Colorado BACK to the Big12?

[wazzu31]

Won 48 games in 12 years including a 10 win season in 2016. Been to 10 bowl games since 1996. Not much to sustain. Not impossible. But not sure Deion is the one to do it.

With the transfer portal he is. His first 2 years are going to be impressive. But after that we will see

 

[NewPhoneWhoDis]

That'll be even more interesting but Deion is talking a really big game here. All that's needed is "I'm comin!" So, let's see what happens his first season.

Going to take more than one year to turn around a 1-11 program. You can only build so much thru the portal. It isn't like Riley to USC, where he had a base of players in place. Colorado is starting from scratch.

 

[Wishbone]

I remember when Oklahoma, Nebraska, and Colorado finished 1-2-3 in the Country when in the Big 8.

 

[Knight&Day]

It’s always fascinating to go back and look at how a shitty team ended up being shitty to begin with.

So, yeah. Back in 2016, Colorado was basically the shit. Went 10-2, with wins @ Stanford (10-3), vs WSU (8-5), and vs Utah (9-4). They hung with UM (10-3) for 3 qtrs and lost a close one @ USC (10-3).

And then, in the Pac 12 CCG, in front of God and everybody: Washington (12-2) beat the living shit out of them, pissed in their sandbox, took away all of their toys, then sent them to bed without dinner.

Getting blown out in the Alamo Bowl (by their former conf mates, OKST, no less) really didn’t help.

The following regular season, Washington went into Boulder, CO and did the same exact thing. Before the UW game, Colorado was 3-0. They finished 5-7. At that point, Colorado’s fate in the Pit of Despair was basically sealed.

Crashing and burning in the 2nd half vs ORST in 2018 was just a punch to the nuts. ORST was 1-6 prior and went 2-10. Colorado was 5-2 prior and went 5-7.

And now Colorado is basically the worst P5 team in the country and everyone lived happily ever after.

The end.


Tldr: UW twice ran a train on the Buffs and they just haven’t been the same since. OKST and ORST punched the Buffs squarely in the nuts just cuz they felt like it.

 

[MarkOU]

I see ncaa violations in Colorados future.

 

[Wild Turkey]

I see ncaa violations in Colorados future.

What is illegal anymore except for messing with academics and a few contact rules for recruits? The chances of the NCAA getting anyone for something big is next to zero. Tennessee will be the last team to get hit with sanctions.

Heck the NCAA won’t even be around in 10 years.

 

[Red_Alert]

I remember when Oklahoma, Nebraska, and Colorado finished 1-2-3 in the Country when in the Big 8.

1971

Wrong order BTW.

 

[Huskers4me]

Can't wait to see what Deion does in the first season. The hype is insane. Let's see what he's about. Zero doubt Colorado fans are enjoying this.

It will get a paragraph on the bottom of page 2 of the Denver Post. Screw those piss tossers all to hell. The whole Colorado student section got thrown out of the stadium at a Nebraska game in Boulder because they wouldn’t stop throwing snowballs on the field during the game. So yea, let’s worry if those fuckers get their jollies over Deion Sanders. Go to a game in Boulder and wear the opponents’colors and see if you get served any food or drink in that town. You won’t because you’re not “Colorado Cool!!”

 

[78Cyclones]

I remember when Oklahoma, Nebraska, and Colorado finished 1-2-3 in the Country when in the Big 8.

Iowa State went 8-3 in the regular season in 1971.
Guess who were the three teams to beat them?
ISU's first ever Bowl Team (Sun vs. LSU).

 

[CoalTrain]

1 year? colorado has got to be at least a 2-3 year build

Nope, it ain’t gonna take that long in this era imho.

Colorado gets commitment from 5-star WR Winston Watkins Jr., over 200 more recruits reach out

Deion Sanders is shaking up the amateur football landscape, especially in the recruiting department. His decision to leave Jackson State and become the new head coach at Colorado has suddenly made the Buffaloes major players in the recruiting game. On Sunday, five-

usatodayhss.com

This man just hired a sitting HC as an assistant. I’ve never seen that, and I’ve been to 3 State fairs…

Kent State head coach Sean Lewis informs team he is joining Deion Sanders at Colorado

Lewis is expected to serve as Coach Prime's offensive coordinator; is bringing Bill O'Boyle with him

footballscoop.com

 

[Goldbug]

I hate Colorado. In 1972 we lost one game and it cost us the National Championship. Why? The game in Boulder. It was raining like pouring piss out of a boot that morning and then the rain stopped about an hour before game time. The ground crew had a little Ford tractor with a big roller on the front end of it and they started pushing water off the field starting up on the crown. Water was going everywhere but it was certainly making the field a lot more playable on that artificial surface. Then when they got to the hash marks.......they stopped clearing the water off the field. Needless to say it royally fucked up OU's ability to run the wishbone and, long story short, our backs simply couldn't keep their footing as soon as they were between the hash marks and the sideline. OU 14 CU 20 We ended up #2 by just a few votes after beating Penn State in the Sugar Bowl. Colorado is scum and their fans are the absolute worst in college football.

