Head coach Deion Sanders has completely revitalized the Colorado Football program, as it broke its seven-year streak of sub-six win seasons with a magical 9-4 campaign in 2024. Superstar wide reciver/cornerback Travis Hunter won the Heisman Trophy and quarterback Shedeur Sanders won the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, bringing national relevance to the program. Although […]
Head coach Deion Sanders has completely revitalized the Colorado Football program, as it broke its seven-year streak of sub-six win seasons with a magical 9-4 campaign in 2024. Superstar wide reciver/cornerback Travis Hunter won the Heisman Trophy and quarterback Shedeur Sanders won the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, bringing national relevance to the program.
Although the Buffaloes were never seriously in the conversation for an appearance in the College Football Playoff last season, their brand of football led in a lot of eyeballs and a slew of big-time wins. Following the departure of its two superstar players however, FOX Sports‘ Joel Klatt doesn’t forsee Colorado making a run to the event this season.
“On the field, it’s been two straight years that they’ve improved in the win column pretty drastically,” Klatt said on “The Joel Klatt Show”. “They went plus-three and then plus-five in the win column the last two years. 9-4 a year ago. But, you’ve got to replace your quarterback Shedeur Sanders. Coach Prime has never been the head coach of a team that didn’t have Shedeur Sanders as its quarterback. How does that work out? We’re not totally sure.”
“You also have to replace the do-everything Heisman Trophy winner Travis Hunter. Do you have someone who can do that? No. Obviously not. But, I do know that Colorado has gotten better in the foundational areas of their program that those two players masked the last couple of years. They got much better on the offensive and defensive line, they were first in sacks defensively a year ago, but unfortunately they were last in sacks given up on the offensive side. I think that will improve because Shedeur held the ball quite a bit because his belief in himself led to him holding the football.”
The Buffaloes will certainly be contending in what is a loaded Big 12 Conference this season, led by reigning conference champion Arizona State, Utah and Kansas State.
“But there is a standard at Colorado. They’ve improved from 124th ranked scoring defense in 2023 to 42nd in 2024. Rob Livingston has done an excellent job as their defensive coordinator, but they’re gonna have to replace too many players though. So that’s why I did not pick them, plus they have a tough schedule. Tough opener against Georgia Tech, road games at Kansas State and Utah, and the second half is tough.”
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