[Goose]

That's where I am as well. UW is at home, is before WSU, and comes after a bye week and Oregon State so our boys should be healthy and have a massive revenge chip on their shoulders after last year's blowout. I expect them to play their best game of the season but am not sure whether that will be enough. I'm not giving them much of a chance against WSU on the road, a short week, and right after UW.  ND, like UW, is a toss-up. We should get one of those two but unlikely to get both I hope it's UW.

Finishing 7-2 in conference would be pretty damn nice and would likely put us in the Holiday Bowl.

Seems reasonable. I am a bit more optimistic. I don't think ND is that good, and I think we get that one. I also give us a shot against WSU. We need to play very efficiently on offense to win, but I think WSU is partly doing it with mirrors on defense. Our run game should move the ball on them, they just aren't big enough up front to stop that. U$C was down three of their starting OL and almost beat them up there. We can do better. Our pass defense is improving as our linebackers seem to be getting home with the blitz a bit more. That leads to bad throws. WSU can't throw bubble screens all night and beat us. The will take shots down the field, and one mistake is all it takes.
OTOH, Oregon could beat us next week  ;D. At this point, I am still not sure what we have on offense besides Love. He isn't the whole story, but our passing game is pretty uneven. We have to become more efficient at moving the chains to really play "Stanford football".

[Goose]

That's where I am as well. UW is at home, is before WSU, and comes after a bye week and Oregon State so our boys should be healthy and have a massive revenge chip on their shoulders after last year's blowout. I expect them to play their best game of the season but am not sure whether that will be enough. I'm not giving them much of a chance against WSU on the road, a short week, and right after UW.  ND, like UW, is a toss-up. We should get one of those two but unlikely to get both I hope it's UW.

Finishing 7-2 in conference would be pretty damn nice and would likely put us in the Holiday Bowl.

Seems reasonable. I am a bit more optimistic. I don't think ND is that good, and I think we get that one. I also give us a shot against WSU. We need to play very efficiently on offense to win, but I think WSU is partly doing it with mirrors on defense. Our run game should move the ball on them, they just aren't big enough up front to stop that. U$C was down three of their starting OL and almost beat them up there. We can do better. Our pass defense is improving as our linebackers seem to be getting home with the blitz a bit more. That leads to bad throws. WSU can't throw bubble screens all night and beat us. The will take shots down the field, and one mistake is all it takes.
OTOH, Oregon could beat us next week  ;D. At this point, I am still not sure what we have on offense besides Love. He isn't the whole story, but our passing game is pretty uneven. We have to become more efficient at moving the chains to really play "Stanford football".