Predicting the North Division’s Non-conference Games

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- 07/10/2018 at 2:32 PM #60790
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  UteThunder
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  California: 3-0 . . . wins vs North Carolina, @ BYU, vs Idaho State; They might trip up against BYU but I doubt it.
  
  Oregon: 3-0 . . . wins vs Bowling Green, vs Portland State, vs San Jose State; Three home games against crappy teams? If they don’t go 3-0 they should fire the entire coaching staff on the spot.
  
  Oregon State: 2-1 . . . wins vs SUU and @ Nevada, loss @ Ohio State; The Beavers are bad, but not so bad that they can’t beat a bad Nevada team(went 3-9 last year) and an FCS team like SUU. Still though, 1-2 and 0-3 are both possibilities.
  
  Stanford: 3-0 . . . wins vs San Diego State, vs UC Davis, @ Notre Dame; San Diego State will probably keep the game interesting, but the only real test will be at Notre Dame.
  
  Washington: 3-0 . . . wins vs Auburn, vs North Dakota, vs BYU; That Auburn game which is being played at a “neutral” site in Atlanta, Georgia is the only potential loss.
  
  Washington State: 3-0 . . . wins @ Wyoming, vs San Jose State, vs Eastern Washington; Strange enough, Eastern Washington is the only opponent I think Wazzu might lose to.
- 07/10/2018 at 2:37 PM #60791
  
  AlohaUte
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  Some good games in there. Oregon non-conf schedule is embarassing. I know ours isn’t anything special, but yikes. Stanford could go 3-0 or 1-2. Washington State could maybe slip up against Wyoming and Cal will have a challenge against both UNC and BYU.
  
  I can’t wait for the season!
  - 07/11/2018 at 8:24 AM #60841
    
    Skywalker11
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    FWIW, Oregon had Texas a&m scheduled this season but they backed out just a little over a year ago and were replaced with bowling green which was one of only a handful of available teams.
    
    They play Auburn next year and Ohio st in 2020. Assuming they don’t back out.
    - 07/11/2018 at 12:32 PM #60859
      
      EagleMountainUte
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      We really have no room to talk. Our OOC is dum dum stupid lame.
- 07/10/2018 at 6:24 PM #60803
  
  Stone
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  Well, at least Oregon has a worse non-conference schedule than Utah. Washington State is right there, too (yet WSU has found a way to lose one of those gimme games lately).
- 07/10/2018 at 8:31 PM #60812
  
  Chidojuan
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  I disagree with Stanford, they will go 2-1, and the loss will be against Notre Dame. They were 10-3 last year and have a lot of starters coming back. Plus they only lost by 1 to a frankly terrifying Georgia. I also think Cal will have it’s hands full, not with BYU, but with North Carolina. They weren’t great last year, but they have good athletes and even though it’s a basketball school, they always give the top teams some trouble in the ACC, although I think Cal comes away with the win.
  - 07/10/2018 at 11:45 PM #60822
    
    UteThunder
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    Fair takes, but Cal beat UNC at UNC last year. The Bears will be markedly better this year and UNC has to fly cross country this time. I think Cal wins going away. Stanford very well might lose to Notre Dame, but the Cardinal handled them fairly easily last year.
- 07/11/2018 at 12:21 PM #60856
  
  UtMtBiker
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  I think Auburn gets Washington. Basically a home game, 3 time zone difference, early season rust.
  - 07/11/2018 at 1:19 PM #60862
    
    Chidojuan
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    Yeah, I’m not hopeful they can pull out the win either. Browning hasn’t been the same since his surgery. I hope they can get them in their own early season rust, as it will make the conference look better and I can’t stand the SEC, but it looks like an uphill battle.