CU played two games last night. The first one was a Sports Center highlight reel for the Buffs. Defense pitched a shutout, Hunter doing spin moves and scoring, QB with 3 touchdowns and almost 100 yrds rushing.
The second game was a nightmare. Defensive backs out of position, couldn’t tackle. Offense with no rhythm, poor throws to receivers, squib kicks out of bounds.
I have trouble reconciling both. What happened at halftime? Why were Stanfords players ready to play and we weren’t?
It is fair to blame the coaches.
3 things I noticed in the second half.
1. For as much love as the SC coach has gotten, we were gassed in the 4th and could not keep up with their receivers.
2. Prime lost his cool and let frustration allow him to make bad decisions. Going for it on 4th and 4 was irrational. I’m not sure what his overall role is in schemes, but he did not coach. We ended the 4th quarter with all 3 timeouts… During all of those poor defensive series, we didn’t call timeout once to realign, reset and coach up the players.
3. This is the most important. Shedeur is getting hit too many times and it is affecting his abilities. The fact that he can stand up in the 4th quarter is a testament to his toughness. But his decision and making and abilities ate suffering with that much physical punishment.
The second game was a nightmare. Defensive backs out of position, couldn’t tackle. Offense with no rhythm, poor throws to receivers, squib kicks out of bounds.
I have trouble reconciling both. What happened at halftime? Why were Stanfords players ready to play and we weren’t?
It is fair to blame the coaches.
3 things I noticed in the second half.
1. For as much love as the SC coach has gotten, we were gassed in the 4th and could not keep up with their receivers.
2. Prime lost his cool and let frustration allow him to make bad decisions. Going for it on 4th and 4 was irrational. I’m not sure what his overall role is in schemes, but he did not coach. We ended the 4th quarter with all 3 timeouts… During all of those poor defensive series, we didn’t call timeout once to realign, reset and coach up the players.
3. This is the most important. Shedeur is getting hit too many times and it is affecting his abilities. The fact that he can stand up in the 4th quarter is a testament to his toughness. But his decision and making and abilities ate suffering with that much physical punishment.
