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Season prediction thread
- Thread starter Unleash Hell
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Gotta admit, it's a toss-up for me on whether I'd take that 3-9 over a 9-3 where we lost those 3 games.
Did anyone ever tell you that it's okay to be in fantasy land once in awhile? That season outcome would be EPIC for CU fans.
Even better than Nebraska's four win season last year?
I’d normally brush this off as a joke, but you actually seem serious about this...
The joke. You missed it. Maybe it wasn’t delivered correctly. I’ll take responsibility
LifeofaBuff
Well-Known Member
OK ok, so what if the Buffs go 5-7 but the victories are against CSU, Nebraska, Oregon, USC and Washington?.....would that be worth missing a bowl game?
This thread is getting weird.
In the hypothetical, no, of course not. I want the post season for the Buffs, not a third straight losing season, and 14th losing season in the last 15 years.
WarBuff
Club Member
If we can beat those last three teams, we won't be looking at a 5 win season.
CSU: W
Nebraska: W
Air Force: W
@ Arizona St: L
Arizona: W
@Oregon: L
@ Washington St: L
USC: L
@UCLA: W
Stanford: W
Washington: L
@Utah: L
6-6 I don’t see us beating USC simply because of the fact that they will be running an Air Raid style and I don’t think we have the depth in the defensive backfield to be able keep up with that.
Nebraska: W
Air Force: W
@ Arizona St: L
Arizona: W
@Oregon: L
@ Washington St: L
USC: L
@UCLA: W
Stanford: W
Washington: L
@Utah: L
6-6 I don’t see us beating USC simply because of the fact that they will be running an Air Raid style and I don’t think we have the depth in the defensive backfield to be able keep up with that.
Not at all.
BerkeleyBuff
Well-Known Member
The fact that this is possible still feels like some **** nightmare I haven't woken up from yet. How...
ahoelsken
Well-Known Member
If we had neg rep on here, I'd neg rep you for implying CSU is something other than the cupcake opponent we get to play before the Fuskers.
ahoelsken
Well-Known Member
Only league where that can't happen because they do 1 vs. 2 for their championship.
Sort of. Logically, it's ridiculous. But the joy I'd get from the Nebraska and USC wins (and relief from the CSU win) would be immense. Potentially so much there to balance out the pain of the other 9 weeks. I just have so much hate that needs release with those games.
With all due respect, that is absolutely insane. Seek help immediately.
DaFuq?????
Big Jim
WTF?
ahoelsken
Well-Known Member
Tom Herman brought Major Applewhite to Houston as OC and he was there during Herman's two years at Houston as his OC before he got the step up to the big chair. Smart........forgot about him. Still was only 10 wins to 8, and the vast majority of guys who worked under Nick Saban have made it as HCs.
CULifer
Well-Known Member
This scenario is bull****.
Big Jim
WTF?
Applewhite worked under Saban as the OC at Alabama in 2007.
CULifer
Well-Known Member
Realistically, I think we go 6-6. I think injuries hurt our depth and on-field talent level by the time we hit the 2nd game of the Pac12 run, and while we see an big upgrade at the performance and mental and physical toughness of the team, we lose some close ones. We beat CSU, Nub, AFA, UA, USC, and UCLA. We lose pretty close games to Stanford, Utah and AZ State.
Optimistically, we could see the OL and DL avoid the injury bug, and our DL gets to the quarterback and helps make our razor thin secondary look pretty good. In that scenario we go 8-4, we additionally beat AZ State and Stanford.
It goes against my firm personal convictions to ever predict or mentally accept a loss to those ****ing Nubs to the northeast.
Optimistically, we could see the OL and DL avoid the injury bug, and our DL gets to the quarterback and helps make our razor thin secondary look pretty good. In that scenario we go 8-4, we additionally beat AZ State and Stanford.
It goes against my firm personal convictions to ever predict or mentally accept a loss to those ****ing Nubs to the northeast.
If this is truly how awful the South is and CU goes 1-8 in conference play...
If they start 3 and 0 and beat U$C, Montez will be undefeated against the corn and rammies. He'd have the Oregon game and a win against the Trojans. I'm not a big fan of his, but that would be damn impressive.
Still want to go bowling, though.
4-8
One never really knows how good your opponents are actually going to be, but this is the least excited I've been about CU's roster since maybe 2014, which is ridiculous considering they have a senior quarterback and literally Laviska Shenault on their side. My only hope is that Tucker is actually a defensive wizard who can produce results with a serious dearth of talent on that side of the ball, especially in the secondary.
The last three seasons showed that leadership / a lack thereof among the upperclassmen and the coaching staff can make a serious difference. But trying to do a culture change with guys who are used to a different coach can be rocky, and I think we're seeing that with some of the attrition that has happened in recent months. It's hard for me to see this as anything other than a rebuilding year, which blows because it's the last year they'll have Viska. I just hope to god they don't lose one of the first two games.
One never really knows how good your opponents are actually going to be, but this is the least excited I've been about CU's roster since maybe 2014, which is ridiculous considering they have a senior quarterback and literally Laviska Shenault on their side. My only hope is that Tucker is actually a defensive wizard who can produce results with a serious dearth of talent on that side of the ball, especially in the secondary.
The last three seasons showed that leadership / a lack thereof among the upperclassmen and the coaching staff can make a serious difference. But trying to do a culture change with guys who are used to a different coach can be rocky, and I think we're seeing that with some of the attrition that has happened in recent months. It's hard for me to see this as anything other than a rebuilding year, which blows because it's the last year they'll have Viska. I just hope to god they don't lose one of the first two games.
DeNiro
My Dixie Wrecked
Aren't you late for a uniform thread?
No I'm the attendance guy. Also I'm not usually a pessimist. I predicted a bowl every season from 2015-18. I'd love for someone to talk me off the ledge.
DeNiro
My Dixie Wrecked
My bad, for some reason I thought you did both.
I think the equation is simple. We should see improved offensive line play which will really help the offense sustain those levels we saw early in 2018 because there are good players everywhere else. TE should also be an improved position with Harris and Pop back. Having a couple tight ends that can play also allows us to protect our tackles a little bit more and be more physical.
On defense, the starters are actually pretty legit outside of a starting safety. If the defense stays healthy this should be a solid unit and team. Obviously injuries could derail the whole thing though.
Everyone talks about the schedule being tough but outside of away games at Utah and Oregon there aren’t any games I see as impossible. Nebraska and usc are at home. Washington is playing a lot of young guys and while they have talent this could very well be an adjustment year where they can drop some easier games on the road. Stanford could very well be all beat up and ready for the season to be over (our of the north race). UCLA, asu and WSU should all be good games where hopefully we see improved coaching show through. Arizona at home should be the best easiest game outside of the MWC games.