Biggest game of the year for the Huskies?

[seahawksfan234]

With my friends getting sick of me talking about Husky football hype, figure I'd direct some of my thoughts here.


This question is admittedly stolen from the Dawgpound, but here are the options with my take:

Sept 24: @ Arizona:
This is a game that on the surface looks like an easy win considering how badly we dismantled them in Seattle last year. But I place this on the list because Arizona objectively does have talent on the roster along with an experienced QB in Solomon. In addition, UW will be coming into this game after what is expected to be 3 straight blowouts at home against softer opponents. This will be the first game that the UW takes on Pac-12 talent, and could be a very telling game regardless of the outcome. Lose this one and panic will likely begin to ensue.

Sept 30: Stanford:
Right here I believe will be the defining game of the season. If all goes expected, UW will be 4-0 and a top 15 team playing another top 15 team in the Pac-12 north. This will be the first challenging opponent that UW faces, and similar to the Arizona game will show how much this team has really improved upon when they played Stanford last year on the road. Stanford loses a big chunk of it's offensive line along with an experienced QB, but they recruit very strongly on the offensive line and return Heisman candidate Christian McCaffrey. Win this game and the Huskies are easily shot into top 10 talk along with solidifying all of the preseason hype talk around the Huskies. Oh it's also a Friday night game, fuck night games and fuck non-Saturday games.

October 8: @ Oregon:
Playing at Oregon will be my second biggest game of the year for the Huskies. Similar to Stanford, Oregon is another leading contender for the Pac-12 North. I don't see this game as critical because of the Huskies somehow manage to win the first four games, winning this one will be less critical. If the Huskies lose at home against Stanford, then this game easily eclipses that in terms of overall value to the season. I know a lot of people will see this as the most important game as this is the best opportunity we have to beat the Ducks in years, but I think I would rather take 4-1 with a loss to the Ducks than 4-1 with a loss to Stanford.

November 25: @ WSU:
I think people - especially the national media really underestimate WSU because of the way they started their season and the way they ended it. They return arguably one of the most dynamic QB-WR combos in the nation with Luke Falk and Gabe Marks, both of whom I expect to improve on their impressive 2015 campaigns. It isn't talked about much but WSU arguably had a really good season last year. Only one of their 4 losses came by more than 1 score last year (UW). I expect the upcoming Apple Cup to display the best teams both of these schools have fielded in the past 10 years.

 

[TheDayMan]

I said Arizona since it's the first game in conference play. Don't look past the shitty ooc games though.

 

[WizardHawk]

Has to be the ferd. National tv game at home against one of the strongest teams in the north over the last several years and the team most media are looking at to win the Pac.

I'd want the ducks more, but Stanford is a bigger game.

 

[mcnabb7542]

Stanford!

Hands down, got to beat the best too be the best......

 

[DHoey]

Oregon.

 

[RegentDenali]

Both the Ducks and Stanford because it will be the determining factor for the Huskies PACN bid. This is the first year since the PAC12 expansion that the Huskies have the firepower for a legit shot at the PACN champ crown. Ducks and Stanford lost a ton of starters to grad and draft. We get both teams early in PAC play. You got to take advantage of those ops when presented and not choke them away. There is no excuses anymore.

That being said:

Psychological: Ducks

Most important: Stanford

 

[seahawksfan234]

Both the Ducks and Stanford because it will be the determining factor for the Huskies PACN bid. This is the first year since the PAC12 expansion that the Huskies have the firepower for a legit shot at the PACN champ crown. Ducks and Stanford lost a ton of starters to grad and draft. We get both teams early in PAC play. You got to take advantage of those ops when presented and not choke them away. There is no excuses anymore.

That being said:

Psychological: Ducks

Most important: Stanford

Agreed. When the Dawgpound did this they picked Oregon, but I agree with your assessment.

 

[WizardHawk]

The Stanford game being at home and before the duck game also makes it more important. If you want to win the North you have to take care of business at home and while you probably need to beat both, you have to start with the first one.

I have our oldest kid going to that game with me. She was there the last time we beat Stanford at home the year we played at the clink. Time for a little repeat action. Not liking that the game is on a Friday night at 6pm. Traffic is going to be a serious bitch getting to that game. Like 1/3 of the crowd will probably be late kind of a bitch.

 

[dude82]

I picked Stanford for this poll, but both the Stanford game and the Oregon game are big for different reasons. The Stanford game is big because it would do a lot to justify the early hype (a #8 ranking in the AP going into week 2 being a good example of that hype) and it would give the Huskies a win against the team most likely to be there with them in the Pac-12 North standings all season. The Oregon game is big simply because the Huskies haven't beaten the Ducks since 2003 and the only time during that streak that they even came close to beating Oregon was last year. The streak needs to end if the Huskies are going to accomplish what they want to accomplish this year. Finally, I think it goes without saying that they have to take care of business against the other teams on their schedule, otherwise it might not matter what they do against Stanford or Oregon.

 

[Cave_Johnson]

It's clearly this week's game. It'll be the biggest game you'll have for evaluating the talent of your third string players. Additionally it should be a real challenge for your fans. Might be hard for any of you guys to justify sticking around past the first quarter after you put the Vandals away.

But really, please don't upload the replay of this game to Pornhub afterwards. They'll just delete it because r*pe isn't allowed on the site.