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Nope. In fairness, BYU's been very, very close to winning it's OOC road games the last two years. The worst loss has to be at Tulsa. There's really not much shame in losing a road game to a BCS school, even if it's an average one.
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It's time to end this trend
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Now that we are less than 2 months from game time, how are we going to contain Jake Locker, with our schemes, while respecting his ability to pass (assuming that he has improved). Our Safeties will be crucial in this.
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Jake Locker
Jake wasn't that bad... yes he at times got too jacked up and overthrew people, but he also had below average wide receivers dropping passes left and right. Hell sometimes Jake was so excited about playing in the game that he would hold his breath and this would tend to end up with the ball sailing on him. He calmed down as the year progressed. I think you will see a major improvement in his passing game this year. He looked great in the Spring game, very accurate with his throws. He went 7 for 7 on one 80 yard TD drive. I think he finished the game 14 for 17 or something close to that.
The offense was not bad last year, we averaged 29.2 points per game. The major problem was that our defense was the worst in our 118 year history of Washington football. I think the biggest key to the game will be if our new and revamped defense can stop or at least slow down your potent offense. A very large uphill battle for us for sure. BYU will obviously be the favorite to win this game, but I don't think it will be anywhere close to a cake walk or a blowout. You will for sure have your hands full with Jake Locker: http://youtube.com/watch?v=BMfiq9CXss8 Last edited by MLOdawgs; 07-11-2008 at 07:30 AM. |
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How do you see your team performing with all the new replacements this year? I am intrigued. I know that Chris Polk is supposed to be a stud, but what about the others at the different positions?
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But I'm not so worried about the out-of-conference road game @ Utah State. Nope. Not at all.
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http://youtube.com/watch?v=tiUNvgi4L48 Alvin Logan (big, 6-2 218) and Anthony Boyles (6-3 190) should also have big impacts as big targets in the receiving game this year. Chris Polk on paper and in high school is an absolute stud, we stole him from USC where he was committed for 6 months. His nickname in high school is "little Bush" because his play style reminds people of Reggie. Lappanno said he plans to use C. Polk (and Shaw) just like USC used Reggie Bush. The starting running back job should be Brandon Johnson's to lose. He has not had much game time but he did play one and a half quarters last year against Cal after Rankin got hurt. He rushed for over 100 yards against Cal in less than two quarters. You can see our RB in action here in the second half of this video clip, he is number 6, number 9 is Rankin (who graduated). http://youtube.com/watch?v=afy44jLiqMw The bottom line is, we have a lot of raw talent, but it is inexperienced and full of question marks. Until Ty PROVES he can consistently win games, I am not predicting a better record than 6-6. I hope I am wrong of course. |
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Especially if he chucks a water balloon at So'oto.
I know, YOhio. You can call me a zoot if you'd like. I just couldn't leave that one alone.
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My prediction for our Dawgs this year
This is how I predict the season will go for us if I think with logic and do not take into account anything that is unknown (like impact of new coaching staff in key coordinator positions and young talent). I think our worst case scenario is 3-9, and our best case scenario is 6-6. Either way Ty gets fired, so it is a win-win situation.
Aug. 30 at Oregon - L Sept. 6 BYU - L Sept. 13 Oklahoma - L Sept. 20 BYE - Hopefully Ty gets fired this week, if we lose to BYE we are in serious trouble... Sept. 27 Stanford - W Oct. 4 at Arizona - W or L - toss up Oct. 11 BYE Oct. 18 Oregon State - W or L - toss up Oct. 25 Notre Dame - W or L - toss up Nov. 1 at USC - L Nov. 8 Arizona State - L Nov. 15 UCLA - W Nov. 22 at Washington State - W Dec. 6 at California - L |
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