5 Overs and 5 Unders this week. MrMcbeath wins this week with 8 correct.

I didn't see picks from SoCoBuff, Highlands CPA or NCBuff - did I miss them somehow?

Weekly picks will go first, weekly results 2nd and overall standings will be at the bottom (let me know right away if I made any mistakes):

1) CU Points - 32.5 - Actual = 28 Under
2) CSU Points - 25.5 - Actual = 9 Under
3) CU Net Rushing Yds - 89.5 - Actual = 109 Over
4) CSU Net Rushing Yds - 131.5 - Actual = 131 Under
5) CU Total Passing Yds - 333.5 - Actual = 310 Under
6) CSU Total Passing Yds - 157.5 - Actual = 209 Over
7) # Times CU Passes on 1st Down - 12.5 - Actual = 24 Over
8) CU Average Yds per punt - 47.45 - Actual = 39.8 Under
9) # Catches by Hunter and Horn - 15.5 - Actual = 17 Over
10) # Rushes by Hayden and Offerdahl - 15.5 - Actual = 2 Under

TB1 - Number CU rushing plays - Actual = 19
TB2 - Total Penalty Yards - Actual = 209

Weekly standings:
8 - MrMcbeath
7 - BuffFan42
6 - buffskickbut, Longtimebuff1, BuffAloha, CRBuff, Buff Ticket
5 - dtownbuff, ldbuff, QiNMing
0 - SoCoBuff, NCBuff, Highlands CPA

Season Standings:
20 - CRBuff
19 - QiNMing
17 - Longtimebuff1, BuffFan42, MrMcBeath
16 - ldbuff, BuffTicket
15 - BuffAloha
14 - buffskickbut
12 - dtownbuff, Highlands CPA
10 - NCBuff
8 - SoCoBuff

BZ: FB - CU Buffs’ defense taking confidence into Big 12 opener vs. Baylor

BZ: FB - CU Buffs notes: Travis Hunter named Big 12 defensive player of week

BZ: FB - Rooney: CU Buffs 3 extra points (Sept. 16, 2024)

CUATG Blog: FB - Big 12 Notes: Air Force may leave Mountain West Conference for the AAC + Big 12 Notes: Shedeur Sanders fourth in the nation in passing

Ralphie Report: FB - What did we learn from Colorado’s demolition of the Rams? (Shedeur Sanders and Travis Hunter Lead Colorado to a 28-9 Victory Over Colorado State)

Ralphie Report: FB - Travis Hunter named Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week (Hunter is receiving some well-deserved honors)

Daily Mail: Celtics star Derrick White gets hit in the HEAD while watching Deion Sanders' Colorado football team

Athlon Sports: FB - Colorado QB Shedeur Sanders Under Fire After Earning National Honor

Athlon Sports: FB - Joel Klatt Says Debate is Over on Travis Hunter's Heisman Hopes

Sportsbook Wire: FB - First look: Baylor at Colorado odds and lines

SIC EM: FB - Presser: Dave Aranda Preview Big 12 Opener vs Colorado

KSL Sports: FB - 2024 Big 12 Player Of The Year, Week 3: Quarterbacks Lead The Weekend

CBS Sports: FB - What's next for Pac-12? More expansion options, TV deal on check list for re-imagined conference (Plus, how will the Pac-12's raid of the Mountain West affect conference realignment throughout the landscape?)

Baylor Bears: FB - Baylor Travels to Colorado to Open Conference Play

Buffs Wire: FB - Updated Heisman odds: Where do Shedeur Sanders and Travis Hunter stand after Week 3?

Buffs Wire: FB - Grading the Colorado Buffaloes' Week 3 win over Colorado State

Buffs Wire: FB - Video emerges of Derrick White being struck by CSU fan at Rocky Mountain Showdown

Cheers!

