Stanford @ ASU (Oct. 18 [THU], 6 p.m., ESPN)
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2018 11:54 am
Love is questionable. I think ASU can win at home even if Stanford has Love, but I don't think it's a slam dunk. Go Sun Devils!
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You could be right. It seems like there have been a few seasons where Stanford under Shaw has been written off after a loss or two, but then they turn it around.UOducksTK1 wrote:Toss up indeed. Stanford has been outplayed their last 3 games. I feel like they will be focused and play well and win.
This. Plus a bye week will help their cause.Greenblood wrote:You could be right. It seems like there have been a few seasons where Stanford under Shaw has been written off after a loss or two, but then they turn it around.UOducksTK1 wrote:Toss up indeed. Stanford has been outplayed their last 3 games. I feel like they will be focused and play well and win.
They look really bad right now. Maybe ASU will start fumbling the ball to them, if not they just aren't a good team.UOducksTK1 wrote:This. Plus a bye week will help their cause.Greenblood wrote:You could be right. It seems like there have been a few seasons where Stanford under Shaw has been written off after a loss or two, but then they turn it around.UOducksTK1 wrote:Toss up indeed. Stanford has been outplayed their last 3 games. I feel like they will be focused and play well and win.
It looks like ASU really isn't very good. Love played, but 11 carries/21 yards, didn't make much of an impact. Wilkins for ASU threw for 353 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT. NKeal Henry, 8 catches, 91 yds, no TD.buckmarkduck wrote:They look really bad right now. Maybe ASU will start fumbling the ball to them, if not they just aren't a good team.UOducksTK1 wrote:This. Plus a bye week will help their cause.Greenblood wrote:You could be right. It seems like there have been a few seasons where Stanford under Shaw has been written off after a loss or two, but then they turn it around.UOducksTK1 wrote:Toss up indeed. Stanford has been outplayed their last 3 games. I feel like they will be focused and play well and win.
While I don't think we've got a likely chance at a Playoff spot, having Stanford finish the year as a Top 25 doesn't make that game look as bad as it felt.Greenblood wrote:It also seems like Stanford is refusing to go gentle into that good night -- once again.
True enough. But I guess it's because I don't think, for a number of reasons, that a CFP spot is at all realistic for the Ducks this year, that I'm focused on winning the North. That would require at least one (more) Cardinal conference loss, and this game seemed like a reasonable possibility. Stanford's remaining schedule is WSU, @UW, OSU, @Cal, @UCLA. I'm fairly confident Stanford will lose in Seattle, but not confident they would lose any others. And only one more Cardinal loss would very likely (maybe definitely; not sure about all the tie-breaking scenarios) require the Ducks to run the table through the Civil War in order to win the North, which I just don't feel good about happening right now.Duck07 wrote:While I don't think we've got a likely chance at a Playoff spot, having Stanford finish the year as a Top 25 doesn't make that game look as bad as it felt.Greenblood wrote:It also seems like Stanford is refusing to go gentle into that good night -- once again.
Those mirror my thoughts exactly. I feel one more loss on this schedule for Oregon and I don’t know where. Wazzu is the easy answer but I could see something crazy happening down in Tucson (as it always does), or Chip putting some magic together back at Autzen. At Utah is never easy and they look to actually have an O (at times). ASU has had moments and weird stuff happens in rivalry games. I 100% hope I’m wrong but we all know how the Pac-12 works.Greenblood wrote:True enough. But I guess it's because I don't think, for a number of reasons, that a CFP spot is at all realistic for the Ducks this year, that I'm focused on winning the North. That would require at least one (more) Cardinal conference loss, and this game seemed like a reasonable possibility. Stanford's remaining schedule is WSU, @UW, OSU, @Cal, @UCLA. I'm fairly confident Stanford will lose in Seattle, but not confident they would lose any others. And only one more Cardinal loss would very likely (maybe definitely; not sure about all the tie-breaking scenarios) require the Ducks to run the table through the Civil War in order to win the North, which I just don't feel good about happening right now.Duck07 wrote:While I don't think we've got a likely chance at a Playoff spot, having Stanford finish the year as a Top 25 doesn't make that game look as bad as it felt.Greenblood wrote:It also seems like Stanford is refusing to go gentle into that good night -- once again.
Yes. Right now I don't want Alabama Getting through the Pac-12, finishing off with a win in the Rose Bowl, as Duck24 just illustrated, would be a great accomplishment for what I expect would be Coach of the Year Cristobal and the team.Duck24 wrote:Those mirror my thoughts exactly. I feel one more loss on this schedule for Oregon and I don’t know where. Wazzu is the easy answer but I could see something crazy happening down in Tucson (as it always does), or Chip putting some magic together back at Autzen. At Utah is never easy and they look to actually have an O (at times). ASU has had moments and weird stuff happens in rivalry games. I 100% hope I’m wrong but we all know how the Pac-12 works.Greenblood wrote:True enough. But I guess it's because I don't think, for a number of reasons, that a CFP spot is at all realistic for the Ducks this year, that I'm focused on winning the North. That would require at least one (more) Cardinal conference loss, and this game seemed like a reasonable possibility. Stanford's remaining schedule is WSU, @UW, OSU, @Cal, @UCLA. I'm fairly confident Stanford will lose in Seattle, but not confident they would lose any others. And only one more Cardinal loss would very likely (maybe definitely; not sure about all the tie-breaking scenarios) require the Ducks to run the table through the Civil War in order to win the North, which I just don't feel good about happening right now.Duck07 wrote:While I don't think we've got a likely chance at a Playoff spot, having Stanford finish the year as a Top 25 doesn't make that game look as bad as it felt.Greenblood wrote:It also seems like Stanford is refusing to go gentle into that good night -- once again.