The weather is a big factor here as there will be rain, and 15mph winds, and Washington has dominated this series and have always defended the passing game of Washington State well holding them to 14, 17, 10, and 13 over the past 4 years. Washington's program prides themselves on developing NFL ready CB's and it's no secret that they have played well in this game. Now that does not mean I think Washington runs away with this game, as I think their offense is really overrated.

Washington is going to run the ball a lot here, I don't see them putting the ball in Jake Browning's hands because the offensive line has not done a good job of protecting him ranking 80th, and Washington STate is dangerous ranking 9th in sack %. Chris Peterson is smart enough to know that his strengths are running the football here. However, the home/away splits this year and the last few years do not favor Washington, which is why I think they score less points than they are typically scoring in this game. First of all they have only scored over 30 points 4 times all year, against the following defenses - NDakota State, BYU (at home), @UCLA (90TH, & 89th vs. the RUN), and Oregon State (128th). Washington State is ranked 36th at stopping the run, and they do it better at home, and are improved vs. last year's squad while Washington's rushing offense ranks 69th in ypc which is nothing special, and are far worse than last year. I expect this game to come down to the wire, but I do not expect a very aggressive approach from either coach, and both are coming off higher than usual scoring games giving us value on the under here.