Buff Nation –
Week Four Review
CU 13, Arizona State 35
Ok, let’s make this week’s update as painless as possible. No need to pile on while the Buffs are down. The Buffs have fallen and can’t get up. The Buffs offense is offensive, the Buff defense is tired, the coaching is suspect and Buff Nation is in a panic.
CU played last Saturday night and lost to ASU. The game was a late kickoff and on ESPNU a double whammy and an early warning sign that the Buffs are about to be placed on double secret probation and slip off the NCAA relevancy radar.
Too early for the season to be over, but CU needs a big time stop-the-hemorrhaging victory. That opportunity presents itself tomorrow at noon.
Week Five Preview
CU vs USC – Saturday – Folsom Field, Noon
What better way to stop a losing streak that to play a team you have never beaten (ever)? The USC Trojans come into Boulder on Saturday sporting a 14-0 record against CU. CU has come close in recent years but has failed to create the mental capacity to understand that it is okay to win these games. Oregon State just beat USC last weekend. Apparently, they don’t subscribe to the same mantra CU does, that you are supposed to lose to USC every single time you play them.
We need the Buffs Defense to go all gladiator on the Trojans for our entertainment pleasure, and hope QB1 Lewis can remember why he wanted to play QB in college and stop playing from a fetal position (some blocking from the O-line would help).
Incredibly, this is a game CU can win. While CU is hamstrung, USC is also in disarray. Already on their second coach and second quarterback, USC isn’t the nationally ranked Goliath that typically puts on the USC jersey.
A win tomorrow puts us right back on track for a bowl eligible season. A victory tomorrow puts this entire season on a different trajectory, one Buff Nation can be proud of. Strength & Honor.
Go Buffs!
Doug