If the Wildcats came back, I didn’t see it.
When Stanford crushed Washington State, I said it was good to see that Stanford can still do that. Then they hit an iceberg at Washington, which re-cast that shadow of doubt.
Blowing out Arizona in Tucson might be seen as more meaningful than the win at WSU. Arizona’s sweep of the Big 10 teams in two overtime games signaled that they were finally getting into form, but today’s game should raise the question if either of them will find their true selves with three weeks left.
The old saw is that everyone’s intending to peak in March, but if the valley preceding the peak was too low, then how high is the following peak?
Let’s plan for Stanford at Utah in the last game of the season determines the conference champion. If that is the case, how many people will buy a ticket? #2 Indiana drew 11 thousand for their showdown with #5 Iowa earlier in the day, and I think it mattered. Utah might have their mighty student section, but Salt Lake City, I put it to you to show the hell up.