Something is rotten in Montlake. When my subjective perception differs from big picture data, I try to remain as objective as possible. All season, the stats have said that this Husky team is better than their outcomes on the field- that they have had a combination of bad luck and bad timing that have led to negative results when the underlying performances deserved better. Virtually every advanced stat model agrees and the Huskies have consistently rated in the top 20 even though they haven’t looked like a top-20 team on the field the vast majority of the time. Likewise, Jacob Eason has been rated as the #5 draft eligible QB in the country, but it would be hard to place his recent performances in the top 5 in the Pac-12 North.
The Prediction: Washington State Cougars
