Before this 2023 Pac-12 football season began, we wrote the following:
“Deion Sanders and the Colorado Buffaloes are the biggest wild card in all of college football. With a roster full of transfers, there are so many question marks as to how good or bad this team will be.
“In this latest edition of our Pac-12 football preview predictions, Jack Carlough of Buffaloes Wire, Matt Wadleigh and Matt Zemek of Trojans Wire, and Zachary Neel of Ducks Wire gave their predictions for the Buffs.”
Those predictions ranged from 2-10 to 6-6. No one predicted CU would have a winning record. Now, everything feels different. A 6-6 record might be the low end of a win-loss record for Colorado, with 7-5 being a real possibility.
Colorado being better than expected invites this question:
Is playing Colorado early in the year an advantage or disadvantage for Oregon and USC?
We put this question to Colorado and Oregon analysts plus Trojans Wire staffers. Here’s what they said: