Saturday night, on paper, represents Colorado's last best chance at nailing down a conference victory in 2015. The Buffs have struggled on both sides of the ball at critical junctures in conference games, but Oregon State's woes have been even more pronounced.
The Beavers are working in a first year staff and a freshman quarterback while trying to implement new systems on both offense and defense with pieces not necessarily suited to the task. They're young, and are coming off of three consecutive lopsided losses. But, the Buffs come in on a three-game slide as well and of course, are playing on the road, where things usually go as wrong as possible as quickly as possible.