College Football Preview, Part 3 of 11
by ConnorOSU on Jun 29, 2009 9:59 AM PDT
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Tortuga12 from Addicted to Quack and I will be doing a 11 part College Football Preview throughout the Summer. Today we will be doing game-by-game predictions for each Pac-10 team. My picks will be in BOLD and Tortuga's will be in regular font.
USC Oregon Arizona State
San Jose State, Win @ Boise State, Loss Idaho State, Win
@ Ohio State, Loss Purdue, Win Louisiana-Monroe, Win
@ Washington, Win Utah, Win @ Georgia, Loss
Washington State, Win California, Win Oregon State, Win
@ California, Win Washington State, Win @ Washington State, Win
@ Notre Dame, Win @ UCLA, Win Washington, Win
Oregon State, Win @ Washington, Win @ Stanford, Win
@ Oregon, Win USC, Loss California, Loss
@ Arizona State, Loss @ Stanford, Win USC, Win
Stanford, Win Arizona State, Win @ Oregon, Loss
UCLA, Win @ Arizona, Win @ UCLA, Loss
Arizona, Win Oregon State, Win Arizona, Win
California Oregon State Arizona
Maryland, Win Portland State, Win Central Michigan, Win
Eastern Washington, Win @ UNLV, Win Northern Arizona, Win
@ Minnesota, Win Cincinnati, Win @ Iowa, Loss
@ Oregon, Loss Arizona, Win @ Oregon State, Loss
USC, Loss @ Arizona State, Loss @ Washington, Win
@ UCLA, Win Stanford, Win Stanford, Win
Washington State, Win @ USC, Loss UCLA, Win
@ Arizona State, Win UCLA, Win Washington State, Win
Oregon State, Loss @ California, Win @ California, Loss
Arizona, Win Washington, Win @ Oregon, Loss
@ Stanford, Win @ Washington State, Win @ Arizona State, Loss
@ Washington, Win @ Oregon, Loss @ USC, Loss
Stanford UCLA Washington
@ Washington State, Win San Diego State, Win LSU, Loss
@ Wake Forest, Loss @ Tennessee, Loss Idaho, Win
San Jose State, Win Kansas State, Win USC, Loss
Washington, Win @ Stanford, Loss @ Stanford, Loss
UCLA, Win Oregon, Loss @ Notre Dame, Loss
@ Oregon State, Loss California, Loss Arizona, Loss
@ Arizona, Loss @ Arizona, Loss @ Arizona State, Loss
Arizona State, Loss @ Oregon State, Loss Oregon, Loss
Oregon, Loss Washington, Win @ UCLA, Loss
@ USC, Loss @ Washington State, Loss @ Oregon State, Loss
California, Loss Arizona State, Win Washington State, Win
Notre Dame, Win @ USC, Loss California, Loss
Washington State
Stanford, Loss
vs. Hawaii, Win
SMU, Win
@ USC, Loss
@ Oregon, Loss
Arizona State, Loss
@ California, Loss
vs. Notre Dame, Loss
@ Arizona, Loss
UCLA, Win
Oregon State, Loss
@ Washington, Loss
Tortuga's Picks after the jump
USC
San Jose State, Win
@ Ohio State, Win
@Washington, Win
Washington State, Win
@ California, Loss
@ Notre Dame, Win
Oregon State, Win
@ Oregon, Win
@ Arizona State, Win
Stanford, Win
UCLA, Win
Arizona. Win
Oregon
@ Boise State, Loss
Purdue, Win
Utah, Win
California, Win
@ UCLA, Win
Washington State, Win
@ Washington, Win
USC, Loss
@ Stanford, Win
Arizona State. Win
@ Arizona, Win
Oregon State, Win
California
Maryland, Win
Eastern Washington, Win
@ Minnesota, Win
@ Oregon, Loss
USC, Win
@ UCLA, Win
Washington State, Win
@ Arizona State, Win
Oregon State, Loss
Arizona, Win
@ Stanford, Win
@ Washington, Win
Oregon State
Portland State, Win
@ UNLV. Win
Cincinnati, Win
Arizona, Win
@ Arizona State, Loss
Stanford, Win
@ USC, Loss
UCLA, Win
@ California, Win
Washington, Win
@ Washington State, Win
@ Oregon, Loss
Stanford
@ Washington State, Win
@ Wake Forest, Win
San Jose State, Win
Washington, Win
UCLA, Win
@ Oregon State, Loss
@ Arizona, Loss
Arizona State, Win
Oregon, Loss
@ USC, Loss
California, Loss
Notre Dame, Loss
UCLA
San Diego State, Win
@ Tennessee, Win
Kansas State, Win
@ Stanford, Loss
Oregon, Loss
California, Loss
@ Arizona, Loss
@ Oregon State, Loss
Washington, Win
@ Washington State, Win
Arizona State, Win
USC, Loss
Arizona State
Idaho State, Win
UL Monroe, Win
Georgia, Loss
Oregon State, Win
@ Washington State, Win
Washington, Win
@ Stanford, Loss
California, Loss
USC, Loss
