01-29-2021, 08:35 AM
(01-28-2021, 07:21 PM)chrisk Wrote:(01-28-2021, 05:50 PM)Mudhead Wrote: Here’s what’s bugging me. Let’s look at the top four teams in tha PAC 12: Stanford, Arizona, UCLA and Oregon.
Stanford and Oregon will play 8 games against the top five teams in the conference. Arizona and UCLA will play only seven. Thus far, Stanford is 4-1 in five games against the top five, Arizona is 2-2 , UCLA is 3-2 and Oregon is 2-3. Stanford has 3 more games as do Oregon and Arizona. UCLA has 2.
Further, UCLA has been playing one game a week . Stanford, on the other hand, is playing four games in a Sunday to Sunday week. At least new of those is a make up game scheduled for Stanford that Stanford agreed to play in Pullman.
I know this is because of Santa Clara County’s inquest world perspective and I know we managed to Colorado, a non top five team. Yes we could have made most of this academic by beating Colorado.
But shouldn’t there be some recognition of schedule differences? UCLA has only to play 2. Maybe I’m guilty of whining and if it doesn’t affect NCAA seeding, i don’t care. But it bugs me.
Has it been determined that the postponed games have been cancelled? Shouldn’t the games between top teams be rescheduled?
Good question. I don’t think you have to make them up. That is it’s not a forfeit if you don’t. Stanford could have insisted that WSU travel to them to make up the game they postponed due to Covid. I don’t know if UCLA and Arizona will make up their game.. or what happens if only one team wants to.
By and large, my impression is that coaches have worked well to try and play the games. Tara has set the example . I just don’t know what will happen when push comes to shove.
