The Beavs get snubbed by Gameday for James Madison. What a joke that is, but ESPN basically owns the Ducks and probably does not want to give the Beavs any added pub if the game next week is for all the marbles. That’s what this joke of a game has become.

My gut says the Huskies are the better team with a passing attack we can’t fully stop. So the questions becomes can we stop that passing game enough, can we feed off the home field, can we feed of the Gameday snub, can we run on the Huskies enough to setup a few big plays downfield, can we get a big play or two on ST, and can Smith call an appropriate game? These are the ways you win games you’re not supposed to win. Regarding Smith: I do think this is the type of game it’s appropriate to be more aggressive than usual. That doesn’t mean stupid, but say it’s 4th and 1 at the 40. Go for those types of plays in this type of game.

Logic pick: Huskies 35-28
Heart pick: Beavs somehow pull out a nail biter 33-30

Go Beavs!

Gooo Beavs.

3 games left in Pac history. Savor them, Beavos. Let’s win this convincingly and set it up for an interesting penultimate and finale.

44-13, Beavs.

It’s weird to think we have 3 Pac games left in our history. It feels like the season just started.

Anyway, Stanford has been playing better lately, but if we zoom out big picture, they’re a program in decline with 4 straight losing seasons and a max of 4 wins per season in that time frame, whereas the Beavs are the opposite. Beavs at home. You have to love the Beavs in this game even factoring for Smith costing them 7 points, which he will do, and then he’ll chase those points, leading to a weird final score.

30-14, Beavs.

Goooo Beavs.

Man it’s a kick in the nuts that Smith f’d up that FG last week…could have been such a great ending setup for the season.

27-24 Beavs, but maybe not. Might still be a hangover from last week.

I guess the narrative has to be “recover and get the best bowl game you can” at this point.

Smith ruined our season, so this is where we are at. I think we’ll be able to run on Colorado and win this game, but I don’t know if the coaches will be (a) smart enough to do this and (b) disciplined enough to do this.

Therefore…

27, 24 Beavs as Smith takes a 4th and short FG and it winds up being the difference.