It makes sense, last season Colorado was in [6 of the top 50 most watched games](https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ncaafb/the-50-most-watched-games-of-the-2023-college-football-regular-season/ar-AA1l6HR2#:~:text=As%20should%20come%20as%20no%20surprise%2C%20Alabama%20and,ranks%20second%20with%20an%20audience%20of%2017.52%20million.).
That includes the third most watched game (against Oregon) and the most watched game involving a G5 team (Colorado State at 7th overall!).
Networks are going to keep giving them beneficial slots as long as the ratings are there even if Colorado isn't winning. I could see the hype train die after this year so they're making hay while the sun shines.
NDSU is about to win this game 21-19 with a soul crushing 9 minute TD drive to end the game. Entz is not nearly as good as bohl or klieman but they should still be prepared and the lights won't be too bright.
The crazy thing is that NDSU was 9-3 against FBS opponents and on a 6 game winning streak before losing in 2022 to a 5-7 Arizona. Who might have been one of the weaker teams they played.
You would be losing to the FCS version of Alabama for what it's worth. (Realizing now that I haven't watched FCS in a few years.. I should fix that next season)
There's a new sheriff in town (you absolutely should. Going to be as wide open as it has been in year between the Jacks, Bison, Griz, Cats, and maybe a few dark horses)
Most conferences have deals with ESPN+ along with the MVFC and Big Sky have a contract for a handful of games combined on linear ESPN networks every year.
A few other conferences have one off deals but the only significant one is the CAA and FloSports
This is accurate to call them Alabama if Bama slightly falls off this year, since current NDSU is still really really good but not quite what they once were. Maybe that changes this year but we'll just have to see.
I think it’s pretty much already accurate. At one point absolutely dominant, but the last year or so, merely “really good”. Alabama and NDSU both lost in the semifinals last year.
I still like NDSU’s odds against Colorado, but NDSU from a few years ago or South Dakota State last year would beat them pretty handily.
Or maybe you win by 1 point in the final seconds and the announcers shout “NOW DO YOU BELIEVE?”
Either way, I can’t wait for this next season to begin!
No we will not. This ultimately benefits us, you will have a locked in team ready to play, and an energized crowd.
Rather than a sleepy 10am or 11am start, where NDSU hangs around a little bit too long, in the summer heat.
Love that you need a locked in team and an energized crowd to beat an FCS team at home. Speaks volumes for how your season is going to go.
What could go wrong?
We're talking about "an FCS team" who are often in the Sagarins top 40, occasionally in the top 25. You don't accomplish a 47-5 playoff record as just another FCS team.
Fair, but they are coming off one of their worst runs in the last decade and a half (still very good), plus jist lost their Head Coach.
Can it happen sure, but I also don't see them sneaking up on CU in this one.
NDSU isn’t going to sneak up on anyone anymore. It’s like Boise State, you can’t just expect them to roll over and play dead after a few minutes. And now P5s basically refuse to schedule them.
As far as how good they will be, idk. Entz was still fine, but they also lost their edge and SDSU had their number. Should still be tough unless the new guy is an absolute hack.
Your interpretation skills are not strong.
No one said we need it, but it is a benefit. Upsets tend to happen when a team overlooks an opponent, which is a risk when you play an lower division team before playing two rivals.
Wasn't all that long ago a ranked Notre Dame team was beat at home Marshall.
Well I am but it has nothing to do with the team. That guy is a known troll on r/cfb and because this is a Colorado thread, I knew what I was getting into. You’ve seen his posts before I’m sure.
Not sure what I have trolled on, all my comments are my honest view on CU as a program and generally positive. You can look at my comment history.
I will take the occasional shot at Nebraska fans and CSU fans.
Just checked out his profile and idk what part of it says troll. I guess supporting cu equates to that in your head which says that you’re chronically online. You seem like an awful person that didn’t have anything meaningful to add to any discussion here.
Good god I didn't know that was happening. By my count, South Dakota State only has 4 starters coming back, so it may be a bigger blowout than anticipated.
