WashingtonRed Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 I was listening to the local ESPN station with Brock Huard (ex-Husky QB) and Mike Salk while they were doing a Husky preview show while I was walking around Lake Washington. I was taking a break from doing some design work and like to clear my head with ESPN sports radio over something like Pandora. They were predicting 8-9 win Husky team and were certain that the Huskies will go into Lincoln and come back with a win. They were using words like "should" and "will". I know the Husky team is growing up, but they also lost their best player in Locker. Their strength of running the ball matches up with the strong Huskers front and their weakness of their defense does nothing but help the Husker offense. Living out here I don't get much Husker news except for what I can see on the forum, ESPN, and Omaha.com, but I just don't see how the Husky media can be that confident going against my Huskers. Am I missing something? Quote Link to comment
suh_fan93 Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 They obviously have a bit of confidence after having beaten us in the Holiday Bowl. Anything's possible but I don't see them beating us again, at least not this year anyway. Quote Link to comment
NebHusker72 Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 I was listening to the local ESPN station with Brock Huard (ex-Husky QB) and Mike Salk while they were doing a Husky preview show while I was walking around Lake Washington. I was taking a break from doing some design work and like to clear my head with ESPN sports radio over something like Pandora. They were predicting 8-9 win Husky team and were certain that the Huskies will go into Lincoln and come back with a win. They were using words like "should" and "will". I know the Husky team is growing up, but they also lost their best player in Locker. Their strength of running the ball matches up with the strong Huskers front and their weakness of their defense does nothing but help the Husker offense. Living out here I don't get much Husker news except for what I can see on the forum, ESPN, and Omaha.com, but I just don't see how the Husky media can be that confident going against my Huskers. Am I missing something? Not to state the obviouse, but they are basing that on a game played in December that "we" had no interest in playing. IMHO...let a Pac-12 team come into Lincoln and see what they can leave with....i'm betting its not a "W"! Quote Link to comment
HuskerT Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 That's crazy talk! Just sounds like homerism at its finest Quote Link to comment
Forge Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 I live in Seattle as well. They somehow think that the NU team that showed up in the bowl last year was their best performance and the Huskies were just that good..... Most Husky fans know they are still in rebuild mode and are looking forward to an 8-3 season with hopes at a Pac-12 champ spot. I am Husker all the way, but I will admit, they are making leaps and bounds compared to a few years ago when they went 0-12. Give Sarkosi (sp) a few more years and he will be giving Oregon a run for their money. Quote Link to comment
HuskerBacon Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 Eh we "should" win and "will" Quote Link to comment
hskerholic Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 Its the local media catering to their market. That's all I see that as. Quote Link to comment
knapplc Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 I was listening to the local ESPN station with Brock Huard (ex-Husky QB) and Mike Salk while they were doing a Husky preview show while I was walking around Lake Washington. I was taking a break from doing some design work and like to clear my head with ESPN sports radio over something like Pandora. They were predicting 8-9 win Husky team and were certain that the Huskies will go into Lincoln and come back with a win. They were using words like "should" and "will". I know the Husky team is growing up, but they also lost their best player in Locker. Their strength of running the ball matches up with the strong Huskers front and their weakness of their defense does nothing but help the Husker offense. Living out here I don't get much Husker news except for what I can see on the forum, ESPN, and Omaha.com, but I just don't see how the Husky media can be that confident going against my Huskers. Am I missing something? The one thing you're missing is that the strength of Washington this year will be their running game, and we were not so good against the run. Last September they featured Locker as a pocket-passer and tried to beat us through the air, and we beat him like a drum. In the bowl game Polk ran for 177 yards, so the prevailing wisdom is that if they could run on us then, they'll run on us again in Lincoln. Add to that Keith Price, whom they're billing as a "dual threat" QB, along with returning senior Jermaine Kearse at WR, and the Huskies believe they have the weapons to move the ball on us again. Sarkisian is an offensive guy, so they have confidence that he'll continue to develop and grow their offense into a respectable, productive unit. The Blackshirts need to come out and show these guys that the Holiday bowl was the fluke, not the September game. If we can get in the head of Price, making his second career start away from home, we'll be able to beat these guys. If the Husker offense is even remotely better than they were last year, we could bury them again. Quote Link to comment
Lyons in the Sea of Red. Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 This game has the potential to make huskerboard crash again. Quote Link to comment
GBRsal Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 this game will be a world class beatdown. Quote Link to comment
irafreak Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 What was their offensive score total? Was it 19? We gave them a fumble right away too didn't we? We had 2 turnovers to their none and 12 penalties to their 3. I'd say we were pretty sloppy. Quote Link to comment
Landlord Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 I was listening to the local ESPN station with Brock Huard (ex-Husky QB) and Mike Salk while they were doing a Husky preview show while I was walking around Lake Washington. I was taking a break from doing some design work and like to clear my head with ESPN sports radio over something like Pandora. They were predicting 8-9 win Husky team and were certain that the Huskies will go into Lincoln and come back with a win. They were using words like "should" and "will". I know the Husky team is growing up, but they also lost their best player in Locker. Their strength of running the ball matches up with the strong Huskers front and their weakness of their defense does nothing but help the Husker offense. Living out here I don't get much Husker news except for what I can see on the forum, ESPN, and Omaha.com, but I just don't see how the Husky media can be that confident going against my Huskers. Am I missing something? Not to state the obviouse, but they are basing that on a game played in December that "we" had no interest in playing. IMHO...let a Pac-12 team come into Lincoln and see what they can leave with....i'm betting its not a "W"! Not to state the obvious, but we were and continue to use the same words like "should" and "will" beat them. Any given Saturday. Quote Link to comment
STL Husker Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 I think we will win and I would put money on it, but weren't we saying the same thing about Iowa State last year. We were laughing at them for thinking they could beat us again after our 8? turnover game. I know they didn't end up beating us, but they were one well executed play away from doing it, and I think Washington has a better team. Let's not get too arrogant to believe that there isn't a chance we could lose. 1 Quote Link to comment
knapplc Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 If we simply stated that we could get beaten in every game, what would we talk about? There are certain givens in these conversations, and one of them is that we can lose any game we play. It doesn't have to be brought up like everyone's missing some crucial thing. Every single thread about every single game could be, "We might win but we could lose, because on any given Saturday...." What would the point of talking football be if every thread was like that? 3 Quote Link to comment
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