Scouting the Opposition – Stanford

Stanford was 123rd in the nation in rushing in 2018 – What in the name of David Shaw is going on in Palo Alto? … Can star quarterback K.J. Costello fare as well with only three returning starters on offense? … The Cardinal face a brutal September schedule …

Getting to Know some Olympic Buffs: Kaitlyn Benner (Pac-12 Woman of the Year) … De’Ayra Davis (JC guard added to women’s basketball team) … Golfer Elle Otten (All-American scholar) … Lacrosse star Samantha Nemirov (going pro) … Trivia: CU’s record against the FCS …

Barry Helton: “We understand that just because you have ‘SC’ on your chest doesn’t mean you’re going to win” … Despite having similar personnel issues as CU, and identical 5-7 records in 2018, USC is expected to contend for a division title … Why does moving the game to Friday night represent good karma for the Buff Nation? …

Mike Leach: “We’re an eyelash from being even better. We’ve got to kind of maintain that point of view” … The Cougars will attempt to continue their recent success with another plug-and-play quarterback … CU’s trip to Pullman to represent Washington State’s lone home game over a period of eight weeks …

Bar Bet winner: CU has a current winning streak against the majority of its 2019 opponents … Point differential in the 21st century shows just how badly the Buffs have been beaten over the past two decades … How many of CU’s coaches (in the past 60 years) have begun their careers with winning records? …

Kahlil Tate: “I feel real comfortable” in Year Two of the Noel Mazzone offense … Tate has put up Heisman-like numbers v. CU, but the Buffs had their chances to win both games (45-42 and 42-34) …

Herm Edwards: “We’re going in the right direction, which is a good thing” … ASU will be breaking in a new quarterback, and has some defensive line issues, but will represent a true test for how far the Buffs have come in the first season under Mel Tucker …

“This is the best AIr Force team in years” … When CU and Air Force last met on the gridiron, the nation was two months removed from Richard Nixon’s resignation … The Falcons were third in the nation in rushing in 2018, and the quarterback and four offensive line starters return … will that be enough to keep up with the Buffs’ bigger, stronger, and faster lineup? …

Scott Frost: “We were a good enough team at the end of last year to play with or beat about anybody we played” … Nebraska is ranked in the Top 25 in most preseason magazines, but loses its top running back, top wide receiver, three-fifths of its offensive line, and four of its top five tacklers …

Mike Bobo on 3-9 season: “I wanted to go back to ground zero, like it was your first year at the program” … CU has a four-game winning streak over CSU, and will face a Ram team which finished the 2018 campaign on a five-game losing streak … CSU finished 107th in scoring offense and 117th in scoring defense, but will pose a real challenge to Mel Tucker’s Buffs in the last-ever RMS in Denver …