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We are lucky to have a guy like coach Whitt who will not allow the team to completely melt down.

That’s nice… what does it have to do with my post? Losing CPIII alone is not a guarantee that the D will be worse overall. Yes, he is our best defender, but everyone else is coming back. I think our defense takes a step forward next year if our ST can get their act together.

Being bottom 6th of the pac12 isn’t optimal?

Yes, it’s bad… but it could be worse. Imagine how bad that team would have been without BC last year.

One side note: BC would be an excellent piece on a team as a #2 or #3 option. He shouldn’t be a team’s best player though. He isn’t good enough at any 1 thing to be that kind of player.

I think that’s a fair assessment. I haven’t looked at the other Pac teams to see where we fit in. We have 1 likely reliable shooter in Madsen. That scares me. If one or two others can make 35% or more that would be huge. We can’t have Carlson being our only scoring threat again. We have a ton of depth on this team, but it isn’t high quality…[Read more]

You know who else can stop the rumors? The people flapping their lips in the first place. The people starting the rumors can stop them before they ever get started.

Yes… I have the same reaction. Until I hear it from the horse’s mouth, it’s not news… especially these kinds of rumors that are centered around a young man’s mental health.

A starting player is not playing this week.

I think we definitely have reason to be optimistic about this year’s team. Smith was able to build on the core of guys we had last year. We brought back all major contributors in Carlson, Anthony, Stefanovic, Madsen, and Worster… We added much needed strength and athleticism in Keba Keita who is 6 ft 7, 230 lbs as a TRUE FRESHMAN!!! Dude should…[Read more]

hey… our kick coverage could be worse man. Those 50 yard returns could be 100 yard returns.

whatever man. I’m sure our team has done the trendy thing before as well. Who cares what TDS does with their uniforms?

How would we get to the CCG if UCLA doesn’t lose? Oregon beats Washington, we beat Oregon… Then we are both in yeah?

You are making judgments about the value of each team’s resume. How on earth does that remove bias? It could, depending on how you do it, but if you are just eyeballing every team’s “resume” then you’re ranking is useless.

sure, but would losing cam and cam only eliminate us from Pac12 contender status? I don’t think so. That is my point.

we already did lose Kuithe though… AND Tavion… AT THE SAME TIME… and we still won against a solid Pac12 team rather easily.

In my hypothetical I suggested asked if there was any 1 player that we couldn’t afford to lose, assuming all others were ready to go. Kuithe going down didn’t hurt too much (at least not yet), TT essentially going down…[Read more]