[JohnR34231]

Yes, I watched the Cougs implode vs. the Trojans after Slovis went down and Jaxson came in.  

I also watched that 2015 game with the last second shanked FG.  If that had gone through, Wazzu would have won the North Division (all other things being the same) and Stanford would have had no stunning Rose Bowl victory over Iowa.  As it is, the Cougars still own a 4-game winning streak vs. the Cardinal (2016-2019).  Time for that to end.  I don't think any other team boasts such a long winning streak vs. Stanford.

Yeah, well, the Pirate seemed to have our number (post 2015). We'll see if the new coach does. I sure hope our defense has better luck stopping his offense than it did the Pirate's Air Raid. One might say it has only one way to go.

It was as if Leach, being the Anti-Shaw, knew exactly where the holes in Stanford's system were and exploited them.

Yeah. Leach's offense had success against just about everyone, but his cross-state rivals were his kryptonite. The Husky DC (now the head coach) even said he looked forward to playing Leach because his offense was so easy to stop.

That's a good point.  Leach only managed 1 victory in 8 tries against the Dawgs.  Petersen and his team were a better psychological foil to the Pirate and knew how to make him stumble over his own methods.  Shaw seemed to approach Wazzu and Leach as if they were just another opponent.  Shaw led with vanilla; Leach always countered with tricks and traps.  Grinch's speed-D was such a trap back in the day.  Now Grinch is trying to make that part of Oklahoma's identity.

Leach and the Spokane sportswriter (John Blanchette) didn't have much use for each other. Of course, Leach would have an excuse for each loss to Washington and Blanchette would call him on it. In the press conference after the 2019 loss Leach ended up telling Blanchette to "go back in his cave" because he was tired of him. Blanchette said in 2018 the excuse was the snow, in 2019 the excuse was Washington's defense was so athletic, and he wondered what future ones would be. Leach of course left after that year, but Blanchette got one more in when Wazzu lost to Air Force in the bowl game. He said that unless schools are recruiting for lieutenants and generals these days, it would be hard for Leach to say that Air Force's defense was too much for him.

[JohnR34231]

Yes, I watched the Cougs implode vs. the Trojans after Slovis went down and Jaxson came in.  

I also watched that 2015 game with the last second shanked FG.  If that had gone through, Wazzu would have won the North Division (all other things being the same) and Stanford would have had no stunning Rose Bowl victory over Iowa.  As it is, the Cougars still own a 4-game winning streak vs. the Cardinal (2016-2019).  Time for that to end.  I don't think any other team boasts such a long winning streak vs. Stanford.

Yeah, well, the Pirate seemed to have our number (post 2015). We'll see if the new coach does. I sure hope our defense has better luck stopping his offense than it did the Pirate's Air Raid. One might say it has only one way to go.

It was as if Leach, being the Anti-Shaw, knew exactly where the holes in Stanford's system were and exploited them.

Yeah. Leach's offense had success against just about everyone, but his cross-state rivals were his kryptonite. The Husky DC (now the head coach) even said he looked forward to playing Leach because his offense was so easy to stop.

That's a good point.  Leach only managed 1 victory in 8 tries against the Dawgs.  Petersen and his team were a better psychological foil to the Pirate and knew how to make him stumble over his own methods.  Shaw seemed to approach Wazzu and Leach as if they were just another opponent.  Shaw led with vanilla; Leach always countered with tricks and traps.  Grinch's speed-D was such a trap back in the day.  Now Grinch is trying to make that part of Oklahoma's identity.

Leach and the Spokane sportswriter (John Blanchette) didn't have much use for each other. Of course, Leach would have an excuse for each loss to Washington and Blanchette would call him on it. In the press conference after the 2019 loss Leach ended up telling Blanchette to "go back in his cave" because he was tired of him. Blanchette said in 2018 the excuse was the snow, in 2019 the excuse was Washington's defense was so athletic, and he wondered what future ones would be. Leach of course left after that year, but Blanchette got one more in when Wazzu lost to Air Force in the bowl game. He said that unless schools are recruiting for lieutenants and generals these days, it would be hard for Leach to say that Air Force's defense was too much for him.