Game Thread: Minnesota vs Wash St. - Holiday bowl, ESPN, 4pm PST

[Great Dayne]

Wisconsin lost to Penn State. SC is playing the best team in the B1G. Would you like to take an avy bet on the USC/Penn State game? I'm willing to bet SC can do what Wisconsin failed too and beat PSU.Loser wears the winners Avy of choice until the start of next season avatars can be changed at any point?I'll take SC over the B1G champion

If Wisconsin backup DB's turn their heads around we win by 50 points with the way we dominated in the first half. I think USC will win that game by 2 TD's since I doubt their DB's will fall for that chucking shit up for grabs and I have USC as the best team in the PAC by far over the Huskies.

 

[TheDayMan]

If Wisconsin backup DB's turn their heads around we win by 50 points with the way we dominated in the first half. I think USC will win that game by 2 TD's since I doubt their DB's will fall for that chucking shit up for grabs and I have USC as the best team in the PAC by far over the Huskies.

Yeah, your secondary sure does suck.

 

[TheRobotDevil]

If Wisconsin backup DB's turn their heads around we win by 50 points with the way we dominated in the first half. I think USC will win that game by 2 TD's since I doubt their DB's will fall for that chucking shit up for grabs and I have USC as the best team in the PAC by far over the Huskies.

I can't say I expected wazzu to lose. But it doesn't surprise me either. They are good for cougin it.Tbh I think USC/Penn State is one of the. Best match ups this bowl season.i will take that avy bet if you want SC is playing the B1G champs

 

[Great Dayne]

Yeah, your secondary sure does suck.

I would say the starting safeties and #1,2 are excellent. However, the #3-#5 CB's are terrible. They need to recruit for more depth at the CB position vs the passing teams or we won't do much better next season despite returning our entire O-line and D-line.

 

[Great Dayne]

I can't say I expected wazzu to lose. But it doesn't surprise me either. They are good for cougin it.Tbh I think USC/Penn State is one of the. Best match ups this bowl season.

I was shocked they didn't win since Minn had suspended 10 players and their QB is extremely Turnover prone.

USC vs PSU is a great matchup because both are the two hottest teams in the nation that had a rough early start. PSU has an elite RB and a deep threat passing attack. Their defense is suspect IMO and I believe USC can outscore them in this game.

 

[TheDayMan]

I would say the starting safeties and #1,2 are excellent. However, the #3-#5 CB's are terrible. They need to recruit for more depth at the CB position vs the passing teams or we won't do much better next season despite returning our entire O-line and D-line.

Always some excuse with you.

 

[Great Dayne]

I can't say I expected wazzu to lose. But it doesn't surprise me either. They are good for cougin it.Tbh I think USC/Penn State is one of the. Best match ups this bowl season.i will take that avy bet if you want SC is playing the B1G champs

What avy bet? I think USC will win as do you.

 

[TheRobotDevil]

I was shocked they didn't win since Minn had suspended 10 players and their QB is extremely Turnover prone.

USC vs PSU is a great matchup because both are the two hottest teams in the nation that had a rough early start. PSU has an elite RB and a deep threat passing attack. Their defense is suspect IMO and I believe USC can outscore them in this game.

Barkley is a great RB.It is going to be strange seeing Barkley and Marcus Allen playing against SC. PSU does play a spread offense like most teams in the PAC. Maybe thats why they won the B1G

It should be a great game. Better than OSU/Clemson imo

 

[Great Dayne]

Always some excuse with you.

It was an epic fail no doubt and the biggest lead we've ever relinquished as we were clearly the better team with the huge lead and failed to make adjustments to the chucks on the sidelines. It's a fail on both the backup DB's and the D coaches for not putting them in position to win. It's a good leaning experience for a team that is young and wasn't even expected to make a bowl. I'm still disappointed in how it ended but still feel ok since our expectations were to be 3rd in our division and like 6th overall in the BIG.

 

[Great Dayne]

Barkley is a great RB.It is going to be strange seeing Barkley and Marcus Allen playing against SC. PSU does play a spread offense like most teams in the PAC. Maybe thats why they won the B1G

It should be a great game. Better than OSU/Clemson imo

well if that was true they wouldn't have been blown out by Michigan. I think their coach is the best in the NCAA at making second half adjustments. They have a very balanced attack. I think OSU will win that game by 3 TD's. I have no confidence in Clemson at least from the games I've seen this year. I think USC should have a big lead going in at the half but must be prepared for PSU to have some kind of comeback in the second half and make their own adjustments quickly. Yes I am more pumped to watch that game than any other game honestly.

