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I branded as a college hoop expert, but am really a football expert
Why is UCLA’s win total so low?
its the packed 12 north thats stackedRelatively tough non-conference schedule coupled with stacked Pac-12 South.
its the packed 12 north thats stacked
Stacked means competitive top to bottom...with the exception of ORE & WAS...North has nothing.
stan and wazzu neutral field chalks over asu,az,ucla, colorado. and would, will beat usc. wazzu hasnt lost to utah in long time. cal injured last yr, under radar good this yr
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Buddy of mine is USC alumnus and follows football. He is saying that neither SC nor UCLA are hugely optimistic this year. (Maybe UCLA may have some success.)Northern teams likely stronger in PAC 12.UCLA has 9 offensive, 10 defensive returning starters.
For those who want to check out all the FBS returning starters:
https://philsteele.com/2019/07/22/complete-breakdown-of-every-cfb-teams-returning-starters-2/
Have a query about Wildcats. Does anyone have odds line on Ariz vs Hawaii; Aug 24 opener? Toss me a cookie here JK if u have any info.
Utah, SC and Arizona are all top 25 teams. UA has Tate and all their skill guys back. Stanford and Cal are way down this year. Stanford is 33/1 to win Pac-12. Cal not far behind.
UA has had a messy camp and there’s a lot of grumbling from alumni and boosters concerning Sumlins drinking
Arizona lost all their WR's and their O line is garbage. Other than a one month stretch 2 years ago Tate has been mediocre. AZ D line looks like it might be awful. We disagree on them being a top 25 team.
Tate has been mediocre.
Here’s where Arizona gets a significant upgrade. They go from 1 returning starter last year to 4 this year. In addition, the Arizona beat writer(s) seem fairly confident that their two highly touted JC transfers, Josh Donovan and Paiton Fears, will (eventually) start this season. Which means this position group could be upgraded even further.
As you know Tate had a season long ankle injury and they still led Pac-12 in offense.
Here’s where Arizona gets a significant upgrade. They go from 1 returning starter last year to 4 this year. In addition, the Arizona beat writer(s) seem fairly confident that their two highly touted JC transfers, Josh Donovan and Paiton Fears, will (eventually) start this season. Which means this position group could be upgraded even further.
As you know Tate had a season long ankle injury and they still led Pac-12 in offense.
Have a query about Wildcats. Does anyone have odds line on Ariz vs Hawaii; Aug 24 opener? Toss me a cookie here JK if u have any info.
Bad perspective to use in capping teams. Returning starterThis team has the most returning starters in Power 5 conferences yet is only projected to win half their games.
Who is it?
It's a bad way to cap football imo in using returning starters to create a number. Use returning production and that should help quite alot. UCLA has 71% of returning production which is right outside the top 25. WMU has the most with 85% and Fresno has the lowest at 54ish%.This team has the most returning starters in Power 5 conferences yet is only projected to win half their games.
Who is it?
UCLA is a hard one to figure. Wouldn't they get a little bump now they are in a second season with that system, and are getting players to fit it?Bad perspective to use in capping teams. Returning starter
It's a bad way to cap football imo in using returning starters to create a number. Use returning production and that should help quite alot. UCLA has 71% of returning production which is right outside the top 25. WMU has the most with 85% and Fresno has the lowest at 54ish%.
I think its very easy to buy in to the returning starter mold in UCLA, Tennessee and Nebraska but also just as easy to see that those starters were downright awful at times last year. Failure is easier to duplicate than overcome. Uconn had 9 returning starters on the worst defense in the history of college football last season..
Utah, SC and Arizona are all top 25 teams. UA has Tate and all their skill guys back. Stanford and Cal are way down this year. Stanford is 33/1 to win Pac-12. Cal not far behind.
Best confrence this yrPac 12 is soft.
Trump has a better shot of winning Big Runner's heart than you have of being correct about that statement.Best confrence this yr