Amidst A- coaching effort, ‘talent won’t stop coming’ to Colorado
“Talent won’t stop coming” to the Colorado football program amidst an A- coaching effort from Deion Sanders and his first-year Buffs staff according to Mike Farrell Sports’ Mike Huesman — who foresaw five wins for CU’s 4-3 squad coming into the season and acknowledged the team is outpacing expectations.
“Beyond all the hype and attention, this team is better than anyone expected,” Huesman prefaced before saying, “They have glaring deficiencies, but I expected 5 total wins, which was more than most did, and they’ll reach that. The talent won’t stop coming to Boulder, either.”
Only Washington, who isn’t on Colorado’s final Pac-12 schedule in 2023, and their second-year head coach Kalen DeBoer, were listed higher on Huesman’s rankings.
“Atop the Pac 12 and sitting at 17-2 since 2022,” Huesman prefaced before saying, “DeBoer is proving to be one of the nation’s best. He’s another coach who will be targeted by blue bloods looking to triple his salary in the near future.”
Sour end to 2023 could tank Coach Prime’s Colorado football coaching grade
Starting off 3-0 and winning anything less than six, or at this point, five games would mark the 2023 season as a disappointment for Coach Prime and Colorado football; relaying loud and clear that they couldn’t finish what they started out of the gate.
Sure, opposing coaches have had more time to figure out what the Buffs’ attack looks like while figuring out which players on the defense they need to avoid throwing near, but it’s on Sanders to figure out how to counter those adjustments with his own. Too often, the offense has been predictable, which has led to an often undermanned defense — with Travis Hunter missing three straight games after leaving the September 16 Colorado State game early after Henry Blackburn’s dirty hit — being overexposed.
Just because there was significant unforeseen momentum built out of the gate, doesn’t mean this season is an unmitigated success if the losses pile up in its closing stretch run.