JLake

What are you talking about!? You really don’t know college football if you want to give up a coach who has gone 24-2 in two years for a 73 year old coach who hasn’t coached in college since he was in his late 50s. Your other posts are absurdly glass half empty and full of pandering to these UT fans who don’t know better. I get strong bandwagon Seahawks fan vibes from you. Sounds like you are now hopping on the Husky bandwagon after you probably thought they would lose all year and not make the CFP. Please stop embarrassing yourself and UW. And please don’t come to NOLA, but given your confidence, I don’t think you will be there.

This is an intelligent view. I think there are years where it is clear that one team is better than the other in the CFP and the only hope is for the lesser team to play perfect and the better team to play shitty. UW v Bama in 2016, Bama v MSU the year before, etc. That isn’t this game. I, and many national analysts, like our passing game against your pass D and that is why I have confidence. But there is always risk Penix is off and that edge is neutralized to an extent. I think the key to your victory is getting Penix to make bad throws and stuff the running game. If that happens our path to victory gets very narrow. If our OL protects annd run blocks and Penix is on his game then your path narrows. The best versions of UT and UW are likely to show up and it will be a close game. (But being honest, i am hoping for a shitty version of TX v best version of UW).

We both don’t know till we play. What is especially fun this year is I think every team has a chance or argument that they will win it all. That has never yet been the case in the CFP. I still remember the faint hope I had getting trampled by Bo Scarborough and Alabama mid way through the 2nd quarter of when we played them in 2016. This year is different. January 1 can’t come soon enough!

I hope to meet him at the Cheesecake Factory in NOLA.

No doubt you guys improved. So to recap we both got new RBs and expect better play from both. Both have improved lines. Your D Line improved more than ours but our OL improved more than yours and we added a freshman all American at center. Your QB and improved and you upped your WR core but both are not at our level. We both have suspect to serviceable secondaries and we both have good LBs with an elite player in each unit. So just roughly here is a breakdown. QB: Washington RB: even TE: Texas WR: Washington OL: Washington DL: Texas LB: even secondary: even pretty even matchup with the killer being our QB, OL, and receivers being the best combo in the country. The only position group you far and away win is the interior DL. But remember our OL is really really good so Sweat and Murphy wont be quite as dominant as you think. I genuinely think people have such a preconceived notion about our team that they forget our OL. Watch the last Oregon game to see it in action.

Yep and he is good and was good in the a big 12. Not every secondary player in the Big 12 and PAC 12 sucks.

I don’t think either of us were playing in leagues with world beaters in the secondary.

Yes it is. We played a Heisman finalist QB twice and the prior Heisman winner this year. Our starting safeties were out half the year as well. I classify our pass defense as serviceable. Not saying it’s great. Definitely our biggest weakness like it is yours

Not old enough to care but nice try. Focused in 2023/2024 like you should be

Brooks played in the Alamo Bowl btw. You just didn’t notice because we held him to 3 yards a carry. also not holding on. Just one reason to be optimistic. You all pretend like Huskies didn’t get better as well

They would also get boat raced by this years UW team. Better running back, better o line, better secondary. Not to mention another year of development for the best passing game in the country.

That was nearly 20 years ago bro. Vince young ain’t walking out of that tunnel on January 1

That is like me taking your shittiest most injured performance of the season and saying that is how you will play in the CFP. We would blow you out as well. More likely we will see the best versions of each team and will be a great game.

How about we beat y’all last year and beat everyone since. Longest win streak in the country. It’s a stronger argument than talking about the point differential in the TT games between you and Oregon.

I don’t think it was that flagrant and ref calls and no calls are kind of part of the game in college football, especially PAC 12. We got fucked on plenty of bad calls this year but overcame because that is what mature teams who know how to win do. I am sure you guys both benefited and got hurt from questionable calls as well.

Those ratings take the whole season into account I assume so kind of a moot point.

Did we win? Also I don’t really agree with a ref bailout. You referring to the block? Also ASU cursed us 30 years ago somehow and we always play like shit against them. So fucking frustrating but we won.

Correct; also don’t let your star QB get his foot partially ripped off his leg in your late season cupcake non conference game

I got it but I don’t care about close victories in college football and you all shouldn’t either. Beauty contests are for losers like Oregon. Just win the fucking games you play and eventually you are the national champs. Unless you are FSU of course but that topic is worn the fuck out.

Great. The shitty team you blew out is beating the shitty team we blew out mid way through the third quarter in a shitty bowl game!

I usually buy close loss arguments as examples of parity but do you guys really think TCU or Houston is anywhere near your caliber just because they played you close? I sure as shit don’t think ASU or WSU is close to us. College Football is fucking wacky

My mistake. Honestly I think we both played harder schedules than Michigan and we both deserve to be where we are. I just think the statement that we would have more losses than you guys with your schedule is far fetched. We could have lost to Alabama but other than that we probably win out.

I said I would and I will. Not going to be able to help with those trust issues I am sensing though :). Also I just said I think you guys are very good.

OK. Let’s get direct then. We have two wins over the #8 team in the country (at home and neutral field) and who is only #8 and not #2 because we beat them. We also have road wins against #14 and #21. You all beat the #4 team (best win of the year in CFB; would be #1 or #2 if you hadn’t beat them) and the #22 team on a neutral field. I think I got that right?

I don’t even understand this question. He was an all conference wide receiver and became a better, more clutch and consensus all American wide receiver? Do you want some detailed analysis on route running or something?