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It’s all surface nonsense, a constant drone of nattering noise that means next to nothing. Unless you’re hanging around Boulder and drafting with the rest of the B-list in tow.
Or you’re ESPN cashing the advertising check.
This is what we’ve been sold: Deion Sanders is a change agent redefining college football as coach at Colorado.
This is reality: there’s nothing tangible or foundational, just a mishmash program with more than 120 different scholarship players since the beginning of the 2023 season. A team that hasn’t beaten an FBS opponent since the first week of last October ― yet somehow sucks the oxygen from nearly every prime time television window.
If we learned anything from Colorado’s too close (and too ugly) 31-26 defeat of FCS North Dakota State Thursday night ― an ugly loss of a win in a sport fueled by rankings and perception ― it’s that slow and steady wins the race. And flash and dash only shines so long.
The figment of hope, this discombobulated team thrown together in a matter of months and sold ― by who else, “Coach Prime” ― as a legitimate threat to win (take your pick) the Pac-12 and Big 12, is nothing more than Exhibit A of how not to build a college football team.
Colorado coach Deion Sanders runs onto the field before his team’s game against North Dakota State Bison at Folsom Field.
It’s not transformational or inspirational. Not a blueprint of future success in the new era of the transfer portal, or a roadmap to navigating the great unknown of name, image and likeness.
It’s just bad football.
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A team full of players who weren’t recruited by FBS schools, who grew up in the North Dakota State program for the last three, four and five years, rolled into town and bullied the Buffs for nearly three quarters….
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Author : USA TODAY Sports
Publish date : 2024-08-30 04:09:19
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