The road ahead

Submitted by OaklandInPlay on September 12th, 2021 at 10:23 AM

We won those two games more convincingly than I expected. However, I would feel alot better with Bell in the line up and a passing game to complement our elite running game. 

The road ahead seems a lot less intimidating

Northern Illinois - Will be over by the first quarter.

3-0

Rutgers - They look better than expected, but I think we win by two scores.

4-0

Wisconsin - I think we keep it close but ultimately lose 24-17.

4-1

Nebraska - They look terrible, we win by 17

5-1

Northwestern - This could be a trap game, but we win by 10

6-1

Michigan State - They look good this year. This one will be a fight,and I see no reason to pick us to win this game after watching the game last year. But I think having Mike Hart on staff tips the scale and we by 3 late. 

7-1

Indiana - We get revenge for last year but it isn't easy. We win 27-20

8-1

Penn State - We keep it close but they pull away late. 31-17 

8-2

Maryland - We come out sluggish but win by 21

9-2

Ohio State - I think this is our ceiling this year, the chance to ruin OSU's season and make a New Years 6 bowl. It might not matter because I don't they get in over Oregon or Clemson anyway. We fight hard and go into halftime tied at 17, but they win 45-24

9-3

What say you? 

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Perkis-Size Me

September 12th, 2021 at 3:48 PM ^

Until I see a balanced offense, this is a 7-5 or 8-4 team. Watching them run for 300 yards is great, but passing for 44 is a red flag no matter who you’re playing. I’m not convinced that last night’s game plan wasn’t so much an individual game plan for Washington as it was “this is what we want to do and this is who we are on any given Saturday.”

Losses to Wisconsin, OSU, PSU, MSU, and possibly one other game we shouldn’t lose to but find a way to. Until this team proves it can throw the ball more than 5-10 times a game and do it well, the better defenses on our schedule will load the box and dare Cade to beat them over the top. And for some reason we’ll still insist on running the ball into a brick wall.

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