Ranking the Games on Washington Insane 2025 Schedule
WoolleyDoog
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We were pretty sure 2024 was gonna be tuff going in. 2025 seems like it has the chance to be less insane. We get the toughest games at home but we have less of our 50/50 games at home at the same time. Here's how I think it looks from easiest to toughest.
12. UC Davis - Sep. 6. - I worried the offense was ass when they struggled to put up points on an FCS team last year. They made the FCS quarterfinals last year with a first year head coach. Still, should easily be the easiest game.
11. Colorado State - Aug. 30 - The Rams are a tougher out under Jay Norvell. This isn't a gimme game for Jedd.
10. Purdue - Nov.15- No reason to think Purdue isn't going to have a major rebuilding season and rebuilding from the bottom. This should be like one of those nice late-season gimme games against Colorado when they sucked.
9. at Washington State - Sep. 20 - The Cougs are so gutted it's possible this could be the easiest game of the season. There's your bulletin board material, Dickert Jr.
8. Rutgers - Oct.11- Revenge game. I think Rutgers was supposed to be better last year and needed a miracle to win at home. Dawgs should be better. No MONANGAI!
7. at Maryland - Oct. 4 - I'll admit I don't know much about this team/program, seems like it could be this year's Rutgers game from last year though and their easiest road conference game. Maybe we can finally win one of those. This will also be going all the way across the country the week after a big game against Ohio State.
6. at UCLA - Nov. 22 - I would probably put them behind Maryland if it wasn't for, you know, the whole UCLA thing, especially the at UCLA, thing. It's also the week before Oregon comes to Seattle.
5. Illinois - Oct. 25 - I want to put this game at eight. I just don't trust that they're actually good. Especially on the road. I'll give them the credit the media is giving them though, to an extent.
4. at Wisconsin - Nov. 8 - This feels like last year's Iowa game and a potential plunger. Wisconsin looks to be hitting the portal well and there's big pressure on Fickel. Wiscy showed how tough winning there can be in November to Oregon last year.
3. at Michigan - Oct. 18 - I really don't know what to make of them. They seem like they will be tough though, especially at home.
2. Oregon - Nov. 29 - The Ducks shouldn't be as good as last year. The Huskies should be better. It's in Seattle. How much of that 28-point gap can that make up?
- Ohio State - Sep. 27. - Defending champs come into Husky Stadium rebuilding a bit and with a new QB. They still have Jeremiah Smith though.
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We just stole 🤒inois president they will not be an easy win.
9 wins
7-5 and mid bowl game
Their entire roster is shaking and about to vomit. I’m hearing from my deep state Illini sources that there’s a potential for them to cancel the entire season. This is potentially more devastating than the Marshall plane crash but less devastating than bringing back Willingham for year 4.
Based on what we saw last year, @WSU is the only chance at a road win. 7 wins will be special.
5-0 start, after that looks kinda grim
I like Stalin’s realistic prediction and hope he’s wrong. 9 wins PGOS, hope he somehow correct or I am able to smoke what he’s smoking. Glass half full for me until proven otherwise.
There's usually a couple games that end up being way easier than you think and two that end up being harder. That in-mind, it really feels like 8-4 is a likely reality. It's also possible we could go two years without a Big 10 road win.
These aren't in the order of schedule. Game four is Ohio State, so getting to 5-0 would be a huge accomplishment. Starting5-1, winning the non-conference games, losing to Ohio State, and winning at Maryland and at home against Rutgers should be attainable though.
I’m slow obviously Woolley, carry on.
Edit - Yah if we? don’t win at Maryland we can definitely go winless on the B1G road, that sucks. Hopefully we? get some positive spring news and the 2nd portal. praying dog gif
Michigan is probably a loss, but that is a very manageable schedule.
It’s a very manageable schedule, the only road games I see us winning is WSU and UCLA(I know). On the other side, if Husky Stadium brings it this season, there really shouldn’t be a loss on the schedule. Oregon and OSU will reload, but I don’t see either of them having a QB that can handle full throttle HS, not even close. 9 wins or FireFisch is my stance
Pros and cons of the schedule:
Pros:
-5 to 4 home to road conference games
-Two toughest opponents (Ohio State/Oregon) at home with chance to help even field and make splash. Particularly Ohio State reloading a lot, new coordinators and new QBs first road game
-No Friday games
-Well setup home game against a possibly overrated opponents for a splash (Illinois) similar to last year's Michigan game
-No herculean task road games
-Bye week before likely toughest road task at Wisconsin
-Avoid Penn State, which I think will be the best team in the conference
Cons
-Don't like the bye week in week 3 at all
-No conference road game we should be much favored in, if at all
-at Maryland long as road trip the week after Ohio STate
-I would have liked to have Indiana or Iowa here for revenge
lol.
That's not really a murderer's row 1-9. Michigan seemed to improve at the end of the year and beat an overrated SEC team in the bowl. I refuse to follow portal bullshit so maybe I'll rely on the bored. It seems like it's easy to lose six more games now if you get plungered in it, but I don't think most of those teams will suddenly be great.
The bored would be quite a joy if this prediction comes to fruition.
Michigan is hard to figure out. They had more guys back from their natty team than it seemed, four first round type guys, and they should have been really good - see beating Ohio State. They for some reason didn't bring in even a Will Rogers level portal QB which was confounding, and did shit like getting beat by Jedd and almost losing to USC and Minnesota at home. The majority of their playmakers from last year are gone though.
Aren’t we getting like EVERY SINGLE TEAM after their bye week?
Insane
Anyone who thinks they are leaving the Dawg House with full control of their faculties is dreamin'.
I believe a couple of you are not taking into account of Michigan losing their true culture builder. Jim was the heart and soul of their toughness message and if they have a similar season as last Moore is probably dead man walking going into year 3.
Getting his 5-star freshman qb up to seed will help. Beating Ohio State and flipping the in state quarterback was huge for his first year post Harbaugh.