12-18-2018, 07:48 PM
(12-18-2018, 05:34 PM)ADPinWDC Wrote: WASH loses Browning and Gaskin both. Minshew at WAST graduates also. RB Laird returns but Kal does not have a QB.
Does Herbert at Oregon declare for NFL by Jan. 14 deadline? Or return to play one season with his incoming brother?
Scouts have him going in the first round as the top QB. Without Herbert, the Ducks will be good, but not great.
U$C and UCLA are both still sputtering.
I think Shaw smells another Pac12 crown in his sights with a lot of experience back and solid talent coming up at key positions.
So he will use the Sun Bowl to give the "next up" guys some reps. GOOD PLAN.
A 12-1 Pac12 Champ makes the Playoff is the bet, if that includes a win on NDAM.
(but the whole league needs to win some bowl games. 1W-8L hurts us)
Laird is a RS Senior. Gone. And Kal just picked up Devon Modster, a transfer from UCLA, at QB - but who knows how much of an upgrade that is.
Washington has multiple backups better than Browning (Petersen is stubborn), and Ahmed should be a relatively small step down from Gaskin.
USC now has Kliff Kingsbury at OC and won't sputter for long. Getting them early in the season will help though.
If I'm Mike Leach, I'm throwing the kitchen sink at Justin Fields.