Huskyfan1997

I have not seen Penix run on designed plays up the middle in the 2 years he's been at UW. Did Dillon Gabriel have success doing those against you? Our coaches must have seen something. A common misconception about UW is that they are a fast-paced air raid offense. They actually like to possess the ball. They run up to the line quick, but only to see how the defense lines up. They snap the ball at 0 time on the clock a lot. We held Oregon to 2 minutes time of possession in the 1st quarter, but our running game was working. We had to run Penix in the 3rd quarter against you because we couldn't run traditionally. But we can eat up clock with dink and dunk too.

IMO, I think the pass defense stats on both teams were misleading. UW's pass defense ranking was highly skewed due to the high flying Pac 12 offenses and future NFL QB's they played. And UW's formula is to get up early in the game and then hold on for dear life at the end of games (giving up a lot of passing yards). And Texas sure seemed really good in coverage in this game. Only 1 time did I see a UW receiver completely burn a CB. And that was a smart intentional PI on your CB that play. All other completed passes were basically perfectly placed balls. Your CB's looked like they covered our receivers very well, compared to other opponents that I've seen.

I am not here to gloat. This game was excruciating to watch as a husky fan, and Texas would just not go away. I really thought you guys would steal the game in the last seconds. I think all the talk pre-game was fairly accurate. Your interior D Line is no joke. Our running game looked like a JV team trying to run on a varsity team. Our pass protection is good, but that's not just the line. That's a QB that does not hold the ball and take unnecessary sacks. Together, they make an elite pass protection team. The key weakness on your D Line is on the edges. If your edge rushers were as good as your interior line, then Penix would not have had any space to elude Murphy and you would have sacked Penix multiple times. I think Michigan's D Line is strong across the whole line, so I think our O Line will have many more issues next game. Our passing game has not been that sharp since the first 3 games of the season. Most of that is being healthy, but it shows how little depth UW has. Penix was 19-20 for 300+ yards targeting his 4 main receivers. That is just insane and bad luck for Texas if I'm being honest.

Selfishly, I want Deboer to be a Husky for life. But I can't help but think he's a rocket ship to reaching uncharted territory in terms of head coaching accomplishments. Show me another guy that matches his track record at every level. If he wants to take it to the highest level, I want to see that too honestly. Call me whatever you want if that's what makes you feel good. I will wholeheartedly admit that seeing your comments and responses on an 'enemy' message board are borderline masterclass. You state opinions and back it up with sound reasoning/facts, and are very succinct about it all. Every time they tried to troll you, you had a perfect response, imo. So I will gladly get out of your way and let you handle these guys.

ngl, I secretly wish that Pete Carroll and Deboer switch jobs. UW would be getting one of the greatest college coaches and recruiters ever. And the Seahawks ... well who knows. But the dude has killed it at every level. Why not the NFL.

Saw a stat today that this is his 3rd 20+ game winning streak. And he's only coached like 110 games. Dude is 78-4 after his 1st year at any school, with 3 of those losses coming from 9-3 2nd year at Fresno State. Mind is blown.

I guess my prediction is more bold than originally thought then. But yes, agree that if you guys run over our OL, then it will get pretty ugly in UT's favor. I don't see our defense putting a lid on you. We played our best defensive game of the season and still only won by 3 points and gave up 30.

My only request for y'all is let us have this one and you guys get next year, while we are replacing our whole team and putting a noodle armed QB at the helm haha. I've never even seen Will Rogers play but I've heard he has a noodle arm compared to Penix.

My only prediction right now is that it will be close game that hinges on an untimely mistake or penalties, with no clue which way it will go. I know that's not bold. But it's bolder than what I had predicted for the Pac 12 CG. I thought we were going to lose that game by more than 1 score. But as a tortured Seattle sports fan, that game has given me some confidence that we at least have a puncher's chance in the playoff. That's usually when the downfall happens. Sucks to be a sports fan at times haha.

btw, appreciate the comments about talking football instead of mindless drivel. I agree it's fun to talk and learn about other teams in a civil way. As I said, I never post on message boards because of the trolls, but some of you guys seemed to long for a non-troll opposing team perspective. So I took a chance. And, to be completely transparent, all my non-troll friends, in the lead up to the Pac 12 championship game had zero confidence we would win. One even said he'd bet his house that we'd lose by double digits haha. So all in all, I have no clue what I'm talking about. But I just can't wait for this game, so going stir crazy and need to talk about it.

imo, our offenses are basically a draw. You have an advantage at TE (e.g. 2nd best behind Bowers from what I hear) and we have a more experienced QB. Defenses definitely your advantage, on paper. Hence the 4.5 line in your favor. Count in the 80/20 home field advantage and it will definitely be our biggest challenge.

