Like it or not, Colorado is the most polarizing team in college football.
The University touts the millions in extra dollars Coach Prime has brought to the Boulder community since he became CU’s head coach. CU weekly press release notes the 20% increase in enrollment, the 500% increase in merchandise sales, and cites the millions who tune in to watch the Buffs play every weekend. Against North Dakota State, CU fell just shy of its seventh straight shut out to open the Coach Prime era (49,438, with Folsom’s capacity being 50,183).
The haters point to CU’s record on the field since Coach Prime became head coach, now 5-9 after the Buffs fell hard in Lincoln, 28-10. The naysayers complain about how much attention the Buffs are getting … while spending all of their time talking about the Buffs.
It is what it is. It’s what Rick George and the Buff Nation signed on for when George brought in Coach Prime and his spotlight.
The spotlight, unfortunately, shown brightly on CU’s deficiencies on the field. Shedeur Sanders was sacked on four of CU’s first five drives … with the only sackless drive being a one-play, pick six “drive” which put the Buffs down 14-0 early in the game. The Buff offensive line couldn’t protect Shedeur, and couldn’t produce a rushing attack (CU was at zero total rushing yards before gaining 16 rushing yards on its final drive of the night).
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