We'll improve enough to beat Utah at home and will have a good chance against both Cal and OSU
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2014 Season Predictions
- Thread starter boydbuff
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Just stating it as a fact...
Which I'm not disputing
Just messing with you. I agree the majority of positions will be better, but not sold on the secondary yet. Really only confident in Hendo back there right now.
I'm kind of pinning my hopes on the secondary improving on Crawley finally getting 'it', I'm interested to see Yuri to but yeah, Hendo is the only one where I have zero worries about in the secondary.
rolandftw
Club Member
CU should win their OOC games. A loss to any of them, and I'd argue UMASS and Hawaii would be worse losses from a talent standpoint, and it is going to be a long, long year.
Utah and Cal would appear to be the most winnable of our conference games. Guess there is a chance with Washington, with the coaching change, but seems to be a long shot.
I'd say CU ends with 4 wins. If CU gets 5 or more, and I think most would feel somewhat positive about the direction of the program. Less then 4 and it'll be hard to see the program in a positive light. Do think it will be much harder without PRich. He almost single-handidly won 2 games for us this year. Maybe some of the other receivers will step up, along with Sefo, but it's still hard to buy the passing game getting much better then it was last year.
Utah and Cal would appear to be the most winnable of our conference games. Guess there is a chance with Washington, with the coaching change, but seems to be a long shot.
I'd say CU ends with 4 wins. If CU gets 5 or more, and I think most would feel somewhat positive about the direction of the program. Less then 4 and it'll be hard to see the program in a positive light. Do think it will be much harder without PRich. He almost single-handidly won 2 games for us this year. Maybe some of the other receivers will step up, along with Sefo, but it's still hard to buy the passing game getting much better then it was last year.
No Cal? I know it's not a sure win but there's a lot of disfunction in that locker room and there's gonna be a lot of attrition, they could be ripe for the taking
Cal should be a much improved team next year. Cal was devastated by injuries, and had the second worst turn over margin the country. They won't be a good team, but they'll be substantially improved from last year's squad. I certainly don't think we can count it as an easy win. My hunch is we won't be the favorite going into the game.
Will they be better team? We had a awful lot of injuries in 2011 and were an even worse team in 2012. Yeah they have talent but how much of it is going to stick around?
rolandftw
Club Member
I think both Utah and Cal are winnable games, just don't have them both down as wins. Tough to win on the road. We'll find out if Cal was really as bad as they were last year, or if it were the injuries that led to their terrible season this year.
Right now Cal fans are saying "There's no way we go winless 2 years in a row. No way. Who's our best shot at a win? Colorado at home."
I'm not saying we're going to lose, but it's going to be a tough fight.
We're gonna win!
FrankRizzo
Active Member
Coaches don't spend all off-season installing a hurry-up offense and then scrap it in the first game.:thumbsup:
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Go out on a limb and say we goin bowling.
Buffenuf
massive tool
:stupid:
Funny how everyone else's team is projected by this board (Boyd and 'tini and a couple others excepted) to get better, while the Buffs are soooooo bad that they're expected to regress, and end up with only two wins. As for the claim of giving up 30 lbs. per man, a review of the rosters simply doesn't justify that claim. Size-wise, the Buffs lines are close to or at PAC 12 averages. S&C-wise will make a difference in size, quickness and strength, while coaching is changing the craptastic attitudes instilled by WB&Co. Penalties are way down, attitudes are improving, players are showing smarts and maturing. 7-5 is cautiously optimistic, but not unrealistic. (Take AZ, who do they have to replace their QB and TB? Anybody?)
This a HUGE diss to all the kids, S&C staff and the rest of the coachs as well. We saw great improvement in organization and attitude; decent freshman playing (Are Gillam, Awuzie,Thompson, Gilbert, Sefo and Adkins really going to slip backwards, becoming less capable?) while a bunch of foundation types on the OL and at WR, red-shirted, becoming familiar with the system, stronger and just plain older!
I see the Buffs having a real chance at 6-6, or 4-8, depending upon injuries. Either way they will be a much better team with real competitive games in 2014. 2015 should be the year for real expectations.
Well said!