Buffs open as 6 point dogs (no pun intended) to the Huskies.
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Official Pac 12 Championship Pregame Thread - Buffs vs Huskies
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Idot Buff
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Will be interesting to see game plan on Friday. Need for Lindsay to rush for 100 plus.
Corn Manelton
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Need to really, really put a huge emphasis on special teams this week (all 5 days of it) and get the very best players in on all units. I think the lack of overall talent/depth really shows on the kick coverage teams.
Agree but I was most disappointed in our flyers in punt coverage on 2 or 3 punts, and those guys are Chido and Laguda, not to mention Oliver and other good defensive players. Sing part of that unit.
Idot Buff
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Just curious....WTF is the meaning of your name?
Seems about right.
Willingham said that was a "Safe" punt formation that wasn't designed for a return. Extra embarrassing.
Most spots now have us as 7/7.5 underdog. That's a huge overreaction to last weekend. In reality, Udub has only played one really good defense (USC) and one okay defense (UU). Stanford was very good overall, except for their midseason injuries against the WA schools that weren't reflections of their real quality.
There is very good film of defensive concepts from the USC game that will limit/stop Udub's offense. Udub is up against an extremely difficult challenege this week.
There is very good film of defensive concepts from the USC game that will limit/stop Udub's offense. Udub is up against an extremely difficult challenege this week.
Well, a lot more difficult than their stupid ****ing fans believe, anyway.
DrunkRalphie
Well-Known Member
Time to open up a can of anti-freeze on the dogs.
When Washington comes to play they are probably about 10 points better than us. If they play like they did against USC then I think it will be a toss up.
Technically, going by recruiting ranks, our Buffs are 8-1 against "more talented" teams in conference play. Let it roll!
The quality of the defense has an impact on a team's offensive output. It isn't just about will (i.e. "comes to play"). The reason why Udub hasn't lived in the top 4 this season is because they haven't played many strong defenses.
CU will be the toughest defense Udub had seen all year.
Here's their resume (ranks are scoring defense)...
1) Rutgers 116/128
2) Idaho 89/128
3) Portland State (not ranked FCS opponent - 3 wins/10th in Big Sky conference)
4) Arizona 118/128
5) Stanford (banged up) 18/128
6) Oregon 125/128
7) Oregon State 80/128
8) Utah 39/128
9) California 127/128
10) USC 25/128
11) ASU 123/128
12) Wazzu 56/128
Average Rank... 83.27. CU is the 13th ranked scoring defense in the FBS giving up 18.8 points per game.
Udub is not godlevel. They've run up the score against bad defenses. The average score against the 3 good defenses they played this year (even Stanford)... 29.33 to 18.67. Take out numbers against banged up Stanford... average is 22 to 25.
CU will be the toughest defense Udub had seen all year.
Here's their resume (ranks are scoring defense)...
1) Rutgers 116/128
2) Idaho 89/128
3) Portland State (not ranked FCS opponent - 3 wins/10th in Big Sky conference)
4) Arizona 118/128
5) Stanford (banged up) 18/128
6) Oregon 125/128
7) Oregon State 80/128
8) Utah 39/128
9) California 127/128
10) USC 25/128
11) ASU 123/128
12) Wazzu 56/128
Average Rank... 83.27. CU is the 13th ranked scoring defense in the FBS giving up 18.8 points per game.
Udub is not godlevel. They've run up the score against bad defenses. The average score against the 3 good defenses they played this year (even Stanford)... 29.33 to 18.67. Take out numbers against banged up Stanford... average is 22 to 25.
L Buff
Commissar of the Albuffs Collective Left
Great post ... thanks for the info. I'm feeling better about our chances already!
L Buff
Commissar of the Albuffs Collective Left
Which was understandable, given our trouncing at their hands earlier in the season. Of course, that was Pez's first start IIRC, and I doubt that was taken into account by the bookies.
It's a tough matchup for our defense though because they have two amazing receivers, just like USC was able to win some of those battles against chido and Witherspoon, Washington will be able to as well. And before you say we held them to less points that normal we got very lucky with those turnovers.
Washington is also very physical up front and we struggle against those defenses like Stanford, USC, ucla and even Michigan started to figure us out and expose our offensive line in the second half.
Perhaps you are unfamiliar with Witherspoon, Awuzie, Thompson, Laguda, Oliver? We match up VERY well with Udub.
We have caused a turnover in every game for two seasons. That's the longest streak in the nation. We've caused 26 turnovers this season! That's top 5 in the nation. Forcing a young QB to turn over the ball is not luck. We have a super legit, ball-hawking defense. We run tons of pro concepts that confuse college QBs and OLs. We will be the biggest challenge Udub has seen so far this season. When they play very good defenses, Udub struggles.
Udub = paper tiger.
As long as we don't turn the ball over, we can win this game.
Udub = paper tiger.
As long as we don't turn the ball over, we can win this game.
CUFan
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Dislike. That team sucks.
Will be very interested how their defense continues to perform with all the injuries they have had recently.
Good question. I guess I view it as even matchups on both sides of the ball. Their defense is definitely weakened by the injuries, but our offense has been pretty inconsistent down the stretch.
Special teams? I have no idea what to expect there anymore.