@ Oregon, Loss
@ UCLA Loss
Arizona, Win
Arizona
Central Michigan, Win
Northern Arizona, Win
@ Iowa, Loss
@ Oregon State, Loss
@ Washington, Win
Stanford, Loss
UCLA, Loss
Washington State, Win
@ California, Loss
Oregon, Loss
@ Arizona State, Loss,
@ USC, Loss
Washington
LSU, Loss
Idaho, Win
USC, Loss
@ Stanford, Loss
@ Notre Dame, Loss
Arizona, Loss
@ Arizona State, Loss
Oregon, Loss
@ UCLA, Loss
@ Oregon State, Loss
Washington State, Win
California, Loss
Washington State
Stanford, Loss
Hawaii, Loss
SMU, Win
@ USC, Loss
@ Oregon, Loss
Arizona State, Loss
@ California, Loss
Notre Dame, Loss
@ Arizona, Loss
UCLA, Loss
Oregon State, Loss
@ Washington, Loss
This is a FanPost and does not necessarily reflect the views of SB Nation or the Building the Dam staff. FanPost opinions are valued expressions of opinion by passionate and knowledgeable Oregon State fans.
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This is so hard to predict so I admire both of you for going out there on these!
Just don’t know. Will UO lose to Boise State and USC? Wouldn’t be surprised to see wins for either of those games, but on the flip side I wouldn’t be surprised to see some losses on the road to Arizona and at home to Cal early in the season and OSU late. UO could go a lot of ways and so hard to predict.
Same deal for OSU, playing USC on the road will be DIFFICULT and SC could run away with it but at the same time don’t count us out for finally getting over another one of those big program hurdles with a W in the Coliseum. ASU could be a W too and so could the Civil War game (another pretty tough one but there is going to be A LOT that happens between the start of the season and end). Plus on the other side I don’t think winning at Cal is easy one to predict for that game could go either way.
I’m not saying your picks are wrong, but wow just so hard to predict right now! Not sure I would be brave enough to try! Well done, lots of work is going into this series of picks!
-RVM
by rvm on Jun 27, 2009 10:05 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
It's Fun
It gives us something to do over the Summer.
I miss CV3000
by ConnorOSU on Jun 27, 2009 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Good point, that makes sense
I’m still not brave enough though!
I think my main flip would be the ASU and Cal games for us. ASU won’t be a cake walk, but right now (and later probably will change my mind) I think we have a better chance to beat ASU on the road than Cal next year. Yes, I know we have a great track record beating Cal on the road, but we did win last year and the year before so not sure it will be easy to beat them three years in a row.
-RVM
by rvm on Jun 28, 2009 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Tortuga's Picks and UO
I will say that the Utah and Cal games at Autzen won’t be as easy as some people think (not saying either of you above are saying those games will be “easy” but have read other stuff that implies the games should be pretty easy ones for the Ducks). I actually could see the Ducks pulling off the W in Boise and being a bit too confident and losing to Utah and/or Cal. Purdue should be an easy one, but still they could sneak up on the Ducks too for they aren’t quite a Utah State but I think the Ducks should handle them. On the other side of that if like you say the Ducks lost to BSU and then turned around and did beat Utah and Cal then UO will be in great shape. Long season though.
-RVM
by rvm on Jun 28, 2009 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Utah will not be anywhere near where they were last year, plus they’ll be at autzen so they won’t get a phantom, late pass interference call in the end zone, so I think they lose by at least two scores. That prediction would be the same for Utah vs. any of the top half of the PAC 10. They lose a lot and I think it’s slightly harder for them to reload.