Albeit against a weaker opponent, give the running game more than just a token glance and your QB stays clean, upright, is sacked and hurried less. Give the OL several chances to throw the first punch and their pass protection improves. What's not to like? Question is, did HCDS and OCPS learn anything? Will we go back to the run / pass percentage we saw against NDS and NEB or make Saturday night the game plan each and every week? Frankly, after watching the end of the first half and the final two minutes of the game, I have my doubts about the latter. With 2 minutes to go, we should not have thrown even 1 pass let alone 5 or 6. Whether Shurmur called them or SS checked to them it was total BS. Learn how to close out a game with the run so you can do it in a tight game. I guarantee that's what the OL wanted to do.

Baylor up next...then UCF. I did not get a chance to watch UCF last night or see any highlights. I saw that it was a very close game - anybody have any insight?

I want to see more of the same that we saw against CSU, against Baylor.

I think these are two critical games for CU to get bowl eligible.

UNC lost Max Johnson with a broken leg at Minnesota in week one. Now:

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Buffs win their first Big 12 weekly award this season with Travis selected as the defensive player of the week for his performance vs. Colorado State.

1-Texas (35)
2-Georgia (23)
3-Ohio St (5)
4-Alabama
5-Ole Miss
6-Tennessee
7-Missouri
8-Miami
9-Oregon
10-Penn St
11-USC
12-Utah
13-Kansas St
14-Okla State
15-OU
16-LSU
17-Notre Dame
18-Michigan
19-Louisville
20-Iowa St
21-Clemson
22-Nebraska
23-NIU
24-Illinois
25-Texas A&M
Memphis 77, Boise St. 62, Syracuse 62, UNLV 54, Boston College 47, Washington St. 30, Arizona 15, Iowa 15, Indiana 13, California 11, Liberty 10, Toledo 9, UCF 6, South Carolina 3, North Carolina 3, Arizona St. 3, BYU 2, Pittsburgh 1.

So I had 3 texts on this this morning and had to dig it up, wow is this what all the hoopla is about?
https://bleacherreport.com/videos/586805-sheduer-confronts-csu-players

Let's have a report please on what a good time you had at the CSU game and how wonderful the CSU fans are. Maybe you can give us just a quick recap of all of your glowing comments about CSU football. I think this board would find this very interesting.

I took the time to look at both threads just so no one would get upset 😆

Winner with best score sore far a prediction of CU 28 (PERFECT) and CSU 5 Total of only 4 points!!! -----
@Xeroes
@dtownbuff owes you an apology for laughing at your prediction! I'd say money or beer would make up for it but that is just me.

Second place goes to @eastbuff with a 31 to 13 prediction for 7 points

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BZ: FB - Colorado Buffs star Travis Hunter continues to amaze The Junior made big plays on offense, defense in Buffaloes' win against rival CSU

BZ: FB - CU Buffs notes: Micah Welch, O-line spark run game in victory vs. CSU

CU AD: FB - Takeaways From Buffs' Win Over Rival CSU

CU AD: TEN - Buffs Finish Competition at Battle In The Bay Classic

CU AD: VB - Buffs Fall to Cowgirls in Four

CUATG Blog: FB - Big 12 lines: CU opens as a 1.0-point home favorite over Baylor (6:00 p.m., MT, Fox)

CUATG Blog: FB - Essay: Don’t Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)

Ralphie Report: FB - Shedeur Sanders honors offensive line in press conference (Colorado’s quarterback has proved he’s a true leader)

Ralphie Report: FB - When Colorado State made things personal, the Buffaloes made a statement

On3: FB - Shedeur Sanders refuses to shake hands with Colorado State QB Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi, fires back at pre-game comments

CBS Sports: FB - Colorado shows signs of a pulse as Deion Sanders' team flashes complete effort in thrashing Colorado State

On3: FB - Colorado vs. Baylor odds: Early point spread released, How to Watch

Pistols Firing: FB - Big 12 Update: Let a New Era of Chaos Begin

FB - NCAAF News: Buffaloes QB Shedeur Sanders addresses criticisms with a clear statement

Athlon: FB - Colorado Star Travis Hunter Made College Football History on Saturday

Buffs Wire: FB - Updated Big 12 football power rankings: Colorado on the rise after Week 3 win

Buffs Wire: FB - Best photos from Colorado's dominant win over rival CSU

Buffs Wire: FB - Saturday's Rocky Mountain Showdown produces largest home crowd in CSU history

Cheers!

