ericd7633
Well-Known Member
I never asked for credit. I made a prediction based on sound logic and I was wrong. Not exactly a first in the world of sports. And as I said, I stand by what I said about them last year. They were an extremely unimpressive 10-3, given the weak schedule they faced.
I also am not sure I agree on their schedule. Road games at USC, Utah, and Washington State with Washington at home isn't murderer's row by any means, but it wouldn't even slightly shock me if they dropped all 4. They're unproven on offense and have to replace a generational talent that was still only able to guide them to 10-3 last year with a cupcake schedule. I'd be significantly more surprised by them being 4th this year compared to being 7-5.
I still don't understand how all this translates to me being a homer? That's fine if you disagree with me regarding schedule. I think they'll lose @ USC. But I have them beating Utah who only returns 9 starters and Washington State is always a weird team. That game definitely is a potential loss, but obviously for projection purposes, I think they win there. I think Washington and Oregon, behind Stanford will end up being the other 2 best teams in the division, Stanford gets both at home. I think Stanford will go 8-1, but have the tiebreaker over Washington who I also project be 8-1 in conference.