Scouting Colorado
I'm starting to get a little worried that the fans (not the team or coaches) are taking the Buff's too lightly. Not that it really matters what the fans think, except for the quality of discourse in the game threads and liveblog.
I've only watched the Colorado v. CSU game so far, but they look like an honest to goodness P5 team. Their QB is a senior that has a lot of experience and was good at making his reads. They run a spread tempo, and I hate playing tempo teams (too much trauma from the Carr/Hoke days).
We'll probably dominate on both lines, but they've got a lot of good players.
Both of their #4's look like solid athletes. #4 on Defense has good ball instincts and breaks on the ball well. #4 on Offense is a good blocking WR in addition to being a deep threat. I am very worried about him blocking Clark who had a bad day getting off blocks against UCF.
I still think we'll win the game, but I'm considering taking the points. (hope I'm wrong)
What do you guys think? Anyone watch both of their games yet?
September 12th, 2016 at 8:56 PM ^
Gonna just leave this here without comment
http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/j-lewis-out-again#comment-4057331
September 12th, 2016 at 9:00 PM ^
Oh, SalvatoreQuattro, you were so wrong. Bwahahahaha...
September 12th, 2016 at 9:15 PM ^
and Colorado is 5 days away.
September 12th, 2016 at 9:42 PM ^
And yet still relevant to this particular thread.
September 12th, 2016 at 9:58 PM ^
Buck up, fellow MGoBlogger - it is going to be OK!
September 12th, 2016 at 10:13 PM ^
Nailed it
September 12th, 2016 at 8:57 PM ^
I wouldn't worry too much about what the fans think of them.
September 12th, 2016 at 8:57 PM ^
Betting against Michigan? To Bolivia with you!
September 12th, 2016 at 8:57 PM ^
I miss your game wraps.
September 12th, 2016 at 8:58 PM ^
Literally no one could watch their second game as it was not televised.
They played Idaho State who lost 80-7 to UNLV last year. Yes that UNLV.
CSU won by 9 against UTSA this week and at the end of the day is still a MWC team.
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September 12th, 2016 at 9:12 PM ^
I watched their second game on the Pac-12 Network website. It was/is? available as a replay on Sunday, but I also get the P12 Network so I had a long in.
September 12th, 2016 at 9:13 PM ^
Oh good, otherwise we may have to ask for scrimmage tape.
September 12th, 2016 at 10:45 PM ^
As has been stated many times now ...Pac12 Network, nerd
September 13th, 2016 at 8:07 AM ^
Literally lots of people could watch their second game.
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September 13th, 2016 at 8:49 AM ^
Actually, the game was on Pac-12 Mountain. Took me about 30 seconds to find out.
September 12th, 2016 at 9:35 PM ^
I saw a shirt that said ShruteBeetFarms earlier.
September 12th, 2016 at 9:00 PM ^
Do you have any reason to beleive that CSU is any good? We have more 1st round picks on this team than players you have described as "solid athletes". This game will be closer than previous ones, particualrly if lewis can't play...but I think it will be a 35-14 type game. Maybe lower scoring due to thunderstorms.
September 12th, 2016 at 9:13 PM ^
There shall be sunshine.
September 12th, 2016 at 10:13 PM ^
But the University of Colorado abbreviates to CU, not CSU. We do not play CSU this year. We play CU.
September 12th, 2016 at 10:24 PM ^
I know...the op seems to base his entire concern based on Colorado crushing CSU...so I was asking why there is any reason to believe that they beat a half-decent team.
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September 12th, 2016 at 9:01 PM ^
Who cares if the fans may be taking them lightly? They aren't lining up on Saturday - the dudes on the team are.
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September 12th, 2016 at 9:31 PM ^
I'm going to line up and hit my couch harder than you will!
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September 12th, 2016 at 9:48 PM ^
Oh, it's on!
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September 13th, 2016 at 7:45 AM ^
I'll hit the beer cooler
September 12th, 2016 at 9:03 PM ^
Pure spread teams can get big gash plays like UCF did, but unless the Buffs have a defense to back it up the day will be the relative same outcome. Michigan 42 Colorado 21
September 12th, 2016 at 10:18 PM ^
49ers. And, before that, he essentially created the USF Bulls and won far more games than he lost.
