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Aug 17, 2019
10:29:02am

chilango All-American

Only if you are letting emotion overrule intellect and letting them live rent-

free in your head.

For example, ESPN, which isn’t letting emotion get in the way when it comes to utah, has the utes rated as the #22 team, behind Tennessee and Washington and about the same as USC. They think Tennessee is by far our least likely win, and I agree with them.

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chilango

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Rank our games in order of which you think will be toughest. Here's mine:

yahtzee

8/16/19 7:45pm

Washington will be our most difficult game.

kccougar

8/16/19 7:49pm

I think they will be the 2nd best team we play

idacoug

8/16/19 8:11pm

I think they’re the best team and 2nd-least-likely win. As the 4th good team we

chilango

8/16/19 8:13pm

UU, UW, USC, Tenn, BSU, USF, USU, SDSU, Toledo, Lib, UMASS, ISU

8/16/19 7:52pm

I disagree somewhat on your first point, but you might be right about USC

yahtzee

8/16/19 8:05pm

USF had a horrible OC

puntersarepeople

8/17/19 7:44am

Tennessee is going to be tough. The rest, at least the most

Mathew

8/16/19 7:57pm

Tennessee is looking dreadful in the trenches though.

8/16/19 7:59pm

this is my hope as well - control the trenches, run the ball, shorten the game

yahtzee

8/16/19 8:00pm

yikes, they are going to get slaughtered in SEC play.

Mayor of Cougartown

8/16/19 8:06pm

It’s a long road trip into the heat and humidity of early September in the South

chilango

8/16/19 8:09pm

That's my thinking too

Mathew

8/16/19 8:10pm

We beat Ole Miss on September 3rd, and should have won in Texas the next week

8/16/19 9:23pm

The OP said toughest “games,” not “opponents.” So I ranked the games in the

chilango

8/17/19 4:07am

Tennessee, Washington, USC, Boise St, utah, S. Florida, USU, Toledo, SDSU, other

chilango

8/16/19 8:07pm

Utah, Tennessee, Washington, USC, Toledo, BSU, USU, USF

idacoug

8/16/19 8:10pm

Boise over USU, Toledo under USF and I think that's right

8/16/19 9:40pm

UU, UW, Tenn, USC, BSU, USF, Toledo, USU, SDSU, UMass, ISU, Liberty.

ldssdl

8/16/19 10:26pm

Toledo game will be twice as hard as USU game. You're way off on that one.

rcbyufan

8/16/19 11:18pm

wouldn't be the first time I was way off. Why do you think that?

yahtzee

8/16/19 11:30pm

Why?

8/16/19 11:47pm

We're going to have some major issues stopping them. They are talented on

rcbyufan

8/17/19 9:30am

They'll have one of the worst defenses in college football and they've lost

8/17/19 9:45am

Here's the real order:

jcougars7

8/17/19 12:22am

We have a bye between Toledo and Boise

puntersarepeople

8/17/19 7:47am

No it’s between Toledo and USF, Boise is after USF

jcougars7

8/17/19 1:54pm

That’s right

puntersarepeople

8/17/19 2:19pm

Based on recent years and trends...

Nogi-oshi

8/17/19 4:15am

This is just silly to put Utah at 10...behind Liberty?

Traveshamockery

8/17/19 9:09am

Only if you are letting emotion overrule intellect and letting them live rent-

chilango

8/17/19 10:29am

Until Kalani proves otherwise we suck at home and, thus, all home games

Ash

8/17/19 8:13am

Ball control offense was the best option with Mangum. If you can’t see that you

puntersarepeople

8/17/19 9:19am

Was Mangum the only QB on the roster last year? And when ZW was out there

Ash

8/17/19 4:40pm

He didn’t look handcuffed in the Boise State game

puntersarepeople

8/17/19 5:59pm

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