold Fisch but I want more now, especially in the portal era.
Colorado State - W
UC Davis - W
at Coug - W, even with their top o the line grease this might be the year the portal does a number on them. Seems like Mateer might not leave though. Long/short don't feel great here. Narrow win for now.
Ohio State - L - they have to replace their entire depth chart on the fly and may be starting a young QB first road game so there's a chance. Day sucks too. Just can't pick us to win this game.
at Maryland - W, but could easily be 2025's Rutgers and on a Friday
Rutgers - W
at Michigan - L - they actually lose a ton of talent that should have won them more games this year but I'd pick whoever has this game at home
Illinois - W
at Wisconsin - L - they should suck but tuff road game
Purdue - W
at UCLA - L - want to say win but how many times have we won there the past 40 years and we generally have to be five times better than them to win there
Oregon - L - Can't wait to see what 18 new starters portal in. They seem to have gotten their Midas touch back in Eugene. Feels like another Duckade type loss.
I thought that about 2025. PSU/ at Oregon/at USC isn't really that different than tOSU/Oregon/ at Michigan. The rest is meh. Mich St is the same as Wisconsin. I guess Maryland is a longer flight than Purdue by an hour.
Big picture strategically kinda felt they were the same.
But the tactical assignment of the schedule fucked us with the byes. Or I guess pre-fucked us since we haven't lost yet, but definitely isn't set up to benefit little old Washington.
Assuming the portal season is fruitful (getting a KState OT today is a good start) … then it would not be surprising to see that the game vs Oregon is for a spot in the CFP for UW
The funny thing with the Big Ten is that there’s a huge drop off between the haves and have nots as compared to the old pac 12. The pac 12 used to have 3-4 haves, 7-8 non overlookers, and 1-2 have nots. The Big Ten is like 4-5 haves, 5-6 non overlookers, and about 7 have nots.
If UW spends money poorly, they are still guaranteed 4-5 wins every year. If they spend competently, they can chalk up 6-8 wins with a ham sandwich for a coach.
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I'm not overly optimistic. I could easily see 7 wins and that spun as improvement. Still doesn't mean I think we're cold Fisch but I want more now, especially in the portal era.
Colorado State - W
UC Davis - W
at Coug - W, even with their top o the line grease this might be the year the portal does a number on them. Seems like Mateer might not leave though. Long/short don't feel great here. Narrow win for now.
Ohio State - L - they have to replace their entire depth chart on the fly and may be starting a young QB first road game so there's a chance. Day sucks too. Just can't pick us to win this game.
at Maryland - W, but could easily be 2025's Rutgers and on a Friday
Rutgers - W
at Michigan - L - they actually lose a ton of talent that should have won them more games this year but I'd pick whoever has this game at home
Illinois - W
at Wisconsin - L - they should suck but tuff road game
Purdue - W
at UCLA - L - want to say win but how many times have we won there the past 40 years and we generally have to be five times better than them to win there
Oregon - L - Can't wait to see what 18 new starters portal in. They seem to have gotten their Midas touch back in Eugene. Feels like another Duckade type loss.
7 wins an improvement?
Fire him now
Disagree.
Year 3 is still the barometer, so long as year 1 is minimally acceptable and year 2 is an improvement.
Literally no one else has done what DeBoer did here in the history of CFB. That was the exception and not the rule.
You hate Fisch more than I do and it's a new ballgame sparky
Add Cigarette at Indiana to the list
Win or get the fuck out as I reminded this morning
No downplaying expectations and throwing away years
Even Rick won the conference in year 2
I mean making the playoff year 3 is the bare fucking minimum. Which means you might want to try to have that box checked by year 2.
2026 will be special
EWU, Wazzu, and an unknown cupcake for OOC
Indiana, Iowa, Minn, PSU at home
Michigan State, Nebraska, Purdue, USC, Oregon the road
10-2 floor
I thought that about 2025. PSU/ at Oregon/at USC isn't really that different than tOSU/Oregon/ at Michigan. The rest is meh. Mich St is the same as Wisconsin. I guess Maryland is a longer flight than Purdue by an hour.
Big picture strategically kinda felt they were the same.
But the tactical assignment of the schedule fucked us with the byes. Or I guess pre-fucked us since we haven't lost yet, but definitely isn't set up to benefit little old Washington.
Fisch was hired based on his year 2 in Zona. If he can't do that here then there no reason to believe he ever will
It was Penix and Grubb. deBoer is a flacid fuck without them.
Assuming the portal season is fruitful (getting a KState OT today is a good start) … then it would not be surprising to see that the game vs Oregon is for a spot in the CFP for UW
This feels like a reasonable goal. 9-2 going into that game. Get your best shot in Husky Stadium. Rawk.
cmon
Oh god, I know…I hope 18/22 transfers for Oregon for next year pan out and we can keep rolling.
Nah. In all seriousness I can’t see UW being worse than 8-4
No he wasn't. Check the facts. It was year 3
Ope. Guess I deleted that first year from my memory. None the less he made great strides both years
Who’s the coach?
i don’t think it matters.
home losses to Ohio State and Oregon
road losses to Michigan and Wisconsin.
The funny thing with the Big Ten is that there’s a huge drop off between the haves and have nots as compared to the old pac 12. The pac 12 used to have 3-4 haves, 7-8 non overlookers, and 1-2 have nots. The Big Ten is like 4-5 haves, 5-6 non overlookers, and about 7 have nots.
If UW spends money poorly, they are still guaranteed 4-5 wins every year. If they spend competently, they can chalk up 6-8 wins with a ham sandwich for a coach.
Castricone was all squirting eggs over this. Can we please fire that guy? Cam should just take over.
6 and 6 is what I'm seeing. Meanwhile the Ducks have one of the easiest schedules I've ever seen.