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 …

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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 …

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Chip Kelly’s debut season did not go as expected, with the Bruins losing the first five games of a season for the first time since 1943, but hope springs eternal … Kelly: “I think our guys have made a lot of really good strides in the last year” … UCLA finished 2018 98th in scoring offense, and 100th or worse in most defensive categories …

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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? …

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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 …

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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? …

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Justin Herbert: “We’re not going to let outside pressure affect us” … No one is picking CU to defeat Oregon in Eugene on October 11th, but, then again, no one was picking the Buffs over the Ducks the last two times the teams played …

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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) …

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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 …

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“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? …

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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 …

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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 …

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