Recruiting “level’d up” with the 2017 class which by 247, ranked #15. And that is by average, not by the total points metric. The average focuses on quality while the total points factors in quality and number of recruits signed. The 2018 class was awesome. It was #12 and experts we trust believe that some
The Washington Huskies won the 1984 National Championship but the voters forgot or were not paying attention. In one of the closest votes ever, BYU eclipsed UW in both the AP and Coaches polls. BYU went undefeated but they did so against the 82nd rated schedule (SRS), defeated only one bowl team (by 5 points)
Here I compare the 2018 defense to the 2016 defense. Football Outsiders’ metric which emphasizes scoring more than per play stats, had UW’s 2016 D at #3 and UW’s 2017 D at #10. The bold shows who I think is better. DL-Elijah Qualls / Levi Onwuzerike (Qualls was drafted and first team all Pac-12)
We looked at the stats for in-conference games during Petersen’s tenure to quantify where UW needs improvement in 2018. The numbers are for 2014, 2016, 2017, 2017. The number in parenthesees is the rank in conference. We bolded 2016 and 2017. Let’s start with the offense… Sack Yards Allowed- 160, 180, 79, 127 Explosive Plays-
Let’s compare the 2016 vs. 2018 offense player by player. Because the offense has different packages, we will look at a few more players beyond starters. The bold shows who I think is better… WR- John Ross / Andre Baccielia TE- Darrell Daniels / Hunter Bryant (Bryant provides great receiving threat) TE- Dissly, Sample /
Here is how Stanford shakes up…. Overall Ranking- S&P+ 22, FEI 26 Defense Ranking- S&P+ 57, FEI 65 Offense Ranking- S&P+ 28, FEI 24, Pac12 YPP 3/12 Special Teams- S&P+ 12, FEI 1 Offense… Run Offense S&P + 56 Run yards per play- 2 out of 12 in conference play Pass Offense S&P
