Buff Nation –
Week Six Review
CU 30, Arizona 35 (CU 3-2)
With the loss to AZ last Saturday at Folsom Field, comes good news (there always has to be good news right?) and bad news. The good news is we still have over half the football season to go and it seems (repeat, it seems) we have a better football team than we did last year. Directionally correct if you will. Players seem bought in, recruits continue to commit and our coach refuses to whine or place blame. Coach Tucker is owning the fact that it’s all about the W’s. No one cares about the rest of it. That’s refreshing. Must be an SEC thing.
The bad news is with the loss to AZ is going to leave a mark. CU is not going to a bowl this year. Short of pulling off some upsets (tonight would certainly qualify), the remaining schedule doesn’t lend itself to winning three more games (to become bowl eligible). That said, we have seen in the Pac-12 South that any team can beat any team, and why not CU? It just sucks that CU has played itself into a spot where their back is against the wall, when in truth they should be undefeated and ranked in the top 15 in the nation. Instead a blocked extra point against Air Force and dumb penalties (and a dropped TD pass) against AZ, put them at 3-2. The teams just get harder from here, so CU is just going to have to play better (guessing Coach Tucker is using more motivational words than that though).
Week Seven Preview
CU (3-2) @ #13 Oregon (4-1)
Out of the frying pan and into the fire. It doesn’t get easier when CU kicks off against #13 Oregon tonight on the road in Eugene. As much as I would like to predict an upset (CU certainly was motivated after their last defeat (Air Force) and took it out on ASU on the road), CU’s secondary is in tatters, their defense line is so thin that it’s almost translucent, and to top it off, OR boasts one of the best QBs in the nation (Justin Herbert), one of the highest scoring offenses in the Pac-12 and a defense which has suddenly found it legs.
CU’s only hope is that Montez (ugh I hate having to put my only hope in this guy) decides to get his head on straight (why not after 29 straight starts), and plays lights out football. In the end, OR is going to be too much for CU to handle on defense. CU beats the 20-point underdog spread, but loses by double digits. Let’s just hope that they continue to improve with each and every game Tucker coaches. At this point, that is what a true Buff fan is looking for. A win tonight would be huge for this program, but we’ll just put that on the Christmas wish list for now.
Go Buffs!
Doug