[CardinalSagehen]

<p>The Tally so far at 2W-2L, with two undercard games tonight.&nbsp; <br><u><b><br>Pac 12 WINS / FAVORED </b></u><br>Utah beats @BYU, 30-12.&nbsp; Utes beat the 5 points, and looked decent doing it.<br>AZST stabs KENT, 30-7.&nbsp; SDevils failed to cover 26 points. <br><br>WASH over EWAS.&nbsp; Favored but no spread.&nbsp; Won't be close. <br>#23 WAST has NMST, Favored by 31 for the Pirate.&nbsp; Count on 50+ passes.<br>USC hosts FRES, Favored by 14 -- Helton is gone if he loses this one.&nbsp; Dogs have TOO MUCH to replace. <br>COLO hosts COST.&nbsp; Favored by 13<br>STAN gets NORW.&nbsp; Favored by 6.&nbsp; At home, we can cover.<br>KAL hosts UCDV.&nbsp; Favored but no spread.&nbsp; Bears likely get scores by the Defense.<br><br><b><u>LOSSES / Pac12 UNDERDOGS</u></b><br>UCLA loses @CINC, 14-24.&nbsp; CINC was favored by just 2.5. <br>ZONA flushed @HAWI, 38-45.&nbsp; Cats were favored by 11.&nbsp; <br>ORST has OKST.&nbsp; Home Underdog by 14<br><br><b>The MARQUEE matchup Saturday night:&nbsp;</b> <br>#11 OREG visits #16 AUBN; Tigers favored by 4 in AL. <br>Huskies losing EARLY to AUBN last year HURT us for CFP.&nbsp; <br>We clearly want THIS GAME and STAN &gt; NORW to put down markers on opening weekend. <br>Losses to BOTH AUBN and NORW would sink the Pac12 FOR THE YEAR.&nbsp; <br>WASH does not play anybody significant out of conference, so Huskies cannot help.&nbsp; Ditto with UTAH.&nbsp; No help. <br></p>

I'm done paying attention to CFP implications for the Pac 12. The bottom line is that we'd stand a good chance with 1 loss, and no chance with 2 losses, regardless of strength of schedule. And the other point is that we haven't been remotely close to deserving consideration since 2015, so this team has quite a mountain to climb. The fact that I'm acknowledging this doesn't make me any less hopeful or fanatical about the dawn of a new season...

[CardinalSagehen]

<p>The Tally so far at 2W-2L, with two undercard games tonight.&nbsp; <br><u><b><br>Pac 12 WINS / FAVORED </b></u><br>Utah beats @BYU, 30-12.&nbsp; Utes beat the 5 points, and looked decent doing it.<br>AZST stabs KENT, 30-7.&nbsp; SDevils failed to cover 26 points. <br><br>WASH over EWAS.&nbsp; Favored but no spread.&nbsp; Won't be close. <br>#23 WAST has NMST, Favored by 31 for the Pirate.&nbsp; Count on 50+ passes.<br>USC hosts FRES, Favored by 14 -- Helton is gone if he loses this one.&nbsp; Dogs have TOO MUCH to replace. <br>COLO hosts COST.&nbsp; Favored by 13<br>STAN gets NORW.&nbsp; Favored by 6.&nbsp; At home, we can cover.<br>KAL hosts UCDV.&nbsp; Favored but no spread.&nbsp; Bears likely get scores by the Defense.<br><br><b><u>LOSSES / Pac12 UNDERDOGS</u></b><br>UCLA loses @CINC, 14-24.&nbsp; CINC was favored by just 2.5. <br>ZONA flushed @HAWI, 38-45.&nbsp; Cats were favored by 11.&nbsp; <br>ORST has OKST.&nbsp; Home Underdog by 14<br><br><b>The MARQUEE matchup Saturday night:&nbsp;</b> <br>#11 OREG visits #16 AUBN; Tigers favored by 4 in AL. <br>Huskies losing EARLY to AUBN last year HURT us for CFP.&nbsp; <br>We clearly want THIS GAME and STAN &gt; NORW to put down markers on opening weekend. <br>Losses to BOTH AUBN and NORW would sink the Pac12 FOR THE YEAR.&nbsp; <br>WASH does not play anybody significant out of conference, so Huskies cannot help.&nbsp; Ditto with UTAH.&nbsp; No help. <br></p>

I'm done paying attention to CFP implications for the Pac 12. The bottom line is that we'd stand a good chance with 1 loss, and no chance with 2 losses, regardless of strength of schedule. And the other point is that we haven't been remotely close to deserving consideration since 2015, so this team has quite a mountain to climb. The fact that I'm acknowledging this doesn't make me any less hopeful or fanatical about the dawn of a new season...