Me, not expecting a win in Happy Valley especially after beating them in the CCG last year. So no undefeated season this year for sure.
Toughest other games (in order of relative toughness): At Iowa in November, vs USC (you KNOW Riley wants that W over Lanning!), at Washington (rivalry game where anything can happen especially away, but honestly imo Washington doesn't have the horses to stay with Oregon). Wisky in Autzen won't be easy.
Basically a loss at Penn St plus 1 other loss gets a playoff berth. A 9-3 or 8-4 season would be a disappointment and would mean that either or both of Dante Moore and Austin Novosad aren't there yet. Not what we quacks are hearing, but you never know.
I see it very similarly LA. If Penn State is ever going to get over in this conference, it has to be this year, right? That offense with the O line and those backs will be hard to deal with. Biggest question marks for them are the HC and QB1. Both have faltered in the big games.
I think our schedule is manageable in that our road games aren't the toughest teams outside of Penn St. Don't overlook that home game with Indiana. Curious to see what they look like in year 2 under Cignettii. They have that game circled for sure.
We do have the dreaded four conf road games in Cent/East time zones. SO does UCLA this year. USC and UW only have three each this cycle. not sure if that flips every other year or not because of the unbalanced scheduling.
So how do you see Oregon's schedule, Saw?
Me, not expecting a win in Happy Valley especially after beating them in the CCG last year. So no undefeated season this year for sure.
Toughest other games (in order of relative toughness): At Iowa in November, vs USC (you KNOW Riley wants that W over Lanning!), at Washington (rivalry game where anything can happen especially away, but honestly imo Washington doesn't have the horses to stay with Oregon). Wisky in Autzen won't be easy.
Basically a loss at Penn St plus 1 other loss gets a playoff berth. A 9-3 or 8-4 season would be a disappointment and would mean that either or both of Dante Moore and Austin Novosad aren't there yet. Not what we quacks are hearing, but you never know.