[Austroturf]

We definitely want Oregon to lose on the road at Wazzu. We get Wazzu at home. And we almost undoubtedly want a UW loss at Wazzu in the Apple Cup too.

Maybe so.  I don't think it's quite so cut and dried, as Oregon could very easily win this game and lose one of its other 5 remaining games, including a tough one at Utah. I do not think they are likely to finish 11-1.

In addition, no team and coaching staff has owned us over the last few years more than Wazzu, so it might come in handy if Oregon hangs another "L" on them and gives us a little leeway to have our loss come against Wazzu.  

All of that said, I am doing what I promised myself I would not do after the Utah game... very naively and prematurely conjuring Pac 12 championship scenarios, before we start to see the team actually playing better. I guess that's just what we fans do. If we play well tomorrow, I will probably be back to conjuring more scenarios, full-throttle!

Yes, I am with you on this.  David Shaw has flouted my most pessimistic prognoses so often that I expect him to do it again and achieve something none of us currently envisions.  I imagine him smugly declaring (after our 27-10 CCG victory against Utah) that so many fans gave up on the team after the two losses in mid-season and that he, as always, never had any doubt and knew that the team would respond positively in the face of adversity.  I would love to see that press conference.  I ache to have him prove my pessimism wrong again.  But I am not quite sure it will happen this time.  Just not convinced.  But I am also not yet giving up hope....

[Austroturf]

We definitely want Oregon to lose on the road at Wazzu. We get Wazzu at home. And we almost undoubtedly want a UW loss at Wazzu in the Apple Cup too.

Maybe so.  I don't think it's quite so cut and dried, as Oregon could very easily win this game and lose one of its other 5 remaining games, including a tough one at Utah. I do not think they are likely to finish 11-1.

In addition, no team and coaching staff has owned us over the last few years more than Wazzu, so it might come in handy if Oregon hangs another "L" on them and gives us a little leeway to have our loss come against Wazzu.  

All of that said, I am doing what I promised myself I would not do after the Utah game... very naively and prematurely conjuring Pac 12 championship scenarios, before we start to see the team actually playing better. I guess that's just what we fans do. If we play well tomorrow, I will probably be back to conjuring more scenarios, full-throttle!

Yes, I am with you on this.  David Shaw has flouted my most pessimistic prognoses so often that I expect him to do it again and achieve something none of us currently envisions.  I imagine him smugly declaring (after our 27-10 CCG victory against Utah) that so many fans gave up on the team after the two losses in mid-season and that he, as always, never had any doubt and knew that the team would respond positively in the face of adversity.  I would love to see that press conference.  I ache to have him prove my pessimism wrong again.  But I am not quite sure it will happen this time.  Just not convinced.  But I am also not yet giving up hope....