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Colorado Buffaloes football coach Deion Sanders has a 3-5 program “lacking leadership and any sort of identity,” according to one of the reporters closest to the team, the Boulder Daily Camera’s Brian Howell.
Howell ripped into the team following an embarrassing 53-7 loss to the Utah Utes at Rice-Eccles Stadium, claiming that this defeat – the worst in the “Prime Time” era, even worse than a 56-14 loss to the Washington State Cougars that Shedeur Sanders had to leave early during the 2023 season – was the least competitive in Coach Prime’s career.
“Saturday night wasn’t the first time Colorado has been blown out since Deion Sanders took over as head coach,” Howell prefaced before saying, “It was perhaps the most hopeless defeat of the Coach Prime era, however.
“Sanders fell to 16-17 in his three seasons as CU’s head coach (3-5, 1-4 Big 12 this year), but in most of those losses, the Buffs were competitive, including eight one-score losses.
“The Buffs were routed twice in his first season (2023) with a 42-6 loss at Oregon and a 56-14 loss at Washington State. At that point, however, CU was a rebuilding program with two superstars – quarterback Shedeur Sanders and receiver/cornerback Travis Hunter – that were going to be Buffs for another year.
“In this one, Utah simply dominated a Buffs team that lacks leadership and any sort of identity.”
Colorado has the Arizona Wildcats and West Virginia Mountaineers next, which are seemingly winnable games. If they can establish an identity, there’s perhaps a better chance of contending with the Arizona State Wildcats and Kansas State Wildcats to close out the season. Right now, they get inconsistent efforts from Kaidon Salter, a run game that still can’t get going between the guards, and a defense that’s had difficulties getting motivated every game.
Can the real Buffs please stand up? Because if they don’t, they’ll continue to get put down in an increasingly competitive Big 12.
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