Colorado fans are calling for an OC change after season-opening loss to Georgia Tech

Questionable play-calling, poor clock management, and uneven play at the QB position plagued Colorado's offense on Friday night in a season-opening 27-20 loss to Georgia Tech at Folsom Field.

Colorado's defense forced three first-quarter turnovers, which led to only seven points for the home team. While the defense deserves its share of the blame for surrendering 320 rushing yards, its performance in the first quarter should have led to Colorado building a big lead and forcing Georgia Tech to alter their gameplan.

Offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur drew the ire of Colorado fans immediately on Friday night, long before the game was even over. That's not much of a surprise. Shurmur was in the crosshairs of the Boulder faithful most of last season, too. Most believed Shedeur Sanders hid a lot of his flaws. After one game in the post-Shedeur world, it seems like that may have been correct.

Shurmur seemed to struggle with what to do with dual-threat QB Kaidon Salter. The Liberty transfer deserves some of that blame, too, as he appeared to be in conflict mentally for much of the evening, especially when he got outside of the pocket on whether to throw or run.

If Salter can't run Shurmur's offense effectively, one of two things has to happen: A play-caller change or a QB change. Coach Prime can either hand the football to super freshman Julian Lewis, or he can give the keys to the offense over to the guy Colorado fans want calling plays: former Tampa Bay Buccaneers offensive coordinator - and Super Bowl champion - Byron Leftwich.

Colorado fans are calling for Byron Leftiwch to replace Pat Shurmur

As soon as Deion Sanders hired Byron Leftwich to the staff, it started the clock on when - not if - Buffs fans would be shouting from the rooftops for him to replace Pat Shurmur. That clock struck zero during the first game of the season.

Perhaps one game is too early to be making wide-ranging changes to the offensive staff. If Coach Prime wanted a different offensive coordinator for this season, he would have hired one. For better or worse, he seems to trust Shurmur.

That doesn't mean that a change won't happen; it just might take more time than Colorado fans would prefer.

The good news is that Colorado gets FBS newcomer Delaware at Folsom Field next weekend, which should allow Shurmur, Salter, and the Colorado offense to work out some kinks. It should also give fans their first glance of Lewis, which could further complicate things if he plays at a high level.