[2006alum]

I'll be really interested to see how this goes, and I'm hoping we've turned a corner. But believe it or not, we've only played one true away game, at Long Beach State, and we lost. We've also lost every game at a neutral site, which means we have yet to win away from Maples. Other than our upcoming game at Cal, this is our best shot an away win, given WSU's RPI of 123 (though we're even lower, at 145). If we don't come away with a win here, there's little reason to think we'll win our other away games, all of which are against teams (except Cal) with RPIs in the 15-66 range. Arizona St. and Arizona are actually good, UCLA and USC are solid and we barely beat them at home, and Colorado and Utah are especially hard away games (witness the Arizona schools' difficulty last weekend). Washington is also a tough place to play at. And we don't play the really mediocre Oregon schools away. So this is pretty crucial as a barometer for the rest of the season.

[2006alum]

I'll be really interested to see how this goes, and I'm hoping we've turned a corner. But believe it or not, we've only played one true away game, at Long Beach State, and we lost. We've also lost every game at a neutral site, which means we have yet to win away from Maples. Other than our upcoming game at Cal, this is our best shot an away win, given WSU's RPI of 123 (though we're even lower, at 145). If we don't come away with a win here, there's little reason to think we'll win our other away games, all of which are against teams (except Cal) with RPIs in the 15-66 range. Arizona St. and Arizona are actually good, UCLA and USC are solid and we barely beat them at home, and Colorado and Utah are especially hard away games (witness the Arizona schools' difficulty last weekend). Washington is also a tough place to play at. And we don't play the really mediocre Oregon schools away. So this is pretty crucial as a barometer for the rest of the season.