Oh dear! What will we do!?

Wizardhawk said:
I don't know if that's true, but I'd bet it won't stay that way. Injuries mount up on top of the generally increased challenges of the second half of the season vs the mostly softer first halves and there will be upsets.

I know at one point I looked back and over the last 40 years the Pac only gets an undefeated champion about once a decade on average. Lately we've seen 2 loss teams in the CCG because of how much parity there was.

There's a lot of football left and I'd put the odds of both of our teams winning out to the rematch in Vegas to be pretty slim. Under 10%.

If Bo or Penix go out for a few games it changes things a lot obviously, but that's not the only way either loses games.
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Obviously it's more likely that UW and Oregon both don't win out. Both teams still have competitive games against Utah, USC and OSU. All 3 of those teams are capable of beating UW or Oregon without it being a massive upset. I said Oregon (and UW) will probably be favored in all 3 of those games and I still believe that will be the case. I also believe UW and Oregon are the favorites to get to Las Vegas. That doesn't necessarily mean they're both going to win out.

My issue is with your claim about us seeing top 10 teams losing games that nobody expected them to lose. You claimed we see this every week and that's categorically untrue. It's happened 3 times this year and 2 of those times were against teams that are also consensus top 10 in the power ratings world. Notre Dame vs. Louisville is literally the only time a top 10 team has lost against as more than 1 TD favorite. And even Louisville was ranked and at home.
 
ralphiewvu said:
Yeah, thats hard to believe that’s the line right now
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If anyone finds a bookie that lets me get Oregon +2.5 for the Utah game, please let me know. I'd plan on making a huge bet on that game.
 
OregonDucks said:
After the last second loss to the #7 Washington Huskies on Saturday in Seattle, the #8 Oregon Ducks fall to #9.

LOL

That is straight up respect from the pollsters. They saw, they know. Oregon is a top team even with the 1 loss.

Playoffs in sight.
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Your HC is not playoff caliber.
 
duckboy33 said:
Obviously it's more likely that UW and Oregon both don't win out. Both teams still have competitive games against Utah, USC and OSU. All 3 of those teams are capable of beating UW or Oregon without it being a massive upset. I said Oregon (and UW) will probably be favored in all 3 of those games and I still believe that will be the case. I also believe UW and Oregon are the favorites to get to Las Vegas. That doesn't necessarily mean they're both going to win out.

My issue is with your claim about us seeing top 10 teams losing games that nobody expected them to lose. You claimed we see this every week and that's categorically untrue. It's happened 3 times this year and 2 of those times were against teams that are also consensus top 10 in the power ratings world. Notre Dame vs. Louisville is literally the only time a top 10 team has lost against as more than 1 TD favorite. And even Louisville was ranked and at home.
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That's a long way to go to basically agree it's not likely for both to win out.

I didn't make a claim about this year, I made a blanket statement. Those are not the same thing. I'm sure if you researched further you'd find years/stretches where favored top 10 teams lose.

I also said there have been a lot of bad games so far this year. Last week was pure trash. So many weak games at the top. There are big games coming that will certainly increase that total.

Upsets in general are not nearly as rare as you appeared to paint it.
 
UbetterDUCK said:
Throw this in learn something new everyday. Only 35% of University of Utah enrollment is mormon. BYU is 98%.
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There you go, infusing things like facts into the discussion. Those aren't allowed. Only innuendos, rumors, etc are allowed.
 
duckboy33 said:
Ducks lost any wiggle room they had. They should be favored in every game for the remainder of the season but Utah, Oregon State and USC will be tests. If Oregon is the team I think they are, they will win out and get another shot at UW (or whoever) in Las Vegas.
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I think Oregon will clobber USC, the trojans are frauds, Caleb Williams notwithstanding. And they SHOULD beat Utah, who doesn't look quite as good as in recent seasons. However, Oregon State is going to be a real challenge; their defense is no joke, they're a VERY physical football team. Ducks better bring it when the Beavs come to town.
 
Deep Creek said:
There you go, infusing things like facts into the discussion. Those aren't allowed. Only innuendos, rumors, etc are allowed.
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You can't leave out the "scenario village" situations...
 
And the best part is @OregonDucks now will be rooting for UW the rest of the regular season. Can't have them slipping down the rankings and making that loss look worse.

Welcome aboard OD!

Skooooo Huskies!!!!!!
 
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