Colorado Buffaloes vs. California Golden Bears - Reference Tool Box

I’d say I feel patient, but still disappointed. I’m not calling for anyone’s head (the cal guys seem to think the o-line coach sucks), but I’m disappointed with the showing last week. So I guess I’m a bit of both, I understand this program was crap last year, but it would always show these flashes of brilliance that kept me thinking “with different leadership, this could be a great group of guys.” I suppose I expected a quick turnaround, and the first game just brought me (and probably most of the fans) back to earth. I hate to be pessimistic, but it’s hard to get rid of that feeling of “here we go again” after so long. I’d like to see this team improving week to week as they get deeper into their marathon season, and I think if that happens, even if the record isn’t good, I’ll consider the season a success and they can build towards next year. Good luck tomorrow guys! Go buffs!

I guess I never had that much faith in Hawkins (at least the last three years of Hawkins) to think all it would take is a coaching change for the team to turn it around.

I’m going to look for signs of progress throughout the season rather than treat each individual game as an indictment/proof of how well the Buffs are suited for the future.

Think of the Hawaii game in these terms: the Hawaii game was this seasons version of last seasons Cal game (play team early in the season that is REALLY good at home, so-so to bad on the road). I don’t think it’s a stretch to say Hawaii may be as good as Cal at this point in time.

So, if you can get on board with looking at this year’s Hawaii game as last year’s Cal game, then they played remarkably better this year than they did last year.

The big test will be how they fare against Cal at home tomorrow (this year’s version of last year’s Hawaii game).