Petersen can't get out of this season without some flags ... there are issues that need to be addressed.
But the good still outweigh the bad. The trends are still far more positive than not.
Barring an absolute disaster next season, he'll still be around for Year 4. It's the next 2 years that are going to really define what we have in Petersen going forward. He can't slip up next year and go 7-5 or whatever. That won't be good enough. But he definitely needs to get past the 8-4 or 9-3 measure and at least win the North in the next 2 years to really maintain the "all is well" mindset.
He needs to win the north next year.
The only way it's acceptable if he doesn't if it's a 1 loss situation like when Andrew Luck and Harbaugh had to go to the Orange Bowl and the Ducks played for the Natty. I don't think any teams in the north are really primed to be elite next year so I don't see it playing out like that.
Win it next year.
I haven't paid enough attention to who returns and who doesn't next year to figure it out.
Stanford will still be a tough out ... helps that we get them at home. Not completely sure how Oregon and the Cougs will be. I expect Cal to take a massive step back.
But to think that we could be looking at a 7-2 or better season in the conference next year would make a lot of sense.
Wazzu will actually be one of the tougher teams next year. I agree the usual suspects of Stanford and Oregon will be the ones to watch, but both are going to be breaking in new QBs and that could be the difference. In Oregon's case, if they go with Lockie we know he sucks, so it's him or a frosh/soph with little to know experience.
Stanford's backup was a highly ranked kid, but who knows how that plays out. They'll still have Mccaffery and Line play to fall back on though.
Cal will plummet. OSU is still way behind athletically. We should be better than Cuog.
It's going to come down to the game in Eugene. Petersen has walked in there before and done it. If he has any of that 92-12 Boise magic left, he'll need to show it at Autzen.
Reason it is hard to peg Oregon is because I fully expect that they will go grad transfer route again ... I seriously doubt that there's a single QB on their roster they are interested in handing the keys over to at this point.
"In a game where Jake Browning (a struggling, pure freshman quarterback) was starting, and with monsoon conditions at Husky Stadium, one would think Petersen would show some conservative intelligence.
Why didn't Myles Gaskin start at tailback? Not only is he dynamic, but he's proved he can protect the football.
But no! For baffling reasons, Petersen starts Dwayne Washington, a running back with a well-documented history of fumbling away the football. And Mr. Washington fumbled twice in the first half, including one that was returned directly for a touchdown."
Utah has the 17th ranked run defense in the country and the 92nd ranked pass defense. Dwayne is a much better asset in the passing game (315 yards vs 5 for Gaskin). I can find only one other instance of him losing a fumble this year (maybe there are more he recovered, I'm not sure).
"In a game where Jake Browning (a struggling, pure freshman quarterback) was starting, and with monsoon conditions at Husky Stadium, one would think Petersen would show some conservative intelligence.
Why didn't Myles Gaskin start at tailback? Not only is he dynamic, but he's proved he can protect the football.
But no! For baffling reasons, Petersen starts Dwayne Washington, a running back with a well-documented history of fumbling away the football. And Mr. Washington fumbled twice in the first half, including one that was returned directly for a touchdown."
Utah has the 17th ranked run defense in the country and the 92nd ranked pass defense. Dwayne is a much better asset in the passing game (315 yards vs 5 for Gaskin). I can find only one other instance of him losing a fumble this year (maybe there are more he recovered, I'm not sure).
"In a game where Jake Browning (a struggling, pure freshman quarterback) was starting, and with monsoon conditions at Husky Stadium, one would think Petersen would show some conservative intelligence.
Why didn't Myles Gaskin start at tailback? Not only is he dynamic, but he's proved he can protect the football.
But no! For baffling reasons, Petersen starts Dwayne Washington, a running back with a well-documented history of fumbling away the football. And Mr. Washington fumbled twice in the first half, including one that was returned directly for a touchdown."
Utah has the 17th ranked run defense in the country and the 92nd ranked pass defense. Dwayne is a much better asset in the passing game (315 yards vs 5 for Gaskin). I can find only one other instance of him losing a fumble this year (maybe there are more he recovered, I'm not sure).
Valid poonts...
Now,
LEAVE!!
Yup, let's have our average at best offense rush against the 17th ranked run defense instead of passing against the 92nd ranked pass defense. We would all make better coordinators than Smith.
If you coach at Washington, you need to be run first.
I want to puke when he talks about Dawg weather. He is a fucking pass happy faggot who practices indoors when it rains.
It's fucking startling incompetence. I hate offense first/pass first fag coaches.
Whittingham outclassed Pete by simply doing the thing that made sense.
Fuck. I hate Pete's fucking bullshit.
Everyone on this bored knew: RUN THE BALL 30 TIMES TO GASKIN AND YOU WIN.
How could Pete not know that? It's not that he doesn't know it, it's just that he feels no pressure to win, doesn't give a fuck about stealing money from our fans and wants to prove he's right more than he wants to prove he knows how to win.
It's a fucking joke. FMFYFE.
Everyone on this board didn't check out Utah's defensive stats apparently
Plenty of young guys play on defense and they all play at a fairly high level.
Note that the comment I was responding to mentioned "starters". Almost all depth on this team is young cuz Sark's later guys keep leaving. But you don't rotate the True Frosh QB (outside the occasional Wildcat QB play). Though I will say the development on the defense is also extraordinary in general.
If you coach at Washington, you need to be run first.
I want to puke when he talks about Dawg weather. He is a fucking pass happy faggot who practices indoors when it rains.
It's fucking startling incompetence. I hate offense first/pass first fag coaches.
Whittingham outclassed Pete by simply doing the thing that made sense.
Fuck. I hate Pete's fucking bullshit.
