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I don't know, but watching these bowl games scares the hell out of me. So many programs seem to be way ahead of us. Can we catch up, and surpass these D-bags? I am having my doubts.....
Cal, Miami, West Virginy, FSU, S. Fla, S. Miss, CSU, Notre Dame, Wake Forest, TCU, Arizona....shall I continue?????Pffft.... Who has scared you so far?
Cal, Miami, West Virginy, FSU, S. Fla, S. Miss, CSU, Notre Dame, Wake Forest, TCU, Arizona....shall I continue?????
Are we in a bowl?We beat 2 of 3 teams we played on that list.
Are we in a bowl?
WVU..yes...look pretty good...ok, QB and RB gone, but good base. What can you say about the lammies? A lot of character....we will still kick their ass.no. but what is you're point? You are scared of teams we beat this year?
They have to ease their admission standards and start excepting phys ed credits from jucos.
Cal, Miami, West Virginy, FSU, S. Fla, S. Miss, CSU, Notre Dame, Wake Forest, TCU, Arizona....shall I continue?????
Are you playing for the Buffs? If you were, you would know that several of those teams would do some damage....Back to the primary point. I'm not scared of any of the teams mentioned by you.
Back to the primary point....we are trying to rerun back to 1990...it will be an uphill battle.....
God bless you! My exact point!You're killing yourself if that's where you're hoping this team will end up. Just as Nebraska will never again be as dominant as they were in the 90's, CU will never again be as dominant as it was from 89 to 96. In the modern college football landscape precious few programs have the capacity to be that good for any sustained period of time.
Unless you're USC, the best you can hope for in this day and age is a consistent output of 8-10 wins with an occasional (say once every 4 or 5 years, on average) run at the mNC game. That's well within our grasp, I'm contented enough.
Are you playing for the Buffs? If you were, you would know that several of those teams would do some damage....
Unintentional comedy is good stuff.
WVU..yes...look pretty good...ok, QB and RB gone, but good base. What can you say about the lammies? A lot of character....we will still kick their ass.
Back to the primary point....we are trying to rerun back to 1990...it will be an uphill battle.....
You're killing yourself if that's where you're hoping this team will end up. Just as Nebraska will never again be as dominant as they were in the 90's, CU will never again be as dominant as it was from 89 to 96. In the modern college football landscape precious few programs have the capacity to be that good for any sustained period of time.
Unless you're USC, the best you can hope for in this day and age is a consistent output of 8-10 wins with an occasional (say once every 4 or 5 years, on average) run at the mNC game. That's well within our grasp, I'm contented enough.
Man, nothing like quitting without putting up an effort. You and Dallas roll over easier than Ned Beatty. How did NU get into this discussion, again?
Would you feel beeter if the coaches just came out and said "we will never have a dominant run again so no athletes need commit"?
CU has a lot of talent on offense. My concern is at QB. Will Hansen grasp the playbook and perform next year? If he doesn't we are in trouble.
On defense, we need better play from the DL. It's a must. I'm very concerned about this next year. We had two Senior DT's this year and they were regularly giving up 4-5 yards per carry. That will get you killed in most games.
Special teams can't be any worse, so I'm counting on improvement there.
As to the original post, if we are able to start off the year 4-0, our mojo will be back. That mojo can be lost with a dumbass game plan against missouri or a bunch of missed FG's against Texas, though. Win 9 games next year and the mojo will be back. It's not out of the question.
Good points. I think the offense will ultimately determine how well we perform as a team next year. You need to score points to win in college football these days, and we obviously struggled in that department this year.
How much improvement we get out of the QB position will go a long way in determining our fate. I really hope Hansen is ready to step up. I worry some about the defense, but maybe we'll be better there simply by keeping them off the field more.
CU needs a better/more dynamic player at QB, period, and the team will be a lot better. Or they need to understand that the passing game is a limitation rather than a strength and run the ball more than a lot. We've all discussed CH's positives and limitations ad nauseum here so there's no need to go there again but our football team can't afford to have another year with limitations at QB in a pass-heavy scheme... it just won't work.
Defense I think will be fine with some solid secondary play in that soft coverage and an LB corps that will have some high expectations placed on its shoulders. Front 4... who knows? As long as its not horrible it shouldn't be losing us games.
I could see this year be a year where things either really "click" on offense and everything comes together in a big way OR another year of treading water - neither scenario would surprise me. If/when the offense gels, though, I think they will be a very productive unit.