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Colorado Daily – Arizona
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October 28th
… CU in a few minutes …
Colorado opens as a four-point underdog to Arizona
… A surprise to me, considering that home teams usually get three-point bump. I was expecting a least a touchdown spread …
From 5Dimes … Pac-12 games …
Arizona … a 4.0-point favorite at home against Colorado … Friday, 8:30 p.m., MT, FS1
Arizona State … a 7.0-point underdog at home against No. 16 Utah … Saturday, 2:00 p.m., MT, Pac-12 Networks
Oregon … a 13.0-point favorite at home against UCLA … 5:30 p.m., MT, Fox
Oregon State … at home against USC (no line – probably waiting for word on USC quarterbacks) … 8:00 p.m., MT, FS1
Washington State … an 11.0-point favorite at home against California … TBA
Washington … a 9.5-point favorite at home against Stanford … TBA
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Pac-12 down to two team in the Associated Press poll … Washington State and Utah
From CBS Sports … The AP Top 25 poll looks brand new after a crazy week of shakeups in college football.
Week 9 action featured tons of losses for ranked teams, opening up spots in the poll for Houston, Fresno State, Utah State, Virginia and Syracuse to join the rankings. Mississippi State and Boston College also moved up into the poll, returning to the realm of the ranked after falling out earlier in the year. The changeover of seven slots in the rankings is the biggest change in the AP Top 25 era (since 1989).
Washington State was one of the big winners from the shakeup, moving up four spots to crash the top 10 after beating Stanford. The Cougars are now in first place in the Pac-12 North and the conference’s best remaining hope in the College FootballPlayoff race. Utah, now the favorite in the Pac-12 South, moved up seven spots to No. 16 and Penn State moved up three spots to No. 14 after ending a two-game skid with a win against Iowa. Texas and Texas A&M each made some of the biggest moves down, each falling nine spots to No. 15 and No. 25, respectively.
The Associated Press poll:
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Others Receiving Votes: Washington (6-3) 120; Northwestern (5-3) 86; Georgia Southern (7-1) 62; Michigan State (5-3) 51; Cincinnati (7-1) 45; Iowa State (4-3) 42; South Florida (7-1) 29; Stanford (5-3) 26; Oklahoma State (5-3) 24; UAB (7-1) 17; Oregon (5-3) 13; Wisconsin (5-3) 12; Auburn (5-3) 7; San Diego State (6-2) 6; Army West Point (6-2) 6; NC State (5-2) 5; California (5-3) 2; Buffalo (7-1) 1
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USA Today/Coaches’ poll
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Others Receiving Votes: Texas A&M (5-3) 167; Cincinnati (7-1) 116; South Florida (7-1) 87; Michigan State (5-3) 48; Wisconsin (5-3) 41; NC State (5-2) 40; Northwestern (5-3) 40; Miami (FL) (5-3) 38; Georgia Southern (7-1) 32; Oklahoma State (5-3) 31; UAB (7-1) 24; Stanford (5-3) 21; Auburn (5-3) 21; Oregon (5-3) 20; San Diego State (6-2) 16; Buffalo (7-1) 14; Army West Point (6-2) 13; South Carolina (4-3) 11; Iowa State (4-3) 6; FIU (6-2) 6; Virginia Tech (4-3) 5; Duke (5-3) 3; Pittsburgh (4-4) 3; Boise State (6-2) 2
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Neill Woelk: One simple goal this week – win a game
From CUBuffs.com … The Colorado Buffaloes’ goal this week should be a simple one:
Win a game.
Forget any designs on the Pac-12 South, forget bowl eligibility, forget about anything else other than one, simple task:
Go to work on Monday, tune out the noise — and there will be plenty of that — and figure out a way to go to Arizona next Friday and end a three-game losing streak.
It won’t be easy. Saturday’s 41-34 loss to Oregon State in overtime was, in the words of head coach Mike MacIntyre, “a gut-wrencher.” The manner in which it happened certainly fits the description. The Buffs let a 31-3 lead melt away, and with it, any serious hopes of thrusting themselves into the heart of the Pac-12 South race.
“We were rolling and I guess the wheels just rolled off,” MacIntyre said. “We didn’t play well enough. They made some plays on us in the end and we didn’t.”
But while the Buffs will have to look at Saturday’s game, figure out what went wrong and address those problems, they will do themselves no good by looking back and wondering what might have been.
Instead, they must look ahead and know there is still time to reap a reward from this season. With four games remaining, the opportunity to produce a successful season still exists — but it has to start with one game.
… Continue reading story here …
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Colorado Daily – Arizona
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October 28th
… CU in a few minutes …
Colorado opens as a four-point underdog to Arizona
… A surprise to me, considering that home teams usually get three-point bump. I was expecting a least a touchdown spread …
From 5Dimes … Pac-12 games …
Arizona … a 4.0-point favorite at home against Colorado … Friday, 8:30 p.m., MT, FS1
Arizona State … a 7.0-point underdog at home against No. 16 Utah … Saturday, 2:00 p.m., MT, Pac-12 Networks
Oregon … a 13.0-point favorite at home against UCLA … 5:30 p.m., MT, Fox
Oregon State … at home against USC (no line – probably waiting for word on USC quarterbacks) … 8:00 p.m., MT, FS1
Washington State … an 11.0-point favorite at home against California … TBA
Washington … a 9.5-point favorite at home against Stanford … TBA
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Pac-12 down to two team in the Associated Press poll … Washington State and Utah
From CBS Sports … The AP Top 25 poll looks brand new after a crazy week of shakeups in college football.
Week 9 action featured tons of losses for ranked teams, opening up spots in the poll for Houston, Fresno State, Utah State, Virginia and Syracuse to join the rankings. Mississippi State and Boston College also moved up into the poll, returning to the realm of the ranked after falling out earlier in the year. The changeover of seven slots in the rankings is the biggest change in the AP Top 25 era (since 1989).
Washington State was one of the big winners from the shakeup, moving up four spots to crash the top 10 after beating Stanford. The Cougars are now in first place in the Pac-12 North and the conference’s best remaining hope in the College FootballPlayoff race. Utah, now the favorite in the Pac-12 South, moved up seven spots to No. 16 and Penn State moved up three spots to No. 14 after ending a two-game skid with a win against Iowa. Texas and Texas A&M each made some of the biggest moves down, each falling nine spots to No. 15 and No. 25, respectively.
The Associated Press poll:
1. Alabama |
2. Clemson |
3. Notre Dame |
4. LSU |
5. Michigan |
6. Georgia |
7. Oklahoma |
8. Ohio State |
9. UCF |
10. Washington State … up four spots from last week |
11. Kentucky |
12. West Virginia |
13. Florida |
14. Penn State |
15. Texas |
16. Utah … up seven spots from last week |
17. Houston |
18. Utah State |
19. Iowa |
20. Fresno State |
21. Mississippi State |
22. Syracuse |
23. Virginia |
24. Boston College |
25. Texas A&M |
Others Receiving Votes: Washington (6-3) 120; Northwestern (5-3) 86; Georgia Southern (7-1) 62; Michigan State (5-3) 51; Cincinnati (7-1) 45; Iowa State (4-3) 42; South Florida (7-1) 29; Stanford (5-3) 26; Oklahoma State (5-3) 24; UAB (7-1) 17; Oregon (5-3) 13; Wisconsin (5-3) 12; Auburn (5-3) 7; San Diego State (6-2) 6; Army West Point (6-2) 6; NC State (5-2) 5; California (5-3) 2; Buffalo (7-1) 1
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USA Today/Coaches’ poll
1. Alabama |
2. Clemson |
3. Notre Dame |
4. LSU |
5. Michigan |
5. Georgia |
7. Oklahoma |
8. Ohio State |
9. UCF |
10. West Virginia |
11. Washington State … up four spots from last week |
12. Kentucky |
13. Penn State |
14. Florida |
15. Texas |
16. Utah … up eight spots from last week |
17. Houston |
18. Iowa |
19. Washington … down six spots from last week |
20. Utah State |
21. Mississippi State |
22. Virginia |
23. Fresno State |
24. Syracuse |
25. Boston College |
Others Receiving Votes: Texas A&M (5-3) 167; Cincinnati (7-1) 116; South Florida (7-1) 87; Michigan State (5-3) 48; Wisconsin (5-3) 41; NC State (5-2) 40; Northwestern (5-3) 40; Miami (FL) (5-3) 38; Georgia Southern (7-1) 32; Oklahoma State (5-3) 31; UAB (7-1) 24; Stanford (5-3) 21; Auburn (5-3) 21; Oregon (5-3) 20; San Diego State (6-2) 16; Buffalo (7-1) 14; Army West Point (6-2) 13; South Carolina (4-3) 11; Iowa State (4-3) 6; FIU (6-2) 6; Virginia Tech (4-3) 5; Duke (5-3) 3; Pittsburgh (4-4) 3; Boise State (6-2) 2
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Neill Woelk: One simple goal this week – win a game
From CUBuffs.com … The Colorado Buffaloes’ goal this week should be a simple one:
Win a game.
Forget any designs on the Pac-12 South, forget bowl eligibility, forget about anything else other than one, simple task:
Go to work on Monday, tune out the noise — and there will be plenty of that — and figure out a way to go to Arizona next Friday and end a three-game losing streak.
It won’t be easy. Saturday’s 41-34 loss to Oregon State in overtime was, in the words of head coach Mike MacIntyre, “a gut-wrencher.” The manner in which it happened certainly fits the description. The Buffs let a 31-3 lead melt away, and with it, any serious hopes of thrusting themselves into the heart of the Pac-12 South race.
“We were rolling and I guess the wheels just rolled off,” MacIntyre said. “We didn’t play well enough. They made some plays on us in the end and we didn’t.”
But while the Buffs will have to look at Saturday’s game, figure out what went wrong and address those problems, they will do themselves no good by looking back and wondering what might have been.
Instead, they must look ahead and know there is still time to reap a reward from this season. With four games remaining, the opportunity to produce a successful season still exists — but it has to start with one game.
… Continue reading story here …
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