Ok guys. Here it is. A game we are favored in. Let’s not worry about last week. What can you expect? They were #3 in the nation. Our win total last year was only one less than their ranking. We had no chance. This week is a good chance to even our conf…. What? Really? NO WAY!!
This just in: Colorado is 3 and 2 and beat Oklahoma to start off conference play 1 and 0. While we are not quite in Cinderella land, this ain’t bad. Now. Time to move on. No more talk of the past. Ok, just one more little bit… Here is this piece of wisdom from Big Hawk at his weekly blog entry:

I knew we would win on Saturday. Why? Our guys had a body of work that they could draw from. Their experiences had given them what they needed to form the proper frame of mind. All that was needed was for us to go out and sing our song and do our dance! Dance we did.

Dance we all did! (HOW CORNY is our Head Coach? Gotta love this guy, or hate him. Very little middle ground to be found.)
On to business. Mizzou and Kansas haven’t played a conference game yet, and Nebraska and Kansas State both won their openers. CU took a big step forward, but this year it looks like the Big XII North is a tougher road then it was thought to be. The original season goal of a Bowl Game looks very probable. These Buffs could be thinking larger after last weeks win. A Big XII North title was the dream of this season, but do these Buffs really dare believe? The journey is just begun, so thankfully we still have Baylor on our schedule. No longer quite the pushover they used to be, dammit they better be ready to be a pushover again. These Buffaloes are ready to really start rolling!
A Brief, Yet Painful, Flashback: Last year the Buffs lost 34 to 31 as Bjax throw an interception in the 3rd overtime with the Bears only up by 3. The boys ran the ball like it was their job, but couldn’t have passed a 40 ounce beverage to a bum that day.
Surprisingly, CU owns a pedestrian 8-6 record against the Bears. Two of those losses have come in the last 2 years. Does anyone think that the Bears will make it Three in a row?
The meat of this post is below the fold.


Baylor has a winning record overall, but have beaten no one of consequence. They lost 27-0 to TCU in their opener, won a few games against some patsies (including a squeaker over big bad Texas State) and recently got stomped 35-10 by Texas A&M. Lets look at that game a little more closely as it was their only game against Big XII competition. Texas A&M was coming off a loss at Miami. Oh yes, and Miami lost to OU 51 to 13 the week before that. Connecting the dots sure can be fun! The game against A&M was not even as close as the score indicated. Baylor scored only one offensive touchdown, and waited until the 4th quarter to do it. That was Baylor’s only drive that went over 40 yards. In case your keeping track, that is 10 points in 120 minutes of football against real competition. Or three points in 105.
The QB of Baylor is Blake Szymanski. He has 14 TD’s to 7 INTS. In the big games against real competition, that ratio drops to 0 TD’s and 4 INTS. This passer may be 3rd in passing yards in the Big XII coming into the game behind Nebraska’s Sam Keller and Texas Tech’s Graham Harrel, but I would take his yardage with a large grain of salt.
They have a couple of WR’s who are large, but no real game breakers. Terrence Wheatley gets to deal with a 6’5″ 230 pound large man in Justin Akers. He should be up to the challenge, and giving how much zone we play, will probably not spend the majority of his time 1 on 1 with this guy.
Baylor has…. no running game. None. 90 yards is a good day. It is a lot like being hit by a comet. It can happen, but worrying about it is a waste of time. Baylor runs a version of the Texas Tech spread offense, which CU has a history of dominating even in our down years. Example: This.
All in all, I see no reason why CU should not dominate this game. They should have won last year before choking it away, and this year, it seems like we have at least as good a Defense and an Offense that, while not dominant, is aggressive and never stops, requiring discipline and stamina to defeat. Hawk considers last years loss tied for the worst of his career. He will not allow this team to keep him up all night again.
NCAA Predicts a sloppy game that is close until a 15 point 3rd quarter puts the buffs ahead for good. 49-35 CU. Oh no, now we all should be worried. Mr. NCAA 2008 predicted a 55 to 7 blowout for OU last week. Am I worried? Nah. Cody and the boys may make mistakes, but barring a huge post-OU hangover, they should roll here.
My Prediction: CU picks off Szymanski three times and dominates the first 3 quarters, but gives up a couple of late scores after the game is out of reach and Big Hawk gives the defense a chance to rest. The good guys win 42 to 21.
Go Buffs!

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