"The brownies,'' Fernandez said after the game. "The brownies are good for me to make three-points.''
- from Quick's Behind the Blazers Locker Room Door, 4/16/09
by ArbyOSU on Jun 29, 2009 8:25 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I just see it as too many variables at this time. I think both Utah and Oregon have some interesting question marks going into this season that could come out and haunt them early in the season.
I don’t know why I just want to give Utah more credit than Boise State at this time. Sure Boise has their hot shot QB returning and Utah lost people, but I have actually been impressed by how the Utes have reloaded each year under Whittingham and last year’s win against Alabama was impressive.
Does this mean an automatic W at Autzen? Nah, not what I’m saying and if pressed at this point in time I would pick the Ducks to win of course. My point is mainly I think people are underplaying Utah a bit and overplaying Boise State next year (IMO).
-RVM
by rvm on Jun 29, 2009 9:55 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And another thing
If OSU does start 4 and 0 like you both predict the hype will be huge for that will be a complete flip of what everyone has been used to with Riley teams. We will all talking about “is this going to be the year?” That will then make that ASU game very very very interesting and will the Beavs (coaching staff and players) learned their lesson from last year and play up to their potential and take it to the Sun Devils or will the hype get to them like the end of last year thus leading to a big loss.
-RVM
by rvm on Jun 28, 2009 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think ASU has more to show us then either of the Oregon schools. I’m not ready to concede a predicted loss to them. I’m actually more worried about Arizona this year, believe it or not.
"The brownies,'' Fernandez said after the game. "The brownies are good for me to make three-points.''
- from Quick's Behind the Blazers Locker Room Door, 4/16/09
by ArbyOSU on Jun 29, 2009 8:23 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Same here and I agree overall. I was just saying that if OSU is 4 and 0 going into this game the hype will be high for this will be so different than what we are used to as OSU football fans (slow starts has been the Riley way). If we are 4 and 0 I assume that means that Quizz and the offense will be clicking and the defense playing solid. So this will be the first really big road test. So the questions become “Can the Beavs continue to sustain this level of play?” “Will the pressure get to them like it did at the end of last year?” “Are they for real this year?” Etc.
I think it could well be a big game mentally for the team will be going into a big “revenge” game against Stanford at home the next game. Then on the road to SC, which indeed if we are 4 and 0 and beat ASU we could well be going into LA at 6 and 0 and the first game of the year for the Beavs with Pac-10 championship meaning behind it.
Will we be 4 and 0 by then? Don’t know honestly, for the Beavs have a tough schedule.
Right now I see no reason why we can’t beat ASU even on the road. But yes getting UA early is going to be a challenge, and not sure we will have much of a “home” field advantage this early in the year. That said I think that UNLV and Cincy could be challenges too, but I do expect wins for these games. Going to be a VERY interesting year next year. If the Beavs only lose three it will be a really really good season and they will deserve a good Bowl berth! If they do better, which I’m personally going to hold them to, it will be one of our best seasons.
-RVM
by rvm on Jun 29, 2009 10:07 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
We've got Arizona at Reser
It would be different if it were in Tucson.
I miss CV3000
by ConnorOSU on Jun 29, 2009 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not sure this gives us a clear cut edge
I don’t know. I’m worried that since it will be the first conference game of the year the momentum for the season will be just getting going for the fans. If I’m not mistaken school won’t even have started yet so a lot of the students will be moving in and getting adjusted to the new year, etc. I assume it will be a good sized crowd but just don’t think it will have the level of energy we’ll see for the later home games. Plus UA doesn’t have the appeal of playing Cal, USC, and Oregon at home.
But here’s hoping I’m completely wrong! And we get a large and crazy loud crowd and beat them by 24 points!
-RVM
by rvm on Jun 29, 2009 4:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
School hadn't started for the USC game last year
And that was the loudest and craziest I’ve ever seen it. I just think that Reser’s going to be a very tough place to play this year.
I miss CV3000
by ConnorOSU on Jun 29, 2009 7:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
UA isn't USC, but you could be right
And I hope your right. I think if the Beavs can take care of business in non-conference and look very solid doing it that should bring in enough buzz to get a good and loud crowd for the game.
And I will say I really do hope everyone shows up in force this year for the home games, I think the team can be very good and with the really BIG games on the road this year we need to support the team for the home games even more!
-RVM
by rvm on Jun 29, 2009 8:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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