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Of course, Peterson and any great coach will game plan for what he expects his opponent to do.  Stanford, however, is a power running, run first team that will not easily change its stripes.  Shaw will always point to missed assignments as the number one reason for poor performance.  There were ways to defeat the Husky D and expect similar dances by each dancing partner when we play them in a few months.

Totally agree. We are what we are, they are what they are, strength against strength.

Let us just hope that our O line plays impeccably and our short passing game will force them out of the 8 man front.

I hope that our running game is so effective that Washington HAS to play 8 in the box. Then, we kill them in the air with passes to very open guys. If they can handle our run game without at least walking up a safety, that is bad news.

I expect both to happen and that we will avenge our loss.  What I have not discussed is the other side of the ball.  Healthy cornerbacks and reduced Husky TOS should greatly reduce Washington`s scoring.  Peterson should have been thrown in jail for the child abuse that he heaped upon our inexperienced and less talented 2nd team CB`s as Ross and Pettis and others just were dominant and ran free.  A little pressure on Browning and some success against their O line (which dominated us last year) would be helpful since his quick release is legendary and his receivers just got open so quickly last year.  Expect Lance to bring pressure early and often from different directions to keep Browning from being comfortable all the time.  He is known for a few errant tosses now and then when he feels pressure coming at him as Alabama brought.

Could be, I hope so, but I don't expect that. Peterson is going to run right at us and make us stop them. I think WE may end up with 8 in the box. But, the good news is that our corners are good enough to play their wide receivers man-to-man. Without Ross to take the top off, they aren't the same team. I think we can stop them, and that will put Browning in the position he was in against Troy last year. That didn't end well for Washington, and last year they had Ross. This year they don't. Their receiving corps is still good, but Pettis + Ross >> Pettis.

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Of course, Peterson and any great coach will game plan for what he expects his opponent to do.  Stanford, however, is a power running, run first team that will not easily change its stripes.  Shaw will always point to missed assignments as the number one reason for poor performance.  There were ways to defeat the Husky D and expect similar dances by each dancing partner when we play them in a few months.

Totally agree. We are what we are, they are what they are, strength against strength.

Let us just hope that our O line plays impeccably and our short passing game will force them out of the 8 man front.

I hope that our running game is so effective that Washington HAS to play 8 in the box. Then, we kill them in the air with passes to very open guys. If they can handle our run game without at least walking up a safety, that is bad news.

I expect both to happen and that we will avenge our loss.  What I have not discussed is the other side of the ball.  Healthy cornerbacks and reduced Husky TOS should greatly reduce Washington`s scoring.  Peterson should have been thrown in jail for the child abuse that he heaped upon our inexperienced and less talented 2nd team CB`s as Ross and Pettis and others just were dominant and ran free.  A little pressure on Browning and some success against their O line (which dominated us last year) would be helpful since his quick release is legendary and his receivers just got open so quickly last year.  Expect Lance to bring pressure early and often from different directions to keep Browning from being comfortable all the time.  He is known for a few errant tosses now and then when he feels pressure coming at him as Alabama brought.

Could be, I hope so, but I don't expect that. Peterson is going to run right at us and make us stop them. I think WE may end up with 8 in the box. But, the good news is that our corners are good enough to play their wide receivers man-to-man. Without Ross to take the top off, they aren't the same team. I think we can stop them, and that will put Browning in the position he was in against Troy last year. That didn't end well for Washington, and last year they had Ross. This year they don't. Their receiving corps is still good, but Pettis + Ross >> Pettis.