09-28-2012, 08:45 AM
I really wanted a 5-6 win option, since that 8 or 9 win regular season remains where I think this team will finish.
It would have been lovely to dream of BCS possibilities through Big Game, but the play of the offense vs. SJSU & SC made it impossible to think those dreams were really viable. The UW game was tough, but it was the type of loss I always thought our non-Luck offense would get at some point. I just hope there is only one or two more in that category.
Oregon looks like as close to a sure loss as I could imagine. Colorado and WSU seem likely to be wins.
The defense should be good enough to let Stanford win all of the other games, but the offense probably will fail to contribute enough 1 or 2 other times. That get me to 9-3 or 8-4.
UA, UCLA, OSU, Cal, Notre Dame - I remain hopeful that 4-1 with that group is most likely, but can imagine 3-2 or even 2-3 with that group.
It would have been lovely to dream of BCS possibilities through Big Game, but the play of the offense vs. SJSU & SC made it impossible to think those dreams were really viable. The UW game was tough, but it was the type of loss I always thought our non-Luck offense would get at some point. I just hope there is only one or two more in that category.
Oregon looks like as close to a sure loss as I could imagine. Colorado and WSU seem likely to be wins.
The defense should be good enough to let Stanford win all of the other games, but the offense probably will fail to contribute enough 1 or 2 other times. That get me to 9-3 or 8-4.
UA, UCLA, OSU, Cal, Notre Dame - I remain hopeful that 4-1 with that group is most likely, but can imagine 3-2 or even 2-3 with that group.