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WizardHawk
Release the Kraken - Fuck the Canucks
Time for real football again. The long ass preseason is over and now shit gets real.
Say what you want about the early struggles of Arizona, but UW hasn't won on the road in that state in over a decade and have lost two games there in recent years they shouldn't have.
Entirely excited and nervous about the game for sure. You just know RR is going to pull out some kind of trickery and funny shit is going to happen. Some bounced ball off a foot or weird special teams play.
It will be a solid test of the defense and a chance to see really how that unit is doing. Really still need to see consistent pass rushing to help out that secondary. And they have to do this while also respecting a very capable running attack. If Soloman is still out with his injury they are going to have the opportunity to try to rattle a kid that did well against Hawaii after not having the best day versus Grambling. If you can't get to him and make him have a long day the following next two games are going to be much worse.
I still have serious questions about the offensive line. Most of Gaskins yards yesterday came outside the tackles or were otherwise not power runs. This team really doesn't have any kind of power running. I'm not convinced they can get a yard on 3 and 1 against a tough defense. I'm not sure Arizona has that tough defense, but they are better than what they have seen in these last three games and yet couldn't run on those. The good news is The cats have allowed quality QB's to gash them and so far this passing game has been on fire. It could be enough to sneak out with a win this week, but you really want to see a lot more balance to the offense.
A late night date in the desert. Shit is getting real guys. Here we go...
Say what you want about the early struggles of Arizona, but UW hasn't won on the road in that state in over a decade and have lost two games there in recent years they shouldn't have.
Entirely excited and nervous about the game for sure. You just know RR is going to pull out some kind of trickery and funny shit is going to happen. Some bounced ball off a foot or weird special teams play.
It will be a solid test of the defense and a chance to see really how that unit is doing. Really still need to see consistent pass rushing to help out that secondary. And they have to do this while also respecting a very capable running attack. If Soloman is still out with his injury they are going to have the opportunity to try to rattle a kid that did well against Hawaii after not having the best day versus Grambling. If you can't get to him and make him have a long day the following next two games are going to be much worse.
I still have serious questions about the offensive line. Most of Gaskins yards yesterday came outside the tackles or were otherwise not power runs. This team really doesn't have any kind of power running. I'm not convinced they can get a yard on 3 and 1 against a tough defense. I'm not sure Arizona has that tough defense, but they are better than what they have seen in these last three games and yet couldn't run on those. The good news is The cats have allowed quality QB's to gash them and so far this passing game has been on fire. It could be enough to sneak out with a win this week, but you really want to see a lot more balance to the offense.
A late night date in the desert. Shit is getting real guys. Here we go...