Alabama, Ohio State, Michigan, Penn State, Wisconsin, Clemson, Florida State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State - That's 9. USC is clearly better - that's 10. And that is off the top of my head. If the PAC was better, you could take for granted that at least Stanford would also be better.
Michigan? I'm a Michigan fan (graduated from there as well), but other than Butt at TE, their starting QB, RBs and WR would be on the bench at UDUB (Cheson at WR had potential, but he got injured pre-season and isn't play well at UM). They were trailing Colorado in the third QTR AT HOME. You saw what we did to Colorado. WE'd beat-up on Michigan.Michigan is so desperate on offense they have to use Peppers on O.
I think you're base point is 100% correct, I just think the Pac-12 is better than the ACC or B1G. It's a better and more importantly deeper conference than people realize.
LOL -- you don't legitimately think Oklahoma State is better than Washington, do you? C'mon.
Sorry for being repetitive but some folks think we have Boise State talent.
We absolutely agree that you are not Boise. But you are not the most talented team that Alabama has seen this year, either.
Haha fair enough. It's almost too bad because I think Alabama is going to whoop Washington -- I'd love to see how Washington would fair against Clemson or Ohio State -- I think it would be far better than you realize. I kinda think Alabama is just going to whoop everyone though.
Just the general surprise and skepticism at our NFL talent, that's all (I "get it" because we're on the west coast). You guys are straight shooters.
You seem to be very level headed and accept outside opinions. That is pretty rare from fans, so bravo!. Just keep in mind that it is going to take a lot to impress Alabama fans with a roster. I love the stuff that you wrote about match-ups though. I really look forward to seeing Ross work.
You probably feel that way because most here are incredulous that you actually appear to believe the talent levels are somewhat close.
Against USC he was 17/36 259 yards 1 TD and 2 INT's along with 8 carries for -36 yards rushing. On top of that the most he has run for in a game was 28 yards on 11 carries against Arizona. Alabama's front seven should man handle him.
Since sack numbers affect rushing totals, I looked at Washington's sacks allowed. They average allowing 1.62 per game, which is pretty solid. BUT they've faced three teams outside the top 100 (1.42 and 1.5 sacks per game) while facing three teams inside the top 25 (3.33, 2.92, and 2.69 sacks per game).
Long story short, I don't expect him to be able to run on Alabama like Manziel or Watson did.
Browning is not mobile, he's just a little shiftier than we expected. He's also rail thin and you'd send him home in a body bag if he looked to run or got tackled much. The NFL comp is Brees. A good enough athlete to pick up a 3rd and 6 every once in awhile, but that's about it.
God bless his soul when the Reuben missile crisis comes his way.
I think UW is better than PSU, Wisconsin, the Michigan team rolled out in November, Okie St...
We didn't underestimate them. We ran out to a lead, and they come back and kicked our butts. They had one of the best RB in college football, a QB with a huge arm, and an SEC caliber defense.
Well, I didn't expect many on this board to think that B1G teams might be better. Let's call it the same bias that has me seriously doubting Washington. I will be shocked if this game is decided by less than 3 TDs.
