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  1. 3 hours ago, Huskyfan1997 said:

    It's funny how much past experiences cause PTSD for each fanbase.  I didn't know that recruiting talent was such a sore subject with UT fans.  

    But from the UW perspective, it's pretty much the exact opposite.  Chris Petersen took mostly Sark's recruits in 2016 to the CFP playoff.  Alabama's athletes clearly outclassed UW that year and we had no chance in that playoff.  Petersen could not parlay that appearance into anything better than a top 25 recruiting class the next year.  

    Petersen saw the writing on the wall that he'd never be able to recruit like Alabama at UW, so he retired.  Why deal with the Playoff expectations every year when you can't recruit the athletes to compete if you get there.  

    Admittedly though, we fans are way more optimistic about having a puncher's chance this year.  Even though we still don't have the same level of talent of other playoff teams, we have explosive and innovative abilities to score, unlike that 2016 team. 

    Disagree. Petersen’s first class, though lacking in stars, was a killer. Gaines, Vita, Dissly, Sample, Sidney Jones, Budda Baker, Dante Pettis. This idea that sark was such a better recruiter is simply not true. When he leveled up with Tosh, Sirmon, and Wilcox the recruiting got pretty good.

    Alabama didn’t outclass us. That UW team had NFL talent at nearly every position. They exploited our one or two weaknesses (6’1, 270 true frosh OG), Joe Mathis injured at BUCK, and Browning threw that stupid pick 6 right before half. 
     

    Petersen’s problem was he would get tight in the big games and the team took on his personality. DeBoer is a level up of Petersen because he is always calm and encourages his players to let it rip.

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  2. During that mid-season lull, UW was missing some key players. ASU got great inside pressure largely because Julius Buelow (OG) was out. His return really shored up our OL (USC, I believe). He also was out against the ducks in the first matchup.

    Our veteran safeties (Asa Turner and Kam Fabiculanan) were also out. This really hurt the D, and their return has changed everything. 
     

    Tuli Letuligasenoa (our best DT) was either out or limited during that stretch too. He’s the most important player on our D.

    Jaylen McMillan got hurt in the 3rd game (against Michigan State) and wasn’t 100% until the conference championship game. Many of us used to argue that he’s perhaps better than Rome Odunze. His return makes the offense complete. 

    We speculated since the first Oregon game that Penix perhaps cracked a rib. Nobody ever confirmed this but he certainly was very ill for a time and gutted out many of those victories.

    Coach DeBoer is 103-11 lifetime and has coached many undefeated teams and won playoff championships. I think he was managing the team to peak at the right time and here we are. The guy has experience. He could care less about chasing stats (Oregon) and that fooled the talking heads/Vegas into all picking them. His teams have always performed best when the lights are brightest and that’s why we are all confident.

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  3. 8 minutes ago, Dahobbs said:

    UW 2022 - Giving up 368.8 yards per game, 241.8 yards per game passing, 26.3 points per game. 

    UW 2023 - Giving up 396.6 yards per game (+27.8), 263.2 yards per game passing (+21.4), 23.6 points per game (-2.7). 

    UW 2022 - FEI defensive ranking (adjusted efficiency) - 84

    UW 2023 - FEI defensive ranking (adjusted efficiency) - 27 (!)

    You sound like a duck fan:)

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