[JohnR34231]

Alright, folks, after seeing one half of the season unfold with a 4-2 record that should arguably be 5-1, what are your thoughts on the rest of the season?

My guesses:

Oregon - W (Oregon has a QB disaster and a mediocre D)
@ OSU - W (hapless)
@ WSU - L (Way better than Stanford on D, more potent O)
UW - L (Way better than Stanford on D, more potent O)
ןɐɔ - W (Injury devastation on offense makes them too weak)
ND - L (Kind of a mirror image of Stanford; all run, no pass, but better D)

So Stanford should get to 6-2, and probably a Top 20-ish ranking in a couple Sundays from today.  Then reality hits again.  Two losses will leave Stanford at 6-4 going into the ןɐɔ game which they will win.  A 7-4 Stanford will face a quite possibly 7-4 ND in a game that will probably be pretty meaningless for both teams. Given ND runs the ball really well, they beat Stanford.

The culprit for the disappointing season turns out not to be the QB as much as the DL/LBs, and their inability to stop the run, as many of us were worried about before the season started.  This weakness also costs Bryce Love the H trophy.

That certainly is the glass is half empty approach, but it definitely could happen.
I'm guessing we win at least one of Wash/WSU/ND to go 8-4 on the year, which is what I predicted earlier.
My original prediction was 9-3, but it didn't factor in a loss to SDSU.

P.S. I guess our definition of "meaningless" games is getting expanded from bowl games to regular season ones. As someone previously suggested, will we eventually use it for any game where we are out of contention for the CC, which would probably apply to every subsequent game if we lose to the Cougs.

[JohnR34231]

Alright, folks, after seeing one half of the season unfold with a 4-2 record that should arguably be 5-1, what are your thoughts on the rest of the season?

My guesses:

Oregon - W (Oregon has a QB disaster and a mediocre D)
@ OSU - W (hapless)
@ WSU - L (Way better than Stanford on D, more potent O)
UW - L (Way better than Stanford on D, more potent O)
ןɐɔ - W (Injury devastation on offense makes them too weak)
ND - L (Kind of a mirror image of Stanford; all run, no pass, but better D)

So Stanford should get to 6-2, and probably a Top 20-ish ranking in a couple Sundays from today.  Then reality hits again.  Two losses will leave Stanford at 6-4 going into the ןɐɔ game which they will win.  A 7-4 Stanford will face a quite possibly 7-4 ND in a game that will probably be pretty meaningless for both teams. Given ND runs the ball really well, they beat Stanford.

The culprit for the disappointing season turns out not to be the QB as much as the DL/LBs, and their inability to stop the run, as many of us were worried about before the season started.  This weakness also costs Bryce Love the H trophy.

That certainly is the glass is half empty approach, but it definitely could happen.
I'm guessing we win at least one of Wash/WSU/ND to go 8-4 on the year, which is what I predicted earlier.
My original prediction was 9-3, but it didn't factor in a loss to SDSU.

P.S. I guess our definition of "meaningless" games is getting expanded from bowl games to regular season ones. As someone previously suggested, will we eventually use it for any game where we are out of contention for the CC, which would probably apply to every subsequent game if we lose to the Cougs.