Sunday morning VICTORY rant!

Hallelujah!  Buffs win! Check that. The Buffs win a Pac12 game in dominating fashion start to finish!  While it certainly was not perfect, Colorado had control of the game from the opening kickoff and never trailed.  It was the Buffs who stood strong and made plays to close out the first half instead of being the team to cave in and give the game away before halftime. Even gusts of over 40 miles an hour could not deter this team, even if it did chase away a good portion of the middling crowd.  Those that stayed were treated to a raucous singing of the fight song with the team.  The offense had its best day since playing an FCS or mwc school.  Sefo had his best outing of his career, using Nelson Spruce and Paul Richardson (the two combined for 19 of Sefo’s 23 completions and 281 of his 364 yards) to move down the field on route to 41 points.  Christian Powell and Michael Adkins were again an excellent one-two-punch and Tony Jones also contributed from the backfield.  Even TE Kyle Slavin finally got on the scoreboard! The defense had its best game, getting lots of pressure on the QB, forcing Cal to switch signal callers to Zach Kline then switch back to Goff, and only gave up one really bad play.  They were especially good in the third quarter where the game was decided. Chidera, Chidobe, Juda Parker, Derrick Webb (didn’t seem to miss Woodson Greer at all), Jered Bell all had big games and big hits. Rookie safety Tedric Thompson played well in place of Parker Orms, making it four true frosh contributing on the defense (Chido , Gillam and DE Jimmie Gilbert) The secondary gave up a bunch of yardage, but most of it was underneath and no long ones, plus friggin’ Crawley had an interception and it coulda shoulda been a few for the team. While special teams was not spectacular with one inadvertent onsides squib kick recovery off Wil Oliver’s foot, and later going the other way, Nelson Spruce caught Cal’s onside attempt on the bounce and hesitated before he realized there was wide open space in front of him for an easy TD.  Cal fans were tweeting it was the worst Cal loss ever.   There were some definite problems, mistakes and concerns on the Colorado side as well, especially seeing up close how bad Cal really is, but we’re gonna leave them to rest for now.  Looks like Mike MacIntyre was a solid choice for now, but Bears fans are not as content with Sonny Dykes.  Added bonuses: The women’s soccer team won and advanced in the NCAA tournament and the men’s hoops team blew out Jackson St. for the Buff trifecta Saturday. Next week matters now for CU with bowl eligibility (yes, I wrote it) a possibility now, albeit not necessarily likely.  Next Saturday, time to be announced later today, suddenly hot Ed Orgeron coached USC comes to town at maybe the perfect time, coming off an emotionally and physically (most of the 11 starters on defense played almost every snap without subs) draining upset of Stanford, and looking ahead to arch rival UCLA next week.  A few weeks ago Rick George said he would love it if it snowed all day Friday covering Folsom for USC’s walk-through, then clears up for the Buffs to pound the Trojans on Saturday. Let’s Go Buffs!