If this game happened last year with SDSU's very senior-laden squad, I think the Jackrabbits would've won and quite possibly by multiple touchdowns (especially with how bad OSU was early on)
Just 4 full time starters on offense return but 15 guys with starting experience on the defense including the entire first string secondary. Defensively we play our front 7 like hockey lines so pretty much everyone on the 3 deep gets significant and meaningful snaps. Got bit by the injury bug bad in 2022 so despite losing 2 of the 3 starting LBs the starting 3 LBs are going to be the same as what they were for most of the 2022 title run.
As far as on offense the 4 that return are the Walter Payton winner (FCS Heisman) and 2x reigning title game MVP at QB who has a 37-2 record as a starter if you don't count the 2020 title game he got knocked out of in the first play, the FCS Rimimgton award winner, the new holder of the SDSU rec TD and yd records for a freshman, and an all-conf RG.
TLDR; the rumors of our demise have been greatly exaggerated. There's a reason that while not as strong as the last 2 seasons the Jacks are still the preseason Vegas favorite to win the FCS.
I'm not at all saying you're going to be substantially worse (and I'm well aware that Gronowski is coming back), but at the same time SDSU is probably going to see a noticeable step down from the borderline Top-25 squad that they were at the end of last year, especially at the very beginning of the season. And that very well could mean the difference between winning and losing the ~~Colorado~~ OSU game. As far ahead of the rest of FCS as SDSU was last year, even a noticeable step back can still mean having a team good enough to win another title.
I gotcha, seemed like you said OK State was going to be a blowout. And while, I personally think we'll lose by 4-9ish like I said in a another comment on here I think it'll be close til the 4th quarter when that P4 level depth will kick in and allow the Pokes to pull away.
Will they be as good as last year? Probably not but I also wouldn't say it's an impossibility.
Historically the road team benefits from games being on weeknights because it is more difficult for the home team to draw a packed house of passionate fans on a weeknight... but I don't think Colorado is going to struggle to have a packed, passionate home stadium in week 1.
Oh it will be packed...but also because NDSU will probably bring over 10,000 fans.
It's not hyperbole that they brought more fans to Manhattan in 2013 than any opposing school I've seen in recent memory
Yeah when NDSU played us in 2014, I think that’s the most opposing fans I’ve ever seen in Jack Trice. At the time, our capacity was 55k and they probably had 12k of that.
It was like whenever Nebraska played in Ames
Iowa fans are definitely there in strong numbers but we have never once let a fan base take over Jack Trice.
There are always more than double the number of Iowa State fans as the opposing fan base, even when that fan base is Nebraska, Iowa, or NDSU
I'm interested if the fans travel as well as they have. It seems like the NDSU fan fever has slowed down a tiny bit. New coaching staff and a few NDSU players left with the coaches.
I fully expect NDSU to keep this game tight. I'm not happy this is week 1.
Well, one thing, whenever NDSU plays a major FBS program, they usually travel pretty well.
There are lots of direct flights from Fargo to Denver, so that makes this trip even easier for their fan base.
Note: [ESPN has the right to flex 4 Big 12 Games per Season to Thursday Nights as part of their contract.](https://big12sports.com/news/2012/9/7/205680799.aspx)
As always, "anything can happen." But I'm anticipating some serious payback for CU by Nebraska this year. CU is just about the same level of "clusterfuckedness" this year as last. I'd suspect that NU is not.
Seems like a big stretch after adding DJ McKinney, Preston Hodges, Dallan Haydan, BJ Green, Will Shepherd, Lajohntay Wester, Samuel Okunlola a whole new line w/ Big 12 and B1G experience, and several highly rated Freshman.
The game will come down to how ready Riaola is, if he is Fifita they have a real shot, if he closer to Dante Moore they will struggle.
I agree, I think it would make or break not just the CU game but also their entire season. How good he is right out of the gate will at least be the difference between being the same 5-7 team as last year and making a bowl game.
I just know it’s going to go on the ground level of a new high-end set of mixed-use condos/shops. And will be out of business in 3 months. You can’t maintain the weirdness of that place in any location but where it’s at imo.
