My guess is we will be favored by 6.5-7.5
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CSU at Mile High is now the 2nd game for the Rams
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My guess is we will be favored by 6.5-7.5
Noticed that as well. Article states their win probability is above 50% in all but 2 games. THAT AIN'T HAPPENIN'.
SBNation credibility officially shot.
To be fair, that does not mean they are predicted to lose only two games.
Yeah but what do you even know about game lines and season over/under win totals.
Yeah, I get that. It's still shocking to me. Even 4% against Alabama seems high!
Yeah, you're telling me they are more likely to win at Alabama than to lose to Abilene Christian? I don't think so.
Not surprisingly, Colorado is being treated like a one hit wonder.
**** them, the players need to dictate how their season will go.
B_Walk
Cursed
We may not score 44? Have you seen CSU's defense? If we don't score at least 45 we are in deep trouble.
That defense is going to be atrocious
The point isn't our offense vs their defense. It is the opposite actually. CU's defense simply may not be able to get CSU's offense off the field fast enough to give us enough possessions to score that many points.
B_Walk
Cursed
Reminder that Idaho scored 61 points on CSU. Yea I'm not buying it, they are going to be starting true freshmen in their secondary. We should score on every possession
You and I both know that doesn't happen. Ever.
You don't subscribe to the coaching bromide that teams make their biggest improvements of the season from game one to game two?
I would worry more about that if they weren't playing Oregon State in their first game.
Normally CSU spends their entire off-season pointing for the Buffs, we are their red letter game. This year they have an opener against a physical P5 team that also happens to be their grand opening for their new stadium.
If they aren't focused on the Beaver's they are likely to get the stuff beat out of them, even if they are focused that could very well happen. By the time we get them they will already be beat up physically and their hopes for a dream season will be over. Even with the turnover from graduation we should be much stronger than they are on the LOS.
Beat them up early and there is no reason we shouldn't win by a wide margin.
I'm not sure how a team can be "sharper" in their first game just because it is the second game for their opponent.
First games always bring the unexpected, especially playing an in-state rivalry. I always go into this game not knowing what to expect. I think we can assume the offense will be pretty efficient. CU has a new D-coordinator and we have no idea if he is more in-line with Leavitt or more in-line with Baer.
It shouldn't be close, but we've seen this play out before.
It shouldn't be close, but we've seen this play out before.
If "sharper" includes reviewing last week's game film, the answer seems obvious.
Not sure that it does much. Having knowledge and being sharp are related, but certainly not the same.
I'm with Mtn. If CSU was coming off of their first game against some DII school with an easy win, then I would be more worried. As many have pointed out, CSU will be sky high to take on a "beatable" P5 opponent in their brand new stadium. If they lose (probable), they will be both physically and emotionally drained after such a game and on a short week no less, and having to get back up against a motivated and good Colorado team.
I think they may even be at a slight disadvantage coming into the game against the Buffs as opposed to if they had played CU first.
I think they may even be at a slight disadvantage coming into the game against the Buffs as opposed to if they had played CU first.
It doesn't take a game against Oregon State in week one to justify the ass whooping that the Buffs are going to put on CSU. It's not going to be close in reality, and it wouldn't be in any other scenario.
Uhhh you do realize we lost our entire starting DL right?
No way?
I think it is a huge advantage for CSU to have a game before we do. I absolutely think there is typically large improvement from Week 1 to Week 2. I think this advantage alone is going to make this a close game. Add that to the motivation of this being their most important game of the year and the ass whipping they received the year prior and we are looking at anyone's game.