Grading the Pac-12 Performances in Week 2

Greenblood · Post by **Greenblood** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 8:29 am

Just my thoughts, in grade order, having only watched the Ducks and a little of the Wildcat victory. I guess this is more or less my view of how they performed vs. how I thought they were capable of performing:

ASU - A+
UA - A+
UCLA - A+
OSU - A
Stanford - B
USC - B
UW - C+
Cal - C+
UO - C+
Utah - C
WSU - D+
Colorado - D

I could see how some might grade Utah's loss worse than I did. Three things: (1) We need to make sure we're NOT seeing USU as that forlorn team of a few years ago whom the Ducks blew out who were definitely one of the worst teams in the FBS at that time; (2) Utah lost Wynn during the game; and (3) it's a "rival" game.

This week has really "elevated" the Pac-12. Especially if ASU goes to Mizzou this week and wins, the strength of the conference will be sitting pretty as we go full-bore into the league games. I see two pretty bad teams in WSU and Colorado, three teams who don't look good but who might have potential (Cal, Utah and maybe UW -- even though I hope not on the latter), and seven teams who could at least potentially beat anyone else in the conference -- though I would want more evidence before believing the Beavers are a real factor.

Post by **UOducksTK1** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 2:44 pm

Despite how bad our win over Fresno was, No way we are in the same category as a team that put up 3 points all game.

woundedknees · Post by **woundedknees** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 2:48 pm

UOducksTK1 wrote:Despite how bad our win over Fresno was, No way we are in the same category as a team that put up 3 points all game.

Make that 3 points after getting the ball on LSU's 20, and only moving it to the 18... Without that muffed return, UWprobably would have been blanked by the Tigers.

Greenblood · Post by **Greenblood** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 3:14 pm

UOducksTK1 wrote:Despite how bad our win over Fresno was, No way we are in the same category as a team that put up 3 points all game.

Thanks, I agree. That's a good example of why I said I graded their Week 2 performance compared to what I thought was possible for each team. I'm not sure how much better the Huskies could have done, but I definitely thought the Ducks could play much better, at least than they did in the second half. In no way is this a ranking of the conference teams, as if I think, e.g., that the Arizona schools and UCLA are the top three teams in the Pac-12.

Post by **UOducksTK1** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 3:30 pm

Greenblood wrote:
UOducksTK1 wrote:Despite how bad our win over Fresno was, No way we are in the same category as a team that put up 3 points all game.
Thanks, I agree. That's a good example of why I said I graded their Week 2 performance compared to what I thought was possible for each team. I'm not sure how much better the Huskies could have done, but I definitely thought the Ducks could play much better, at least than they did in the second half. In no way is this a ranking of the conference teams, as if I think, e.g., that the Arizona schools and UCLA are the top three teams in the Pac-12.

See my problem, is I don't really read. I just glance lol. Otherwise I guess a C+ for us and fuskies is more comparable.

But I still think UW severely underachieved. I mean, you can't really do much worse than they did. Despite the injuries and being overmatched, lots of people had UW keeping it close and scoring around 20+ points (check Pac-12 predictions thread).

USUaggieDuck · Post by **USUaggieDuck** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 5:57 pm

Greenblood wrote:Just my thoughts, in grade order, having only watched the Ducks and a little of the Wildcat victory. I guess this is more or less my view of how they performed vs. how I thought they were capable of performing:

ASU - A+
UA - A+
UCLA - A+
OSU - A
Stanford - B
USC - B
UW - C+
Cal - C+
UO - C+
Utah - C
WSU - D+
Colorado - D

I could see how some might grade Utah's loss worse than I did. Three things: (1) We need to make sure we're NOT seeing USU as that forlorn team of a few years ago whom the Ducks blew out who were definitely one of the worst teams in the FBS at that time; (2) Utah lost Wynn during the game; and (3) it's a "rival" game.

This week has really "elevated" the Pac-12. Especially if ASU goes to Mizzou this week and wins, the strength of the conference will be sitting pretty as we go full-bore into the league games. I see two pretty bad teams in WSU and Colorado, three teams who don't look good but who might have potential (Cal, Utah and maybe UW -- even though I hope not on the latter), and seven teams who could at least potentially beat anyone else in the conference -- though I would want more evidence before believing the Beavers are a real factor.

utes cheered when Wynn went out. Usu fans were upset. I'm not exaggerating at all, either. Didn't usu hang 20something points up when they played here? It was a big deal that we scored so much vs a PAC team at the time. But Utah state won becausevwr had the better team and coaching in the game. Nobody who follows either team were very surprised.

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USUaggieDuck · Post by **USUaggieDuck** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 5:58 pm

Ive watched every Utah game that was on tv for 6 years, btw, and id give them a c- because they suck at offense.

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USUaggieDuck · Post by **USUaggieDuck** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 5:58 pm

Colorado gets an F. No doubt. They lost to an FCS team and an fbs team that then lost to an FCS team. They are awful.
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