The University of Colorado Buffaloes are facing their toghest test of the young season on Saturday. The young Buffs are coming off a quite uninspired performance at home vs. WSU, also the Buffs lost several starters in that game. The most imporant loss is probably that of co-captain TB Bobby Purify. His leadership will be missed, but his play probably won’t(thanks Shawn Watson). QB Joel Klatt will also miss the game, leaving the duties to Eric Greenberg. This doesn’t seem to be much of a problem for the Buffs, because they have depth at reciever and the past two seasons they have gone on to the Big 12 title game with a back-up QB. Other major injuries that could affect the Buffs include G Karl Allis and S Brian Iwuh, at this time both are not practicing and are listed as doubtful for the FSU game.
Now lets look at the Seminoles. They are led by QB Chris Rix who is rather inconsistant, but when he plays well he is among the best in the country. The Seminoles’ offensive backfield is strong behind Rix with Senior RB Greg Jones and a couple young backs Willie Reed, and Lorenzo Booker. As to be expected this Florida State squad has a fleet of recievers that would give just about any secondary fits.
On Defense the Seminoles are stacked. Eric Moore was just named ACC Defensive Lineman of the Week. At linebacker they are led by Allen Augustin and Michael Boulware. This group led FSU to 7 sacks against GT last week.
Outlook
Buffs O vs. FSU D For the Buffs to win this game they must get much improved line play and give Eric Greenberg the time he needs to make some throws. Also, the line must hold their blocks to get our RB’s down the field. With this FSU defense this is a tall task for the Buffs. Advantage FSU
Buffs D vs. FSU O The Buffs front 6 must put pressure on Rix and take him out of the game early. Then the Buffs can bring up safety help to stop the able running game of the Seminoles. If the Bufs secondary continues to miss coverages it could be a long day for the Buffs. Advantage FSU
Special Teams Jeremy Bloom where are you??? If Bloom can get free on some returns he could fire up the Buffs and help take some pressure off. The FSU kicking game has struggled(1/3 on field goals). Meanwhile our kicking game which looked good against CSU has gone downhill, the kicking spot is open in practice this week, lets hope we make our kicks.
Prediction: I plead the fifth on this one, tune in Saturday to find out.

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