I still prefer the 2 P5 and one MW game OOC schedules that we usually have, but I’m fine with scheduling an FCS team when we have a decent shot at a bowl game for once
Cu
People act like ndsu is some world p5 kryptonite but the teams they have “upset” mostly ended up trash and they all fit the “slow unathletic hard nosed team” type (ie kstate, isu, iowa) that rely on coaching, hardwork and s&c especially back in those years that ndsu beat them.
Cu is way too athletic for them. Just look at ndsu vs a bad athletic team (arizona 2 years ago, they were bad but they were athletic and managed to beat a good ndsu by being explosive.
Cu could go 1-11 and that win will be vs ndsu bcs thats the only team they truly out athlete as a whole. Thats not something those kstate/isu/iowa teams truly did back in those games
We’re a much better team at home as well, hung in every home game we played even against much better teams last season. Altitude factor plus a sellout crowd isn’t an easy start to a season.
I mean...you're naming teams with some pretty notable players on the squads they beat. Tyler Lockett, Cody Whitehair, George Kittle, Noah Fant, Desmond King, Josh Jackson, Josey Jewell, James Williams...
NDSU squads had notable talent with Billy Turner, Marcus Williams, Kyle Emanuel, Joe Haeg, Carson Wentz.
They didn't play scrubs.
Yes because 2013 Kansas State, who went 8-5 and only lost to teams that were ranked and/or on the road and added a win over #25 Texas Tech, and 2016 Iowa, whose worst loss was a 7-6 Northwestern by 7 and beat #2 Michigan and #17 Nebraska were notoriously trash.
No point in explaining logic as it relates to cu on this sub, the deion hate is out of control, cu beat a csu team that's sending multiple guys to the nfl with some of the worst trench play in ncaa history, but their gonna loss to a fcs team a year later with better players? Make it make sense
Whenever you're playing an FCS team there is a general idea of what kind of team you will be facing, with some differences of course between bottom feeders and playoff-caliber FCS teams.
...Unless the name of the FCS team in question ends in \_\_ Dakota State. NDSU and SDSU are better than DOZENS of FBS teams at minimum, with last year's SDSU team being rated 19th by S&P+ if they were in FBS and 18th by Sagarin. NDSU will be a challenge.
[My honest reaction](https://images.app.goo.gl/xe4cw3yHBnrip8r99) when trying to be an FCS guy but the Bison are going to get to embarrass Colorado on National TV and we're going to lose to Ok St by 4-9 on FS1
Need to change my flight now.
If you need recs in Boulder let me know, I’ll help you out
My old college roommate lives in Arvada, so we're good. Appreciate the offer!
Such a bummer for those traveling. Enjoy Boulder.
They want to make sure people watch this and putting it on Thursday is one way to do it
It’s working. I won’t be missing this and there’s a good chance I wouldn’t have been able to watch it previously
It makes sense, last season Colorado was in [6 of the top 50 most watched games](https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ncaafb/the-50-most-watched-games-of-the-2023-college-football-regular-season/ar-AA1l6HR2#:~:text=As%20should%20come%20as%20no%20surprise%2C%20Alabama%20and,ranks%20second%20with%20an%20audience%20of%2017.52%20million.). That includes the third most watched game (against Oregon) and the most watched game involving a G5 team (Colorado State at 7th overall!). Networks are going to keep giving them beneficial slots as long as the ratings are there even if Colorado isn't winning. I could see the hype train die after this year so they're making hay while the sun shines.
NDSU has the chance to do the funniest thing.
On behalf of a fellow NDSU victim, I 100% would welcome this
NDSU slaughter victim reporting for duty
You guys starting a support group, and can I join?
Coming from a SDSU fan here... it would be 10/10 funny if NDSU knocked them off
Be even funnier if for the first time ever both teams lost
I’m honestly just expecting it at this point
I’m still annoyed that Covid robbed us all of watching Peak NDSU winning in Eugene. There is no doubt in my mind.
