2018 Schedule

[Duff Man]

At least the first Friday game is coming off a Bye and then we get a long week to prepare for a home game vs ASU, and the second Friday game is against a mediocre opponent, on the road sandwiched between two home games. Aside from the Bye being too early, I think this is a very favorable schedule.

I think it is a stretch to call it favorable. The second Friday is against Arizona, hardly "mediocre" with Tate. We very well could be facing the top three offenses in the conference (all on the road) in a four-game stretch. Kinda makes more right in the middle of favorable and unfavorable.

 

[FightCu1414]

CSU game is on a Saturday, not a Friday this year.

 

[skibum]

I don't know why people like this schedule. Two friday games and no bye during conference play. Plus, that October schedule. Yeesh.

I like the home /away pairings.
I like the out of conference.
I like that the team doesn't have to play 11 straight weeks of football.
I like that we have an off week before a Friday game.

I don't like that our two toughest opponents are back to back road games. I get that they're going to be road games next year, back to back is annoying.

I hate that our toughest road opponent has a bye before playing us.

While I appreciate not getting screwed with a "on the road Saturday, on the road Friday" travesty, it's ridiculous that we're playing two Friday games and the one at home comes after a bye, but we have to play the Saturday before the roadie.

I fully expect the P12 network to put the CU-OSU game in the 9:00 pm slot to make up for it not being a road game.

Finally, I'm really pissed that the Thanksgiving weekend game is on the road. That was supposed to be at home next year - I was planning on going back to Colorado for Thanksgiving next year and going to the game that weekend, this ruins that plan.

 

[StormTrooper]

I like the home /away pairings.
I like the out of conference.
I like that the team doesn't have to play 11 straight weeks of football.
I like that we have an off week before a Friday game.

I don't like that our two toughest opponents are back to back road games. I get that they're going to be road games next year, back to back is annoying.

I hate that our toughest road opponent has a bye before playing us.

While I appreciate not getting screwed with a "on the road Saturday, on the road Friday" travesty, it's ridiculous that we're playing two Friday games and the one at home comes after a bye, but we have to play the Saturday before the roadie.

I fully expect the P12 network to put the CU-OSU game in the 9:00 pm slot to make up for it not being a road game.

Finally, I'm really pissed that the Thanksgiving weekend game is on the road. That was supposed to be at home next year - I was planning on going back to Colorado for Thanksgiving next year and going to the game that weekend, this ruins that plan.

Yeah not having a home thanksgiving game two years in a row really sucks as someone who is now an alumnus.

 

[The Alabaster Yak]

I think it is a stretch to call it favorable. The second Friday is against Arizona, hardly "mediocre" with Tate. We very well could be facing the top three offenses in the conference (all on the road) in a four-game stretch. Kinda makes more right in the middle of favorable and unfavorable.

A pretty mediocre to bad CU team only lost to Tate by 3 points this year. Granted, that was at home and 2018 is on the road, but I guess I don't consider that a "scary" game in the same light as SC and UW on the road. I also hope that CU's offense, in year 2 of Montez, is right up there with the conference elite, but I also thought they'd be there this year.

 

[Sykobuff]

Two Friday games
No bye during conference play
Usc and UW back to back on the road....

Meh

 

[onealcd]

USC and UW back to back is rough for sure but we do get a bye week and two straight home games before those two so not as bad as originally thought.

 

[BuffUp]

eehh, usc asu and uw will drop off some next season

 

[Deleted member 807]

Road trips to Fusker and Fuskies both look tempting.

Anyone in the Seattle area have a boat available for some Sailgating on Lake Washington?

Sackman - RU up for working with me on a UDub sackygate on the lake?

 

[sackman]

Road trips to Fusker both and Fuskies look tempting.

Anyone in the Seattle area have a boat available for some Sailgating on Lake Washington?

Sackman - RU up for working with me on a UDub sackygate on the lake?

