Bear Down Wildcats

Colorado is pretty much the definition of a trap game. Road, crowd will be involved, team that is probably better than their record indicates, game just before a big showdown. It'll be big to come out with energy and not let them get confidence. Utah is a better team, but I'm more concerned about our performance in Boulder.

I agree.

But then again I thought the Wazzu game was a trap, so maybe I'm just a pussy and this team will come out with their hair on fire to prove me wrong once again.

I have had my eye on this one as well. They have some good players and you know this will be the best game they play all year because it's us. We just need to get off to a nice start and end the game quickly.

There are no more traps. Team is focused on Rado, I'm sure.

Yeah, Bash and Rondae made it clear in the presser yesterday they weren't looking ahead to Utah. They know overlooking opponents is why they've lost the games they have. Rondae seemed especially focused not to let Booker go off again.

You have to be pretty stupid, or some kind of wild animal, to walk into a trap just because you see bait. We'll know based on the team's focus and effort tomorrow how smart they are.

How can it be a trap when it's a must-sweep week? Can't they read?

AZCatGirl wrote:Yeah, Bash and Rondae made it clear in the presser yesterday they weren't looking ahead to Utah. They know overlooking opponents is why they've lost the games they have. Rondae seemed especially focused not to let Booker go off again.

I'm never too sure based off stuff like that. No player has ever said in an interview that they're looking ahead. Yet it happens.

We'll see. In games like this, you know your opponent will come out hyped. Half the battle is meeting that initial surge aggressively. If you don't do that, the momentum can snowball.

gumby wrote:How can it be a trap when it's a must-sweep week? Can't they read?

The team doesn't read the boards, but they have been following Machina on Twitter. He has been touting Utah as a must-win game all season, and the players know Machina has not gotten a lot to be excited about lately from the team. They are focused on Saturday.

We are doomed tomorrow night...

Harvey Specter wrote:

gumby wrote:How can it be a trap when it's a must-sweep week? Can't they read?

The team doesn't read the boards, but they have been following Machina on Twitter. He has been touting Utah as a must-win game all season, and the players know Machina has not gotten a lot to be excited about lately from the team. They are focused on Saturday.

We are doomed tomorrow night...

Explains their failure to reach perfection.

Chicat wrote:I agree.

But then again I thought the Wazzu game was a trap, so maybe I'm just a pussy and this team will come out with their hair on fire to prove me wrong once again.

I'm with the Hair on Fire crowd.

Here we go. Let's see if this team can begin the ascension to it's ultimate ceiling beginning this weekend.

1. Colorado goes out of their way every year to make sure our return trip to Boulder is personal. Xavier Johnson, Askia Booker...they make sure we know what they are about. Which is talk. Lots of talk.

2. Utah losing may have helped any natural drift to thinking of that game...a top 10 matchup faded to a top 15 matchup, and Utah showed their flaws yet again. We handled Utah pretty soundly the last time we met. None of this means we should take them lightly...I just think it all goes to supporting the idea that our players might not be so focused on big, bad Utah somehow to the exclusion of Rado.

3. Three minutes of listening to Tad Boyle whining about the refs would be enough to snap even the most slumbering team out of bliss and into a position of wanting to do whatever it takes to Lance the Boyle.

4. I believe our players respect the process. They play so many high profile games, and they are ALL must-win games. This team is up against the opponent's biggest game of the year each and every time they step on the court, and are often faced with a nationally-impacting game one or two games up the schedule. Between the constant preparation for the next opponent, the emphasis on not overlooking teams from coaches, and the level of focus they get from each opponent and their fans on the road, the team cannot help but understand the gravity of each individual game.

We could play poorly vs Colorado, but I don't believe this team, with their extensive experience in playing in high profile games in multiple weeks every season, will play poorly because of a lack of focus on Colorado.

I'd like to be confident. But then there's UNLV. OSU. ASU. This team has shown the ability to play down to its competition, so me taking their focus for granted in Boulder is not too likely. I'll predict that we either blow out CU or we lose. Or maybe we'll win a close one.

Not a trap

Alieberman wrote:Not a trap

It was a trap game, but this is a textbook example of how to take care of business in a trap game. Bring on Utah.

Colorado was in this game for what, all of four minutes?

It's been a pretty rough fall from second tier status for them.

Alieberman wrote:Not a trap

Not even a tarp or elaborate ruse.

Speed bump.

Trapper Yawn.

I think they really meant that its a snap!

I knew I was right.