2007 Pac 10 football thread

[bernie]

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I was extremely impressed with Washington's young QB. It is nice to see the program coming back. During the glory years in the early 90's, Washington might have had the biggest home field advantage of any team in college football.

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They look so much better than last year. Playing alot more together. There'll be some bad games this year as the talent is still a little lacking, but it's getting there.

Ty has really brought this team a long ways from the team that he had when he took over.

Thank you, ND, for canning him. We now see the direction you wanted to take ND in. [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

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[MyTurn2Raise]

Based on the on-the-field results so far


Pac10>>>>>>>>>> Big East > SEC >>>>>>>>>>>>&g t;>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>&g t;>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>&g t;>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>whatever else

[Moozh]

Exciting start for us Ducks fans. I don't care what people say, the Michigan win was huge for us. But now, looking at the Pac10 schedule, I'm terrified.

Washington, Oregon, Cal, USC, and UCLA all have the potential to beat any team in the Pac10 any given week. For the Ducks, I'm excited we get both Cal and USC at home (we have to win one of those games). But now I'm worried about the road game at Washington. A one loss season for any team in this conference should guarantee a BCS.

[BobJoeJim]

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Exciting start for us Ducks fans. I don't care what people say, the Michigan win was huge for us. But now, looking at the Pac10 schedule, I'm terrified.

Washington, Oregon, Cal, USC, and UCLA all have the potential to beat any team in the Pac10 any given week. For the Ducks, I'm excited we get both Cal and USC at home (we have to win one of those games). But now I'm worried about the road game at Washington. A one loss season for any team in this conference should guarantee a BCS.

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Definitely huge. I'm born and raised in Eugene, and could not have possibly been happier watching that on Saturday. The Pac Ten is scary top to bottom (well, top to ninth) this year, though, like you say. The last few seasons have taught me my lesson about getting too excited about early success, and I've seen a lot of weaknesses in those first two games that I'm worried about. If Dixon's inconsistency shows back up... *shudder*. Here's hoping they can keep it up, GO DUCKS!!!
</homerism> I'm trying to be objective on this thread.

[Dids]

Not being able to watch the WSU game this week, I have no idea if SDSU just sucks balls or if Brink was actually able to throw a ball past 15 yards without it being a duck. Given that he hasn't his whole career, I assume they just suck and we're still going to blow this year. I thought the Wisc game was a lot less impressive than some people think.

[censored] Alex Brink [censored] Bill Doba [censored] Mike Levenseller asdlfkjasdflkajsfalksj

(I really hate this team as its composed and I think we need a coaching change badly. Our defense is horrible and while we've got skill on offense the playcalling is terrible and some of the choices (starting Brink at all costs) are very suspect. Top that off with the fact that we've recruited poorly since Price left, and I'm just rooting for this all to blow up so we can get better sooner.)

Washington is not as good as people probably think right now, because the 'Cuse were [censored] horrible, and I think BSU was very overrated. If they don't luckbox that one bowl game, they're still a team who has basically never beaten a good team. Locker is fun as hell to watch though.

[LocustHorde]

Mike Price will soon be coaching that team (WSU). Doba will go back to being the DC..

[Dids]

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Mike Price will soon be coaching that team (WSU). Doba will go back to being the DC..

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While I think Mike woudl be a decent choice because he can recruit, I doubt they'll bring him back. I would imagine they'll go for somebody younger in a more Tony Bennet-ish mode.

MSU- I confess to holding Brink in the highest contempt because I have a hard on for QBs with sexy arms like Josh Swogger and Gary Rodgers and Brink stole their starts with his lame duck throws.

[MSUcougar]

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Not being able to watch the WSU game this week, I have no idea if SDSU just sucks balls or if Brink was actually able to throw a ball past 15 yards without it being a duck. Given that he hasn't his whole career, I assume they just suck and we're still going to blow this year. I thought the Wisc game was a lot less impressive than some people think.

[censored] Alex Brink [censored] Bill Doba [censored] Mike Levenseller asdlfkjasdflkajsfalksj

(I really hate this team as its composed and I think we need a coaching change badly. Our defense is horrible and while we've got skill on offense the playcalling is terrible and some of the choices (starting Brink at all costs) are very suspect. Top that off with the fact that we've recruited poorly since Price left, and I'm just rooting for this all to blow up so we can get better sooner.)

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I was at both of WSU's games so far and have nothing but positive things to say about Brink in general. Granted SDSU's defense is terrible, but Brink was hitting his receivers in stride yesterday and looked very composed. Also, the receivers this year have really great hands and I have not seen the dropped passes that have plagued the Cougs the past couple years. The O-line has been better than advertised, giving Brink time to throw and also opening up lanes for an effective rushing attack (evident against Wisc and not really needed against SDSU).

The defense is shaky and is gonna give up points all year. The secondary is particularly young and it appears their gameplan is to play off the receivers so as not to surrender a big play over the top. What it amounts to is plenty of open receivers on short routes, which was a frustrating problem against Wisc. Pass rush is nowhere to be found, compounding the problem. I'm cautiously optimistic that the defense will improve over the course of the season, since it's mainly underclassmen lacking game experience right now.

As for the coaching staff, I've never been a fan of Doba as head coach. Playcalling has been suspect and recruiting is subpar (though admittedly, Pullman is about as tough a place to recruit to as any). It's a bowl game or bust for Doba this season imo.

[bernie]

I read that Brinks receivers really helped make him look good this game. They didn't really say why other than they caught everything that was thrown their way. Not sure if that meant the throws were bad and they went and got them or not.

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[Dids]

Per the radio broadcast, Jim Walden suggested that the WRs made a lot of good catches on bad balls. Jim Walden however, is not somebody in whom I place a great deal of trust for accurate and unbiased opinions (but I love him calling games anyway).