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CU vs. USC Friday 11/4 @ 7pm on ESPN

BuffNut99

BuffNut99

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Today the Pac-12 Conference and ESPN are announcing a change to our 2011 University of Colorado Football schedule.
On Friday, Nov. 4, CU will play the University of Southern California in a nationally-televised home football game with the kickoff scheduled for shortly after 7 p.m. on ESPN2.
I am excited for this national opportunity to showcase our campus in its inaugural year with the Pac-12 conference. Those of you who watched the 2008 national broadcast of the CU-West Virginia University game will recall beautiful images of our campus, our community and the mountains, as well as favorable commentary on our academic programs and campus life. It is an excellent highlight for our university, especially because there are no other major games being televised at the same time.
Many of you also will recall the logistical challenges presented by the early Thursday kickoff time in 2008. With the interests of our campus academic mission at heart, we made the request to the Pac-12 and ESPN if they would consider a Friday kickoff instead of a Thursday one, as well as move the kickoff time back to 7 p.m. local time. For our campus community, I am pleased we have reached an accommodation that will allow us to highlight our achievements on a national stage while continuing our academic pursuits with minimal interruption. We will share logistical updates with the campus community as game day approaches.
I believe this game will provide us another opportunity to highlight our beautiful campus and its many achievements. These rare weeknight games provide a spotlight on CU-Boulder for a national audience, and create a sense of community across the campus.
For more information you can visit the CU-Boulder athletics website at http://www.cubuffs.com. Please accept my personal thanks for your flexibility and cooperation in helping the campus accommodate this event.
With warm regards,
Philip P. DiStefano, chancellor
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can you say blackout?
 
Am I the only one who finds Dr. Phil's statements about FB kind of well...annoying? That aside, very pumped...:thumbsup:
 
Many people have suggested that the Buffs will really need one "big win" this year, a win in upset fashion. This could be the game to target against a very good SC team on national television. Pull off a win here, and that would bode very well for us.
 
Bob Loblaw said:
they have 5 paul richardson's and an amazing qb, we have a young, inexperienced backfield. don't see it.
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Hmm, their 5 Paul Richardsons did this last year

-got in a shootout with a mediocre Hawaii team
-Barely beat a non bowl team Virginia at home 17-14
-Close win over a no bowl team Minnesota 32-21
-Got crushed by a no bowl team Oregon state 36-7
-Crushed by Oregon at home 53-32
-lost to a mediocre Notre Dame team at home 20-16 (first time since when the 80's? lol)

SC is winnable, especially in front of a rockin Folsom. I see it as a game like Georgia last year or West Virginia in 08. SC is not an elite team anymore. Talent, yes, team no.
 
sackman said:
[cough]missouri[/cough]

Love the enthusiasm, but I can't share in the optimism.
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I didn't see mizzou playing like this when they were beating us

Hmm, their 5 Paul Richardsons did this last year . To say we have no chance when half their games last season were very unimpressive.

-got in a shootout with a mediocre Hawaii team
-Barely beat a non bowl team Virginia at home 17-14
-Close win over a no bowl team Minnesota 32-21
-Got crushed by a no bowl team Oregon state 36-7
-Crushed by Oregon at home 53-32
-lost to a mediocre Notre Dame team at home 20-16 (first time since when the 80's? lol)

SC is winnable, especially in front of a rockin Folsom. I see it as a game like Georgia last year or West Virginia in 08. SC is not an elite team anymore. Talent, yes, team no
 
And I'm not saying we WILL WIN, I am saying we stand a good chance. The game we wont win for sure is Oregon and Stanford
 
Unleash Hell said:
Missouri would have crushed SC the last couple years. Oregon is our Mizzou now
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:lol:

Oregon is about a gazillion times better than Missouri. Missouri is/was an entirely average team that Hawkins had no answer for. Every other coach in the league knew how to gameplan for them except Hawkins. He was somehow convinced that if we kept trying the exact same thing against them, it would eventually work.
I'm not trying to say that Embree is as incompetent as Hawkins was. I'm merely pointing out the fact that you were supremely confident we'd take Missouri to the woodshed one year removed from getting killed 58-0. There is nothing in our history nor USC's recent history that would suggest we're in a position to win that game this year. We could, but I certainly wouldn't be making any assumptions at this stage.
 
sackman said:
:lol:

Oregon is about a gazillion times better than Missouri. Missouri is/was an entirely average team that Hawkins had no answer for. Every other coach in the league knew how to gameplan for them except Hawkins. He was somehow convinced that if we kept trying the exact same thing against them, it would eventually work.
I'm not trying to say that Embree is as incompetent as Hawkins was. I'm merely pointing out the fact that you were supremely confident we'd take Missouri to the woodshed one year removed from getting killed 58-0. There is nothing in our history nor USC's recent history that would suggest we're in a position to win that game this year. We could, but I certainly wouldn't be making any assumptions at this stage.
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I'n not super confident we will beat SC, I'm pointing out how it's laughable how you guys think we stand no chance, when SC has been consistenly sucking against lesser competetion.

And I wasn't comparing Oregon to Mizzou, I was comparing that we wont be able to beat Oregon like we couldn't beat Mizzou.
 
Bob Loblaw said:
i'm just saying we will be out-athleted at pretty much every position on the field.
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And I'm just saying I don't disagree with that. If you know sports, you know that doesn't always matter. Look at SC the team the last couple years, look who they have lost to or had close games against.
 
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Unleash Hell said:
And that my friends is my point. Even under carroll it seemed as if the few games they did lose, it was to lesser talented teams (Oregon state 3 times, Stanford when they were bad)
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and my point is that i think we are going to be a pretty piss poor football team the next couple years and a team like USC is capable to rip us a new asshole.
 
Bob Loblaw said:
and my point is that i think we are going to be a pretty piss poor football team the next couple years and a team like USC is capable to rip us a new asshole.
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capable yes, but with the way SC plays lesser talented teams recently, and the way CU has gotten up for games like this at home even when we are piss poor, does not make an automatic SC win. SC has lost or had close games with some piss poot teams. Cu has beaten some better talented teams recently (Oklahoma, West Virginia, Georgia). I also don't think CU will be piss poor next year, I see no worse than the previous season, possibly better. Worried about 2012 though
 
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