Buffenuf
massive tool
But, but, but....Walters...but, but.....the "best coach".......but, but, but......
AllBuffs | Unofficial fan site for the University of Colorado at Boulder Athletics programs
This is a sample guest message. Register a free account today to become a member! Once signed in, you'll be able to participate on this site by adding your own topics and posts, as well as connect with other members through your own private inbox!
-
Prime Time. Prime Time. Its a new era for Colorado football. Consider signing up for a club membership! For $20/year, you can get access to all the special features at Allbuffs, including club member only forums, dark mode, avatars and best of all no ads ! But seriously, please sign up so that we can pay the bills. No one earns money here, and we can use your $20 to keep this hellhole running. You can sign up for a club membership by navigating to your account in the upper right and clicking on "Account Upgrades". Make it happen!
What to expect from Sefo Liufau?
- Thread starter Joe Theismann's Leg
- Start date
Hope Liufau proves all doubters wrong and has a kick ass senior season.
expect little to average, hope for much.
And that's why you need depth. Injuries like that kill this team because there is no one to step in without a downgrade.
Sefo looks good in pic
Good enough for me.
I think Webb is most to blame. There's not a whole lot the coaches could have done other than force the issue when the rumors of his courtship with Cal surfaced. In the end, I don't think it would have mattered. This is 90% on Webb and 10% on MM/Chev, IMO.
Yeah. Because it doesn't show his feet.
Love the optimism. I too hope that this is his year and proves people wrong. I also hope that MM gets to a bowl.
Yep. You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. I think that was Plato, or Confucius or someone who said that.
If Sefo wasn't hurt, would our outlook on the season be different?
In the alternate universe where Webb never signed the financial agreement with CU and just went to Cal instead, would we be this pessimistic about the upcoming season? With a Senior quarterback, a bunch of incoming talent at the offensive skill positions, and the return of guys like Gillam and Tupou?
In the alternate universe where Webb never signed the financial agreement with CU and just went to Cal instead, would we be this pessimistic about the upcoming season? With a Senior quarterback, a bunch of incoming talent at the offensive skill positions, and the return of guys like Gillam and Tupou?
That's been my thought process. I think we've got a pretty good team this year.
But wouldn't it be, mostly mmac, their fault as to why he didn't want to stay. OL, WR, offense...
I agree that we will have an improved team this year. I am hoping it will be 2 wins better which gets to the magic number of 6. 1 game is not enough but it will be improvement. The QB recruiting is an issue though and we have major gaps and that is on the coaches. They just cannot seem to sell the vision of the future to enough upper echelon guys at this point. We are going to have to do if through incremental improvement and that is killing a lot of us who want to see bigger jumps.
We desperately need to get to the 6 win mark this year in order for this progression to keep moving forward. If not, recruiting will get even tougher and I do not see all of the guys committed staying with this staff until Feb.
It is kind of crazy that all this hand wringing is over a 2 game swing, especially when we lost 5 by 8pts or less. IMO Diego has as much blame to shoulder in those situations as Sefo does.
Buffskier
Club Member
Also - if Sefo didnt get hurt, we win against USC and Utah and we would have broken the bown drought last season. He's a tough kid, and since the injury he's gotten a chance to spectate the game and be a "teacher" instead of being fully involved in the execution of the game. There is a saying that you can't fully understand something until you're able to explain it and teach it to someone else. I hope Sefo has spent all of his free time with Chev and BL, fully understanding every detail of the playbook as well as why the plays do what they do and why they're supposed to work. If the shoulder and the foot are good to go in fall camp, I am fine with Sefo playing QB. If not, it's time for the Montez show to begin I think.
I am hoping that we see Montez at least an entire half against Idaho State. Need to get him some time under the lights, cuz Sefo's foot may or may not last all year.
Buffskier
Club Member
Assuming he ends up starting, I expect a few things. #1 ball security, absolutely gotta cut down the turnovers. Don't try to win the game by himself. Finish drives is very important. Also sometimes it's ok to take what they give you, don't force it. I could go on and on with stuff but these come to mind to start.
For finishing drives, we need the run game to be something defenses have to key on when our offense is in the red zone. I've got confidence that Drew Wilson is getting it done with our OL and they're going to take that next step and be a good run blocking OL this year.
Last edited:
darth-horax
Well-Known Member
In all honesty, once he started running the ball more, it opened up the D and more receivers were open consistently.
He was about to break through when he got injured.
Sefo's not a bad QB, been in a tough situation for awhile, and this injury doens't help things.
I'm hoping he does come back strong and 100% so can start his senior year. I just worry about him trying to play through
too much pain and hurting the team even more.
He was about to break through when he got injured.
Sefo's not a bad QB, been in a tough situation for awhile, and this injury doens't help things.
I'm hoping he does come back strong and 100% so can start his senior year. I just worry about him trying to play through
too much pain and hurting the team even more.
EddieCrowder
Well-Known Member
I feel quite certain the Illuminati are behind all of our Football woes, don't quote me on it though it is strictly a theory.....SSSSSHHHHHH!!!!!!
The Broncos had one glaring weakness in OL (Schofield) , but were able to lean on their other better linemen, RB's, and tight ends to get the job done. CU didn't have that luxury.
Our "best" lineman last year, Nembot, consistently got beat, ran over, or missed blocks. Our probable best this year is coming off major knee surgery. In my opinion, there is no bigger factor in the ultimate success of Liufau this year than the success of our offensive line. To not be concerned and dismissing the legitimacy of our OL problems and trying to compare them to the Broncos' is being blind to the facts.
DiggerBuffs
Well-Known Member
Did I say they weren't a problem? No.
The OL sucked, but they are making changes and last year's OL is not the same as the end of year this year. Nembot was not our best OL, but made to appear that way because he looked the part but doesn't have grasp on how to do it.
I believe this year's OL can be as good or better than the OL from a couple years ago and that is enough to win 6 games if we have our defense of last year slightly improved and Sefo can have a 2.5 TD:1 INT ratio.
darth-horax
Well-Known Member
I do think that OL is the key to success int he PAC 12.
If you can get your QB 3 seconds of coverage, you can find a play. With the speed of defenses now days, if you have a
weak spot, the D will find it and be on your QB immediately, thus breaking every play.
A good OL that can protect would make Sefo much better, and if we have to use Gehrke or Awini, the OL could give them time to find people, too.
If you can get your QB 3 seconds of coverage, you can find a play. With the speed of defenses now days, if you have a
weak spot, the D will find it and be on your QB immediately, thus breaking every play.
A good OL that can protect would make Sefo much better, and if we have to use Gehrke or Awini, the OL could give them time to find people, too.
Praise Jesus! Someone has come to save us!!!