 

[TheRobotDevil]

well if that was true they wouldn't have been blown out by Michigan. I think their coach is the best in the NCAA at making second half adjustments. They have a very balanced attack. I think OSU will win that game by 3 TD's. I have no confidence in Clemson at least from the games I've seen this year. I think USC should have a big lead going in at the half but must be prepared for PSU to have some kind of comeback in the second half and make their own adjustments quickly. Yes I am more pumped to watch that game than any other game honestly.

True true SC does own Ohio State and Michigan As far as SC/PSU its going to come down to how SC performs stopping the run. Thieve only given up 100 yards rushing 3 times this season. They play an aggressive defense that starts with the run stop. Which allows them to bring different looks and pressures. While playing man coverages.On offense if they get the running lanes wisconsin got against PSU. Jpnes is a home run back. He's got a lot more speed than Clement. A lot of people are focused on Darnold,Juju and Jackson.But Jones may play a key role

 

[broncosmitty]

So you have an efficient methodical QB with some solid weapons on offense. As long as he gets the ball out quick and finds the mismatches he can do well. What style of defense do you run. I see they rarely relinquish more than 30 points in a game.

Somewhat aggressive D.

It's not that strong, but has done well forcing mistakes. And teams usually give up at some point in the second half.

Don't have any stats in front of me, but I'm pretty sure the second half numbers are crazy lopsided.

Terrell is a damn good college QB. He deserves a lot more credit than he's getting this year. Davis and rightfully so is the headliner. But Fleck gets a ton of the recognition than his QB should be getting. Very smart player. Sneaky athlete too. Very accurate. (His backup is an excellent athlete, not as accurate. Flacco's lil brother Tom.)

 

[broncosmitty]

Yeah, I hate it when teams puss out of games against their tough opponents. Like Wisconsin, what a bunch of fucking pussies.

Michigan called off our last meeting mid way thru on account of rain.

Pussies...

 

[ralphiewvu]

New to WSU football are you?

They don't use the term Coug'n it for nothing. They upped their game and found a way to lose to a miserable team with 10% of their roster suspended and the rest tried to get out of playing it altogether.

Some teams try to innovate new offensive wrinkles or creative special trick plays, but WSU finds new and increasingly more special ways to shit down their own legs in big games. It's actually rather impressive when you consider the overall futility of that program and yet they still keep trying year after heart breaking year.

New to reality are you? WSU faced a B10 team that had 10 people suspended. Still, their highly acclaimed offense was stymied. Come on dude.

Wisconsin probably wins the PAC at this rate.

 

[WizardHawk]

New to reality are you? WSU faced a B10 team that had 10 people suspended. Still, their highly acclaimed offense was stymied. Come on dude.

Wisconsin probably wins the PAC at this rate.

So what a team known for failing does against someone tells you what an entirely different team would do against entirely different teams?

Yeah, that makes a lot of sense. Logic not really a thing down there I take it?

 

[wazzu31]

We weren't stymied. The council members of San Diego could've suited up and beat the team the Cougs fielded. The only person that showed up wearing crimson was our kicker. Leach didn't show up, Falk didn't show up, our offense didn't show up, defense didn't show up.

 

[ralphiewvu]

So what a team known for failing does against someone tells you what an entirely different team would do against entirely different teams?

Yeah, that makes a lot of sense. Logic not really a thing down there I take it?

Anyone who is not smart enough to see the PAC is absolute garbage deserves to be shot. Add yourself to that list

 

[BigAppleBadger]

Anyone who is not smart enough to see the PAC is absolute garbage deserves to be shot. Add yourself to that list

Pot, meet kettle.

 

[ralphiewvu]

Pot, meet kettle.

I had never said the B12 wasn't garbage. Try to keep up cheese head

 

[WizardHawk]

Anyone who is not smart enough to see the PAC is absolute garbage deserves to be shot. Add yourself to that list

And literally the most likeliest team in college football history to shit themselves doing what they do is that proof to you?

Again, might want to look into a subject before trying to chime in on it. Would save you loads of embarrassment. Just trying to help.