Can Colorado Make A Bowl Game?
That loss to Air Force remains a killer for Colorado. The season is now half over and had CU survived in overtime against the Falcons it would be 4-2, with three winnable games coming up over the next four weeks.
(I am not counting Washington State in that, although I think CU, a 13-point underdog, could very well pull the upset).
It's not that the Pac-12 slate is so grueling, it's just that other than UCLA, there aren't any truly lousy teams left on CU's schedule. After Washington State, which like Colorado is 3-3, CU faces three teams with a record of 5-2 or better, plus USC (3-3) and UCLA (1-5).
And so I'm saying CU's best chance to get bowl eligible -- something like it's only realistic chance -- is to have a really good four-week stretch. Stealing one against Washington State would help, obviously, but Colorado plays USC, UCLA and Stanford between Oct. 25 and Nov. 9.
Which means Colorado's season hangs on taking out the state of California.
I know there are plenty of us in these parts who can get behind something like that.
If CU comes out of that Stanford game with less than six wins ... I'm afraid this season is going to finish just line the last one.
All in all, you wouldn't call that a disaster considering CU has a new coach, had a lot of roster turnover, and has an injury-depleted defense that wasn't so goo in the first place.
It's just that that Air Force loss is really going to stink.
