That is certainly fair. I saw a whole bunch of predictions of the UW winning by relatively small margins against BSU on a variety of sites and I was rather amazed. I can only guess that somehow a fair number of Husky fans are still worried that the new Dawgs are "fools gold". They aren't. The Jimmy Lake era did a lot of damage to Husky fans' confidence, I guess. On games that have a good likelihood of being blowouts (but are not utterly obvious blowouts), the oddsmakers will almost always keep the spread from being "too large". At least that is my observation over many years. In this case I have to say that the Vegas guys seemingly ignored the history of this matchup - as well as how strong the UW finished last season.
I have to say that I honestly do not know what you and Christian were thinking about in predicting the UW-BSU score. You both paid way too attention to the oddsmakers, obviously. The UW has pounded BSU essentially every time that they have played more recently. The talent differential is very considerable. And now the UW has a vastly better offense than BSU does, something which did not use to be the case. It is essentially a mis-match now.
Just thought it would be a closer game. They are a decent team. Top 15 defense last year. Running qb though they didn't use him much. Not to mention if they had connected a few more passes it would have been closer.
+ I think a few of the Pac 12 teams might already feel some pressure to show the country (translation: East Coast writers) that they're for real. Utah can't afford to soil the bed vs Florida again. Riley may feel an inflated urgency to cover the spread vs Nevada. Even DeBoer might feel a bit of pressure to demonstrate that the Huskies are in a different tier than Boise (please note that I'm using the "ess" sound, not the "zee").
+ Yes, TCU will use every chip of imagined disrespect on that shoulder they can find, and take it out on Deion "I don't believe in culture" Sanders and his team. I don't care if Shadeur S. turns out to be an NFL caliber QB; Joe Burrow wouldn't have done much behind this OL. There might not be easier money this season than taking TCU -20.5. This will be a bloodfest.
+ Look for J. Smith to have the Beavers ready to rock over San Jose St. I'll believe in DJU when I see him actually perform at a high level (which I haven't seen yet), but I believe in the rest of that team.
Boise faced some terrible QBs last year. This offense is another world for their defense which has a bunch of new guys. This game could get ugly quickly if UW D makes a few stops early.
Looking forward to the Boise State game and enjoying another sunny September Saturday afternoon at Husky Stadium--One of my favorite things.
Never heard why there's a Pac-12 game on Sunday, but I do look forward to watching Jonathan Smith's Beavers take on San Jose State ( and watching Hugh Millen's kid take on the Cougars ).
I, too think the Huskies don't cover. One reason for that is the running clock, which will limit possessions. I trust this offense to score every possession they get so unless they shoot themselves in foot with unforced errors, they're capable of covering. Yet, with it being the first game of the year, a decently talented, yet inferior opponent, and the new rules limiting possessions, I like your pick of a 2 score win, but not covering.
Interesting, I think you gotta be a pretty degenerate gambler to touch them, those games are too unpredictable, they can often be the FBS team builds a huge lead then plays deep subs and gives up late back door covers or the FCS team is so over matched it doesn’t matter and they end up like 51-3.
It’s like betting on NFL preseason games, so I guess Jim Moore is all over them 😂
That is certainly fair. I saw a whole bunch of predictions of the UW winning by relatively small margins against BSU on a variety of sites and I was rather amazed. I can only guess that somehow a fair number of Husky fans are still worried that the new Dawgs are "fools gold". They aren't. The Jimmy Lake era did a lot of damage to Husky fans' confidence, I guess. On games that have a good likelihood of being blowouts (but are not utterly obvious blowouts), the oddsmakers will almost always keep the spread from being "too large". At least that is my observation over many years. In this case I have to say that the Vegas guys seemingly ignored the history of this matchup - as well as how strong the UW finished last season.
Well Christian your Florida pick isn't doing well... though I think I would've done same thing with rising out. Still is Florida bad or Utah good.
And I think Huskies cover. Win by 17 something like 38-21.
I have to say that I honestly do not know what you and Christian were thinking about in predicting the UW-BSU score. You both paid way too attention to the oddsmakers, obviously. The UW has pounded BSU essentially every time that they have played more recently. The talent differential is very considerable. And now the UW has a vastly better offense than BSU does, something which did not use to be the case. It is essentially a mis-match now.
New rule: any critique of a specific prediction must be made *before* the game. :)
(Which means kudos to Chest.)
Just thought it would be a closer game. They are a decent team. Top 15 defense last year. Running qb though they didn't use him much. Not to mention if they had connected a few more passes it would have been closer.
This is so fun....
A few quick hits:
+ I think a few of the Pac 12 teams might already feel some pressure to show the country (translation: East Coast writers) that they're for real. Utah can't afford to soil the bed vs Florida again. Riley may feel an inflated urgency to cover the spread vs Nevada. Even DeBoer might feel a bit of pressure to demonstrate that the Huskies are in a different tier than Boise (please note that I'm using the "ess" sound, not the "zee").
+ Yes, TCU will use every chip of imagined disrespect on that shoulder they can find, and take it out on Deion "I don't believe in culture" Sanders and his team. I don't care if Shadeur S. turns out to be an NFL caliber QB; Joe Burrow wouldn't have done much behind this OL. There might not be easier money this season than taking TCU -20.5. This will be a bloodfest.
+ Look for J. Smith to have the Beavers ready to rock over San Jose St. I'll believe in DJU when I see him actually perform at a high level (which I haven't seen yet), but I believe in the rest of that team.
Go Dawgs!
Boise faced some terrible QBs last year. This offense is another world for their defense which has a bunch of new guys. This game could get ugly quickly if UW D makes a few stops early.
Looking forward to the Boise State game and enjoying another sunny September Saturday afternoon at Husky Stadium--One of my favorite things.
Never heard why there's a Pac-12 game on Sunday, but I do look forward to watching Jonathan Smith's Beavers take on San Jose State ( and watching Hugh Millen's kid take on the Cougars ).
I, too think the Huskies don't cover. One reason for that is the running clock, which will limit possessions. I trust this offense to score every possession they get so unless they shoot themselves in foot with unforced errors, they're capable of covering. Yet, with it being the first game of the year, a decently talented, yet inferior opponent, and the new rules limiting possessions, I like your pick of a 2 score win, but not covering.
The running clock hasnt made a huge difference so far. Utah last night had 11 possessions. They had 12 in Pac12 CG last year.
Pretty sure there are no lines for games vs FCS teams
That used to be the case, but you often can find a book somewhere that lists them.
Interesting, I think you gotta be a pretty degenerate gambler to touch them, those games are too unpredictable, they can often be the FBS team builds a huge lead then plays deep subs and gives up late back door covers or the FCS team is so over matched it doesn’t matter and they end up like 51-3.
It’s like betting on NFL preseason games, so I guess Jim Moore is all over them 😂
War thinking Jim Moore who bet on a little league game before I saw you put his name down. 🤣🤣