Probably because they went 5-7 two years in a row in the Mountain West Conference and they don't have a Monken type coach.I totally agree with this. I seem to be the only one who is worried about AFA though
Far too many predictions of a Nebraska loss at home. Even if you actually believe that ****, keep it to yourself and predict a W
I might drink my first beer ever if this happens!CSU - W
Nebraska - W
Air Force - W
@ASU - W
Arizona - W
@Oregon - L
@Wazzu - L
USC - W
@UCLA - W
Stanford - W
@Washington - L
@Utah - L
8-4
I would be a very happy man if you are right!CSU - W
Nebraska - W
Air Force - W
@ASU - W
Arizona - W
@Oregon - L
@Wazzu - L
USC - W
@UCLA - W
Stanford - W
@Washington - L
@Utah - L
8-4
It is written.Mel Tucker is Pac-12 COY if he gets eight wins out of this team.
The Washington game is in Boulder.I'm bored at work so, slightly more detailed:
CSU: This should definitely be a W. They're bad, but it's game 1 and they're a rival so could be semi close, but bad.
Nebraska: We beat them last year at their house. I'm not sure how much they've improved, but I like our chances here better than our P12 schedule. They didn't win a single game on the road last year. Year 2 for Frost at USF was quite the improvement on year 1, though..
Air Force: Option is annoying, but they're bad. If we're disciplined we should have this one fairly easy.
@ASU: We suck on the road. We suck at the road in the heat in Tempe. They only lost once at home last season. This will be an interesting test. Can MT get us to be non garbage on the road?
Arizona: Tate scares me, but hopefully our discipline from playing AFA and Nebraska will help us here. And Sumlin inexplicably turning him into a pocket passer. Also, at home. P12 teams suck on the road generally, so, should be a W.
@Oregon: Oregon on the road should be tough. They should be pretty good this year, possible top of the first round QB leading them. We'll probably get rolled.
@Wazzu: Wazzu will never scare me, but Leach randomly has that thing rolling. Idk who their QB is, but I'm sure Leach can find one to run that offense along his walk to work or something. If the DBs aren't a mess, maybe. And if we fix road woes. I do feel like the bottom will fall out from under Wazzu one of these years and they'll go back to being a meh team.
USC: Just can't predict a W over Trojan. Helton is probably fired by this point in the year and they'll go on a run under their inspired new interim coach somehow. It is at home, though.. and someday we're bound to beat those guys.
@UCLA: idk, the Chipper era started out rough, but their schedule last year was tough too. DTR looked solid last year, but isn't really "scary" yet. If the wheels are falling off the Chipwagon this might be a nice road win. Also, road game.
Stanford: I think they're going to be really good this year, but I kinda think that every year. Costello is really good, if they take the training wheels off and let him play they could be challenging UO/UW for the north. It is a home game, though.. and we might be desperate for a win. Best chance for a big upset here.
@Washington: I think they could be really good this year with Eason at QB. If he steps in and plays to his talent level, they could be playoff contenders. and on the road. No chance unless Eason is a disaster.
@Utah: I'm not buying the hype. They might be the best South team this year, but that isn't saying much. They do have an actual QB for once and as always the stout DL, but we seem to always play them hard. We might have to win this to get to a bowl so I like our chances here.
So..
2 for sure wins, CSU and AFA
3 I like our chances: Nebraska, UCLA, and Arizona
4 could go either way but probably lose more than we win here: ASU, Wazzu, USC, Utah
3 likely L: Washington, Oregon, Stanford
2 + 2 of the 2nd group + 1-3 from the 3rd group and 0 from last group = 5-7 wins, somewhere in there.
I think the consensus on Air Force is that they're very much a middle of the road MWC team.Is Air Force supposed to be any good? I feel like were just predicting an automatic win because they are an in-state MWC team. Honest ?
They have zero chance of stopping Viska, he is bigger, faster and stronger than a majority of their team.I think the consensus on Air Force is that they're very much a middle of the road MWC team.
thrown under the radar?We could also improve and have a lot better record. I actually think we are being thrown under the radar a little too much, which could be a good thing.
We were not a terrible team last year and had Viska not got hurt, we easily win 2 or 3 more games. Arizona, Oregon St, Cal are all likely wins last year with a healthy Viska and a very decent chance we would have beat Washington as well.
If he stays healthy and this team responds well to Tucker and is physical, we could surprise. Of course Montez is still our QB, but I don’t think we are as bad as some are saying and we could surprise.
I can tell you I like our chances at going to a bowl more than the “experts” are saying Nebraska wins their division.
God help us all if MT goes 0-4 in his first four opportunities to qualify for a bowl game.Hopefully that sixth win comes against UCLA or I fear it will not come at all with that tough stretch to end the season.
Yes we have 5 road games but we also don't leave the state for the OOC with essentially 3 home games so it evens out. Losing OSU sucks but we still lost to them Lol, so it isn't like we are just trading a win for a harder team. Cal was decent last year and they should compete for the best defense in the conference against this year. Listen Oregon is recruiting at a high level, there is no doubt about that but people seem to be skipping over how disappointing they looked on the field last season. Their fans will say they got really unlucky against Stanford, but they also got lucky as hell against Washington and this season they have to go to Stanford, Washington, USC, ASU and what is essentially a road game against Auburn. They played really poorly on the road last year and they are breaking in a new coordinator from a G5 school.This is a nasty schedule for the Buffs, in fact it's the worst in conference schedule of all 12 teams. There are 5 road games while Colorado misses CAL and OSU in the North, arguably the 2 worst teams in that division. Utah has their turn at 4 conference road games and misses both Stanford and Oregon. ASU also has their turn at just 4 conference road games and misses UW and Stanford(must be nice). UCLA has 5 conference road games like CU, but they don't play UW or UO. The Buffs could be improved this season and not show it in W-L. Oregon is in a similar boat. Y'all need to beat one of USC/Stanford/UW at home.