2008 National Champ

don’t screw around with lightweight raingear. Stop by the Helly Hansen store and stock up on neoprene. It’ll keep you dry while working as a decent windbreak. If the wind is coming from the South off Lake Washington, it will tear through that stadium.

That would be my preference since anything from Southcenter still has to navigate northbound traffic. In my youth, we would periodically do a half day in Bellevue and then go north on the 405 past Redmond and catch one of those state roads/mini-freeways that took you right to Northgate. I don’t remember the road number though.

Ryynoo’s probably the best resource. But I did want to add that about 10-15 years ago, people I knew who lived along the 405 would either drive to Northgate or Southcenter and take public trans the rest of the way instead of dealing with the bridges.

I don’t know if that is still a viable option but anything you can do to avoid the I-5 will…[Read more]

An NFL receiver can’t get open in under 2 seconds unless the DB falls down. The quick passing game that Nix has utilized to put Utah on it’s heels the last two years just doesn’t work. If you can’t get through 4 or 5 of your progressions in 4 seconds or less in the pros, you will fail.

Nix makes his money off pre-snap reads right now. He won’t…[Read more]

He’s a little on the short side and doesn’t possess an “NFL” arm. He’s never shown that he can hit the deep ball consistently and also has never really shown that he can beat DB’s in tight windows in the 18-30 yard range.

That assessment doesn’t detract in any way from what he was able to accomplish at Utah. Just that the requirements for an…[Read more]

At least Gino got drafted. Charlie Ward never even got a flyer from an NFL team.

similar yearly rainfall but the convergence zone for Seattle starts at Arlington and goes south until you meet up with the lee from the Olympics. Same reason Forks is one of the wettest places in the country and Sequim one of the driest, even though they are within an hour by car.

Whatcom County, especially on the coast gets more extreme cold…[Read more]

I lived in Bellingham for 30+ years

The only thing predictable about Seattle weather in November is that it is going to suck.

Bad weather favors the home team since it is more familiar to them, just like altitude is more familiar to Utah.

field turf

Actually, it would be them to both win out, the Oregon wins the rematch in the CCG giving two 12-1 teams for the committee to consider.

Then the committee would deem that neither deserved to be in the playoff and promote 2 loss Alabama for the 4th spot. Because, Alabama

That sounds so delicious that I don’t ever want to know if it’s true or not.

hee-hee. That’s what I get for believing the internet 🙂

SOS took a big hit last week. Florida looks like a 5-7 team and Baylor could find themselves at 3-9 so OOC isn’t as strong as hoped. Currently 0-2 against ranked teams, since SC and UCLA dropped out. Beating a 2 win team at home isn’t going to move the needle as much as a 4 win team on the road does.

There is always some maneuvering to create…[Read more]

I believe SC also bought out the mortgage(s) on the two houses he had when at Oklahoma.

Talk about a school that wasn’t going to take no for an answer

At least Whitt’s wife would have snacks for us on that tour. Tony probably would just throw some vanilla extract in the oven so we thought we were getting fresh cookies 🙂

Very true. Which is why I found it strange that you didn’t include his 2020 stats in your list. You only showed his Sophomore and Junior years where he was splitting routes with Jeudy, Ruggs and Waddle.

I don’t think we are disagreeing.

I look at the staff Urban put together at Utah with only two years of HC experience. That staff has pretty much all gone on to HC positions since, with varying success, and the only coach retained from McBride’s staff was Whitt.

Continuity isn’t always a good thing when you make an HC change. You don’t need to…[Read more]

The issue wasn’t/isn’t the game film. The “scout” would train their phone camera at the people sending in signals. They would then match that up with the all-22 version(s) that are exchanged between the schools as well as the televised version(s) to decipher the play calls.

Formation you can’t do anything about. But if you can match that up…[Read more]

And yet Alabama is allowed to have 20 former head coaches acting as analysts in the Nick Saban coaching rehab program.