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The BYU Front 7, Can They Stop Chris Polk?

by PurpleReign · 8/24/2010

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Schmoe
PurpleReign wrote:
PurpleReign wrote:
Mars, I think it will be a tough game for either team, but it's pretty clear to me right now that you are utterly clueless with the current state of our Husky football team. You will be surprised by both the offense and the defense come Sep. 4th.

Tsk, tsk, resorting to name calling. Though that still beats resorting to actually having to watch Washington play football. :lol:



I see BYU winning this game 23-20. That doesn't erase what an ugly blight Washington has been on the face of the sport the last half a decade.


I'm sorry but thinking the comment "clueless" is name calling is a stretch, it's a description. And based on the comments made about Udub, it's accurate (in my opinion anyways).


Yes, most of the time when you call someone a name, it is also a description: stupid, stinky, a**hole, etc. See?
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PurpleReign
LOL come on guys, "clueless" is a love peck on the cheek. :D




The only way we lose is if Locker's accuracy and pocket presence is much improved from 2008. I'm willing to take that risk.




Okay, did some of you watch zero Udub football from 2009? Or at least read Jake's stats page? I am really starting to get the feeling you all will be shocked at how much Locker has improved from the few games he played in 2008:



Locker 2009 Vid:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FU0JZhRHzMI





Entire Team 2009 Vid:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LkTS_l9uWQ





Dawgs are light years ahead of where they were in 2008, on both sides of the ball.
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Mars
PurpleReign wrote:
I'm sorry but thinking the comment "clueless" is name calling is a stretch, it's a description. And based on the comments made about Udub, it's accurate (in my opinion anyways).

I think I can find it in my heart to forgive you. Afterall, as a Washington fan you haven't seen real football in 10 years. If I hadn't watched a good team play for a decade, I would start to lose all sense of how college football works as well...
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PurpleReign
Don't worry Mars, you're a nutter (is that name calling? LOL), but I still love you :lol:
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Mars
PurpleReign wrote:
Don't worry Mars, you're a nutter (is that name calling? LOL), but I still love you

Says the guy who is enamored with 10 years of ugly, losing football. :lol:
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PurpleReign
Mars wrote:
Don't worry Mars, you're a nutter (is that name calling? LOL), but I still love you

Says the guy who is enamored with 10 years of ugly, losing football. :lol:




Of course not, it has been utter crap and the worst stretch of 6 years in the 119 year history of Washington football.



However, a handful of bad years does not somehow erase the tradition and history of one of the most successful football programs in CFB history. From USC to Michigan, to Ohio State, they all have much respect for Washington and I think you severely undervalue Udub's national reputation.



We are thought of nationally as a sleeping giant, a former national power that has fallen but will rise again.
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Mars
PurpleReign wrote:
We are thought of nationally as a sleeping giant, a former national power that has fallen but will rise again.

So is SDSU. Neither should beat BYU this year. And either making fun of ESPN wanting to pay us millions to go independent is laughable.
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PurpleReign
I have never mentioned ESPN or made fun of BYU independence.



And by the way, ESPN, ABC, FOX, and Comcast are all going after and competing for the PAC's next TV deal.



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Jumanji
Purple reign,

Who do you love more, Polk or Locker? There's nothing wrong with a little man crush, but you may be taking it to the next level.



Although, I'm sure they both have restraining orders against you. :P
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Mars
PurpleReign wrote:
I have never mentioned ESPN or made fun of BYU independence. And by the way, ESPN, ABC, FOX, and Comcast are all going after and competing for the PAC's next TV deal.

Of course they are. You've heard of USC, right?

And Texas has Iowa State in their conference.
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SHIZ
perhaps the question should be



"the UW place kicker, can he make an extra point?"
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PurpleReign
Mars wrote:
I have never mentioned ESPN or made fun of BYU independence. And by the way, ESPN, ABC, FOX, and Comcast are all going after and competing for the PAC's next TV deal.

Of course they are. You've heard of USC, right?

And Texas has Iowa State in their conference.


LOL dang... Laying it on thick aren't we? That was rich, coming from a team who compiled their wins in the WAC and MWC lol.



Mars, BYU will always be looking up at Washington ;)



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Mars
PurpleReign wrote:
That was rich, coming from a team who compiled their wins in the WAC and MWC lol. Mars, BYU will always be looking up at Washington

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Winning in the MWC > Losing in the PAC-0.



Especially when we start comparing scores, like BYU 59, UCLA 0 and UCLA-Washington, and what we did to Oregon State last year compared to what OSU did against Washington. Let alone what we did to Washington in 1985! You poor little guys didn't have a chance. :blush:



Hell, last year the PAC-0 champ would have finished 3rd at best in the MWC!



