PAC 12 Thread v6.0

[wazzu31]

5 losses for furd…ya forgot the one coming this thursday nite, just ask @trojanfan12 about thirstday night games in cornvalley.

Oh ya, my bad, didn't realize they haven't played you yet. At least you guys got a chainsaw to go after the Trees, the Ducks went after them with a broken wing.

 

[mrwallace2ku]

Wallace-
You willing to go straight up on an Avi bet with that smack talk?

You willing to go with an ATS avi bet with that smack talk?

 

[trojanfan12]

5 losses for furd…ya forgot the one coming this thursday nite, just ask @trojanfan12 about thirstday night games in cornvalley.

Hate those damn Thursday night games. If the Beavs could play all of their games on Thursday nights, they'd win the NC.

 

[SUBuddha]

You willing to go with an ATS avi bet with that smack talk?

With Love questionable I will give you two choices.
Stanford -19.5 or Stanford rushing yard over OSU total yards. You game? BTW before I saw Love as a questionable I made Stanford Rushing vs. OSU total yards the teaser for the game.

 

[mrwallace2ku]

BTW before I saw Love as a questionable I made Stanford Rushing vs. OSU total yards the teaser for the game.

i'll take the +19.5, but that guy is gonna be a load for you boys…specially if my damn QB can keep em honest with some 5-15 yard PCs


avi play to team…1 week per usual.

 

[SUBuddha]

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i'll take the +19.5, but that guy is gonna be a load for you boys…specially if my damn QB can keep em honest with some 5-15 yard PCs


avi play to team…1 week per usual.

You got it.

 

[WizardHawk]

I would have gone with SC/ASU as the game of the week. Winner of that is front runner for the South. Neither has a rough schedule after this game. Half the conference rides on this one game. Arizona has a few tough games left and it just doesn't feel like they are going to keep pace over the back half of this slate. Winner on Saturday night should go to the CCG. Although I'm not handing ASU the road game at UCLA. I don't think they are setup to dominate Rosen's offense on the road.

The other 3 small line games are all interesting, but that game in the desert has so much riding on it.

 

[SUBuddha]

I would have gone with SC/ASU as the game of the week. Winner of that is front runner for the South. Neither has a rough schedule after this game. Half the conference rides on this one game. Arizona has a few tough games left and it just doesn't feel like they are going to keep pace over the back half of this slate. Winner on Saturday night should go to the CCG. Although I'm not handing ASU the road game at UCLA. I don't think they are setup to dominate Rosen's offense on the road.

The other 3 small line games are all interesting, but that game in the desert has so much riding on it.

Trying to avoid having too many of a single team in the GOTW.

 

[SUBuddha]

The key to Bryce Love's record pace: Studying up

 

[seahawksfan234]

Report: Sam Darnold expected to return to USC in 2018

That's an interesting development. Always enjoy seeing guys stay longer than they need to.

 

[seahawksfan234]

Rushing defense:

Washington: 511 yards on 235 attempts (2.2 YPC) 3 TDs
UCLA: 2124 yards on 348 attempts (6.1 YPC) 18 TDs

Someone might want to forward this to Jonathan Smith.

 

[WizardHawk]

Rushing defense:

Washington: 511 yards on 235 attempts (2.2 YPC) 3 TDs
UCLA: 2124 yards on 348 attempts (6.1 YPC) 18 TDs

Someone might want to forward this to Jonathan Smith.

They already knew ASU couldn't stop the run and that didn't change their game plan, what makes you think this will?

I expect that offense to come out angry and move the ball through the air and on the ground Saturday. Two full weeks to stew in that defeat? Two weeks to work on whatever issues they found and two full weeks to game plan for a UCLA team that has a bad defense overall, but horrific away from home specifically?

Anything under 40 points would be a massive disappointment. If they can't manage that much they really don't belong in any kind of playoff conversation again. Period.

