Free Money Update
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I think you're going to be correct about Oregon.
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My thoughts on the OL are that we have at least 2 guys on the OL that are looking like they will be NFL players. Willis is at worst an early Day 3 pick IMO and Mills trajectory is moving towards a Top 2 round guy. I could see G Hatchett being a NFL pick and if Ass-Party continues on his trajectory he likely becomes a NFL pick down the road. The "elite" OL play for UW will be coming on the horizon in the coming years but this is a line that has some good pieces.
The youth at WR likely eliminates any hope of consistency and I think it's absolutely logical to think that Ohio St is going to put a lot of pressure to take away the run game (notably Demond's) and shift coverage over to Boston. That could create some 1 on 1 opportunities for the other WRs to break a big play. It also should open up the opportunity for DeGraaf to have a big game … I'm thinking 5+ catches for him.
The defensive concerns are absolutely valid. I do think that the depth of the DL is good and it has largely looked the part against the run game. If we can take away their ability to lean on the run game to effectively move the ball then that's the path to winning … got to put their QB in a position to make plays and not make mistakes.
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The Cougs very clearly tried to take away Coleman on the ground … so instead we ran Demond on some zone reads for large untouched gains and then got Jonah the ball outside of the box in the passing game. Good offense is taking what the defense gives you.
For those that get critical of Demond taking a sack he shouldn't … that's part of learning and growing as a QB. It's also part of what you sign up for with him as a QB because for every sack that he takes trying to extend play he makes multiple plays through his ability to extend.
I'd be more worried about the WRs outside of Boston if we lacked quantity of guys … we have a lot of potentially explosive players that can get you at any given moment.
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Completely disagree on the DL. Prepare the plunger.
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I realize that we've largely played dreck but we're giving up just over 2 yards per carry this year and haven't had a game where we've given up more than low 3's.
If you look at Ohio St's top 2 RBs they don't appear to be game breakers.
It's Ohio St so they're going to have good players … but this just doesn't feel like an elite version.
I was saying before the season that the loser of the Texas vs Ohio St game was going to miss the playoffs … Texas almost assuredly is going to. Had Ohio St lost I thought it was very realistic that they'd lose 2 Big10 games this year. Washington is a logical game for them to lose if that is the case.
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Gaymes are won in the trenches. I think you could run through the holes tOSU line will create - over and over and over. KISS.
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Perhaps so
But I'll go as far as saying that if Ohio St doesn't run the ball effectively then they will not win the game
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I think @pawz is probably closer to the mark on this.
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I think the dline depth is being underestimated
Sagapulu, Lynch, and at least one Parker brother will be ready to go.
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I read the entire post and I AGREE.
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I’m sure this happened. lol. However I don’t remember if it was that USC gayme. I recall ‘magic’ being in the air before that game.
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Thing with these upsets is that you need a lot of things working in your favor … particularly when you hear a lot of people singling the game out for an upset potential.
UW could get absolutely boat raced on Saturday with both sides of the LOS getting worked over
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There's a little "magic" in the air where things just so happen to break decidedly in the favor of the underdog
I'm hearing just enough out of Ohio St to suggest that there's a mix of respect but also an intense focus on just playing against themselves. There's a certain arrogance that can come into programs where they feel like if they just do their things well that they will win. It's a dangerous slope.
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I like Georgia -3 as well.
And I like Missouri -44.5 against Umass.