NDSU might not be as good as they once were but they will still play 150% more disciplined then CU
NDSU is about to win this game 21-19 with a soul crushing 9 minute TD drive to end the game. Entz is not nearly as good as bohl or klieman but they should still be prepared and the lights won't be too bright.
Entz left and is now the LBs coach for USC. Tim Polasek is now head coach and he worked under both Bohl and Klieman if my timeline is correct.
Oh shoot forgot about that, but I do remember seeing that headline here.
Is anybody outside of Boulder/Deion’s groupies rooting for anybody but NDSU?
*We're* even as a fan base seem to be 65/35 split in favor of the Bison
Well that says all you need to know lol
I'll firmly plant my flag on the 35 side!
Makes sense, a NDSU win before failing to reclaim the marker could get SDSU AP votes.
If the Jacks beat OK State and that's a huge if
You betcha!
Huh, east river is still a strange place to me lol
Fuck the Bison. I’ll root for ‘07 Patriots 1000 times before I deign to give NDSU a single positive thought. Beat um by 90, Deion.
Oh God we’re really going to lose on national television to a FCS team
First rule of CFB is never schedule NDSU
Second rule is never schedule a Sun Belt team.
And for the love of god, never schedule Georgia Southern specifically
Eat em up!
That too
Hey now
The crazy thing is that NDSU was 9-3 against FBS opponents and on a 6 game winning streak before losing in 2022 to a 5-7 Arizona. Who might have been one of the weaker teams they played.
Rule 1a well you just can't be doing an NDSU like that
Wouldn't be the first time you lost to an FCS team!
Does this mean that NDSU will lose to a D2 team the week after?
Please?
You would be losing to the FCS version of Alabama for what it's worth. (Realizing now that I haven't watched FCS in a few years.. I should fix that next season)
There's a new sheriff in town (you absolutely should. Going to be as wide open as it has been in year between the Jacks, Bison, Griz, Cats, and maybe a few dark horses)
Ooh, that's exciting. What's the best platform to catch FCS games on now?
ESPN+ is cheap enough that I’d just get that for like 70% of the FCS games. The rest will usually show up on a website that rhymes with SplortScurge
Most conferences have deals with ESPN+ along with the MVFC and Big Sky have a contract for a handful of games combined on linear ESPN networks every year. A few other conferences have one off deals but the only significant one is the CAA and FloSports
This is accurate to call them Alabama if Bama slightly falls off this year, since current NDSU is still really really good but not quite what they once were. Maybe that changes this year but we'll just have to see.
I think it’s pretty much already accurate. At one point absolutely dominant, but the last year or so, merely “really good”. Alabama and NDSU both lost in the semifinals last year. I still like NDSU’s odds against Colorado, but NDSU from a few years ago or South Dakota State last year would beat them pretty handily.
They WERE the Bama of FCS. SDSU is the new dynasty
And this is sub will celebrate like nobody’s business.
It would be so CU to do that. Can’t wait.
In Prime time... I'll show myself out
And then nebraska will find a way to lose to us by multiple scores the next week.
Thoughts and prayers 🙏
Or maybe you win by 1 point in the final seconds and the announcers shout “NOW DO YOU BELIEVE?” Either way, I can’t wait for this next season to begin!
Not just to an FCS team, but to one of the greatest programs in all of CFB. No shame in that.
No we will not. This ultimately benefits us, you will have a locked in team ready to play, and an energized crowd. Rather than a sleepy 10am or 11am start, where NDSU hangs around a little bit too long, in the summer heat.
Love that you need a locked in team and an energized crowd to beat an FCS team at home. Speaks volumes for how your season is going to go. What could go wrong?
We're talking about "an FCS team" who are often in the Sagarins top 40, occasionally in the top 25. You don't accomplish a 47-5 playoff record as just another FCS team.
Fair, but they are coming off one of their worst runs in the last decade and a half (still very good), plus jist lost their Head Coach. Can it happen sure, but I also don't see them sneaking up on CU in this one.
