By EDUARDO PAZ-MARTINEZ
McALLEN, Texas | I'm not so sure that Prime Time Deion Sanders ever thought he'd get to wear the glass slipper another week. Starting the 2023 college football season at 3-0 must've planted such a dream in the minds of many, including his young Colorado Buffaloes.
Too bad they ran into the high-flying, quacking Oregon Ducks.
The final score (42-6) in Saturday's game was damned emblematic of the whipping the Buffs got on national TV (ABC), as the more-experienced Ducks ran and passed up and down the field at will. Colorado, meanwhile, could generate little, if any, offense.
The eventual result was apparent very early in the Pac-12 Conference contest. Playing at home in Eugene before a packed stadium, Oregon took the ball first and went downfield to score in a rather easy fashion.
Colorado's season record dropped to 3-1. The Buffs host tougher USC next week in Boulder.
The undefeated Trojans, like Oregon, are undefeated and come with Heisman Trophy QB Caleb Williams. That game experience, as Ducks QB Bo Nix showed, is the difference-maker. Colorado's Shedeur Sanders is a legitimate junior. Oregon QB Bo Nix is in his 6th year of eligibility, after red-shirting his freshman year. He previously played for the Auburn Tigers before losing the QB starter job and transferring to Oregon.
You can look at Colorado's loss in several ways. Yes, sure, it had to be tough, but it rids the team of the super-high expectations the fans and media had lapped on them.
They'll do well the rest of the season and likely earn a bowl game...
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I am sort of intrigued by the "Blackness" slowly enveloping Deion Sanders and the University of Colorado. By that, I mean the criticism and what I would call the envy being exhibited by other college coaches. White ones, yes...
ReplyDeleteLet's go Colorado .. like Coach prime said … better get us now because even though I have my shades on I see the future and it is bright and I like what I see … Recruiting will be all CU
ReplyDeleteyou know a lot about football. Why does a touchdown count for six points. I asked my bf but he doesnt know either. And one more do you think coach prime could beat the cowboys. my bf thinks im dumb but zak throws the ball to the other team
ReplyDeleteI am going to give you a serious answer, although something tells me you're just joshing me. A touchdown, the Internet says, is worth 6 points because it counts as two (2) field goals, which, as you no doubt know, counts for three (3) points. I think a touchdown should be worth one (1) point and boring field goals eliminated from the game. Oh, and no domed stadiums and no "roughing the passer" penalties...whatever...
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