We could easily be preseason Pac-12 North favorites in 2014
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EWU
Illinois
Georgia State
Plunger x4
Conference home games:
Stanford
ASU
UCLA
OSU
All the difficult games outside of Oregon are at home, and we're pretty damn good at Husky Stadium. Stanford will be wayyy down, ASU loses a ton as well. UCLA could be tough, but good teams win tough games at home so if we are what we should be, we win this one (especially if Hundley leaves). OSU sucks.
Conference road games:
Arizona
Cal
Colorado
Oregon
WSU
Zona should be a competitive game that we win. Cal, Colorado both max plungers. Oregon, if Mariota leaves, should be more than winnable. They're fading fast, and depending on how we're both playing leading up to this game I could see us being 1-2 point favorites going in. The WSU game actually scares me the most here. We could be playing with the North championship on the line, and they're getting better every year. Imagine going into Pullman with 10-11 wins... They'd be more than fired up to knock us off. Only upside is that their student section will be empty for every single Apple Cup in the near future.
It really all comes down to how much we get out of the QB position. I think the defense will be one of the best we've seen in a long time. Only real difference maker we lose is Parker (assuming Shelton doesn't leave), and we've been fairly successful in reloading DBs under Sark. Could be tricky replacing 3 out of 4 starts in the backfield though.
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I see four conference losses still. No way he wins at Autzen, wins at Arizona and probably loses in Pullman again.
He'll lose at least one home game probably to UCLA.
This team will go 9-4 in the regular season, Doogs will claim progress but once again we'll only be 5-4 in conference. -
Idk, I think we only drop a couple. One if it's a special season. I really think we beat Oregon next year though, on the road or otherwise.He_Needs_More_Time said:I see four conference losses still. No way he wins at Autzen, wins at Arizona and probably loses in Pullman again.
He'll lose at least one home game probably to UCLA.
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I'd still give the nod to Oregon, but not by much. The north looks way behind the south next year. Stanford's offensive line is really good but it's still young. Can't count them out when that line gets another year together. Sanders can also be special, they will lose a lot on defense though
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UCLA and ASU still have far superior coaches.ExtraChrisB said:OOC is ridiculously easy. 4-0 should be a lock.
@Hawaii
EWU
Illinois
Georgia State
Plunger x4
Conference home games:
Stanford
ASU
UCLA
OSU
All the difficult games outside of Oregon are at home, and we're pretty damn good at Husky Stadium. Stanford will be wayyy down, ASU loses a ton as well. UCLA could be tough, but good teams win tough games at home so if we are what we should be, we win this one (especially if Hundley leaves). OSU sucks.
Conference road games:
Arizona
Cal
Colorado
Oregon
WSU
Zona should be a competitive game that we win. Cal, Colorado both max plungers. Oregon, if Mariota leaves, should be more than winnable. They're fading fast, and depending on how we're both playing leading up to this game I could see us being 1-2 point favorites going in. The WSU game actually scares me the most here. We could be playing with the North championship on the line, and they're getting better every year. Imagine going into Pullman with 10-11 wins... They'd be more than fired up to knock us off. Only upside is that their student section will be empty for every single Apple Cup in the near future.
It really all comes down to how much we get out of the QB position. I think the defense will be one of the best we've seen in a long time. Only real difference maker we lose is Parker (assuming Shelton doesn't leave), and we've been fairly successful in reloading DBs under Sark. Could be tricky replacing 3 out of 4 starts in the backfield though.
"Oregon fading fast"? UW hasn't beat the ducks since before my fucking hair went gray. Not gonna win at Autzen. And Sarkingham has yet to win in the state of Arizona.
5-4 in conference.... Same shit different day. Progress! Sorry you can't see it.
Now that we have that settled...
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Have you seen Sark's road record? Don't start Dooging it up after two wins.ExtraChrisB said:
Idk, I think we only drop a couple. One if it's a special season. I really think we beat Oregon next year though, on the road or otherwise.He_Needs_More_Time said:I see four conference losses still. No way he wins at Autzen, wins at Arizona and probably loses in Pullman again.
He'll lose at least one home game probably to UCLA.
This team will go 9-4 in the regular season, Doogs will claim progress but once again we'll only be 5-4 in conference.
He has never had a season where he has had a winning record on the road. -
Do we really miss USC two years in a row?
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Yes we do. Sark's record is really enhanced by Pac-12 expansion and soft OOC schedule.uw2010 said:Do we really miss USC two years in a row?
Fuck off new Pac-12. So much for tradition.
In 2011 and 2012 he faced Utah/Colorado instead of UCLA/ASU where he is 1-5 against.
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Ya it's really weird. Don't think we have a game in LA at all next year which was a huge argument during realignment.uw2010 said:Do we really miss USC two years in a row?
Fuck off new Pac-12. So much for tradition.
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I personally hope they screw up and vote us preseason favorite. That way the doogs can't claim success when we go 5-4 in conference again.
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I see potentially more incremental progress in 2014. The problem is that the incremental progress should have been in 2011-2012 setting up for bcs bowl runs in 13 & 14. The conference schedule is easy. Go 3-1 at home, Col & Cal = 5….beat UA or WSU and thats a 10-3 regular season. The most worthless 10 regular season wins ever. 2015 I expect to drop back to 7-6.
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