Why is everyone so quick to mark a W for the Stanford game? Because they lost Skov, Gardner, and Murphy? That's still going to be a tough game.
Probably cause UW defeated them two years ago and should have defeated them last year with Dude Brah as coach.
I think that will be the first big test in Petersen's career. However, at home I think that's a game you gotta win.
Stanford I read also returns the fewest starters in the conference while UCLA returns the most.
I got ripped in the Leach thread for saying Stanford is going to take a step backwards next year, but they really are. Hogan can't put the team on his back; he is a "game manager" that isn't very clutch. I've never seen Hogan take over a game, but he's never had to, because Stanford has been much greater than the sum of its parts for a while now.
However, having to replace a bunch of starters, coupled with a difficult schedule (@UW, @UO, @UCLA), means that Furd is gonna struggle next year.
