David's Colorado Vs. Missouri Quick Hits

Pulling of Tyler shows me everything you need to know about Dan Hawkins and that is despite what he may say, Dan Hawkins only cares about Dan Hawkins. I don’t blame Cody, but you can see that he wants so desperately to have his kid somehow become a great QB and save the season. Dan Hawkins could care less about CU, the program, or the kids on the program. He cares only about money and his next job or lack there of. I have no idea why Bohn won’t pull the trigger already. It is obvious that Hawkins can’t coach his way out of a wet paper sack. He clearly is not a D-1 coach and now that he doesn’t have Peterson coaching for him, recruits are becoming wise to his BS and not coming here because of Hawkins. This program deserves so much more than what this clown has delivered.

Here is my weak attempt to jump start your optimism:
1) Keep in mind, Missouri might be a really good team. Their resume seems about the same as Nebraska’s right now- at least on paper. The only difference is preseason expectations. They beat an Illinois team that just throttled Penn State. Time will tell, but I don’t necessarily think there’s any shame in losing @ Missouri.
2) The defense played as well as you could expect them to. Sure there were a few slips, and they wore down at the end, but they won far far more battles than they conceded, and against an offensive game plan which is perfect for attacking a team on it’s 4th string nickel back.
3) Along the lines of #1, also remember that Cal beat the hell out of Ucla, and Georgia did likewise against Tennessee. Home field advantage in college football is bigger than in any other sport. Given the obvious mental block our team has for road games, we simply aren’t good enough to win on the road with anything less than a South Carolina like performance against a team that is, more than likely, just better than us on a neutral field (again- 4th string nickel back vs. TJ Moe). After a few unlucky bounces early on, we were essentially cooked. If those first 2 punts end up in the end zone, the game has a completely different complexion.

Look, there’s still a lot of season left, and there’s no reason to think that Kansas will get the early luck that Missouri got (although opposing teams seem to get more than their share of good luck against us). I’m also fine with the decision to go with Cody. Hansen seemed unsure of himself after the safety, and we needed a spark. And Cody made some good throws that were dropped (likely due to the difference in the way the balls are delivered but still- your job is to catch the ball).

I can’t this any longer. Really hope the game is not televised Saturday. Don’t want to waste another great weekend on Hawk and Riddle.

Nothing against the kids. I’ve seen a lot of bashing of certain players. That’s not fair. Blame the coaches. It starts at the top.

Even if we make bowl this year, does anyone have the slightest bit of confidence that we stand a chance of winning? The game will be on the road somewhere……

That’s it. The difference last night was penalties at really really bad times and special teams play that was bad and unlucky.

The two punts in the first qtr, nothing you can do about that (unlucky). The fake punt was a great call by Missouri. Those things are going to happen to any team (evidence a much better coached FL team falling for the fake FG LSU has run before). But the FGs, oh the FGs and the blocked punt (bad). yeesh.

Defense continues to be able to at least match up with just about anyone. They really kept this from being ugly.

Offense, really didn’t play “awful” (check the box score, although some stats are skewed a little). Except for a few plays they were able to move the ball (a little). If we don’t miss those two FGs its a different game in the 2nd half. 2 missed FGs led to 2 4th down attempts. If its 19-6 we don’t do that the first time. And if its 19-9 we don’t do that the second time. (Of course that means some one would make 3 to 4 FGs).

We didn’t really expect to all of a sudden be able to beat Missouri. Any Buff fan that says they felt good coming into that game is lying. Doesn’t mean we are done (yet). We have 5 games left that we would consider swing games. If we go 3-2 that puts us in a bowl game. 6-6 was kind of the hope (expectation??) this year, wasn’t it? Probably (hopefully) not enough to save Hawkins but at least it would hopefully lead to a little better recruiting for the new coach and some extra practice time for the current players.

Sent an email to Bohn last night asking him to fire Hawkins or I wouldn’t go to anymore games that he coached (I know, big time threat there). I really don’t care if we luck our way to winning the next seven games b/c I have no faith in Hawkin’s abilities. I do feel bad for the players

I am not a football expert, just a fan. However, why did we try a FG when we were down by 5 in the first quarter? It isn’t like we have Mason Crosby anymore, we have Aric Goodman who is the worst kicker in the Big 12. I honestly think that took the wind out of our sails and we never recovered. What are you telling your offense when you bring in a guy like Goodman who has been sitting on his ass riding his scholarship for two years?

The first time I met Hawk, he kept saying “You can’t play not to lose”. Yeah, guess what coach, I hope you choke on those words because you are not playing that way. I would rather you go for it on 4th and 2 in that situation. So what if you don’t make it. You are still only down by five with field position. And the side effect is that you tell your offense that you believe in them more than a one hit wonder place kicker.