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Official Score Prediction Thread vs Air Force
- Thread starter DeNiro
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Falo, Wells, Tchangam, and Taylor are on the hot seat this weekend. I trust the DL to shut down the run between the tackles.
I’m glad we aren’t getting a big Vegas spread. Can’t hurt with tempering overconfidence.
Unleash Hell
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Right, actually a disadvantage in altitude
I hope they don’t play that altitude warning before each half for this one.
Now that we have a sample size, CSU and NU are arguably not as good as AFA. Definitely not as disciplined. They might be the toughest team on our non-con slate. We're not a great team by any stretch; we're going to lose some games this year. I will not be surprised if we take losses to disciplined teams like AFA. I'm not sure how many people realistically had us 3-0 coming out of next week.
Do I think we'll win? Yes. Is it possible that they're a better team and give us a hard game? Ask Michigan.
This game has me worried as well. CU needs to recover quickly from the afterglow of the victory against Nebraska. Buffs MUST take AFA seriously, or the game could be an embarrassing one.
It's just not a good match for a team that gets sloppy defending the run. I suppose you could look at it from the other side too. AFA was lights out defending the run, but got absolutely, positively scorched by the deep ball through the air last year. We need Montez's A game.
One of my coworkers played for AFA. He said their biggest weakness has always been defending the pass because their DB’s typically aren’t very good.
Have to check the tape, but I think most people here had us at 3-0 coming out of the OOC. CSU and AFA should never be games that CU fan pick as losses. The Michigan comparison is fine, I guess, because service academy and all, but Army won 11 games last year and many people had them as a borderline top 25 team going into this season. Michigan is also a consistently underperforming team under Harbaugh.
I think CU wins, but I also have a healthy respect for AF. That triple option is no joke, and it can make a P5 team look silly in a hurry. Obviously, the better team speed and overall roster talent SHOULD be able to make up for the offensive scheme the Falcons will employ. Have to take the seriously though, and have to play disciplined football.
Yeah!
Most people here had us at 6 wins or under, but that's not really the point. I just don't think that a loss to AFA is as impactful to the season as a loss to CSU or NU would have been. NU because it means more, and CSU because everyone was predicting they'd be horrible. Point is, 6-6 teams can be be beat by teams that know their identity and are disciplined about how they approach games. I would have made the same comment if we were playing NIU this coming weekend; you **** around, they can easily catch a middling P5 team because you know they are going to bring it all 4 quarters and give zero ****s about talent differential (as the Fuskers are about to find out).
I think you read that poll incorrectly. 80% of posters here had CU with 6 wins or MORE, and there's not way most of those posters figured there'd be 6< wins without starting 3-0. Regardless, I get the point. People are scared of AFA the same way they are scared of CSU every year. Triple Option is a different animal and harder to stop, not because the scheme is so difficult, but rather the team gets about 4 days of real practice to prepare for it in total and responsibilities are different than they are used to.
Fortunately, we have a staff that's had to deal with the P5 equivalent of Air Force style offense the last 3 years, so there shouldn't be a ton of "learning" how to stop it from them, but rather focus on teaching the players.
ahoelsken
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My thoughts exactly-I've got a ton of respect for that Air Force program. They are going to be sky high for this game, too-there are a bunch of people in the Springs (I think both fan bases have this take) who wanted this game YEARS ago.
One other thing-I think if you put AFA up against the Nubs, AF wins. This is a far more disciplined and much better coached outfit than Fusker probably ever will be under Frost.
Didn’t Georgia Southern run the option on offense when Tyson Summers was the HC there?
68buffs
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Coach Tucker said his team is going to be one that runs the ball on their terms, will stop the other team from running the ball, be the best conditioned team. Seems like this team wants to be this. As far as a let down this week I'm not worried about that, Tue. Wed. should take care of it this season. I expect the Buffs to come out slow on Defense again because of how young they are. The coaches have experience but the players don't, add in their youth it shouldn't be a suprise. AFA is bigger then past teams, but just like the nubs they are going to find out CU is physical ALL GAME LONG and even though they are in shape, they won't be able to handle CUs physicality for 60 minutes. GO BUFFS
I wonder how many actual season ticket holders sold their tickets to fuskers and how many were purchased through the CU ticket sales?
Thought I heard one sportsbook had AFA favored by 1? Super easy money!
Tuckers Buffs 49
Calhouns Falcons 20
Special teams return TD!!! Book it
Calhouns Falcons 20
Special teams return TD!!! Book it
You heard wrong. If there is a bookie hanging that line, I politely request their contact details.
The initial line was CU by 1.5 but it quickly moved to 3.5 and I think Adam misstated and said Air Force had the -1.5. That’s my guess on where op heard that
37-28 Colorado.
Trufflesauce
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Buffs 41
Falcons 31
Falcons 31