1)It's the time of the year where we're reminded that being .500 against "good" competition is almost always going to trump perfect (or nearly perfect) against lesser competition. That is never going to change. Voters don't care if you lose to Maryland, Indiana, Virginia Tech, Arizona, Florida, Oklahoma, UNC etc etc if you beat Michigan, Wake Forest, Michigan State, Miami, UCLA, Oklahoma State, Georgia etc etc too.
2)Talk as they might, playing a difficult non-conference schedule, including games away from home, is not valued nearly as high as they say.
3)WSU continues to grow and mature and get better and find different ways to exploit both their own strengths and their opponents weaknesses. Similar to other really good programs. WSU just won't get credit for it.
4)The loser of the game in Cedar Falls Saturday is likely to be eviscerated in next Monday's poll, regardless of the fact that WSU played Utah to stalemate, destroyed Seton Hall as much or more than Butler (who people are talking up as a top 10 team), pounded league leading Tulsa and is 17-2 while UNI toyed with Virginia Tech who had Virginia beat yesterday before giving the game away, and embarrassed Northwestern who, other than Wisconsin, has played everyone in the Big10 even.
5)Like it or not, WSU will be judged on what it does after the Valley conference is over.
6)These kind of things generally help our team.
2)Talk as they might, playing a difficult non-conference schedule, including games away from home, is not valued nearly as high as they say.
3)WSU continues to grow and mature and get better and find different ways to exploit both their own strengths and their opponents weaknesses. Similar to other really good programs. WSU just won't get credit for it.
4)The loser of the game in Cedar Falls Saturday is likely to be eviscerated in next Monday's poll, regardless of the fact that WSU played Utah to stalemate, destroyed Seton Hall as much or more than Butler (who people are talking up as a top 10 team), pounded league leading Tulsa and is 17-2 while UNI toyed with Virginia Tech who had Virginia beat yesterday before giving the game away, and embarrassed Northwestern who, other than Wisconsin, has played everyone in the Big10 even.
5)Like it or not, WSU will be judged on what it does after the Valley conference is over.
6)These kind of things generally help our team.
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