PAC MAN

New week and new month.

WSU @ UCLA: UCLA three point favorites for this game at home against WSU who has played well this season?  That's surprising as Bug mentioned earlier.  

CU @ ASU: I had the Buffs at 3-2 at this point after playing three ranked teams (two on the road) and two rival teams.  Looking at the ASU schedule, CU could be the last chance for a win for awhile as they have @UW, WSU, @Utah, @UCLA, and UO before ending the season against Arizona.  CU is currently favored by 5.5.

OSU @ Cal: Beavs are 10 point favorites at this point and the Bears face a difficult schedule down the stretch like ASU.

UA @ USC: Trojans are 21.5 favorites at this point.  After the scare in Boulder, the Trojans just might be more focused on this game.

You know there is a season thread?

On 10/1/2023 at 1:03 PM, utenation said:

Utah’s offense is ranked 122nd out of 130 teams in FBS. Something smells like sewage and it’s coming from the offensive meeting rooms at our football facility. 

That sewage originated from Boulder last year when the Buffs were ranked in the 120s for both offense and defense.

https://x.com/bluebloodsbias/status/1707364077729960399?s=20

Travis Hunter met with the CSU player who did that dirty hit on him and forgave him.

https://x.com/bluebloodsbias/status/1706797112988750067?s=46
 

CU-UO had a peak of 12.6M viewers.  Seems like USC-CU will top that.

CU-ASU will be on the P12N…let’s say the record for viewers for that network would be beat.

On 9/26/2023 at 5:39 PM, EastCoastFan said:

I'm just an observer, and we can go back and forth about this, but the bottom line is that Deion Sanders has elevated the level of interest in west coast football to a level it hasn't seen in like forever.  We can call it hype, and it is, and we may or may not like him, but it also is what drives the sport, the media, and the money markets.  Every Pac-12 school benefits from that.  Eyeballs not only = media cash, they also open the wallets of donors, and not just for Colorado.  Every school that Prime faces stands to benefit from the exposure.

It has been good for CU since every home game is sold out at this point.

Student applications would go up and more students could go to said college.  CU out of state tuition is almost $60k per year.  About 17 more such students would mean a cool million for the school.

It just adds up.

Good ESPN article about whether the PAC survives or not.

The Pac-12 leftovers - What will be Washington State's and Oregon State's ultimate fate? - ESPN

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The schools expect to have some sort of clarity in the next month. In the end, the decision figures to be somewhat simple: If the assets outweigh the liabilities, the schools will likely attempt to maintain control and attempt some kind of rebuild. If the liabilities are determined to be too great, then they would likely be forced to walk away.

Preliminary injunction hearing is next month as well.

Again, just enjoy the ride you are on with Coach Prime...CU might never have another coach like that.

On 9/26/2023 at 10:55 AM, Orange said:

I think I might vomit if I see the phrase "Coach Prime" one more time.  The dude's name is Deion Sanders, for fuck's sake.  Every time the announcers said "Coach Prime' my eye twitch got worse.  So obnoxious.

Coach Prime insisted on everyone calling him "Coach Prime".

So now you can call him Coach Prime and there might be a Coach Prime branded paper bag for you somewhere.  Remember He Ain't Hard 2 Find.

Saw this on my Twitter:

https://twitter.com/TDISportsClips/status/1706342117117776156?s=20

CU @ ASU on the P12N...maybe the country will forget about Coach Prime for one weekend.

Boulder to Ft. Collins is about the same distance as Eugene to Corvallis but takes 1 1/4 hours due to roads & traffic.  What's interesting is that from Ft. Collins to Laramie (where Wyoming is located), the time is about five minutes shorter but 22 miles longer.

On 9/24/2023 at 9:46 PM, utenation said:

 

I’m not sure what the legal ramifications of paying that “ bonus” are but it’s pretty fucked up in my book.  USC and UCLA leaving for double(or more) income makes sense as a business decision.

Money is what makes college sports go these days.  I long for the days of the old BIg 8 where it was much less about the TV money and filling the stands with fans.  I'm sure you enjoyed the MWC when TCU was in that conference and that was a pretty good conference back then.

On 9/21/2023 at 3:34 PM, EastCoastFan said:

Nicely done.  It makes you wonder if the Prime Effect might rub off on Boyle's program and move them from a consistently good team to an occasionaly great team.

Can't hurt to have Coach Prime in town with the Buffs going to the toughest basketball conference next year in the Big 12.

Week 5

Utah at Oregon State...will there be a Rising sighting on the football field this Friday?  Line is 3.0 in favor of OSU.

USC at CU...USC agreed to the 10 am game so they can get eyeballs on them on Fox Big Noon.  Maybe CU @ ASU will be on the P12N next weekend.

ASU at Cal...who will be the ASU QB for this game?  Looks like injuries is ravaging the Sun Devil QB room.

Oregon at Stanford...Ducks just need to show up for this game and then they can turn their focus to UW.

UW at Arizona...Huskies just need to show up for this game and then they can turn their focus to UO.

Big 12 was smart to pay just $2.5M at the time.  Just imagine the going price before the Oregon game.

Just another proof that money is running college athletics these days.

On 9/24/2023 at 4:04 PM, KUGRDON said:

Does anyone know why my posts of tweets are coming up as links now instead of the actual tweet?

I’m seeing that on other boards too.  I have seen replacing the X in X.com with Twitter.con as a workaround.

On 9/24/2023 at 3:07 PM, utenation said:

Lol at the Broncos. Lost 20-70.  Pretty sad the Salt Lake has to watch this pathetic team every week on CBS. 

Condoles to you.

What a wonderful weekend!  Buffs then Broncos.

On 9/23/2023 at 3:21 PM, azgreg said:

Colorado has given up 19 sacks in 3.5 games. ASU is next with 9.

 

Can’t pin that completely on the OL…Shedeur Sanders took some bad sacks.

Not CU’s day by any stretch.

Best case scenario for a bowl game for the Buffs by me had CU at 3-1 after this game.

Watching ESPN during the NCSU-UVA halftime, the ESPN guys said Oregon State is the most overlooked PAC team so far.

On 9/20/2023 at 12:33 PM, Orange said:

The Ducks struggled against TTU.  They could very easily struggle against CU.

Based on what I have seen from TT the last 30 years and compared to CU, I would say you are correct in this case.

Hopefully the Buffs get off to a fast start like the TCU game instead of the slower starts in the Nebraska & CSU game.

On 9/20/2023 at 1:06 PM, KUGRDON said:

Anybody who doesn’t recognize it’s about Prime is as dumb as Org and Jalepeno.

You might want to check my post 13 posts up from yours.

The Coach Prime effect is real and maybe you want to hope that CU keeps winning along with WSU so ESPN Game Day can finally come to Pullman later this year.

On 9/20/2023 at 11:58 AM, Orange said:

Do you have trouble with time?  USC is not playing CU "next week."

Yes they are playing USC next week.