PAC 12 Thread v6.0

[AlaskaGuy]

 

[AlaskaGuy]

 

[Ickey Shuffle]

I forgot Lovie Smith was still in the coaching game. Illinois explains it.

 

[AlaskaGuy]

2019 Season Preview: Special Team, The Pac-12, and General Outlook

Whither the Pac-12? Wither, the Pac-12?
For the last two years, the narrative around the Pac-12 has been one of failure . . . and I can’t really argue that the narrative is a media concoction.

USC and UCLA have been poster children for instability and wasted talent. After four straight mediocre seasons, Oregon will start to gain that same reputation soon if they don’t have a monster year. Most of the lower half of the conference can’t cobble together enough talent to be more than middling. Utah, the one great hope in the South is coming off a 5 loss season, and hasn’t ever had a truly above average offense since joining the conference.Even Stanford, the one standard bearer for stability and consistent excellence, has been slipping over the last three years and lost a bunch of production. Only Washington (and to a lesser extent, Washington State) have been able to maintain stable, successful programs relative to their own expectations.

Should this matter to you in the slightest? In short: Hell no. In length: Only to the extent that it impacts Cal’s abilities to win football games. Death to our rivals, etc. etc.

And that’s where we get to the good-news, bad-news reality.

The Pac-12 as a collective is entirely vulnerable, full of mediocre, flawed teams. Depending on which advanced projection system you prefer, only 3-4 teams in the conference are expected to be top 25 level teams, and most of them are right on the edge of that distinction anyway. This is a conference that is ripe for plucking for a team that can positively answer a few key questions.

Except . . . it’s really the Pac-12 south that’s vulnerable. Washington, Wazzu, Stanford, and Oregon are probably four of the five best teams in the conference, and Cal has to get through those teams to make noise.

Or maybe Washington State will finally be punished for their weird QB roster management over the last few years and take a step back. Maybe Washington won’t be able to adequately replace 8(!) players taken in the 2019 NFL draft. Maybe Oregon is the same good-but-far-from-great team they were in 2018, and maybe Stanford finally falls back after losing most of the goofy tall guys that Costello’s been throwing to.

No, it’s not particularly likely that every trouble spot for Cal’s rivals turn into fatal flaws while everything goes peachy for our Bears. But the basic idea - that the Pac-12 doesn’t look likely to have a team with the talent to exert themselves over the rest of the conference - is probably true. And that means that there is opportunity, even if it’s slim.

 

[AlaskaGuy]

The Pac-12 Power Rankings Week 1

 

[mrwallace2ku]

12. Oregon State

 

[mrwallace2ku]

The Pac-12 Power Rankings Week 1

LOLS @ U quoting a preseason college football pudit poll…bigtime politicker poll denier.

 

[AlaskaGuy]

Washington hosts Michigan in Week 1 in 2020, while Oregon hosts Ohio State in Week 2. @Ourand_SBJ expects Fox to push for one of those matchups to be the Pac-12’s first 9:00am local time kickoff.

SBJ Media: Fox Focused On Winning CFB Noon Window

 

[AlaskaGuy]

Pac-12 preview: What you need to know, predictions, bowl projections and more

 

[PSUTE]

Gonna be an interesting year for me...

 

[wazzu31]

He really needs to get off of Twitter. Sure he got jobbed but he has a platform for it every time he is on ESPN but instead he uses twitter which for the longest time he wouldn’t allow his players to have.

 

[AlaskaGuy]

He really needs to get off of Twitter. Sure he got jobbed but he has a platform for it every time he is on ESPN but instead he uses twitter which for the longest time he wouldn’t allow his players to have.

Good for him. He's using twitter to go straight to the public instead of having the media twist his words.

 

[wazzu31]

Good for him. He's using twitter to go straight to the public instead of having the media twist his words.

Sure, but it doesn’t help his case. From the Craig James election it appears nearly every one to a man hates him. He went from a popular Texan to being treated like Californians do when they go there. I don’t mind that he is on Twitter but it’s just ironic that he was so against any player of his using that platform. He has definitely backed off that stance since Hilinksi’s suicide but just as a Coug I’d prefer he use twitter as a positive over complaining about his past and posted political stuff that whether you like it or not alienates a lot prospects in California which is the heart of the program.

 

[socaljim242]

Sure, but it doesn’t help his case. From the Craig James election it appears nearly every one to a man hates him. He went from a popular Texan to being treated like Californians do when they go there. I don’t mind that he is on Twitter but it’s just ironic that he was so against any player of his using that platform. He has definitely backed off that stance since Hilinksi’s suicide but just as a Coug I’d prefer he use twitter as a positive over complaining about his past and posted political stuff that whether you like it or not alienates a lot prospects in California which is the heart of every PAC 12 program.

Fixed.lol

 

[socaljim242]

USC got a commitment the other day from OL Jonah Monheim out of Moorpark Ca. He's 6'5 280 rt now and looks like he will get a bit bigger. Weird thing is he's a 3* right now who had offers from oklahoma, Michigan, Notre Dame, Alabama Penn State, Auburn as well as PAC schools. Thats quite an offer list for a 3* but maybe because people project him to be better after he's out of High School. I think it's a good approach when it comes to west coast linemen especially OL. Too many highly rated ones are that way because they were just bigger as 17-18 year olds and pushed around smaller kids but they have peaked ( Damien Mama). This kid probably looks a bit awkward still but give him a few years and he could be a 6'6" 300 lb OL to be reckoned with.........hopefully. lol

 

[socaljim242]

Gonna be an interesting year for me...

Good luck but not too much .lol

 

[AlaskaGuy]

 

[AlaskaGuy]

 

[AlaskaGuy]

 

[carson]

Colorado wins more than 3 games this year, you fucks