Yes let's open that can of worms, comparing Oregon to whoever. Great.
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How worried are you about the Hawaii game?
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Pay attention.
Seems like a legit comparison!
Besides changing the team names, I don't see how the method of analysis has changed, so dismissing it out of hand seems contradictory.
FlatironsBuff
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Well, besides the fact that Oregon didn't lose it's DC (it's still Don Pellum, who is going into his 2nd season in that role), I think there are some other differences in the situations.
Of course. But we should throw out last year's game as a point of reference nonetheless since things have changed.
You're right, I think there are some things from last year worth referencing.
- CU's offense getting shut out in the 2nd half (good defensive adjustments by them and poor offensive adjustments by us)
- Our inability to run the football (118 rushing yards on 36 carries - 3.3 ypc)
- Sefo's mediocre play (29/45 287 yds 2 Tds 2 INTs)
- Despite going against the 112th ranked defense, Hawaii only managed 12 points
I guess those are a few things Buff fans could reference from last year's game. My point is that I think it's tough to know how UH's new DC will have them prepared to start the game and how well he will adjust at half time if they are trailing again. Will their defense, that saw some decent turnover since last year, be able to stop our running game as well as they did in 2014? Will our running game be better than it was last year? Will Sefo throw 2 INTs again? Does the addition of Jim Leavitt to our defense automatically make it better? There are a lot of unknowns to account for, IMO.
Well, that wouldn't be much punishment at all. Some people are just luckier than Sisyphus.
Maybe at the start he wouldn't remember and then as he rolled the rock up the hill he grew to love the rock and he understood that it was the love for the rock that made life what it was. Then Zeus would roll it back down and make Sisyphus forget his love for the rock.
Does any of this matter until we show that we can actually look like a competent football team on the road, anywhere on the road.
We barely beat a bad UMASS team last year that is probably much worse than Hawaii, and at UMASS we had a bigger crowd than they did, not happening on the Islands.
I was at that game. The close score wasn't a reflection of talent as much as a lack of effort. Short of some of the John Embree 2012 blow outs, that was the least energy I've seen from a CU team in 10 years.
Go ahead and take a stance one way or the other at some point...
To my point.
It isn't a question of talent, it is a question of us playing a quality game outside the borders of the state of Colorado. Until we show that we can show up and beat somebody then no road game is counted as secure.
Reading comprehension isn't your strong point is it.
Make it simple enough that you can understand. We suck on the road, we have sucked on the road. What happens in Boulder doesn't matter until we prove we don't suck on the road.
Your third grade teacher can now be proud.
Sure, we have sucked on the road, but we've also beaten everyone we should have under MacIntyre, except maybe CSU last year. Not really saying much at this point, but we have won the games we should have thus far.
But you still haven't really taken a stance, just summarized that we've sucked on the road.
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Again you don't read well.
The question is how confident are you in a win at Hawaii. With our recent history, not very.
Sorry, them losing their all-world punter doesn't change that for me.
I went back and read your posts multiple times, you haven't taken a stance. Saying we suck on the road is not taking a stance about this game.
"We've sucked on the road so I'm not sure about this one" isn't taking a stance.
Yeah it is. Look at the poll questions. It's squarely #3. He's taken that stance.
Fair enough, I had totally forgotten this was a poll thread.
got me laughing out loud over here guys.
You're welcome
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Things are about to Poipu.
CU is gonna punch them right in the Hanapepe.
The Buffs will put a Kapa'a right up in their Anahola and Hanalei those Warriors a big Lihue.
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Just leaving room for haoles to lend a Hana.
letsgoavs192
I support systemic racism
last time we played there was Embree's first game in his first year as coach. Same year we won 2/3 to finish the season against AZ and Utah
I think you are right, was going from memory.
What it did show though was we had a coaching staff that was completely unprepared to compete in D1 football. They failed to motivate, they failed to game plan, and they totally failed to make even the simplest adjustments.
Hawaii is a team that any decent P5 team should beat, home or on the road. Still I will believe we are ready to beat them when I see it. I hope we win but our recent results don't give a lot of confidence.