At the beginning of the season when I made my outrageous prediction that the Cougs would go 8-4, this was one of the games that I said we would lose. However, I thought we would beat Cal. I’m asking the football gods for a trade… I probably should have asked earlier.
It seems like all season long the defense and offense have fed energy off of each other, and when they do they are a BCS caliber team. It was particularly apparent last week. The key to the game is going to be whoever is on the field first needs to make some big plays and get the entire team fired up. Having said that, I would feel more comfortable getting the defense out there first. They’ve been the more consistent ones of the two. They also have the best chance of running over an inexperienced quarterback and his so-so offense versus our offense trying to make an immediate impact on what is basically the best defense in the Pac-10. The offense needs the defense to start the fire.
I hope Doba and the crew are as ready for UCLA as they were for Oregon. It was impressive that they came out, cured the Red Zone problem and continued to wreak havoc with the 3-4 defense. Hopefully they don’t rest on their laurels with the new red zone package and not change it up some. I would think a week of watching film would be plenty to render the 2 back stuff from last week useless. I have faith in the coaches… Cougs win this one:
WSU 24 UCLA 20
UW 24 Sundildos 23
Schmucks 55 PSU 16 (Does that score look familiar Hawk? Just for fun)
USC 42 Beavuares 17
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