Homefield Big Advantage for Huskies
October 10th, 2009 by cstarkPlaying at home should be an advantage and that will be the
determiner in a Husky win. The very structure of Husky Stadium
makes it one of the loudest stadiums in America. The two
upper decks serve as an amplifier and it works for the home
team.
Husky Stadium gives Washington the advantage over Arizona and it
will win a close one because of it.
Martin Stadium in Pullman, however, is a rather neutral place for
visitors simply because there are usually less than 30,000 fans and
besides, ASU’s coach, Dennis Erickson, is more than familiar with
it having coached there himself. The Sun Devils are stronger on
defense than the Cougars are and will likely win a close one
because of it. This would be a great place for a major upset
by the Cougars but unfortunately they are still short on quality
players.
Both of the Washington teams are playing way too many freshmen and
that is never a good thing. Coach James always had a great
quote, “that the best time to play a freshman was when he was a
junior.” One of the problems with turning over coaches is the
negative impact it has on recruiting. Both Washington schools are
still a couple of recruiting classes away from having quality
depth.
USC and California both have the week off after playing each other
last week. It may hurt the Trojans more because they are
running hot right now. The Bears can really use a break after
dropping two in a row to the Trojans and the Ducks.
The Ducks travel to the Rose Bowl to play UCLA and are without
their starting quarterback. Husky fans should be rooting for the
Bruins and Slick Rick because Oregon needs a loss in league. The
Bruins always have great talent and are capable of holding home
court. I want the Bruins to win a close one.
That leaves the first place team, Stanford, traveling to Corvallis
to take on the Beavers. I like the Cardinal to win here in a
battle of running teams. It will definitely be a k nock down drag
out affair but Stanford is in the driver’s seat and should win a
close one.
Washington needs Stanford to lose twice and you have to think that
way in order to win the league. I know just winning a game should
be the goal but ultimately you want to keep yourself in the hunt
for the league title. So, I’m a Beaver fan this week and hope they
can pull it off, but I don’t think so. Stanford is just too
physical.
I want the Huskies, Cougars, Bruins, and Beavers to win but I’ll
take just the Huskies.
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