1-Texas (56 1st place votes)
2-Oregon (6)
3-Penn St
4-Ohio St
5-Georgia
6-Miami
7-Alabama
8-LSU
9-Iowa St
10-Clemson
11-Tennessee
12-Notre Dame
13-BYU
14-A&M
15-Boise St
16-Indiana
17-Kansas St
18-Ole Miss
19-Missouri
20-Pitt
21-SMU
22-Illinois
23-Army
24-Michigan
25-Navy
Others receiving votes:
Vanderbilt 68, Nebraska 62, Arizona St. 39, Oklahoma 36, Washington St. 32, Iowa 29, Texas Tech 18, Syracuse 13, Arkansas 13, Utah 7, Louisville 6, Southern Cal 5, Liberty 2, UNLV 1.

Been a long time since I’ve seen this little discussion after the game. I know guys are upset with it but I’d say we conducted ourselves well against a good team.

Deficiencies we had, some we knew going in, and they showed themselves:

1. OL just is not strong enough or talented enough to run block against good teams
2. The RB are decent but no one is a great RB who can jumpstart things on their own
3. Out DL just isn’t a very effective unit for all the accolades some have tried to heap on them.
4. Our kicking game - while better - still needs work
5. SS just has no situational awareness at all
6. Shilo sanders is massively overrated
7. We can’t manage the clock. Players and coaches (time out management )


The good I saw last night (some of which we knew):

1. SS is one of the toughest gamers I’ve seen. He almost willed us to a win by himself even though his play also hurt us. The guy has a lot of deficiencies that will hinder him st the next level but I thought his grit and play are the only reason we had a shot. It was a worthy performance overall even if criticism is due.
2. Our coaches adjusted. They called good plays and put guys where they needed to be on both sides of the ball. We just were not talented enough to execute. That is a problem you solve over time with recruiting and development. The game itself though was called well
3. We saw just how deep our skill positions are. Next man up was an understatement and there was no drop off. We are LOADED at WR.
4. Just going to say it again. This was a well coached game by both coordinators. I was really encouraged by the. They did the most they could with what we have


We are still a game above where I thought we’d be when we started and I picked UA as an upset special preseason. After last night I think we match up fairly well for a high scoring game. It’s a tough one but I can see us winning it. When I look at the schedule I still see 7 wins and maybe an 8th. We got absolutely bullied again by a good team for 2.5 quarters and we never gave up. We will beat the teams we are supposed to beat and probably pick one off who is better.

Tough loss but not unexpected at all going in. We played close game which most thought we would and might have won in spite of being outplayed most of the game. I take last night as a building block and think it might actually propel us to even more wins than I currently see.

I’m excited for the rest of the games - as long as they aren’t at 8:20 😂😂

I was at the game last night. I don't have access to my laptop. Will post later today.

Tough one in Boulder as the Buffs fall to No. 18 Kansas State in a fourth quarter battle.

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