2016 Colorado
Buffaloes just beat the Ducks 41-38 in Eugene.
Stats and Notes:
– In the 1st half: Colorado's back-up freshman QB Steven Montez was 17/20 for 217 yards with 2 TDs while the run game had 134 yards. That's 351 yards in one half of football.
– Colorado amassed 600+ yards of offense in the game. (Buffs took knees which lowered the stats.)
– Go check out Bryce Bobo's twisting catch for the go-ahead score. He made an incredible one-handed catch on a back-shoulder throw. It was initially ruled an incompletion but correctly overturned into a TD after review. (He caught and possessed the ball with one hand.)
– Colorado intercepted Oregon QB Dakota Prukop in the endzone to seal the game. Ducks were in the redzone so this was an especially costly mistake because Oregon could have tied it up with a FG to force overtime.
September 24th, 2016 at 9:11 PM ^
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September 25th, 2016 at 12:24 PM ^
giving up 41 points is putting your offense in a position to lose. Usually you'd say you put your offense in a position to win when you only give up 10 or something like that. I know it's a rebuild job over there but in no way was the defense helping the offense today
September 25th, 2016 at 1:44 PM ^
how many posters missed yur obvious sarcasm?
September 24th, 2016 at 10:55 PM ^
The expectation is for the position.
September 24th, 2016 at 10:57 PM ^
nor had good pad level!
September 25th, 2016 at 10:06 AM ^
It's ok. They had a good week of practice.
September 25th, 2016 at 12:21 PM ^
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September 24th, 2016 at 9:54 PM ^
Earlier comment said "looker room".
September 24th, 2016 at 10:01 PM ^
September 24th, 2016 at 10:27 PM ^
at an unimaginative cheap shot at an ex-coach (whom I am on record as never liking the hire or results) by a poster that couldn't even spell all 10 words of his derisive post properly.
Hoke may have his faults, but at least he is active in his profession at the absolute highest level. Which is more than virtually everyone here, including me, can say.
September 24th, 2016 at 10:46 PM ^
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September 24th, 2016 at 10:11 PM ^
It makes me laugh so much. Take your damn upvote.
September 24th, 2016 at 11:00 PM ^
Upvote for your honesty!
September 24th, 2016 at 9:35 PM ^
But we practiced well....
September 24th, 2016 at 9:56 PM ^
September 24th, 2016 at 9:57 PM ^
This is an Oregon defense that last year gave up 62 to Utah, 42 to Eastern Washinton, 42 to Oregon State, etc., etc...I'm not ready to say that it sucks due to Hoke.
September 24th, 2016 at 10:00 PM ^
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September 25th, 2016 at 12:26 PM ^
an Oregon DC really just needs to hold teams under 20 or so and you can expect to win double digit games every year. Brady walked into a mess. I think he has the chops to get them to decent at minimum
September 24th, 2016 at 10:37 PM ^
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September 24th, 2016 at 9:18 PM ^
Second your thoughts Frito
September 24th, 2016 at 9:39 PM ^
September 25th, 2016 at 9:30 AM ^
Using ESPN's FPI, Colorado is favored against Oregon St., Arizona St., Arizona, Washington St., and Utah. That would get them to 8 wins. FPI currently has them dogs against USC, Stanford and UCLA, but there's a chance that changes after the numbers get updated after week 4. Either way, I could see them winning one of those games. That gets them to 9 wins. Throw in a bowl game win and boom, 10 wins.
Sunday AM Edit: The updated FPI numbers have them favored in all games but at USC and at Stanford. They also ranked Colorado as #29 overall.
September 24th, 2016 at 10:55 PM ^
But I agree, I think they will win the PAC-12 South. They have Utah and UCLA in Boulder, they do not play Washington. No one in the South looks very impressive and what they showed last week here was enough to see that they can move the ball and score. Plus they have enough players on D to at least slow down the opposition.
When this season is over with, it will be Michigan's win over Colorado that will be viewed as a bigger triumph compare to Sparty's win over LOL ND.
I am leaning more towards they go 7-2 in the PAC 12 South....
@ Oregon - W 41-38
10/1 - vs Oregon St - win
10/8 - @USC - lose but I would not be surprised if they win this one...
10/15 - ASU - win
10/22 - @ Stanford - Loss
11/3 - UCLA - win
11/12 - @ Arizona - win
11/19 - WASSU - win
11/26 - Utah - win
I can see where UCLA and Utah will be challenging, but they have both of them at home
September 24th, 2016 at 11:09 PM ^
USC looks like hot garbage. They will win in Los Angeles.
Not sure about Utah and UCLA though. The race will come down to those three schools
September 25th, 2016 at 10:09 AM ^
Agree. I think the Utah game in Boulder will decide it.
September 24th, 2016 at 9:33 PM ^
At least 10 wins? Let's not go overboard. They had practically given the game away in the 3rd-4th quarters
September 24th, 2016 at 9:44 PM ^
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September 24th, 2016 at 11:11 PM ^
They do get both UCLA and Utah at home though. I think they get one of those two, but lose to Stanford.
Finish 7-2 in the PAC 12 and 9-3 overall. That might be enough to win the division.
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September 24th, 2016 at 9:13 PM ^
a better win for Michigan than most people realized.
They have at least a couple legit NFLers on defense and a pretty sound offense.
September 24th, 2016 at 9:36 PM ^
Most people thought it was a terrible loss. Over the course of the year, it was proven Utah had a good team.
UCF is also destroying FIA. I know FIA isn't great, but UCF have a wider margin than UMass, Maryland or Indiana.
September 24th, 2016 at 9:13 PM ^
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September 24th, 2016 at 9:14 PM ^
Colorado will 100% be a bowl team this year and has a realistic chance of winning the PAC 12 South.
Our non-conference win will keep looking better and better.
It already is the 2nd best Big Ten non-conference win last week (Better than both MSU and Nebraska).
September 24th, 2016 at 9:14 PM ^
September 24th, 2016 at 9:17 PM ^
We dominated Buffalo in the 2nd quarter but Liufao's 70 yard TD gave Colorado the lead. With him at QB, Colorado was our equal. I think we would have eventually won even if he doesn't get injured but who knows...
September 24th, 2016 at 9:46 PM ^
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