 

[OlyDuck]

Nope, it ain’t gonna take that long in this era imho.

Colorado gets commitment from 5-star WR Winston Watkins Jr., over 200 more recruits reach out

Deion Sanders is shaking up the amateur football landscape, especially in the recruiting department. His decision to leave Jackson State and become the new head coach at Colorado has suddenly made the Buffaloes major players in the recruiting game. On Sunday, five-

usatodayhss.com

This man just hired a sitting HC as an assistant. I’ve never seen that, and I’ve been to 3 State fairs…

Kent State head coach Sean Lewis informs team he is joining Deion Sanders at Colorado

Lewis is expected to serve as Coach Prime's offensive coordinator; is bringing Bill O'Boyle with him

footballscoop.com

ive seen it from a FCS head coach to an FBS coordinator but not FBS to FBS

 

[Deep Creek]

I remember when Oklahoma, Nebraska, and Colorado finished 1-2-3 in the Country when in the Big 8.

U R Old

Spoiler

I remember it too.

 

[Wild Turkey]

Nope, it ain’t gonna take that long in this era imho.

Colorado gets commitment from 5-star WR Winston Watkins Jr., over 200 more recruits reach out

Deion Sanders is shaking up the amateur football landscape, especially in the recruiting department. His decision to leave Jackson State and become the new head coach at Colorado has suddenly made the Buffaloes major players in the recruiting game. On Sunday, five-

usatodayhss.com

This man just hired a sitting HC as an assistant. I’ve never seen that, and I’ve been to 3 State fairs…

Kent State head coach Sean Lewis informs team he is joining Deion Sanders at Colorado

Lewis is expected to serve as Coach Prime's offensive coordinator; is bringing Bill O'Boyle with him

footballscoop.com

Kent State goes through coaches like chili goes through the bowels. That guy is just getting ahead of the curve.

 

[WhosYourDawggy]

Nope, it ain’t gonna take that long in this era imho.

Colorado gets commitment from 5-star WR Winston Watkins Jr., over 200 more recruits reach out

Deion Sanders is shaking up the amateur football landscape, especially in the recruiting department. His decision to leave Jackson State and become the new head coach at Colorado has suddenly made the Buffaloes major players in the recruiting game. On Sunday, five-

usatodayhss.com

This man just hired a sitting HC as an assistant. I’ve never seen that, and I’ve been to 3 State fairs…

Kent State head coach Sean Lewis informs team he is joining Deion Sanders at Colorado

Lewis is expected to serve as Coach Prime's offensive coordinator; is bringing Bill O'Boyle with him

footballscoop.com

To be clear the HC was at a G5 school and is now a coordinator at a P5 making three times as much money. Pretty easy decision.

 

[OlyDuck]

Nope, it ain’t gonna take that long in this era imho.

Colorado gets commitment from 5-star WR Winston Watkins Jr., over 200 more recruits reach out

Deion Sanders is shaking up the amateur football landscape, especially in the recruiting department. His decision to leave Jackson State and become the new head coach at Colorado has suddenly made the Buffaloes major players in the recruiting game. On Sunday, five-

usatodayhss.com

This man just hired a sitting HC as an assistant. I’ve never seen that, and I’ve been to 3 State fairs…

Kent State head coach Sean Lewis informs team he is joining Deion Sanders at Colorado

Lewis is expected to serve as Coach Prime's offensive coordinator; is bringing Bill O'Boyle with him

footballscoop.com

in year 1 he is still building it and the conference will still have the LA schools
in year 2 it should be more settled in and the conference wont have the LA schools.
so 2-3 years im sticking to it.
doesnt mean he cant have more success in year 1 but they only had 1 wins so...

 

[Swurv]

I’ve said this a few times, Colorado’s problems start and end with leaving the Big XII and losing their recruiting pipeline to Texas. With Prime? That is all solved. Every top skill guy will want to play for him. And selling Boulder shouldn’t be hard. The place in awesome.

 

[Thiefery]

I’ve said this a few times, Colorado’s problems start and end with leaving the Big XII and losing their recruiting pipeline to Texas. With Prime? That is all solved. Every top skill guy will want to play for him. And selling Boulder shouldn’t be hard. The place in awesome.

they've always recruited better in CA than in TX.. problem is they just haven't been able to connect with the above avg players in those states.. and the ones they do, tend to flameout.

So the guy behind this is worth 10B.. Wonder if he's trying to get them back to relevance in time to catch the BiGs eyes?

 

[OlyDuck]

I’ve said this a few times, Colorado’s problems start and end with leaving the Big XII and losing their recruiting pipeline to Texas. With Prime? That is all solved. Every top skill guy will want to play for him. And selling Boulder shouldn’t be hard. The place in awesome.

nope Dan hawkins
10-27 in Big XII over 5 years.

 

[Thiefery]

nope Dan hawkins
10-27 in Big XII over 5 years

This ain't intramurals, brother...