Colorado Buffs opponent preview: Interview with Andy Rieckhoff, who covers North Dakota State 

5 wins this year?

Only if those guys play together, team chemistry is everything.

This NDSU reporter is basing his confidence off of what they did against MSU and UM last season. Both teams have trenches that are 40-80 pounds lighter than CU on average

North Dakota State has been a football factory for twenty years or so. The coach may be new to the roster but is solid gold to the program.

@@michaellemaire9116 solid gold for FCS. It's built to get stomped on by a Power 4 team

@@SamJohnson-rh8rr Colorado is power 4? They barely crack the top 10 in the Big 12.

@@SamJohnson-rh8rr What are you even talking about? Every starter on Montana's OL was over 300 pounds last year. The one thing these good FCS teams have are good OLs--with FBS size.

TCU does not have the same pedigree as NDSU. This is well deserved confidence!

@@SurferBoye3000 Yeah youre right! It wasn’t like TCUs entire coaching staff and percentage of its teams players didn’t just come off a magical big 12 championship ship game run and a win in the CFB playoffs on the way to a FBS natty birth! Boy what was I thinking when I typed this 🤦🏾‍♂️🥴🥱

NDSU is getting strangled. 😂 Shedeur put up 500 in an opener vs TCU. What do you think he will do to them?! NDSU doesn't have the trenches they used to have or the QBs. CU is going to make an example out of them, to set the tone for their season.

@@bangwithcamino693 I’m betting 500 on this game with -7.5 to -20

If CU comes into it with the right mindset the final score will not be close

You could've said that if Carson Wentz was your qb... these are not those days buddy.....cu rolls 56-3 😂

If he threw for 500 against TCU with bad oline no run game just imagine now with 5 good wrs and a legit line and run game long night for NDSU...

@@LA-011 The longest lol....Shedeur tells people when he has time to prepare for a team, he tears them apart.

FACTUALS and the OL ain’t playin tht bs this yr and NDSU DL small asf

@@bangwithcamino693 third and fourth string will see a lot of evaluation time, no disrespect to NDST but man it will succ for them that night 63-7 CU

​@d3mist0clesgee12 lol what a terrible score prediction

😂😂😂😂😂😂

Absolutely. They beat Iowa. Whoopty whoop.

​@@TheIkeman74 A lot of bravado for a team that finished last in the Pac 12.

@@Mind-Over-Body your point? Last time I checked NDSU is not in the Pac 12. Claiming to be the tallest midget still means you're under 4ft. Sorry if that hurts your feelings

@@Mind-Over-Bodyndsu hasn’t beating a fcs school since 2016

63-7 CU, no disrespect but lets be real

Too much speed for them

@@d3mist0clesgee12 I doubt NDSU has that lopsided a loss in our entire history. It absolutey is disrespect and its at least as delusional as Coach Prime is in every moment of his entire life, and that's saying a lot. I hope it bites the Prime-ates as bad as you deserve. CU couldn't beat almost any team in our entire conference 63-7, let alone one of the top 2 dogs. Humility will be served to that score even if we don't win.

@@michaelrudolph7003 maybe not 63-7 but probably 56-7,

You seriously have no idea what you're in for Buff fans

Our host, asks EZ questions to blabber mouths and lets them blather. He does this with lots of people.

@michaellemaire9116 why not? It's an interview. Be friendly and keep them talking

😂😂😂😂😂😂

Yall just dumb

Bwb = Band Wagon Buff 😂😂😂😳 I just got that . Took me a couple seconds to

No team NDSU has ever faced has ever said that and I promise you it won't be true week 1.

@@michaelrudolph7003 unless they got all new players since spring, there’s nothing they can do about it 🤷🏾‍♂️ NSDU isn’t the same program everybody’s use to 😂😂 SDSU been running that conference for the last few years and all the players they use to get that were elite at that level are transferring

Teams with much more depth and size have failed in Boulder.

conditioning is good here. we were fine in the montana mountains back to back weeks last year. #research

@@stefanming6513 neither Bozeman nor Missoula are even close to Boulders elevation dude.

@@stefanming6513 : You have no idea what you’re talking about. Only Bozeman is close to Boulder in elevation, and NDSU was there in December and won by ONE POINT to MSU. If it’s a hot August night in Boulder, I don’t care how good the conditioning is. I have seen world-class athletes pass out from altitude sickness in Boulder. 5200 feet of elevation, warm temperatures and a team that is significantly better than MSU, and NDSU could be in for a very long night. And I wouldn’t say you were exactly “fine” in Missoula…..Montana won that game (and at only 3200 feet of elevation).

@@Ninjabob42069 Using last year as the metric when it was by far our worst season in over a decade is an insane way to look at it. But NDSU is used to showing those who have no clue what they are talking about. See you week 1.