 

[wazzu31]

I'm not sure why anyone isn't talking about the Pac12 championship preview in Tuscon this weekend.

 

[WizardHawk]

I'm not sure why anyone isn't talking about the Pac12 championship preview in Tuscon this weekend.

 

[Across The Field]

I'm not sure why anyone isn't talking about the Pac12 championship preview in Tuscon this weekend.

If I'm a coach in the Pac 12, I do not want to face Arizona right now.

 

[WizardHawk]

If I'm a coach in the Pac 12, I do not want to face Arizona right now.

Really either school in that state. As bad as USC has been this year either zona school might end up taking the South. If the forks can knock off USC this week their schedule sets up best to take it.

Such a roller coaster ride. Both were in the basement after the OOC slate and early conference losses and both are climbing up at the right time.

 

[wazzu31]

Really either school in that state. As bad as USC has been this year either zona school might end up taking the South. If the forks can knock off USC this week their schedule sets up best to take it.

Such a roller coaster ride. Both were in the basement after the OOC slate and early conference losses and both are climbing up at the right time.

True, but this Tate kid looks unstoppable and something ASU doesn't have. I know you guys lost to them but I think it was a fluke. I am way more afraid of Arizona than ASU.

 

[WizardHawk]

True, but this Tate kid looks unstoppable and something ASU doesn't have. I know you guys lost to them but I think it was a fluke. I am way more afraid of Arizona than ASU.

I'm looking mostly at schedule. ASU gets USC at home and then after that: Colorado, at UCLA, at Oregon State, Arizona.

In no way am I penciling in ASU as a win against USC, but let's face it USC has kind of sucked most of the year and that ASU defense has found something recently. Darnold looks like a shell of himself and going against a fairly dangerous defense at home. Their game at UCLA is the toughest one left?

Zona has cougs at home, at USC (much different as a road vs home), Beavs, at ducks, at ASU.

Forks have USC at home and a road game against UCLA and then get the cats in their house.
Wildcats have cougs, USC on the road and then forks in their house.

There is no doubt zona has a much more dangerous offense than ASU. But they haven't given up less than 30 in conference yet this year and took OT to beat Cal giving up 44 points to them. ASU just beat Utah 30-10 on the road.

My view has really little to do with their win over UW. I'm just looking at how both are playing and what they have left.

USC could find themselves a bit and win this weekend and flip things back in their favor quickly. It really could be any of the 3. I'm just slightly leaning ASU right now.

 

[wazzu31]

I get the looking down the road theory you have, but I'm most speaking of the here and now. I think Zona has found something with the perfect QB for Rich Rod. ASU I think lucked into Browning playing like garbage and Utah not having a functional QB. Maybe I'm under valuing ASU's defense but it's still hard for me to imagine they go from being one of the worst to a championship defense in 3 weeks.

 

[WizardHawk]

I get the looking down the road theory you have, but I'm most speaking of the here and now. I think Zona has found something with the perfect QB for Rich Rod. ASU I think lucked into Browning playing like garbage and Utah not having a functional QB. Maybe I'm under valuing ASU's defense but it's still hard for me to imagine they go from being one of the worst to a championship defense in 3 weeks.

All 3 contenders in the south are dangerous and flawed. That's a fact.
USC just can't get their offense going and their defense isn't doing much better.
ASU doesn't scare anyone on offense, but the last few games at least hasn't shot itself in the foot. Can they keep that up? Doubt it, but who knows. Their defense wasn't good in the first 5 games, but did keep Stanford to their lowest point total at home this year before the UW and Utah games. Confidence is huge on D so they are probably more dangerous right now after getting on a roll than their talent suggests they should be.

Arizona is rolling through points like crazy, but they can't even slow down anyone more or less stop them. The O/U for your game is just 64.5 which I find utterly ridiculous. There should be at least 80 in that game unless Falk just has a game like he did vs Cal. It's going to look like a video game.