All times ET
12pm ABC: Kentucky at Ole Miss
12pm FOX: Ohio State at Michigan State
12pm ESPN: Colorado at UCF
12pm ESPN2: Florida State at SMU
12pm CW: WKU at Boston College
12pm ESPNU: Iowa State at Houston
12pm FS1: TCU vs. Kansas
12pm BTN: Minnesota at Michigan
12pm ACCN: Northern Illinois at NC State
12pm Peacock: Nebraska at Purdue
3:30pm ABC: Mississippi State at Texas
3:30pm CBS: Oregon at UCLA
3:30pm ESPN: Oklahoma at Auburn
3:30pm ESPN2: BYU at Baylor
3:30pm ACCN: Louisiana at Wake Forest
3:30pm CBSSN: San Diego State at Central Michigan
4pm FOX: Oklahoma State at Kansas State
4pm ESPNU: Middle Tennessee at Memphis
4:15pm SECN: Arkansas vs. Texas A&M
7pm ESPN: Stanford at Clemson
7pm ESPN2: South Florida at Tulane
7pm FS1: Cincinnati at Texas Tech
7pm Peacock: Maryland at Indiana
7:30pm NBC: Illinois at Penn State
7:30pm ESPNU: Liberty at App State
8pm ACCN: North Carolina at Duke
9:45pm FS1: Washington State at Boise State
10:30pm ESPN: Arizona at Utah
11pm FOX: Wisconsin at USC

It’s time! Go Buffs!

Forgot to put this up here yesterday (sorry!) but story from this week about Nikhai Hill-Green 👇

P4 vs P4
Texas A&M at Florida - 1:30 PM - ABC
West Virginia at Pittsburgh - 1:30 PM - ESPN2
Notre Dame at Purdue - 1:30 PM – CBS

P4 vs G5
Troy at Iowa - 2:00 PM - FS1
Tulane at Oklahoma - 1:30 PM - ESPN
Oregon at Oregon State - 1:30 PM - FOX
UAB at Arkansas - 2:15 PM - SEC Network
Ball State at Miami - 1:30 PM - ACC Network
Washington State vs. Washington - 1:30 PM – Peacock
Utah at Utah State - 2:30 PM – CBSSN

G5 vs G5
Appalachian State at East Carolina - 2:00 PM - ESPNU

Games with D1AA in them
Prairie View at Michigan State - 1:30 PM – BTN
Howard vs. Morehouse - 1:30 PM - CNBC

Including both conference and OOC there will be 12 P4 vs P4 (note the Arizona at KSU game tonight is an OOC game) and only 2 worthless D1AA vs P4 on non-streaming TV

In the P4 vs G5 there is three games where the P4 are playing at the G5 school.
Last night ASU went to Texas State
Oklahoma State is going to Tulsa
Cincinnati is going to Miami (OH)
Oregon is going to Oregon State (yes I know as of right now it is still a P4 vs P4 to many)
Utah is going to Utah State
BYU is going to Wyoming
Of course CU is going to CSU

Hey y'all how you feeling today?

A child has to crawl before it can walk. CU is not going to be able to "walk the walk" until the offensive line starts to crawl, then stand up and walk the walk with the rest of the team.

Put simply when CU commits to running the ball and getting really good at that is when we're going to start getting good results. In our proud history we have never been good when all we do is throw the ball. CU has been very good when we play defense and when we run the ball down the throat of the other team.

I think I have managed to divorce myself from outcomes at this point, even though I badly want our team to beat CSU tonight. Generally I'm hoping for incremental improvement and I'm hoping for life on the offense of line.

