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Colorado v USC - September 30, 2023 - 10am MT, FOX
- Thread starter Jens1893
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USC rebuilt really fast. I wonder if we can do the same through the portal again this year? We need some help on defense. And o-line. Kicking too
Looking as bad as we can against the 2 most talented teams on the schedule is discouraging. But reasonable
Can't wait to see what Sapp does next season.
I'm cleaning walls
I’m not dismissing the special talent that is Hunter but he wouldn’t make a meaningful difference in this game (or last week). The problems are much deeper than one or two players.
For sure. And having Caleb Williams helps cover all warts.
Birch1
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You mean tubes?I'm cleaning walls
Cooper is too slow
Me too, but you have to be ****ing realistic. It's like we all had reasonable expectations at the beginning of the season and were rational about our depth and then some of y'all lost your minds after the Nubs game.
Prime and staff have done an amazing job turning the program around but right now it doesn't matter if we can't compete on the line of scrimmage.
The good news is that for next season bring in 3-4 legitimate DL and 3-4 legitimate OL and this is a completely different team. No Championship level yet but able to play with just about anybody.
Lt.Col.FrankSlade
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Well - you've got one team that went 1-11 last year, has a new coaching staff, a change-over roster, and quite a few starters missing due to injury. Before the season started, people were saying Colorado had the worst talent of any team in the country. Then you've got another team that has the returning Heisman trophy winner, a returning coaching staff, a returning roster, etc. USC was favored to compete for the conference championship and maybe the college football championship.
It's not like CU has played NAIA teams these past two weeks. Oregon and USC are legit top 10 teams and they have shown that.
We got spoiled by what happened the first couple weeks of the season - but as soon as injuries set in and the Buffs started playing the better teams on the schedule, this was bound to happen.
Cooper is trash. Out of position on almost every play. Costing us big plays and scores this game
Expecting to look like a competent football team the last 3 weeks isn't being unrealistic
USC happens to have very good receivers as well.
Looks effortless for SC. Oregon on the other hand looked hyped on Nodoz and meth.
It seems like a bad throw to me. I know Weaver was going inside but Shedeur was so off on that throw. To be honest, this is the worst I've seen 2 look in years. He's not handling USC blitzes well. I seen three passes that have been by far his worst of the season.
The throw on the 3rd down
The Cobb throw on 1st down a couple plays before
And the INT
He not struggling with flat pressure but he's struggling with their LB blitzes.
I actually disagree
Special players can change game plans and attention
SS also has supreme confidence in Travis and would at least throw some balls to him that are more 50/50
Travis would make a difference
We're just further away than we hoped for. We have some players, Prime is recruiting hard, we'll get there. Just not this year. Need more dudes
We'll look a lot better against most of the PAC, but that upper tier is really good this year
We'll look a lot better against most of the PAC, but that upper tier is really good this year
Fogo
Well-Known Member
Don't disagree but is it too much to ask that the coordinators make changes that reflect the players and situation?
USC had much better players when Riley arrived. He had to fill in some pieces but it’s not like they had a bunch of JAGs (like CU did)
In all seriousness, we won 1 game last year with a lot of guys that just couldnt play at this level. Now we have 3 wins and have far better coaching.
Deion brought in a lot of talented guys. Some *wanted* to play for him and have the talent Full stop. But I suspect others probably wanted to transfer because they were unhappy and or not starting for some reason. Still talented but arrived with things they need to work on.
Rome wasnt built in a day. Both my Oregon BIL and cousin both reminded me it took the Ducks a decade to get the OL they have today. Without it you cant really line up effectively against any top 10 program. Deion has a lot of work to do on both lines.
Im VERY HAPPY with the improvement im seeing. Were just talent limited against top 10 teams.
Agreed
Ok, carry on. Just pace yourself.