While the Buff Nation may not know right now what conference CU will be playing in come 2024, they do know the Buffs will be playing a Pac-12 conference schedule in 2022. In this episode, I am joined by Brad Geiger and Neil Langland as we break down the Pac-12, before turning our attention to how the preseason magazines are treating Colorado.
The Transfer Portal, together with new coaches at the conference’s top programs, has created new uncertainties as to how the 2022 season will unfold:
- Will the addition of former Oklahoma head coach Lincoln Riley, together with a herd of transfers, be enough to take USC from a 4-8 team to a playoff contender? Or will Utah defend its title?;
- Has Arizona State turned the corner under head coach Herm Edwards, or is the program a “dumpster fire” ready to implode?;
- Why all the love for Arizona, a program which has lost 23 of its last 24 games?;
- Is Oregon the runaway choice in the North? And do the Ducks have a chance of taking down Georgia in the season opener?;
- What has become of the Bay area schools? You think Justin Wilcox is regretting turning down the Oregon job? Have the Transfer Portal and a refusal to participate in the new world of NIL rendered Stanford a program condemned to future mediocrity?; and
- Was there any positive press for Colorado in the preseason magazines?
... Let’s find out ...