THAT'S HILARIOUS

@@motivateddedicated98 I’ll come back to this comment in a couple months. Ignorance is bliss but I forgive you

​@@motivateddedicated98😂 You're always here. CU has a 1st rd QB and top 10 WR room in all of CFB. NDSU doesn't have the secondary for CU or the pass rush.

@@bangwithcamino693they also lost there best WR which they a run heavy team lol, this new defense gone have them in a chokehold

​@@bigslam9185 Bro, NDSU, when they beat FBS schools, they had NFL players on their roster. CU will have a better "everything" than them. Livingston is going to unleash the front 7 and make NDSU throw. lol Preston and Travis could both have INTs.

FALSE

@@motivateddedicated98your wrong again how times do I have to roast you

@@Travis_lee YOU HAVEN'T EVEN LOOKED AT THE NDSU ROSTER YOU DUM DUM

Yeah…..NDSU is very Disciplined & they don’t lay down for anyone. CU needs to work on being disciplined & learn how to Win. NDSU knows how to WIN 🏆

@@Travis_lee You obviously never played football

I promise you this won’t be a game

@dariusmcintosh7750 ok we going to see 👀 in due time ⏲️

​@@dariusmcintosh7750good luck with that

Hey. We respect your program.y’all don’t respect the Buffs..so trust you will get our best.welcome to 2024.

@@Coachspeak85 no I'm saying, I am a huge Buffs fan. It's the mindset you need to be dominant. If you assume danger is always present, you are alert and ready at all times. If no danger is sensed, then you are relaxed and careless like we saw last year especially in Stanford game. The only ones who can get away with a more carefree approach are HOF individuals who beat anyone any given day. You can count those on one hand. The rest have to buckle up and be prepared to throw down each and every day every single quarter

@willh69 understood. From my coaching background ( over 30 yrs experience) I've seen many opponents like NdSU, and seen programs being rebuilt like Colorado. Like NDSU ,Colorado once was a powerhouse they actually have 2 College titles 1989,1990. I don't buy into hype nor do I underestimate an opponent ever. This is gonna be an Epic game. Look at the matchups...kid vs kid...dont let the media fool you about Coach Sanders and his staff. He has 3 legendary mentors. COACH Bowden( FSU ) Coach Switzer( Oklahoma) and his newest Coach Saban( Alabama) .all of these guys Influenced the way he coaches football. Coach Sanders knew what he had last year. He told the world " you better get me while you can" don't be fooled by they Coach Prime hype( that brings Intrest and money to the University) they know what they are doing in Colorado...look at the matchups, look at how the kids practice. Ignore the media... it's going to be a great game.

Running the ball is "gimmicky?" LOL.

@@slm40 Would you call the Air Force offense gimmicky? I would LOL

Never in history has NDSU been accused of having a gimmicky anything. Only absolute losers would even try that tactic.

​@@DMills-px4xh NDSU isn't Air Force last time I checked.

We've played 1 FBS team since then, which was last year, our worst team in a decade, and we should have won. Keep coping.

Two weeks to go; may the best team win. I will be an NDSU fan after the game, regardless of the outcome.

well he be used to sitting after all the sacks last year

Yeah, but they have the best bird hunting in the world.

Need an invite to move up

** Move the needle. Collect 7-2 odds by laying 25points

20-17 at half. Ouch.

Minus the trenches agreed

if they are very vanilla it will be close. it will prolly be close regardless

If you run vanilla against us, that's going to be a problem for you.

@@michaelrudolph7003 , please ain’t no one worried about y’all. Every power 4 team playing in their opener will be running some cert of vanilla game plan. You forget you still have 11 more games to play. Good luck!

@@gregorymorand2547 Hey, worried yet? Bison up 20-17 at half and we haven't even stopped a passing play yet on defense. Get that 52-13 bullshit out of here. Also shut down the Colorado program, you guys are a complete joke which we all knew last year.

@@michaelrudolph7003 nope

56-10 CU wins

@@Cornell973-tw4qrI can see that happening too. But I wouldn’t give 9 pts away on a bet. Either way, they’re winning this game.

How is believing CU wins 63-7 is not looking down on or disrespecting NDSU? That's just insane. Put down the crack pipes CU. I don't think NDSU has a 63-7 loss in our entire history.

@@michaelrudolph7003 1. too much firepower on CU tesm, 2. Transition year with coaching, 3. Lost productive athletes to portal,4. They are not the NDST of the past with scary talent,

Thank you!

nope

"Haters"? You guys are so high on Prime's supply and this year's utter failure will be enjoyable for the rest of us to watch. You guys are the absolute worst. You're going to get a wake up call, even if it isn't in this game.

Well its 20-17 NDSU at half, how you doin'? Quit the season, your team is trash.