[Hank 91]

Well said Bos, agree on all fronts. How do we benefit from having a "doormat" for a rival? I want to beat up on good teams where the wins mean something and the conference gets respect. I fear the real possibility we could end the regular season with only 1 or 2 teams ranked in the top 25. As it is, in the AP we have 3 and the third is WSU at 25th...

I agree. Right now Big Game is a losing proposition for us. If we win, well, of course we did. We go back and hang the Axe back up on the wall until next time. A loss would be catastrophic. Compare this to any of the other supposed rivals on our schedule -- Notre Dame, Oregon, U.S.C. Those games are meaningful and exciting. The week leading up is full of tension. We win sometimes, we lose sometimes -- as you'd expect from a rivalry game.

But it still matters. Even though we've won eight years in a row, I still spend far more time than I should thinking about the 2009 game.

[Hank 91]

Well said Bos, agree on all fronts. How do we benefit from having a "doormat" for a rival? I want to beat up on good teams where the wins mean something and the conference gets respect. I fear the real possibility we could end the regular season with only 1 or 2 teams ranked in the top 25. As it is, in the AP we have 3 and the third is WSU at 25th...

I agree. Right now Big Game is a losing proposition for us. If we win, well, of course we did. We go back and hang the Axe back up on the wall until next time. A loss would be catastrophic. Compare this to any of the other supposed rivals on our schedule -- Notre Dame, Oregon, U.S.C. Those games are meaningful and exciting. The week leading up is full of tension. We win sometimes, we lose sometimes -- as you'd expect from a rivalry game.

But it still matters. Even though we've won eight years in a row, I still spend far more time than I should thinking about the 2009 game.