So ... I'll start one ...
Im a sucker for the big MO ( Mo, any mo ), thus :
Cougs 27
Beavs 24
IN OVERTIME !
Im a sucker for the big MO ( Mo, any mo ), thus :
Cougs 27
Beavs 24
IN OVERTIME !
WHERE'S THE ****** PREDICTION THREAD !
- Thread starter WaltherPPK
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So a Beaver and a Coug walk in to a bar....
Just kidding Scott, don't want to offend you.
Beavs 34-17
Just kidding Scott, don't want to offend you.
Beavs 34-17
Cougs discover their identity and put together a complete game in front of the fans. The program turns a corner with a 36-27 upset.
Former Cougar great Jim Michalczik has developed the best offensive line in the conference, bar none, and he didn't have the luxury of signing five OLs a year to do it. If these guys can run for 322 against USC, at more than 6 yards a pop, a team with a DL, heaven help the Cougars, a team that doesn't. Is there a worse match up for the Cougs. Power football versus a "smoke and mirrors" defense. It is pack the box and keep your fingers cross that Nolan channels some Garbers-like play. Cougs lose 35-14.
Cougs have shown that they can stack the box and hold their own. The danger is that they are young and tend to over-pursuit, so misdirection or a talented rb who can read the stretch play can give them fits.
Dickert needs to (and probably will) mix in run blitzes with base defensive looks having the dl stay home and let the lbs work.
If they can execute I think they can make it respectable.
Cougs 20
Nappy Dugouts 31
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USC disrespected OSU by playing them straight up and paid. Stacking the box works well if your opponent is a one dimensional run team, or you have NFL calibre DBs, which we don't. It will come down to whether Nolan can beat us with his arm, because we have no choice but to stack the box. Unfortunately, Nolan leads the conference with a PER of 169.3, where Garbers is #8 with a PER of 132.2. So on paper it doesn't look good.
If the Cougs are ever serious about developing a ground game, they know where to turn.
Nolan can beat us with his arm, but if we can get just enough pressure to throw him off his timing it might be enough. I think we can do this for a half, but depth will catch up to us and he'll carve us up in the second half.
Yeah, I see it going that way too. Plays we stopped for 3 yards in the first half, break for 10 to 20 by the late 3rd quarter, We've seen it before.
Well that is who PW wanted as his oline coach … but he took the Raider line job then back to cal before fired there.
I predict Turd didn’t get the shot and will comply with the mandate and leave WSU at midnight the 18th.
"There can be only one" "may it be him" The Turd. "Here we are born to be"($inging), losers amongst the worst in conference history. "I have come for your" giving me my next beat down loss.
Que the Queen music "Princes of the" losers
Sorry couldnt help the Highlander References. 1 of my favorites shows.
"I am (infamously) immortal, I have inside me blood of" losers.
Sorry I forgot that last line.
Prediction: The "Let's Go Brandon" (or something a little more profane like that) breaks out no later than the middle of the second quarter.
The question is whether it will be the student section or the alumni side.
The question is whether it will be the student section or the alumni side.
I think at this point you have to be honest and conclude OSU is a much better team than we are.
Plus, I think the Cougs are at risk for looking past OSU coming off a road win and having beaten them 7 straight (or something like that). I think OSU is going to be hyped given what they have accomplished, plus they might really want to beat us for once.
OSU 35
WSU 17
Plus, I think the Cougs are at risk for looking past OSU coming off a road win and having beaten them 7 straight (or something like that). I think OSU is going to be hyped given what they have accomplished, plus they might really want to beat us for once.
OSU 35
WSU 17
Second half shutdown from our O. Valiant effort by the D, but they get left out there way too long, too many short fields, and they’re on vapor in the 4th. Blowout.
Oh, and another disappointing crowd. Between COVID, the Rolo fiasco, and the fact that they’re not really much fun to watch, we haven’t had great crowds. The requirement to show proof of vaccination will cut into it even more. There are an awful lot of tickets available from people who suddenly “can’t make it” due to “conflicts.”
Oh, and another disappointing crowd. Between COVID, the Rolo fiasco, and the fact that they’re not really much fun to watch, we haven’t had great crowds. The requirement to show proof of vaccination will cut into it even more. There are an awful lot of tickets available from people who suddenly “can’t make it” due to “conflicts.”
I don't guys. Maybe there's more to be enthusiastic about this game than we know. Maybe the intermediate routes and the defense slowing the run. I have no delusions of grandeur about our offense, but maybe they can slow the run game. Then again there are those ....what da calling them....OH, tight ends. WTF knows??
Oh...again...I meant to say that a drunken beaver staff can out think at least our offensive staff. Smith could be at the 50 yard line with a glass of whiskey in one hand and a cigar in the other and perhaps smoke our team by 14.
I don't think we have an answer to their run game, and I don't think we can stop their run game.
OSU 31
WSU 24
OSU 31
WSU 24
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Cal thought they could do better than Tedford, Oops! But Jim never stays unemployed. And where ever he goes, those teams can run the ball. He was fortunate that was exposed to traditional run blocking schemes under Walden and spread run schemes under Erickson. So he has practiced and played them both. Not many OL coaches have that background.
No prediction but I am looking for a few things.
1- will the defense continue it's recent performance
2- will JDL finally have an "IT" day. This means he puts "IT" all together and the offense becomes a consistent threat.
If these two things happen, then the Cougs have a legit chance to win this game against an OSU team that has been impressive this year.
1- will the defense continue it's recent performance
2- will JDL finally have an "IT" day. This means he puts "IT" all together and the offense becomes a consistent threat.
If these two things happen, then the Cougs have a legit chance to win this game against an OSU team that has been impressive this year.
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Great point...he does have background in two very different offenses. The one interesting thing about Tedford, despite being a QB guru his QB play and ability to recruit a QB struggled after Rodgers. And he had a lot of success at Oregon developing QB's.
But as Cal found out they would have been smart to hang on to him.
The 3 rb's, the experienced oline and the TE's that are both 6-6 260. Difference makers
As Rolo continues to be WSU's coach...I honestly cannot care less and will likely devote my Saturdays to other things.
We will find out how talented the 2 most important players in the 425 defense are today. The NG and the Hybrid. They are gonna get a big dose of running game right at them. Strap it up and play boys.