Funny you should mention that. The tailgate guys that went to the ASU game with me all want to go to the UW game next year. It will probably happen.

 

[Bison]

I think it's safe to expect CU to contend for the Pac-12 title next season.

 

[skibum]

I think it's safe to expect CU to contend for the Pac-12 title next season.

This is one of those times when a special font is entirely unnecessary.

 

[StormTrooper]

This is one of those times when a special font is entirely unnecessary.

I'm not saying the team is gonna win more conference games than it loses next year, but remember the 2016 schedule reveal?
@Stanford and @Oregon? Two auto-losses right there.
College football is a highly unpredictable sport.

 

[DBT]

9-3

 

[manhattanbuff]

That zona game on a short week OTR could be ugly. The wear from the LAX & SEA trips may still be evident. The UCLA game could be nice revenge for us since we’ll be at home after our bye against a Rosen-less Bruins team. Overall, it really sucks that we get no byes inside conference play.

Win probabilities, according to instinct right now, knowing nothing about how good anybody will be next year:

vs. CSU 60%
@ NU 30%
NH 95%
UCLA 65%
ASU 55%
@ USC 10%
@ UW 10%
OSU 75%
@ UA 40%
WSU 55%
Utah 60%
@ Cal 45%

 

[DiggerBuffs]

At least the first Friday game is coming off a Bye and then we get a long week to prepare for a home game vs ASU, and the second Friday game is against a mediocre opponent, on the road sandwiched between two home games. Aside from the Bye being too early, I think this is a very favorable schedule.

Arizona is far from mediocre going into 2018 with Khalil Tate. But yes, besides the USC and UW 2 game road trip, they have 5 games to start and end the season that are winnable.

 

[RalphieSpeaks]

I think it's safe to expect CU to contend for the Pac-12 title next season.

 

[mdbuff97]

I think it's safe to expect CU to contend for the Pac-12 title next season.

I agree, if and only if, we get our OL and DL on track. That’s the key to the entire season. I had 2018 or 2019 as our “bust out” year. The schedule and the roster experience. Very worried about he RB position; not sold on Beau, and I don’t see anyone else on the roster fitting the prototypical RB form and style.

 

[hokiehead]

We apparently are one of FOUR teams playing the entire conference schedule without a bye. Stupid.

is this Rick George's fault or Larry Scott's?

also, saw this posted on a VT board: Pac schools are 0-4 on Friday road games following a Sat conference game (Clemson's only loss this year was also a Friday road game following an ACC game). USC, Washington and Wazzou might've been playoff contenders without those losses.

 

[Shldr2Shldr]

is this Rick George's fault or Larry Scott's?

also, saw this posted on a VT board: Pac schools are 0-4 on Friday road games following a Sat conference game (Clemson's only loss this year was also a Friday road game following an ACC game). USC, Washington and Wazzou might've been playoff contenders without those losses.

This is a Larry Scott/Pac-12 issue.

The schedule gets all wonky and benefits some teams over others because we let the California schools all play each other evey year, AND let USC and Stanford play ND every year, whenever works best for ND.

 

[Leon Sandcastle]

He actually praised them today and bizarrely counted a Sept. 22nd bye as in the "middle of the season."

I think he is counting the month of camp leading into the season when making that statement. I think that's fair.

 

[Buffnik]

I really dislike being away 2 years in a row on Thanksgiving.

I dislike that so much that if the Pac-12's going to go in that direction I'd prefer being able to schedule a non-conference home game every year for Thanksgiving and to play a Pac-12 conference game in September every year.

 

[onealcd]

This is a Larry Scott/Pac-12 issue.

The schedule gets all wonky and benefits some teams over others because we let the California schools all play each other evey year, AND let USC and Stanford play ND every year, whenever works best for ND.

USC-ND was the highest rated game for the PAC-12 this season so I would say the benefits the conference too. Stanford-ND is also on ABC so to say that only benefits ND when those are two automatic nationally televised games isn't true.