BE AFRAID
September 12th, 2016 at 9:05 PM ^
They are indeed an honest to goodness P5 team, and UM is an honest to goodness top 5 team with an honest to goodness top 5 coach. We will cover.
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September 12th, 2016 at 9:20 PM ^
I like the way our schedule is shaping up. Some years, we overlooked weak non-conf foes and stumbled. This shouldn't happen since we're stepping up the level of competition each week.
Also Harbaugh.
September 12th, 2016 at 9:28 PM ^
Our offense would blow weaker teams out, but stall against good teams.
September 12th, 2016 at 9:34 PM ^
God I hated that. Thanks for bringing that up. I remember back to back 5-0 or 6-0 starts and then crash and burn in the Big Ten. If that's how Colorado plays us then I expect a couple big plays and not much else, especially in the 2nd half.
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September 12th, 2016 at 10:17 PM ^
Over the last 60 years, when Michigan opened the season 6-0 they lost no more than two games the rest of the way, to include bowl games.
September 12th, 2016 at 10:48 PM ^
Same
A bygone, perhaps Carr-era team might just overlook CU ..get caught off guard.
Not this staff and team, though. But the 'tempo' thing brings back those memories
September 12th, 2016 at 9:09 PM ^
They are a mediocre !AA team. I knew that Colorado would blow them out. It would be the equivalent of Michigan playing Valparaiso.
September 12th, 2016 at 9:48 PM ^
I know this is beside the point, but Valpo is well below a mediocre 1AA team. They're one of the worst teams in 1AA. I think they've had 8 wins since 2009 and atleast 3 of those were against D2 teams. Michigan playing Butler would be a much more apt comparison.
September 12th, 2016 at 10:32 PM ^
In an odd bit of coincidence both Idaho State and Butler have unique and historic basketball gyms. Also in my four years at Butler and four years as a graduate I have never once gone to a football game there.
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September 12th, 2016 at 9:14 PM ^
Think Michigan v Alabama in Hoke's second year.
September 12th, 2016 at 9:16 PM ^
I had forgotten that game.
September 12th, 2016 at 9:25 PM ^
Name checks out
September 12th, 2016 at 9:26 PM ^
One of the biggest wastes of my money ever.
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September 12th, 2016 at 9:48 PM ^
I hear ya. it was my bachelor party, so I forced about 15 other guys to drop a grand to head out there too. Fort Worth had some decent offerings for a solid weekend tho, so not a total loss.
September 12th, 2016 at 9:50 PM ^
I second that. Sweat my ass off outside while tailgating. Watch us get demolished. Then while walking out of the stadium, a polite old lady said to me, "ya'll are like a high school team." I wasn't even mad; it was true.
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September 12th, 2016 at 10:43 PM ^
Polite or not you got trolled by an old lady.
September 12th, 2016 at 9:27 PM ^
Why would you plant that brain bug?
September 12th, 2016 at 9:17 PM ^
Pro tip: When I start to really panic, I ask myself if I would trade rosters and/or coaching staffs with the opponent... and I immediately feel much better.
September 12th, 2016 at 9:18 PM ^
Colorado has players with similar recruiting profiles to UCF. A couple borderline 4* players, but mostly a bunch of generic 3* players. I get that people are traumatized from previous experiences against cupcake teams, but we have Harbaugh and a team loaded with NFL talent. This is not late Carr/RR/Hoke. This game will be "competitive" in the way the UCF game was "competitive". We may get outhit, but the score will not be close.
September 12th, 2016 at 9:20 PM ^
but if this game is close we have a lot to be concerned about.
September 12th, 2016 at 9:23 PM ^
I have zero concerns...we're gonna win. Some say by 20 I say by 40 and I expect a donut with my coffee on Saturday
September 12th, 2016 at 9:20 PM ^
I hope this is a gambling thread only, you Pete Rose wannabe mothafucka!
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