Simply put, Top 25 programs can't look up to Bottom 25 programs. How are we even supposed to see you guys, smashed down there underneath our cleats?
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BYULV
I wanted to prove purple wrong by comparing final AP rankings historically, however, he has a pretty valid claim to Washington's strong football tradition. Of course comparing prior to the 1970's is no challenge since we were irrelevant in football prior to Lavell. since then UW has had the edge on us in the '70s and '90s and we edged them in the '80s (very close) and beat them in the 2000's (not very close). I would say Washington definitely has a longer football tradition than we do, however, as it currently stands we are still among the top teams annually and UW still has to prove they belong back among the top teams. For Now all UW has is tradition to fall back on and they probably think that beating BYU helps them reestablish themselves among the good teams once again. I personally think it will take more than one good win for them to get there and I don't think they will beat us in Provo this year anyway. I just don't see us losing this game.



Anyway, I'll give Purple his football tradition, but I think he still has a long way to go to being relevant in today's football landscape, whereas, BYU is already relevant as evidenced by their recent success and by all the current attention surrounding what BYU plans to do. BYU changed college football more than once in the past 30 years (ie, evolution of the passing game, changing of the bowl landscape) and they look to be starting a new wave of change with their current moves. BYU is definitely relevant both yesterday and today ... Unfortunately for UW, they are only relevant in the past.



See collegepollarchive.com. If interested.



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imuakahuku
YNot wrote:
I don't think we can rest too secure when talking about Locker and Polk. Simply stating the rushes and yards against BYU's defense doesn't tell the whole story.



In 2008, Locker rushed for only 62 yards, but he also scored twice!



In 2007, Bell ran for 79, but Markey also ran for 50. That's 129 yards between the two. And, they both scored a rushing touchdown. Again, 2 TD's.



(Interestingly, in both those games, our opponent scored 27 points...)



Further, in our 2008 game at Washington, Locker was the leading rusher. But they also had another 3 or 4 RB's than rushed for more than 60 yards. Washington ended up with 130+ yards rushing and 3 rushing TD's.



http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/boxscore?gid=200809060065" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;



In 2009, Polk averaged 92 yards per game, while Locker averaged about 32 yards per game (and 233 yards passing).



http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/stats/bycategory?cat=Rushing&conference=I-A_PAC10&year=2009" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;



The good news is that we get them at home. Regardless, Polk will pound out some yards - if Locker contributes more than 50 yards on the ground and has his passing game going, that will put us in a tight spot. If we can't contain Locker, we could be looking at a close game.


But when you read the title of the thread he is asking about Polk specifically.
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PurpleReign
Man, some of you are a broken record in here. When did I say Udub was better than Washington recently? I already said we have been crap the last six years, not once did I say Udub was better than BYU in recent years.



I have only defended my dawgs from those who make ludicrous comments about our football program.



We have been down, but we would have destroyed SDSU and Iowa freaking State if we played them, it's just pure lunacy to compare them to us, even in our worst years in program history we are still better than those bottom feeders.



BYU will be damn tough and it should be a good game. I think we have a very good shot to win in Provo, but I really don't see BYU walking over us to an easy win. We have made significant improvements across the board, on both sides of the ball.
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Schmoe
I'd say that your assertion that BYU will "have their hands full with Polk" is not supported by facts, and that's why everyone is getting on your case.



PS-Unless you mean like have their hands full of his jersey while tackling him for losses and no-gains, then it IS supported by recent history.
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craigoscarson
The only thing that Chuck Norris fears is Chris Polk.
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PurpleReign
Schmoe wrote:
I'd say that your assertion that BYU will "have their hands full with Polk" is not supported by facts, and that's why everyone is getting on your case.



PS-Unless you mean like have their hands full of his jersey while tackling him for losses and no-gains, then it IS supported by recent history.




I stand by my prediction, Chris Polk will get 100+ yards rushing against BYU in Provo.
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Mars
PurpleReign wrote:
We have been down, but we would have destroyed SDSU and Iowa freaking State if we played them, it's just pure lunacy to compare them to us, even in our worst years in program history we are still better than those bottom feeders.

Iowa State's record over the past 2 seasons: 9-16

SDSU's record over the past 2 seasons: 6-18

Washington's record over the past 2 seasons: 5-19



Go back 3 seasons, or 4 seasons, and it doesn't really get much better for Washington. Having losing records every year does that to a team. Meanwhile, Iowa State actually won a bowl game last year.
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