Ex-NFL All-Pro strongly urges Colorado football to change gameplan on offense

Former NFL All-Pro receiver Roddy White doesn't think how the Colorado football offense is running is sustainable in the long-term given their defensive woes. White urged the Buffs to hand the ball off to the running back more.

"Listening to Colorado players and coaches after the game got me confused," White wrote on Twitter. "You can’t have an uptempo offense and can’t stop nobody. Thats disaster waiting to happen. You got all new lineman of course chemistry will play a part but get under center fire off the call and run it."

Colorado's running back room had 16 rushing yards against Nebraska. Shedeur Sanders being sacked five times had a lot to do with it, but the Buffs RB room accounted for 42 rushing yards between three players. RB1 Charlie Offerdahl had four rushes for four yards. At least Dallan Hayden looked capable. Perhaps that's the pivot White is thinking.

RB room wouldn't have saved Colorado football against Nebraska given trench discrepancy

Against Nebraska, even with chemistry between Shedeur and his new offensive line -- and based on Sanders' postgame comments, there doesn't seem to be as much as Buffs fans would like -- the trenches were overmatched physically. On both sides of the ball. Deion Sanders has to win that battle on the recruiting trail. Matt Rhule's Huskers had them beat handily recruiting the heartland's most physical linemen as Coach Prime used the transfer portal for guys who've raised their stock at bottom-feeding Power 4 schools or the Group of 5/FCS levels.

Luckily, not every team is Nebraska. CSU and the Big 12 have more comparable trenches to the Buffs.

CU can turn this thing around but the results thus far have been worrying. Six wins is a difficult task made more difficult when the offense is not on the same page.

Colorado in a bowl game only happens if these issues are fixed. Losses and lowlights happen, but learning from them as a team is how to avoid more of them.

Let's hope the team can rally and not let Sanders' comments disrupt any of the existing chemistry or prevent more from being formed.