This. We're gonna win.
Screw you guys and your negative moaning. We're going to curb stomp Massachusetts. History be damned. It's time we all stopped being such pussies.
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Would incremental improvement in football get you excited?
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if someone has a picture they took of HCMM (i.e. no copyright, fair use, etc.. -- link) send me a PM and I'll look into updating the wiki page.
Are you really reduced to researching Umass? Is that what we've come to?
I put a lot of effort into it, looking at a wiki page and a couple ranking sites!
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CitizenKane
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Incremental. 4 wins this year counts as incremental if they are all against D1 schools. Five would be a giant leap forward because it would mean the Buffs would have beaten one legit team. The four wins that are possible this year, 1. CSU 2. Umass 3. Hawaii (only because it is home) 4. California. CU is more than capable of losing any and or all of those four games. I don't see another game the Buffs have a real shot in, so a fifth win would be HUGE.
I pretty much read your post in the voice of Orson Welles.
Oh, and "Rosebud!" translates to "National Champions!"
It's a slow day, so I actually did a little research on UMass. They are, as 'Tini points out, awful. This is one of those games that will make me wonder if MM is the right guy for the job if we lose it. It's the kind of game that we should win by 20+ points. The running game should get 200+ yards against them. Particularly after playing a fired-up CSU squad the week before, this game should be a walkover.
I'm not saying we shouldn't take them seriously, and or that every road game (and most home games) aren't of tremendous concern, but NPR did a segment on how awful they were last year, and how UMASS has gained no support from its community. You've got to be a bad football team when NPR weighs in...
Exactly. This is a team that just moved up to FBS a few years ago and has gone 2-22 in that time frame...in the MAC. This isn't a bad BCS team or even a decent non-AQ team.
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We've proven we can lose to anyone. A loss to UMASS may not be likely but it is certainly not out of the realm of possibility. I still think we are another season away from any real improvement. I think there is a good chance we will be pretty bad this year.
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Last year (our only thing to go by with HCMM), the Buffs won every time they were supposed to win.
One season doesn't make the rule. But how the team performed under previous coaches carries much less weight.
And I would bet any sum of money that UMass is going to be much worse than we will this year
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I don't mean to sound too down (mostly I like this staff). I expect us to beat UMASS, but I still think we are very young and inexperienced. My point being, I don't have high expectations this year and plan to not panic if we lose a game or two we shouldn't.
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That would mean a regression between year 1 and 2 if MacIntyre dropped this game, or any other game in the OOC. Sorry, but I will panic if we do not sweep the OOC, there is absolutely no reason to lose any of them.
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I think CSU could be a pretty good team this year in an upper-end non-BCS conference. Throw in that it's an opener and a big game for state rivalry reasons. That game is not a walkover. CU's maybe a slight favorite... maybe a slight dog.
I think they'll be a good non-AQ team as the year goes on, I just think it's going to be very tough for them to replace 4 OL starters, Gilmore, Barrett, Nwoke and Bibbs, and I'm sure I'm missing another, in the first game of the season.
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My only hope is that unlike the last two regimes, This staff can prepare us to win every game we're supposed to win and put us in a position to win otherwise.
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Additionally, in terms if judging recruitment, I am so much less concerned about selling a high school kid on an ideal concept of the future without the proof if progress first.
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I'm torn on this one. They obviously got better last year and had a very impressive offense by the end of the season. However with the loss of their o-line, d-line and RB core they will be pretty raw to begin the season, so I think Colorado should win this game on experience alone, not to mention talent.
Time will tell if the JM scheme was just luck last year or if he is building a solid foundation up there. Of course if he is, then he is off to a new shinier job very soon.
CitizenKane
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Thanks for the image Timmy, I think I have to use that now.
CitizenKane
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You did see the games with Utah and Oregon State last year right? Let me refresh your memory OSU 44 CU 17 and Utes 24 CU 17. Don't let the score of the Utah game fool you, Utah was up 21-0 before they shut it down thinking the game was over and then learning they couldn't do that. If CU manages to lose by less than 10 to the Beavs then that is a HUGE improvement. Beating Utah at home....OK, it is possible, but Utah was as young as CU last year and their O line and QB's come back with experience this year, so I expect they make similar improvements as the Buffs and CU loses by a similar score.