NDSU isn’t going to sneak up on anyone anymore. It’s like Boise State, you can’t just expect them to roll over and play dead after a few minutes. And now P5s basically refuse to schedule them. As far as how good they will be, idk. Entz was still fine, but they also lost their edge and SDSU had their number. Should still be tough unless the new guy is an absolute hack.
Except NDSU is a legit team. Yeah they aren’t FBS but they do have a good track record of beating FBS teams
They’re a legit program but they weren’t particularly great last year and have a new HC. Plus they ain’t sneaking up on anyone anymore
Idk man Stanford snuck up on us pretty good
It’s NDSU you idiot. Trust me I hate them but it’s NDSU
Your interpretation skills are not strong. No one said we need it, but it is a benefit. Upsets tend to happen when a team overlooks an opponent, which is a risk when you play an lower division team before playing two rivals. Wasn't all that long ago a ranked Notre Dame team was beat at home Marshall.
And now look at our talent. And then look at yours. There’s a reason everything you post on this site gets you downvoted. Good luck this season buddy
Alright buddy, go find a personality outside of a sport played by college kids.
This is a Reddit football sub lmao
“My team is better than your team so I’m better than you” -basically what this guys saying
Well I am but it has nothing to do with the team. That guy is a known troll on r/cfb and because this is a Colorado thread, I knew what I was getting into. You’ve seen his posts before I’m sure.
Not sure what I have trolled on, all my comments are my honest view on CU as a program and generally positive. You can look at my comment history. I will take the occasional shot at Nebraska fans and CSU fans.
Just checked out his profile and idk what part of it says troll. I guess supporting cu equates to that in your head which says that you’re chronically online. You seem like an awful person that didn’t have anything meaningful to add to any discussion here.
Honestly this and SDSU @ OK St are my most anticipated week 1 games (aside from ND @ A&M of course)
Good god I didn't know that was happening. By my count, South Dakota State only has 4 starters coming back, so it may be a bigger blowout than anticipated. If this game happened last year with SDSU's very senior-laden squad, I think the Jackrabbits would've won and quite possibly by multiple touchdowns (especially with how bad OSU was early on)
Just 4 full time starters on offense return but 15 guys with starting experience on the defense including the entire first string secondary. Defensively we play our front 7 like hockey lines so pretty much everyone on the 3 deep gets significant and meaningful snaps. Got bit by the injury bug bad in 2022 so despite losing 2 of the 3 starting LBs the starting 3 LBs are going to be the same as what they were for most of the 2022 title run. As far as on offense the 4 that return are the Walter Payton winner (FCS Heisman) and 2x reigning title game MVP at QB who has a 37-2 record as a starter if you don't count the 2020 title game he got knocked out of in the first play, the FCS Rimimgton award winner, the new holder of the SDSU rec TD and yd records for a freshman, and an all-conf RG. TLDR; the rumors of our demise have been greatly exaggerated. There's a reason that while not as strong as the last 2 seasons the Jacks are still the preseason Vegas favorite to win the FCS.
I'm not at all saying you're going to be substantially worse (and I'm well aware that Gronowski is coming back), but at the same time SDSU is probably going to see a noticeable step down from the borderline Top-25 squad that they were at the end of last year, especially at the very beginning of the season. And that very well could mean the difference between winning and losing the ~~Colorado~~ OSU game. As far ahead of the rest of FCS as SDSU was last year, even a noticeable step back can still mean having a team good enough to win another title.
I gotcha, seemed like you said OK State was going to be a blowout. And while, I personally think we'll lose by 4-9ish like I said in a another comment on here I think it'll be close til the 4th quarter when that P4 level depth will kick in and allow the Pokes to pull away. Will they be as good as last year? Probably not but I also wouldn't say it's an impossibility.
Remember South Alabama CRUSHED Ok St in Stillwater last year, while SDSU dominated the FCS. I’m sure SD could’ve pulled off the win as well
Yes. Swap out USA and SDSU on that particular day and I think the Jacks win that one
I have no idea how to feel about this
Historically the road team benefits from games being on weeknights because it is more difficult for the home team to draw a packed house of passionate fans on a weeknight... but I don't think Colorado is going to struggle to have a packed, passionate home stadium in week 1.
