While this is looking like a solid recruiting class for UW, the big priority this offseason should have been getting help at WR, and Petersen even said as much. Currently they only have one 3-star WR, a guy who ranks 198th among WRs nationally, and a 3-star TE out of Salem. UW is probably going to need more than that to ensure that Browning has weapons for the next 2-3 years.
Hopefully this means that Petersen is aiming high and trying to swing some high profile WRs at the last second.
JSeahawks":2yl3l4zd said:
kearly":2yl3l4zd said:
JSeahawks":2yl3l4zd said:
And of course, 12th class in a row that will never beat oregon.
It's taken a while, but UW has developed a very good football team. I think this is the year UW ends the drought against Oregon. When I look at the two rosters, UW is loaded with accomplished talent just about everywhere, and when I look at Oregon I see a good team with holes that Vernon Adams covered for last season.
In all honesty, kidding aside, I think next season in Eugene the ducks win again. The following year I'm Seattle is where I can see the streak ending. No doubt the gap is narrowing, which I think is a good thing (as long as its uw improving and not uo falling back)
I don't see homefield mattering much in either of the next two matchups. Both teams seemed more comfortable on the road than at home last season.
Last year's UW/Oregon game was the epitome of how much the Ducks leaned on Vernon Adams. Stuffed and beaten into 3rd and longs repeatedly, only for Adams to make spectacular individual plays to overcome 3rd and long over and over. I don't think Prukop will be a total bust, but I don't think he can be the same kind of clutch player Adams was, in fact Prukop's game logs the past couple seasons suggest the opposite.
I think next year's Oregon team is probably an 8 win team. They will boat race bad teams and get curb stomped by good ones. And UW will be a good one.
Granted, I'm talking as if UW and Oregon were playing tomorrow. There's a lot that could happen between now and then to change things.
This is the first time I've actually picked UW over Oregon in over a decade. Last year I said Oregon would win if Adams played, even though UW was at home and favored.