By the way, playing a Friday night road game isn't unfair to anyone, playing a Friday night road game coming off of a Saturday road game like USC did going @ CAl to @ WSU 5 days later is where the issue is. WSU went from @ Oregon to @ Cal 5 days later. UW doesn't have nearly the gripe as they were home on the Saturday before traveling to Stanford. Also I didn't hear any UW fans bitching in 2016 when Stanford traveled to Seattle on a Friday night and they spanked them.

 

[Shldr2Shldr]

USC-ND was the highest rated game for the PAC-12 this season so I would say the benefits the conference too. Stanford-ND is also on ABC so to say that only benefits ND when those are two automatic nationally televised games isn't true.

By the way, playing a Friday night road game isn't unfair to anyone, playing a Friday night road game coming off of a Saturday road game like USC did going @ CAl to @ WSU 5 days later is where the issue is. WSU went from @ Oregon to @ Cal 5 days later. UW doesn't have nearly the gripe as they were home on the Saturday before traveling to Stanford. Also I didn't hear any UW fans bitching in 2016 when Stanford traveled to Seattle on a Friday night and they spanked them.

I have no problem with USC and ND playing or with Stanford and ND playing. Wish more teams had teams of that caliber on their schedule. My issues comes with the Pac-12 allowing the ND game (and the California schools requirement to play each other every year) to unbalance and negatively affect the conference schedule.

There is no reason that 4 teams should be playing the 9 game conference schedule with no bye week.

 

[Buffnik]

I have no problem with USC and ND playing or with Stanford and ND playing. Wish more teams had teams of that caliber on their schedule. My issues comes with the Pac-12 allowing the ND game (and the California schools requirement to play each other every year) to unbalance and negatively affect the conference schedule.

There is no reason that 4 teams should be playing the 9 game conference schedule with no bye week.

I think that the Pac-12 is going to change the thing about the CA schools playing every year. It was a concession that had to be made to get them to agree to being in different divisions, but I heard that they're not as locked into it now that there's a new normal with the North/South thing.

 

[slider]

Wrong thread

 

[SerenityBuff]

I think that the Pac-12 is going to change the thing about the CA schools playing every year. It was a concession that had to be made to get them to agree to being in different divisions, but I heard that they're not as locked into it now that there's a new normal with the North/South thing.

The USC president is a bit obsessed with Stanford. Also USC and Stanford have played each other 95 times and every year since the Woodrow Wilson administration (excluding a few years due to World Wars). I would be very surprised if USC and Stanford agreed to give up the annual series.

 

[Buffnik]

The USC president is a bit obsessed with Stanford. Also USC and Stanford have played each other 95 times and every year since the Woodrow Wilson administration (excluding a few years due to World Wars). I would be very surprised if USC and Stanford agreed to give up the annual series.

Even if they'd back off to the point of locking in 1 intersectional game, it would be better. USC plays Stanford every year. UCLA plays Cal every year. Great. Then, give each of the rest of us a paired rival team (I don't care who it is) and we'll have balanced Pac-12 schedules that build up some rivalries.

 

[sackman]

Even if they'd back off to the point of locking in 1 intersectional game, it would be better. USC plays Stanford every year. UCLA plays Cal every year. Great. Then, give each of the rest of us a paired rival team (I don't care who it is) and we'll have balanced Pac-12 schedules that build up some rivalries.

That’s actually kind of a cool idea. I vote for WSU. They’re bad more years than not, and the Pirate is pure gold.

 

[ahoelsken]

Even if they'd back off to the point of locking in 1 intersectional game, it would be better. USC plays Stanford every year. UCLA plays Cal every year. Great. Then, give each of the rest of us a paired rival team (I don't care who it is) and we'll have balanced Pac-12 schedules that build up some rivalries.

I wouldn't object to being able to play Oregon State every year for a while..........