[Mick]

Urban Meryer doesn't generally lose bowl games. He's 11-3 in his career.  Petersen has lost 3 out of his last four.

UW's pass D is really good, but they haven't faced anything like Ohio State's passing attack. Sure WSU throws it all  the time, but OSU throws it down field, with Haskins, who has to be one of the best deep throwers I've ever seen. If the Buckeyes can drop 60 on Michigan, they can probably handle the Huskies somewhat easily.

Ohio State can probably handle the Huskies somewhat easily, the $64 question is will they? They probably could have handled Maryland and Nebraska (two teams with losing records)  and Purdue (6-6) easily, but they didn't.
However, given that this is the Rose Bowl they will most likely play one of their better games, so I think the Huskies are toast.

I wish I could remember the web site, but I saw one prognosticator predicting a close Washington win yesterday.

[Mick]

Urban Meryer doesn't generally lose bowl games. He's 11-3 in his career.  Petersen has lost 3 out of his last four.

UW's pass D is really good, but they haven't faced anything like Ohio State's passing attack. Sure WSU throws it all  the time, but OSU throws it down field, with Haskins, who has to be one of the best deep throwers I've ever seen. If the Buckeyes can drop 60 on Michigan, they can probably handle the Huskies somewhat easily.

Ohio State can probably handle the Huskies somewhat easily, the $64 question is will they? They probably could have handled Maryland and Nebraska (two teams with losing records)  and Purdue (6-6) easily, but they didn't.
However, given that this is the Rose Bowl they will most likely play one of their better games, so I think the Huskies are toast.

I wish I could remember the web site, but I saw one prognosticator predicting a close Washington win yesterday.