Happy Football Friday!
Well, tomorrow marks the start of the second half of the season, the half that will mark whether the Cougs are top flight, upper division, middle of the pack, or near bottom feeder. In other words, this is the half of the season where the real Cougs will finally stand up. Simply put: despite playing two top 5 teams in the first month, cupcake city is now officially history. And I actually think that its fair to say that we really don’t know how good this team is (or is not).
Now, onto tomorrow’s game….
As the header should indicate, this week just is NOT going to be pretty. In fact, it is going to be sssssssooo ugly, that Brinkhater just HAD to post a reminder that the sun will come up on Sunday. Yes, despite the HORRIBLE hangover that will loom in the Sunday fishwrap, this much is true:
THE COUGS WILL BEAT OREGON NEXT WEEK.
I may choose to ignore this prediction next week after the ensuing debacle actually occurs, but rest assured Cougar faithful, we will be 5-3 heading into the Rose Bowl on October 28.
That all said, I’ve thought long and hard about the upset call. When you think about how HIGH Cal is coming off the Oregon game, coupled with our underwhelming performance in the Chipmumk classic (who Cal treated like a high school team the week before) and you have the recipe for a horror show if your a Bears fan. I kept harkening back to the last Rose Bowl campaign where we struggled HORRIBLY against a BAD Arizona team in a 13-10 ugly fest that was VERY reminiscent of last Saturday. And so I thought: you know, we just may surprise the hell out of people–especially if we can muster a few touchdowns early!
But, in the end, my gut says that CAL may just be the real deal. But, the deal is NOT whether or not we can stop their O (because the D will hold their own if not on the field forever), its whether or not we can score.
My prediction is that we sputter and flail for one more week–then put it together quite nicely next week.
CAL 41 WSU 13 (This score is high for CAL because I think we won’t score. If we score 31 or higher, we win)
Other games (Rooster in Bold)
Cal 32 Cougs 20
Huskies 41 OSU 10 (Yes, the Beavs ARE that bad)
Huskies 35 Beavs 27
Oregon 28 UCLA 24
Oregon 42 UCLA 24
ASU 28 USC 27 (Brinkhater may have found what the Brink Babies have been smokin’!)
USC 38 ASU 24
UA 31 Stanford 3 (yes Stanford is THAT bad)
UA 23 Stanford 6
Enjoy the games!
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