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Preseason Magazines
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May 19th
Athlon Preseason rankings – CU bowl eligible, but not bowl worthy
Pac-12 projected standings
Pac-12 North
No. 8 – Washington … 11-2; 8-1 … Rose Bowl v. Michigan
No. 18 – Stanford … 8-4; 6-3 … Holiday Bowl v. Iowa
No. 23 – Oregon … 8-4; 5-4 … Foster Farms Bowl v. Northwestern
No. 49 – California … 7-5; 4-5 … Las Vegas Bowl v. San Diego State
No. 64 – Washington State … 6-6; 3-6 … bowl eligible, but no bowl bid
No. 102 – Oregon State … 2-10; 0-9
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Pac-12 South
No. 21 – USC … 9-4; 7-2 … Alamo Bowl v. West Virginia
No. 28 – Utah … 8-4; 5-4 … Cactus Bowl v. Iowa State
No. 32 – Arizona … 8-4; 5-4 … Sun Bowl v. Louisville
No. 50 – UCLA … 6-6; 4-5 … Birmingham Bowl v. UCF
No. 67 – Colorado … 6-6; 4-5 … bowl eligible, but no bowl bid
No. 68 – Arizona State … 5-7; 3-6
… Pac-12 championship game: Washington over USC
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May 18th
Bill Connely’s CU 2018 preview – Was 2016 a mirage?
From SBNation … The shine can wear off pretty quickly.
In the first week of December 2016, there wasn’t a better story in college football than Mike MacIntyre’s Colorado Buffaloes. In his fourth year in Boulder, MacIntyre had pulled off a rise that would have made Bill McCartney proud. The engineer of CU’s mid-1980s rise, McCartney had won seven games across his first three seasons before winning seven in his fourth and never looking back.
MacIntyre’s feat was similar: 10 wins over the first three seasons, 10 in the fourth. Colorado surged from 98th to 18th in S&P+ thanks to a solid offense and an aggressive defense. They were projected to fall thanks to turnover, but once you’ve broken through, you never want to think previous depths are possible again.
They’re very much possible.
The good feelings subsided before the 2017 season began, and not because 2016 ended with two blowout losses. MacIntyre was punished over the summer for his handling of domestic abuse allegations regarding one of his assistant coaches.
Fair or unfair, the case made it look as if Colorado tried to brush dirt under the rug because it didn’t want to disrupt its newfound ability to win.
And then CU also stopped winning.
… Read the full (in-depth, and fair) assessment of the 2018 CU Buffs here …
Stuart
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Preseason Magazines
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May 19th
Athlon Preseason rankings – CU bowl eligible, but not bowl worthy
Pac-12 projected standings
Pac-12 North
No. 8 – Washington … 11-2; 8-1 … Rose Bowl v. Michigan
No. 18 – Stanford … 8-4; 6-3 … Holiday Bowl v. Iowa
No. 23 – Oregon … 8-4; 5-4 … Foster Farms Bowl v. Northwestern
No. 49 – California … 7-5; 4-5 … Las Vegas Bowl v. San Diego State
No. 64 – Washington State … 6-6; 3-6 … bowl eligible, but no bowl bid
No. 102 – Oregon State … 2-10; 0-9
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Pac-12 South
No. 21 – USC … 9-4; 7-2 … Alamo Bowl v. West Virginia
No. 28 – Utah … 8-4; 5-4 … Cactus Bowl v. Iowa State
No. 32 – Arizona … 8-4; 5-4 … Sun Bowl v. Louisville
No. 50 – UCLA … 6-6; 4-5 … Birmingham Bowl v. UCF
No. 67 – Colorado … 6-6; 4-5 … bowl eligible, but no bowl bid
No. 68 – Arizona State … 5-7; 3-6
… Pac-12 championship game: Washington over USC
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May 18th
Bill Connely’s CU 2018 preview – Was 2016 a mirage?
From SBNation … The shine can wear off pretty quickly.
In the first week of December 2016, there wasn’t a better story in college football than Mike MacIntyre’s Colorado Buffaloes. In his fourth year in Boulder, MacIntyre had pulled off a rise that would have made Bill McCartney proud. The engineer of CU’s mid-1980s rise, McCartney had won seven games across his first three seasons before winning seven in his fourth and never looking back.
MacIntyre’s feat was similar: 10 wins over the first three seasons, 10 in the fourth. Colorado surged from 98th to 18th in S&P+ thanks to a solid offense and an aggressive defense. They were projected to fall thanks to turnover, but once you’ve broken through, you never want to think previous depths are possible again.
They’re very much possible.
The good feelings subsided before the 2017 season began, and not because 2016 ended with two blowout losses. MacIntyre was punished over the summer for his handling of domestic abuse allegations regarding one of his assistant coaches.
Fair or unfair, the case made it look as if Colorado tried to brush dirt under the rug because it didn’t want to disrupt its newfound ability to win.
And then CU also stopped winning.
… Read the full (in-depth, and fair) assessment of the 2018 CU Buffs here …
Stuart
Continue reading...