To answer my OP question I don't feel good about this game tonight. I say this in the sense that it's a trap game for CU because they're walking into a similar environment as they walked into last week in Nebraska. CSU will bring high energy, lots of pride in their team and their program. They're playing us at home for the first time in 30 years. Our offensive line sucks badly. And that's not something you can just flip a switch and fix overnight.

CU has more talent by miles than CSU. But I think CSU has their hearts invested in this in a way that CU doesn't. CU is kind of a superficial program with no foundation right now.

And that troubles me not just for this game but going forward. It's going to take effort and focus to improve and get to the point of where we can start winning. And I'm not sure that this team on offense is capable of putting together that long-term effort and focus in the sense that I don't know if they really desire to win for Colorado.

I think the key for CU to have a chance in this game and any game going forward is for the defense to step up and start owning their side of the ball for the entire game. And if my memory serves me, that's kind of how it goes for teams that are trying to crawl out of a hole like CU has been in. Defense takes over and starts keeping games to within a touchdown going into the fourth quarter and then get the ball back or create a situation that gives the offense a chance to win the game late. That's what I'm hoping to see in every game is the defense be the headline for CU while the offense figures their s*** out.

Like what I saw from Welch and Augusta tonight. Both had a hard nose, downhill style through contact. Welch took a big hit in the first half, bounced off and continued to fight. Very tough player for a true Freshman. Really like how Augustave keeps his pads down for a taller runner. Fumble was more about a great play by the defender more than poor technique by Augustave.

Of course, rather than pound the rock with 2 minutes to go in the 4th, we are trying to pad our passing statistics instead of working on the run game. My guess is SS was again checking out of run calls because "I saw cover zero and wanted to get ________ a catch. BS. Running the ball when CSU expects us to run gave us an opportunity to work on a situation we haven't been good at. Lost opportunity.

Full breakdown of a big win for Colorado:

BZ: FB - Video: Analysis of CU Buffs’ win against Colorado State

BZ: FB - CU Buffs meet the moment, roll past Colorado State

BZ: FB - Recap: Travis Hunter stars as CU Buffs dominate Rocky Mountain Showdown

BZ: FB - Rooney: Offensive line responds to challenge as CU Buffs roll in Fort Collins

BZ: FB - Snapshot: Key points, game balls from CU Buffs’ win at CSU

CU AD: FB - Buffs Thump Rival Colorado State

CU AD: FB - Colorado CSU Final Game Book (Detailed Stats, Play-By-Play, Notes,Quotes)

CU AD: FB - Football Video Highlights vs. Colorado State

CU AD: FB - Woelk: Buffs Deliver Their Answer On The Field

CU AD: VB - Buffs Dominate Golden Bears for Sweep

CU AD: TEN - Buffs Stay Alive After Day 2 of Battle in the Bay Classic

CUATG Blog: FB - September 14th – at Colorado State - Colorado 28, Colorado State 9

Ralphie Report: FB - Colorado gets statement win in Rocky Mountain Showdown (The Buffaloes defend the Centennial Cup and move to 2-1)

Ralphie Report: FB - Shedeur Sanders honors offensive line in press conference (Colorado’s quarterback has proved he’s a true leader)

USA Today: FB - Colorado coach Deion Sanders wanted decisive Colorado State win after 'disrespect' from Rams (The Colorado coach expressed displeasure with Colorado State after beating the Rams on the road with an electric display from two-way star Travis Hunter)

Athlon: FB - Travis Hunter Pulls Off Cold Revenge After Colorado State QB Taunted Him

Athlon: FB - Postgame Handshake Between Deion Sanders, Jay Norvell Is Turning Heads After Colorado vs. Colorado State

SI: FB - lorado State (Coach Prime was fiery after the rivalry win over the Rams in Fort Collins)

SI: FB - Hunter, Sanders shine in 28-9 road win over Colorado State (Buffs needed to shake off the loss to Nebraska and didn't let up against Rams)

Buffs Wire: FB - WATCH: Preston Hodge snags interception against CSU

Buffs Wire: FB - Colorado fans react to LaJohntay Wester's big first half in Rocky Mountain Showdown

Cheers!

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