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PAC-12 South Predictions

What place will CU finish in the south?

  • 1st

    Votes: 16 13.3%

  • 2nd

    Votes: 23 19.2%

  • 3rd

    Votes: 49 40.8%

  • 4th

    Votes: 24 20.0%

  • 5th

    Votes: 7 5.8%

  • 6th

    Votes: 1 0.8%
  • Total voters
    120
The team to watch in the South is Utah. If their defense comes together as expected, could be very good, some are saying the best since they joined the conference. If that happens, you might see them have a season similar to 2016 CU.

They also get Washington, USC, Arizona, and Oregon at home. A tough road game at Stanford, but otherwise pretty manageable.
 
Does USC's season basically ride on JT Daniels being legit, like 2016 relied on Helton bringing in Darnold after they dropped 2 games early?
 
TSchekler said:
Does USC's season basically ride on JT Daniels being legit, like 2016 relied on Helton bringing in Darnold after they dropped 2 games early?
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Legit? No. He just needs to be competent and they have plenty of pieces. To me the biggest issue is they couldn't develop Sears into that guy yet so they didn't reclassify their top recruit and rush a true freshman out there immediately.
 
onealcd said:
Legit? No. He just needs to be competent and they have plenty of pieces. To me the biggest issue is they couldn't develop Sears into that guy yet so they didn't reclassify their top recruit and rush a true freshman out there immediately.
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Even though they had all the talent in the world, USC wasn't good prior to getting really good QB play from Darnold, so that's why I'm asking the question. Does their offense rely on a QB needing to be more than just OK in order for them to be good (and when I say good for USC, I mean competing for the Pac 12 and CFP bid)?
 
TSchekler said:
Even though they had all the talent in the world, USC wasn't good prior to getting really good QB play from Darnold, so that's why I'm asking the question. Does their offense rely on a QB needing to be more than just OK in order for them to be good (and when I say good for USC, I mean competing for the Pac 12 and CFP bid)?
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He needs to be pretty good because their offensive depth is suspect at several positions. They do have scary potential with their front seven, which could be enough to carry them to 10ish wins.
 
TSchekler said:
Even though they had all the talent in the world, USC wasn't good prior to getting really good QB play from Darnold, so that's why I'm asking the question. Does their offense rely on a QB needing to be more than just OK in order for them to be good (and when I say good for USC, I mean competing for the Pac 12 and CFP bid)?
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I wouldn't think so since the division is sort of down this year but we will see. They have a good set of receivers/tight ends and a great running back if he can stay healthy. Their line has talent per usual but they usually get hit hard by injuries for some reason. Their defense was pretty bad in 2016 so I don't really see the comparison there since they should be good this year.
 
IMO

Utah
Colorado
Usc
Arizona
Ucla
Asu

Washington
Oregon
Stanford
Cal
WSU
Osu

According to EEEEE S PEE INs PAC 12 review, two beat writers gave CU 1st place votes but the article didn't mention there names.
 
AllStarBuffs said:
I was not sure if you went into hiding after the Mangham commitment
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Not at all. I’m just away from a good internet connection for extended periods of time lately.

I’m thrilled about the Mangham commitment. We obviously had a pretty good idea we could get him, which is why we were recruiting him, which was all I was asking about in the first place.
 
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Buffnik said:
Except that losing to Nebraska should not be in the "best case" scenario. I took him to task for that, especially since he'd previously put that game on his upset watch.
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WTF is losing to the Nubs doing in the best case scenario. You lose that game, you are not winning many of the others. The Nub team will be a challenge only because they are playing at home. We should beat them, they are not going to be good at all.
 
Nebraska goes 4-8 in 2017, loses some of their top recruits after their coaching staff gets let go, will be breaking in a new QB and entirely new G5 coaching staff, yet for some reason are favored over a CU team that went 5-7 in 2017, has a veteran QB and coaching continuity. There is no "best case" scenario imaginable that starts with CU losing to Nebraska.
 
TSchekler said:
Nebraska goes 4-8 in 2017, loses some of their top recruits after their coaching staff gets let go, will be breaking in a new QB and entirely new G5 coaching staff, yet for some reason are favored over a CU team that went 5-7 in 2017, has a veteran QB and coaching continuity. There is no "best case" scenario imaginable that starts with CU losing to Nebraska.
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Sounds like he needs to know that
 
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