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Another hit to our off-season Natty chances - Fox Sports Edition
YellowSnow
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According to Fox Sports we are officially the #1 team in America at being hammered by early departures for the draft:
http://www.foxsports.com/college-football/gallery/2017-nfl-draft-mock-projections-early-entry-list-details-schools-impacted-011817
Granted, so many pieces like this from the national writers seems to be a worthless as tits on a boar, but how FS is this observation: “The difference between Washington and the other teams on the list is that the Huskies don’t have the overall depth to replace a mass exodus like this.”
Jones, Qualls, Baker, and Ross, are all huge losses; but our “overall depth” in three out of four of those spots is where we have been recruiting and developing players at a very high level- i.e., where you need to be to be competing for Natty’s as Tequilla puts it. Consensus here seems to be DL may actually be better in 2017 with more “heat from the edge”; Gaines is an all-conference level guy and Vea might be a potential all American. Might be some growing pains in the secondary to start, but there’s a ton of depth here- i.e., “DB University”. Has this guy not heard of Rapp? If our non-midget WR recruits all sign LOI’s (and TE’s) we probably get better at WR/TE overall, despite losing Ross. Do your homework Torres – our OL is where the quality depth is lacking compared to other programs; not these other position groups.
Presidential Trivia: Who was our last President to sport some facial hair? Also, who was the last candidate of a major party to have some?
http://www.foxsports.com/college-football/gallery/2017-nfl-draft-mock-projections-early-entry-list-details-schools-impacted-011817
Granted, so many pieces like this from the national writers seems to be a worthless as tits on a boar, but how FS is this observation: “The difference between Washington and the other teams on the list is that the Huskies don’t have the overall depth to replace a mass exodus like this.”
Jones, Qualls, Baker, and Ross, are all huge losses; but our “overall depth” in three out of four of those spots is where we have been recruiting and developing players at a very high level- i.e., where you need to be to be competing for Natty’s as Tequilla puts it. Consensus here seems to be DL may actually be better in 2017 with more “heat from the edge”; Gaines is an all-conference level guy and Vea might be a potential all American. Might be some growing pains in the secondary to start, but there’s a ton of depth here- i.e., “DB University”. Has this guy not heard of Rapp? If our non-midget WR recruits all sign LOI’s (and TE’s) we probably get better at WR/TE overall, despite losing Ross. Do your homework Torres – our OL is where the quality depth is lacking compared to other programs; not these other position groups.
Presidential Trivia: Who was our last President to sport some facial hair? Also, who was the last candidate of a major party to have some?
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insider.espn.com/blog/ncfrecruiting/on-the-trail/insider/post?id=78928
"Washington made a surprising run to the College Football Playoff last season and thanks to Chris Petersen’s efforts on the recruiting trail, the Huskies could be in line for a return trip in 2017.
While much was made of Washington’s schedule in 2016 -- it might be even easier in 2017 with USC not on it, allowing another run to the playoff – and the Huskies could actually be more talented this fall despite losing big-time stars in wide receiver John Ross, defensive backs Budda Baker and Sidney Jones and defensive tackle Elijah Qualls early to the NFL draft."
"Experts" are just pulling shit out of their ass at this point.
Early departures don't mean squat.
The key thing is to continue to win and the recruiting will sort itself out (thanks captain obvious). I see some top 10 classes in the future if it continues. Now consistent top 10/5 classes is different story and will need some nattys in order to do that.
Even in the summertime.
But Sailgating is auce!!!!
Seattle weather sucks in the summertime?
Cuog plz
You see in most other places you get more than 10 Sunny Days where the temp exceeds 80 degrees.
The comment on Seattle's weather... DawgShit!! This is not 1977 where a sign on the I-5 said "Last person to leave, please turn-off the lights". We're in the 21st Century now Seattle is in super high demand. Coach Pete mentioned its a great city for everyone, including student-athletes. We need to sell that up rather than cowering about the rain!