I won’t sugarcoat it, this should be the easiest Pac-12 victory of Oregon State’s season. Colorado hit the reset button after going 4-8 last season and having zero players drafted in the latest NFL draft. Karl Dorrell hired six new on-field assistants and Colorado lost an astounding amount of players to the transfer portal (23 players!) including their leading rusher, top two receivers and three starters from their secondary.
A complete reset (especially on offense) isn’t such a bad thing for the Buffs though, because their offense struggled MIGHTILY in 2021. Colorado failed to reach 200 yards of offense four separate games last season and was the 2nd worst offense in all of FBS.