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They only have to play Stanford once.  Utah and Colorado have tough games at Arizona this week, but also get to play bottom-dwellers ASU and Cal.  The only ranked game thatUSC and UCLA have to play is the one against Stanford; they get Cal and home games against UW and WSU, and I’d much rather my chances with one very tough match and three easier ones than four tough games.

BC

All true, but remember UW beat us, Cal took us to the wire in our 2nd game, and WSU has beaten AZ and OR and played both UT and CO close. No easy games in the Pac-12.

I was thinking specifically about UW when I wrote that, so your point is very well taken.  That being said, I would rather play UW, WSU, Cal, and ASU than UCLA, USC, Colorado, and Utah, even acknowledging that (save for ASU, who is winless in conference), there are no gimme's in the conference.

BC

[BostonCard]

They only have to play Stanford once.  Utah and Colorado have tough games at Arizona this week, but also get to play bottom-dwellers ASU and Cal.  The only ranked game thatUSC and UCLA have to play is the one against Stanford; they get Cal and home games against UW and WSU, and I’d much rather my chances with one very tough match and three easier ones than four tough games.

BC

All true, but remember UW beat us, Cal took us to the wire in our 2nd game, and WSU has beaten AZ and OR and played both UT and CO close. No easy games in the Pac-12.

I was thinking specifically about UW when I wrote that, so your point is very well taken.  That being said, I would rather play UW, WSU, Cal, and ASU than UCLA, USC, Colorado, and Utah, even acknowledging that (save for ASU, who is winless in conference), there are no gimme's in the conference.

BC