Everyone on this bored knew: RUN THE BALL 30 TIMES TO GASKIN AND YOU WIN.
How could Pete not know that? It's not that he doesn't know it, it's just that he feels no pressure to win, doesn't give a fuck about stealing money from our fans and wants to prove he's right more than he wants to prove he knows how to win.
It's a fucking joke. FMFYFE.
Everyone on this board didn't check out Utah's defensive stats apparently
I don't need to use my eyes to look at numbers when I've watched enough of Utah to understand what they are and aren't good at.
Plenty of young guys play on defense and they all play at a fairly high level.
Note that the comment I was responding to mentioned "starters". Almost all depth on this team is young cuz Sark's later guys keep leaving. But you don't rotate the True Frosh QB (outside the occasional Wildcat QB play). Though I will say the development on the defense is also extraordinary in general.
He didn't start the freshman RB. That's not a hell of a lot, its a little
3 True Freshmen (including the QB) to Zero. That is a lot.
Gaskin was the starter for the last few games before the Utah game and he is probably going to be for the AZ State game as well. And the True Freshman RB is getting a hell of a lot more carries than the Jr this season. So saying he wasn't the starter for the Utah game is trivial.
Plenty of young guys play on defense and they all play at a fairly high level.
Note that the comment I was responding to mentioned "starters". Almost all depth on this team is young cuz Sark's later guys keep leaving. But you don't rotate the True Frosh QB (outside the occasional Wildcat QB play). Though I will say the development on the defense is also extraordinary in general.
If you coach at Washington, you need to be run first.
I want to puke when he talks about Dawg weather. He is a fucking pass happy faggot who practices indoors when it rains.
It's fucking startling incompetence. I hate offense first/pass first fag coaches.
Whittingham outclassed Pete by simply doing the thing that made sense.
Fuck. I hate Pete's fucking bullshit.
Everyone on this bored knew: RUN THE BALL 30 TIMES TO GASKIN AND YOU WIN.
How could Pete not know that? It's not that he doesn't know it, it's just that he feels no pressure to win, doesn't give a fuck about stealing money from our fans and wants to prove he's right more than he wants to prove he knows how to win.
It's a fucking joke. FMFYFE.
Everyone on this board didn't check out Utah's defensive stats apparently
I don't need to use my eyes to look at numbers when I've watched enough of Utah to understand what they are and aren't good at.
If you coach at Washington, you need to be run first.
I want to puke when he talks about Dawg weather. He is a fucking pass happy faggot who practices indoors when it rains.
It's fucking startling incompetence. I hate offense first/pass first fag coaches.
Whittingham outclassed Pete by simply doing the thing that made sense.
Fuck. I hate Pete's fucking bullshit.
Everyone on this bored knew: RUN THE BALL 30 TIMES TO GASKIN AND YOU WIN.
How could Pete not know that? It's not that he doesn't know it, it's just that he feels no pressure to win, doesn't give a fuck about stealing money from our fans and wants to prove he's right more than he wants to prove he knows how to win.
It's a fucking joke. FMFYFE.
Everyone on this board didn't check out Utah's defensive stats apparently
Sometimes, regardless of what the other team is good at, you stick with what you do best. What we do best is run the ball.
When Stanford plays Oregon this weekend, they will run the shit out of the ball despite Oregon having a porous pass defense. Same goes for when they play Utah.
The excuses for this staff are beyond old. If they cut the cutesy bullshit and played to the strength of the team, which is clearly running the ball, this season would look a lot better and we would all be pumped about next year.
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Stanford will still be a tough out ... helps that we get them at home. Not completely sure how Oregon and the Cougs will be. I expect Cal to take a massive step back.
But to think that we could be looking at a 7-2 or better season in the conference next year would make a lot of sense.
Stanford's backup was a highly ranked kid, but who knows how that plays out. They'll still have Mccaffery and Line play to fall back on though.
Cal will plummet. OSU is still way behind athletically. We should be better than Cuog.
It's going to come down to the game in Eugene. Petersen has walked in there before and done it. If he has any of that 92-12 Boise magic left, he'll need to show it at Autzen.
UW football since 2001.
Why didn't Myles Gaskin start at tailback? Not only is he dynamic, but he's proved he can protect the football.
But no! For baffling reasons, Petersen starts Dwayne Washington, a running back with a well-documented history of fumbling away the football. And Mr. Washington fumbled twice in the first half, including one that was returned directly for a touchdown."
Utah has the 17th ranked run defense in the country and the 92nd ranked pass defense. Dwayne is a much better asset in the passing game (315 yards vs 5 for Gaskin). I can find only one other instance of him losing a fumble this year (maybe there are more he recovered, I'm not sure).
Now,
LEAVE!!
Defensive starters: 4 SRs, 2 JRs, 5 SOs, 0 FR
Offensive starters: 3 SRs, 1 JR, 4 SOs, 3 FR (including QB, RB, and LT)
Offense is a hell of a lot younger than Defense
Gaines R-Fr
Johnson R-Fr
BBK Fr
McIntosh FR
Plenty of young guys play on defense and they all play at a fairly high level.
Gaskin was the starter for the last few games before the Utah game and he is probably going to be for the AZ State game as well. And the True Freshman RB is getting a hell of a lot more carries than the Jr this season. So saying he wasn't the starter for the Utah game is trivial.
When Stanford plays Oregon this weekend, they will run the shit out of the ball despite Oregon having a porous pass defense. Same goes for when they play Utah.
The excuses for this staff are beyond old. If they cut the cutesy bullshit and played to the strength of the team, which is clearly running the ball, this season would look a lot better and we would all be pumped about next year.