Just saw this breakdown on ESPN with some good insight into the Huskies team. They say that the UW linebackers and secondary are just not at the same level as the other 3 playoff teams. Considering that Ewers had 370 yards passing in the Alamo bowl as an inexperienced QB and a #1 receiver with the dropsies, it could very well be that the UT passing game will be the true juggernaut in this game.

Makes sense. What doesn't make sense are the draft evaluations. Odunze is ranked as high as a top 10 pick, mainly because he will supposedly test (4.3 speed) really well at the combine. But I can't think of one instance where he makes people look like they're running in sand like Worthy does. Worthy seems to have that Tyreek play speed in highlights. Seems like that should be pretty coveted in the NFL. But I've seen Mitchell as having a higher draft grade as well.

Correct. UW does not have breakaway speed at the RB position in the 2-deeps. I think maybe the freshman Tybo maybe does, but he won't play much.

Worthy has proven himself a dangerous weapon this year, probably has more YAC than Mitchell, but Mitchell seems to be Quinn's go to receiver for TD's. I know this will sound pretty homerish, but it's a pick your poison type thing with our offense when it's firing on all cylinders, but I'm sure you can say the same about UW. Not homerish at all. Just the truth. Honestly, the main advantage your offense has over ours is the TE. Our TE is serviceable at catching and makes some good plays. But he's a walk-on that played a total of 2 high school football games before walking on at UW. Not quite the same level instilled fear that Sanders brings haha.

You are correct, Mitchell can adjust to a poorly thrown ball and make the catch whereas X has shown that to be his weakness. But even so he's made some spectacular catches himself from time to time. Worthy will get open more often due to speed so he usually takes the double, but that leaves Mitchell and Sanders with good matchups (bad for you guys) at times. Thanks. I was thinking that if it were 4th and 10 at the end of the game and all our receivers had equal amounts of separation, Penix is throwing to Odunze for sure. And that same situation if I were a Texas fan, I think I'd want Ewers to throw it to Mitchell. But I've only seen a few games. Just wondering if you guys would agree.

yeah, it's our biggest rival. And they get all the love from the media. But the reason for all my UO talk in this forum is because it's the only team that is reasonably comparable to UT that we've played. Moving on from UO, if you were UW, do you think it's more important to double team Worthy or Mitchell? My casual fan eyes think that Mitchell looks to be more important to contain. Worthy will definitely make our team look like they're running in sand. But something about the Mitchell highlights tell me he's just as dangerous, if not more.

haha, we can agree that Nix was overhyped. Completing 80% of passes when all his throws are within 5 yards of the line of scrimmage is so misleading. At least Penix is throwing it way down the field.

Sorry, I meant that that facet of the game has been greatly under-analyzed. Did not mean to imply that UT offense is underestimated. I think it's on par with UW's offense at minimum. Definitely more balanced on paper.

It is kind of fascinating what the vegas line would be if Oregon had won the last game. Vegas was so in love with UO and if they beat us in that game, who would they love more: UO or Texas. IMO, it should be a pick'em with a couple points in UT favor due to some home field advantage? Not sure if vegas would agree in that hypothetical world though. I know it's stupid to think about, but just kind of interesting to me.

If you guys were playing Oregon in this playoff game instead of UW, would you feel more or less confident about winning?

haha thanks for your opinion on the matter Mr. High Horse. I'd argue that there is no legit comparative data unless we played the exact same teams. Everything is just conjecture. No need to call people childish.

Yeah, has the potential to be a fantastic game and can't wait. UO passed for 300+ yards and ran for 200+ yards in the 1st game, so our defense can be had. Any team that does that should win. One of my favorite things about the UW team this year is just the fear of how dangerous they are. Teams tend to feel like they have to go for it on 4th downs to score enough. The same is true in reverse in this game. Both teams can be explosive. The in-game decisions will be fascinating.

I'm in general agreement that if 1 team wins comfortably, it's much more likely to be UT. Thanks for the responses to my question. It's just that we fans hear the same line before every big game. UW is finesse and will get bullied in the trenches. Yet somehow after the games we always hear "UW strength on the lines was very surprising". At some point it has not be not surprising anymore.

True. I am no X's and O's expert so I'm only making observations at a casual fan level. Maybe our running scheme will play into your advantage. I really have no idea. Like I said earlier, I'm thinking this will be a close game that hinges on an untimely mistake or penalty or two. No idea who will win, but that's why we look forward to this game. Another thing that gives me some hope is that imo, Dillon Johnson is a way more capable running back than Tualapapa was last year.