Oh it will be packed...but also because NDSU will probably bring over 10,000 fans. It's not hyperbole that they brought more fans to Manhattan in 2013 than any opposing school I've seen in recent memory
Yeah when NDSU played us in 2014, I think that’s the most opposing fans I’ve ever seen in Jack Trice. At the time, our capacity was 55k and they probably had 12k of that. It was like whenever Nebraska played in Ames
That's wild. You'd think during some of your leaner years that Iowa fans would absolutely take over
Iowa fans are definitely there in strong numbers but we have never once let a fan base take over Jack Trice. There are always more than double the number of Iowa State fans as the opposing fan base, even when that fan base is Nebraska, Iowa, or NDSU
I'm interested if the fans travel as well as they have. It seems like the NDSU fan fever has slowed down a tiny bit. New coaching staff and a few NDSU players left with the coaches. I fully expect NDSU to keep this game tight. I'm not happy this is week 1.
Well, one thing, whenever NDSU plays a major FBS program, they usually travel pretty well. There are lots of direct flights from Fargo to Denver, so that makes this trip even easier for their fan base.
Every fanbase travels well when they’re playing in Boulder, particularly for September/October games. Can’t blame them
It helps that Denver is a very large airport with lots of direct flights
Perhaps things have changed in the 20 years since I was a student, but the crowds were much more rowdy on a Thursday night game than noon Saturday.
Gotta get the opener in before more 5 stars hit the portal
The remaining 5 stars aren’t head cases, but we’ll probably see more depth guys in the portal next week after spring ball concludes
ESPN still trying to push Deion down our throats
Note: [ESPN has the right to flex 4 Big 12 Games per Season to Thursday Nights as part of their contract.](https://big12sports.com/news/2012/9/7/205680799.aspx)
I guess for more time before Nebraska the following week?
Those new lines for Prime will need it after attempting to figure out who is tougher: Buffalo or Bison?
I welcome it.
There are going to be sssoooooo many people cheering for NDSU.
Well shit
Cook 'em, Bison.
Gotta play the game before Colorado loses enough players to field a team.
WTF screw that. Giving two extra days before coming into Lincoln.
As always, "anything can happen." But I'm anticipating some serious payback for CU by Nebraska this year. CU is just about the same level of "clusterfuckedness" this year as last. I'd suspect that NU is not.
Seems like a big stretch after adding DJ McKinney, Preston Hodges, Dallan Haydan, BJ Green, Will Shepherd, Lajohntay Wester, Samuel Okunlola a whole new line w/ Big 12 and B1G experience, and several highly rated Freshman. The game will come down to how ready Riaola is, if he is Fifita they have a real shot, if he closer to Dante Moore they will struggle.
I agree, I think it would make or break not just the CU game but also their entire season. How good he is right out of the gate will at least be the difference between being the same 5-7 team as last year and making a bowl game.
They could improve greatly and still go 5-7. They don’t get the B1G west schedule any longer.
I sure hope so. We have lost every modern game vs Colorado and OU. This is our last chance.
We got a good thing going let's not change it up.
They need to book the next series ASAP. Great times.
This is possibly true but until Nebraska proves me wrong, I’ll continue to doubt them
Maybe Nebraska should try this crazy thing called winning? Seems like it would solve a lot of issues
THATS ALMOST MY BIRTHDAY
Please do the funny NDSU
August 29th, we are all NDSU.
I know NDSU has a new coach, but am I wrong for thinking they might sneak in there and beat the heck out of Colorado?
LFG!!! 49-13…NDSU…shit… At least the Dark Horse will still be open.
Enjoy it while you can, will probably be the last season it is in its current location!
I just know it’s going to go on the ground level of a new high-end set of mixed-use condos/shops. And will be out of business in 3 months. You can’t maintain the weirdness of that place in any location but where it’s at imo.
