Week 7 candidate games
(Written by kencraw)
(Yes, I know, I’m two weeks behind again on watching games… I hope to catch up later this week.)
Here are the games to consider for our 2020 virtual season:
- 2009 UCLA – The game that finally broke the losing streak in the coliseum. Also the first game of a 5 out of 6 winning streak that salvaged the 2009 season (the Bears were 2-2 going into this one having lost two *horrific* games to Oregon and USC)
- 2017 WSU – In Wilcox’s first season we get a first glimpse of the defense to come when they beat 8th ranked WSU, holding them to 3 points, and putting up a fair number of points to book. And not to give away too much, this was the Bowers head-over-heals flip.
And really, that’s about it. Or is this the week we use the substitution pick of 2007 Oregon? Looking ahead, if we’re going to do it, it’s this week or next week. After that, there’s too many good games to pick from each week.
October 14th, 2020 at 2:18 pm
I seem to recall that 2017 WSU was also Smoke Bowl. It’s a fun game, but I think that 2007 Oregon game’s gotta get in here somewhere.
October 16th, 2020 at 4:54 am
It was the smoke game. And there was so much debate about whether the game would be held, I think that was a factor in WSU’s being unprepared.