Went with 6 but my heart says 7. Just cannot vote that way yet.
We're both in trouble when we agree on the team.
5
Umass and Nichols St. No idea who the other 3 will be.
CSU lost their HC and senior QB. If Colorado can't beat them, then we have serious serious issues. You can count CSU as a W.
Been there; done that many times. Never again.
Five. They'll lose one OOC game (either UH or CSU), and stumble into two conference wins. Nobody said the Pac 12 would be easy and the toughest conference games are all at home. You'd almost prefer to have those tough games on the road and the more winable games at home when you're rebuilding like we are.
CSU lost their HC and senior QB. If Colorado can't beat them, then we have serious serious issues. You can count CSU as a W.
So, as of this post, the average is 5.7 wins. We need 7 for a bowl game. :sad1:
NoWe may need 8. CU does not travel well.
Miami, you made me agree with Tini. That was a dumb thing to say.
Not the first time he's made that claimMiami, you made me agree with Tini. That was a dumb thing to say.
And the other P12 schools have sterling reputations for traveling well?We may need 8. CU does not travel well.
Miami, you made me agree with Tini. That was a dumb thing to say.
Rose Pasadena, CA
#3 Oregon (12-1) vs. Florida State (13-0)
Sun El Paso, TX
Duke (9-3) vs. Arizona State (9-3)
Holiday San Diego, CA
Nebraska (9-3) vs. USC (8-4)
Foster Farms Santa Clara, CA
Stanford (7-5) vs. Maryland (7-5)
Alamo San Antonio, TX
Kansas State (9-3) vs. UCLA (9-3)
TicketCity Cactus-(10) Tempe, AZ
Oklahoma State (6-6) vs. Washington (8-5)
Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV
Colorado State (10-2) vs. Utah (8-4)
Fiesta Glendale, AZ
At-Large vs. ^-Group Of 5
At-Large: Arizona (10-3) vs. Boise State (11-2)
And the other P12 schools have sterling reputations for traveling well?
We're not in the B12 anymore; I'm pretty sure we went from having being one of the worst travel teams in the old conference, to one of the best in the new conference. From both personal experience and reports it sounds like other P12 fans are shocked at how well we travel; their heads are likely to explode when we get good again.
I think the last bowl with a P12 tie-in is the Albuquerque bowl, and they aren't taking WSU or Cal over CU.
And bowl eligible P5 team will get an invite. 6, 7, 8, 9, whatever the record. I'm not really sure how you're concluding that w3 don't travel well either, because we do by Pac 12 standards
How about only one CSU HC has won against Colorado in their first season...and that was Sparkles during Embree's craptacular worst season during school history. So best (possibly) coach in CSU history beat the worst coach in CU history. I'd give Colorado about a 95% chance of winning.
Gah, sounding like Tini.
How well did we attend in the 2007 Independence Bowl in Shrevport La?
One example in 7 years is all the evidence you used?
I think the next bowl game that Colorado plays in will be well attended. It's been a long wait.
I agree. Lots of pent up frustration.
My point is, and this probably applies to a lot of Pac teams, is this:
There are 12 teams in the pac12
There are 6 tied in bowl games + the Rose Bowl.
The Rose Bowl will be out of play every other year I believe for the playoffs(?)
If 7 teams, or 8 become bowl eligible in a year the Rose Bowl is hosting the playoffs then one of them or more is going to play its game outside the P12 footprint. The Big 10 has 10 bowl eligible teams out of 14 including a Penn State team that went 2-6 in conference. Under that scenario, and it will happen sooner or later to the Pac, a couple of teams are going to end up far away in either the Central or Eastern time zone. There are a lot more bowls over there.
So, if were one of the 6 teams we probably won 8 or more and are pretty good. And our attendance will be nice. If were at 7 wins or 6 were probably on the bubble.