Looks like it's up to Chris Petersen & the Washington Huskies to save the PAC-12

[AlaskaGuy]

 

[AlaskaGuy]

 

[AlaskaGuy]

Petersen downplays No. 6 Washington carrying flag for Pac-12

 

[cmc_rebar]

Oh fucking great.

This can't possibly come back to bite us in the ass. No, not at all.

Well, ok, maybe it can

 

[AlaskaGuy]

AP Top 25 Takeaways: Pac-12 down not out after UW loss

Washington lost the game the Pac-12 needed to win. At least that's how the showdown with No. 9 Auburn was billed all offseason.

As a neutral site that was anything but, the sixth-ranked Huskies lost a sloppy rock fight of a football game in Atlanta on Saturday , the only top-10 matchup of the first full weekend of the season. Coming off a 1-8 bowl season and the second playoff shutout in four years, the Pac-12 needed an early boost to repair some of its tattered reputation.

The Huskies came up short in a flurry of red-zone failures, but writing off the entire conference is probably premature — especially Washington.

We should learn from history. In the first season of the playoff, the Big Ten was left for dead two weeks into the season when Virginia Tech beat Ohio State at home and Oregon beat Michigan State.

The Buckeyes didn't lose again and won the national title.

It is hard to see the Huskies going on that type of run. For all of Jake Browning's accuracy and toughness, the senior quarterback's physical limitations do seem to get exposed against top-flight competition.

But to dismiss the idea that Washington could run the Pac-12 table seems silly. And to think that another Pac-12 team could sweep through to a conference championship at 12-1 and that a close loss by Washington on the other side of the county without its star left tackle (Trey Adams was out with a back injury) would tip the scales against the whole league does not add up. Especially if Auburn contends in the Southeastern Conference.

There is a lot of football to be played. Patience, please. Though if you're a Michigan fan, it is understandable that your patience is running low.

 

[HuskerinBig10]

Must be a typo in the thread title, the OP meant Washington State

 

[7Samurai13]

Ooof, those predictions did not age well.

 

[Yo Tee]

Damn these Husky fans were SO Delusional. Blinded by the hype! Now you look like a douche, cause you bought into the hype!