CU analyst wary of ‘extremely tough to defend’ TCU play-caller
Colorado football analyst Stacey Blackwood of Buffaloes Wire is wary of TCU’s “extremely tough to defend” dual-threat play-caller, Chandler Morris, who had a ho-hum 111-passing yard, 18-rushing yard scoreless affair against CU in Week 1 of the 2022 season. Blackwood believes the Horned Frogs quarterback will give Deion Sanders’ defensive coaches fits despite modest physical traits.
“Although he is not physically intimidating, Morris offers up great athleticism and instincts, which makes him extremely difficult to defend,” Blackwood prefaced before saying, “While he won’t blow you away with a cannon of an arm or blazing speed, Morris does both just good enough to keep the defense honest and cause headaches for opposing coaches and players.”
Morris, best known for his 531 all-purpose yard outburst against Baylor in a Week 10 win during the 2021 season, will be filling in some major shoes Max Duggan wore after a knee injury to the former in Week 1 of the 2022 season gave the latter a chance to make a legendary run to the College Football Championship. A transfer from Oklahoma and a three-time 5A Division I state champion starter at Highland Park in the Dallas area, Morris has the pedigree of a star; making for a stern test for Buffs defensive coordinator Charles Kelly’s group out of the gate.
Colorado football Week 1 opponent TCU’s head coach believes Chandler Morris must be more like Max Duggan
TCU head coach Sonny Dykes is truly challenging Morris by saying that the QB needs to be more like Duggan; who took Morris’ job from him and brought the Horned Frogs to previously unforeseen heights.
“The big thing he had was the opportunity to watch Max last year, learned the good, the bad and all of it,” Dykes said (h/t Stay Alive In Power 5). “What Max did so well is he let the game come to him, he had the ability to make plays in critical situations, because he never forced things.
“That’s going to be the big thing for him is learning how to check the ball down, learning how to not force throws, learning how to not get bored by doing the same thing over and over again. And that’s challenging for quarterbacks, especially competitive guys like Chandler.”
While Dykes will have to scramble to find good game film to watch in order to properly scout the new-look Colorado football offense, he seems to have his in-house preparation in order with his motivation of Morris.