Strength of Schedule

That is the easiest road game in conference for UW, and at the time they were hyped up and 4-0.
UW still faceplanted and should have won. But point being, there wasn't an @ Purdue type game for UW this year.
That would typically be Indiana who is 10-0 lol
 
I don't think anyone is saying the schedule wasn't difficult. Insane is a bit extreme, though. And perhaps if it didn't sound like just another sorry-ass-lame excuse, which it does, that would help too.
No one respects the excuse makers. Even if there is a ring of truth to the excuse. Just play the damn games.
The other aspect is, even if the schedule is "insanely difficult," how about showing up for the games and giving a damn when you play? UW curled up in the fetal position and quit against Penn State and Iowa, and there was some give-up against Indiana, too. This team is full of too many pussies who give up at the first sign of adversity. Maybe if they played every game like they did last Friday the schedule excuse would mean something. Maybe.
 
TheHB said:
I don't think anyone is saying the schedule wasn't difficult. Insane is a bit extreme, though. And perhaps if it didn't sound like just another sorry-ass-lame excuse, which it does, that would help too.
No one respects the excuse makers. Even if there is a ring of truth to the excuse. Just play the damn games.
The other aspect is, even if the schedule is "insanely difficult," how about showing up for the games and giving a damn when you play? UW curled up in the fetal position and quit against Penn State and Iowa, and there was some give-up against Indiana, too. This team is full of too many pussies who give up at the first sign of adversity. Maybe if they played every game like they did last Friday the schedule excuse would mean something. Maybe.
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UW is jekyll and hyde right now home versus away.

The easy matchups being at home exacerbates that even more.
Next year's schedule is much more manageable away from home, and it's year two for Fisch.
Results akin to this season will equal tarmac
 
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Early this season PGOS was saying how every team UW was going to play sucked. Especially Iowa and Indiana
Now it's the hardest gauntlet since The Gauntlet

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I predicted 8-4 and didn't see Indiana being this good. No one did. A solid squad sure, but not undefeated
 
Also, my point that Oregon struggled as badly as they did against Wisconsin was to point out that they benefited from a soft road slate this year. Good thing they didn't play Idaho at the Kibbie Dome since that was a barn burner in Autzen.
The usual Quooks freaked out about that, and the nega doogs allied with the Quooks.
Only reason UW got brought up at all was to point out 3 of the 5 road games for UW was against top 5 teams with 1 fucking loss. I said Oregon would likely lose at both Penn State and Indiana, maybe even Iowa.
Queue Seaver and DTD getting butthurt.
 
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I think Oregon beats Indiana and Iowa anywhere. The Wisconsin game was like several of UW's "gritty" performances last year. Just win baby. Lanning gets it now.
Not sure Oregon would win at Penn State it it were the same circumstances UW had, though. Coming off the loss to Ohio State, that was going to be tough for any team. Even for an insurance salesmen-led Bammer.
 
TheHB said:
I think Oregon beats Indiana and Iowa anywhere. The Wisconsin game was like several of UW's "gritty" performances last year. Just win baby. Lanning gets it now.
Not sure Oregon would win at Penn State it it were the same circumstances UW had, though. Coming off the loss to Ohio State, that was going to be tough for any team. Even for an insurance salesmen-led Bammer.
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Oregon probably would have won against the Indiana backup. With the starter in, who knows.
Indiana finally had a gritty win of their own against Michigan recently. Will be interesting to see how they do against Ohio State.
 
TheHB said:
I don't think anyone is saying the schedule wasn't difficult. Insane is a bit extreme, though. And perhaps if it didn't sound like just another sorry-ass-lame excuse, which it does, that would help too.
No one respects the excuse makers. Even if there is a ring of truth to the excuse. Just play the damn games.
The other aspect is, even if the schedule is "insanely difficult," how about showing up for the games and giving a damn when you play? UW curled up in the fetal position and quit against Penn State and Iowa, and there was some give-up against Indiana, too. This team is full of too many pussies who give up at the first sign of adversity. Maybe if they played every game like they did last Friday the schedule excuse would mean something. Maybe.
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I will concede that Penn State would have been a nightmare of a game in the "whiteout"
But Oregon is beating Indiana with their backup QB, and Iowa isn't recent years Iowa. That defense isn't nearly as nasty as they've been. Offense is better for sure, but Oregon isn't losing that game. Another thing to consider is that being the #1 team, Oregon is going to be getting every opponent's best shot on the road. It's cliche' but it's true. That Wisconsin game, was Wisconsin's super bowl, and Oregon played flat as hell. However, Oregon is losing that game in any other prior year. This team is different from past Oregon teams, as they can win ugly.
 
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This is such a dumb thread. We're in the B10 it's going to have good teams? Indiana is the only outlier and that's just going to happen in CFB. Next year will have a suprise good team as well
 
MikeSeaver said:
Then what are you doing?

SOS battles are for undefeated and one loss teams.
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So there is a diff. between a one loss team and a two loss team but not an undefeated team and a one loss team.

You are perhaps the dumbest fucker mother to ever exist. Cuntfuckinggratulations.
 
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My gawd is this still going? UW didn't get an easy schedule, but it also isn't a nightmare. The travel of UW mileage versus opponents' mileage and in comparison to the other schools someone else did is shit an AD needs to go to the mat about but did we even have one or was it one already ADing for USC or Nebraska at that time? Your longest road trip is on a Friday not coming off a bye week?
UW is in a massive glut of mediocre Big 10 teams who all likely beat each other at home and lose to each other on the road. UW is still a dog at home to the upper Big 10 teams this year (Ohio State, Penn State, Oregon. We'll see what Indiana is after Saturday. They still might be a middling team that got the cherriest schedule ever.
I was worried about Oregon's schedule going into the season that if they could beat Ohio State at home that was all they had to do. I still thought they'd lose at Michigan and at Wisconsin (Wiscy coming off a bye at home in mid-November seemed like a schedule loss) but Michigan ended up being a joke without a portal QB and Wisconsin lost their QB early. I'll credit Oregon is also better than I thought they would be - the portal moves have all played out really well. They still in no way seem like a team that should have an undefeated regular season and I think the schedule helped with that.
With the ranking in the original link it's true that good teams also get screwed in those rankings because they can't play themselves.
Too long, didn't read I know but the better question is imagine having USC's fucking schedule and being 5-5?
 
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Lots of people discounting road conference games against 3 top 5 teams.
Tuff task for any team, quite honestly, let alone the rebuilding DAWG skwa.
Lanning still checks under his bed for Harold the Husky furry suit. Should he have gone for those 4th downs? The clock strikes midnight, and a shiver runs down his spine.
If the DAWGS keep it close, a tense Lanning will have his iq drop 50 points.

Oregon 48, Wash Ton 17

Wuff
 
My biggest problems, and I think a good amount of the bored probably agrees:

Getting destroyed by St. Penn, Iowa, and Indiana
losing to SUNJ and Coug
Split those two and 7-4 isn't all that bad, but isn't great either

it's not an easy schedule but I can think of several years when it's been tougher. Indiana was a fluke and they'll come back down to earth soon.

I'm not big into crying over spilled milk AKA the Dutch guy left us. If we had done this offer this way at this time…nope, he was probably leaving, but if the IU coach can make them 10-0, there's no excuse to be 0-4 or whatever in road and games six miles from campus which are "neutral"
 
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