[Goose]

I don't know, the fact that we are only 3 point favorites (albeit on the road) against the last place team in the South kind of tells us a bit about what the public thinks of Stanford.  A good team should be able to be at least a touchdown favorite against the Buffs.  Washington is a double digit road favorite over OSU; Washington State is a 7.5 pt road favorite over Cal.

BC

I think you are right. The public knows that Stanford has been very inconsistent. The public also knows that Colorado has been close to winning a couple of games at home that could have gone either way. This game may be regarded by the Colorado team as one of their few "winnable" games. The press in Colorado has been saying that their team is "close" to being good, and just needs to break through. Which Stanford will they get? Stanford has won exactly once on the road this year. That won't inspire much confidence. On top of that, there is altitude and (possibly, given the lack of weather forecast accuracy) temperature to deal with.

If Stanford plays as well or better than they did against Arizona, we should win. Anything less, we probably lose. That isn't a real high bar, but we need to at least reach that.

[Goose]

I don't know, the fact that we are only 3 point favorites (albeit on the road) against the last place team in the South kind of tells us a bit about what the public thinks of Stanford.  A good team should be able to be at least a touchdown favorite against the Buffs.  Washington is a double digit road favorite over OSU; Washington State is a 7.5 pt road favorite over Cal.

BC

I think you are right. The public knows that Stanford has been very inconsistent. The public also knows that Colorado has been close to winning a couple of games at home that could have gone either way. This game may be regarded by the Colorado team as one of their few "winnable" games. The press in Colorado has been saying that their team is "close" to being good, and just needs to break through. Which Stanford will they get? Stanford has won exactly once on the road this year. That won't inspire much confidence. On top of that, there is altitude and (possibly, given the lack of weather forecast accuracy) temperature to deal with.

If Stanford plays as well or better than they did against Arizona, we should win. Anything less, we probably lose. That isn't a real high bar, but we need to at least reach that.