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Pac-12 road wins are SO HARD....
I understand why Pete says it, that's what coaches do, but what really pisses me off is media people who parrot the same talking point when they are allowed to say something different.
It's quicker to list the teams in the Pac-12 who actually have some legit home field advantage than don't but I will go long form
Pullman, Corvalis, Palo Alto, Berkely, Pasadena (4 out of 5 years), Tempe, Tuscon, Boulder. Hell you could throw UW in there, if we aren't playing SC/Oregon/Stanford/WSU.
None of those places are like going to play in Death Valley, the big House, the Horseshoe, Penn State, Clemson, Bama, etc etc
That being said, this Saturday we are at a place where getting a road win is a big deal as long as they don't have Brady Hoke as DC.
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I can't imagine having to be away from home...play football...you travel down to LA where mom and dad are calling you "when can we see you? Your Auntie misses you so much." Uncles...aunts...cousins "hey can you get us some tickets?" So I'm sure the stress level of playing in front of everyone...the distractions etc. I sure as hell wouldn't be able to do it and it would drive me crazy now. Now be 19 or 20. Am just glad we went in there and won. Doesn't happen often.
Anytime you can blow a big lead in the second half at home you aren't a tough place to play
42-14 and 70-21 isn't tough. It was Bellotti and Helfrich
The old Autzen was hard to play in because the crowd really hated us and you could feel it. The noise was louder at the old joint than it is now