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Maybe it was their disappointing collapse to finish off 2019, but for some reason I just don't square putting Utah above a rising OSU. Of course, that's based in feelings more than anything objective lol.

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I think that's a pretty reasonable take. I just feel more confident about Utah's coaches than OSU's.

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Thanks or the write-up guys. I'm picking Cal 3rd as well but I hope we will really surprise some people. But I fear that the lack of depth on the D-line will lead to a more porous rush defense, which might equate to losing some close games that last year we won.

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That's a fair concern considering we have two true freshmen playing D-line on the two deep as well as the loss of Tevin Paul.

Inside linebackers have consistently been a strength under Wilcox, so let's hope they can compensate in run support.

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"Happy to see KJ Costello tearing it up at Mississippi State though"

Is he? He had a great first game against an historically bad LSU defense where they just decided not to watch the last 20 years of Mike Leach football to prepare. Since then he's remembered that he's KJ Costello. On the season he has 6 TD to 10 INT and has been benched twice! His game is as unfortunate as his face.

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Haha, whoops, guess you know which Mississippi State game I watched. I hadn't paid attention to them since. I don't know what happened to him in those games but I do still think he has the talent to be an NFL Draft pick QB.

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FIFY: "or can they rally around David Shaw’s DOUGHY body of work?"

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To further quoting Hamilton, ohhhh if the shoe fits--wear it.

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Great stuff! Though each time I see WFC I keep thinking fried chicken

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Wisconsin Fried Chicken and proud

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Aw, no pictures for each team? I'm just now realizing how much I looked forward to those.

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We don't have access to those pictures without the SBN powerhouse.

I tried to compensate by making custom banners for each team, but clearly they aren't appreciated...

Donations welcome if any reader wants to buy licenses for Getty/USA Today for us.

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Reminds me of that scene in Django...

OK, now I’m not sayin’ we don’t all appreciate the banners but maybe we can try it with the banners next time...

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I thought the banners with the subtle colors were a nice touch.

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I'm all for generic Google images of each mascot being. A baby bear, a burn out tree (or block of red coloring), a slain trojan warrior, etc

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"you don’t have the votes. You don’t have the votes." Arizona's gonna need WfC approval and they don't have the votes.

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I've got a Mr. Miranda on line 2; he'd like to chat with you about some copyright issue..... : )

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Wait, who's on line 1?

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