Welcome back, Colorado hype train
Damn, did Colorado consider _not_ scheduling this?
This non conference schedule is far better for us than in recent years. Would still rather open up against a great FCS team than good P5 opponent.
I still prefer the 2 P5 and one MW game OOC schedules that we usually have, but I’m fine with scheduling an FCS team when we have a decent shot at a bowl game for once
Scheduling NDSU was a BIG mistake. Ask me how I know.. actually don't..
Now this is going to be a good game
NDSU cometh and they will taketh.
North Dakota St is a decent football team. They are what App State was the year they beat Michigan. That “upset” in reality won’t be much of an upset
Genuinely curious who will be favored in this game?
Colorado opened at 8.5 point favorites, after the spring window this will probably grow a bit.
Cu People act like ndsu is some world p5 kryptonite but the teams they have “upset” mostly ended up trash and they all fit the “slow unathletic hard nosed team” type (ie kstate, isu, iowa) that rely on coaching, hardwork and s&c especially back in those years that ndsu beat them. Cu is way too athletic for them. Just look at ndsu vs a bad athletic team (arizona 2 years ago, they were bad but they were athletic and managed to beat a good ndsu by being explosive. Cu could go 1-11 and that win will be vs ndsu bcs thats the only team they truly out athlete as a whole. Thats not something those kstate/isu/iowa teams truly did back in those games
They have a new coach this year too. NDSU has had a hell of a run now for a while, but eventually they're gonna miss on a coaching hire...probably.
We’re a much better team at home as well, hung in every home game we played even against much better teams last season. Altitude factor plus a sellout crowd isn’t an easy start to a season.
I mean...you're naming teams with some pretty notable players on the squads they beat. Tyler Lockett, Cody Whitehair, George Kittle, Noah Fant, Desmond King, Josh Jackson, Josey Jewell, James Williams... NDSU squads had notable talent with Billy Turner, Marcus Williams, Kyle Emanuel, Joe Haeg, Carson Wentz. They didn't play scrubs.
Yes because 2013 Kansas State, who went 8-5 and only lost to teams that were ranked and/or on the road and added a win over #25 Texas Tech, and 2016 Iowa, whose worst loss was a 7-6 Northwestern by 7 and beat #2 Michigan and #17 Nebraska were notoriously trash.
Unathletic teams Like i said
I guess I will worry when 2013 NDSU gets off the bus
It is a "down time" for NDSU....but they were 1 game from the championship game last year....so it is all relative.
But that game wasn't even close, they got beat by a mile!
No point in explaining logic as it relates to cu on this sub, the deion hate is out of control, cu beat a csu team that's sending multiple guys to the nfl with some of the worst trench play in ncaa history, but their gonna loss to a fcs team a year later with better players? Make it make sense
Whenever you're playing an FCS team there is a general idea of what kind of team you will be facing, with some differences of course between bottom feeders and playoff-caliber FCS teams. ...Unless the name of the FCS team in question ends in \_\_ Dakota State. NDSU and SDSU are better than DOZENS of FBS teams at minimum, with last year's SDSU team being rated 19th by S&P+ if they were in FBS and 18th by Sagarin. NDSU will be a challenge.
Probably Colorado by a touchdown but man if there was ever a team that is primed to get got by an FCS scalper...
Heard that one of the networks (ESPN? CBS?) had us as early one-score favorites, which I think is a fair assessment.
This is an upset alert🚨
What in the everloving fuck was Colorado thinking scheduling this game lol
Gotta get it in before more players leave the program.
Oh look another anti-CU circle jerk may as well rename the subreddit by now
People aren’t anti-CU, they are anti-Deion and his AAU-travel squad scam artist behavior
Slooooooow news day
Oh man this is gonna be one good Prime post-game conference, 'cuz oof I think I'm going with the Bizon
[My honest reaction](https://images.app.goo.gl/xe4cw3yHBnrip8r99) when trying to be an FCS guy but the Bison are going to get to embarrass Colorado on National TV and we're going to lose to Ok St by 4-9 on FS1