[washingtonismoney]

You know we were 2-1 in those games, right? And the loss came to a team that just knocked off undefeated Oregon State. I will bet you anything, at any odds, that we don't go 0-4 the rest of the way.

I'll admit to being stir-crazed by Sandy at this point, which may be affecting my judgment, but since all three games were one-possession, close games...well, it's not hard to imagine a scenario in which a critical Jordan Williamson kick goes astray in one of those games or something. Performance is the best predictor of a future record; the performance in those three games suggests a mediocre team.

On the other hand, the performance against the Trojans and 59ers suggests a really good team. (The Duke/Arizona/ND performances suggest...a pretty good team.)

It's hard to figure out, on a given day, which team is going to show up, and that's every unit on the team, to some degree. (Though obviously the offense is most at fault, the defense has perhaps not been quite as consistently dominant as a Florida, ND, or Alabama,* and the special teams are also highly dependent on whatever gets in Williamson and Zychlinski's Wheaties that day.

* Specifically, Florida, LSU, ND, or Alabama close out the UW, ND and WSU games better. Again, the offense is most at fault for those losses, but the fact remains that the defense surrendered fourth-quarter leads in the former two games. Blame the offense if you'd like, but Florida and LSU's offenses are pretty incompetent too--and they play for four quarters. It's just about having consistently high expectations.

And yes, just to affirm (read in Samuel L Jackson from Time to Kill voice): YES JOSH NUNES ISN'T GOOD AND I HOPE HE GETS BENCHED, IF ONLY TO EXPERIMENT. Just to make my thoughts here perfectly clear.)

[washingtonismoney]

You know we were 2-1 in those games, right? And the loss came to a team that just knocked off undefeated Oregon State. I will bet you anything, at any odds, that we don't go 0-4 the rest of the way.

I'll admit to being stir-crazed by Sandy at this point, which may be affecting my judgment, but since all three games were one-possession, close games...well, it's not hard to imagine a scenario in which a critical Jordan Williamson kick goes astray in one of those games or something. Performance is the best predictor of a future record; the performance in those three games suggests a mediocre team.

On the other hand, the performance against the Trojans and 59ers suggests a really good team. (The Duke/Arizona/ND performances suggest...a pretty good team.)

It's hard to figure out, on a given day, which team is going to show up, and that's every unit on the team, to some degree. (Though obviously the offense is most at fault, the defense has perhaps not been quite as consistently dominant as a Florida, ND, or Alabama,* and the special teams are also highly dependent on whatever gets in Williamson and Zychlinski's Wheaties that day.

* Specifically, Florida, LSU, ND, or Alabama close out the UW, ND and WSU games better. Again, the offense is most at fault for those losses, but the fact remains that the defense surrendered fourth-quarter leads in the former two games. Blame the offense if you'd like, but Florida and LSU's offenses are pretty incompetent too--and they play for four quarters. It's just about having consistently high expectations.

And yes, just to affirm (read in Samuel L Jackson from Time to Kill voice): YES JOSH NUNES ISN'T GOOD AND I HOPE HE GETS BENCHED, IF ONLY TO EXPERIMENT. Just to make my thoughts here perfectly clear.)