Good morning, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. We step out of the ACC today to discuss the University of Colorado Buffaloes (herein the Buffs) football program.
By now, you know that Georgia Tech defeated the Buffs around Labor Day weekend. @TalkinACCSports chronicled that win here. That win looked really good for Georgia Tech early on – and it was right to be pleased about that.
Except… the Buffs when we look at their season… really sucked. They were bad. Honestly, it’s looking like Deion Sanders was riding the coattails of Travis Hunter (a Heisman winner) and his son, Shedeur Sanders. Last year, they barely defeated FCS champion, North Dakota State University (if they play NDSU at the end of the year in November 2024, the Buffs lose that game). Let’s be clear about the Buffs – they were 1-8 this year in the Big 12 and 3-9 overall. Sanders’ Buffs team was the weakest team in the trenches in the entire Big 12 – and honestly, it wasn’t close at all to “win this honor.”
I feel fully confident in saying that Craig Bohl, Chris Klieman, Matt Entz, or Brent Vigen would have won 6 games this year at Colorado – and further, would at least average 6 wins per year. Why is that? Because they care about player development – especially in the trenches – their offensive lineman go in the first two rounds of the NFL Draft. Hot take: I also feel fully confident in saying that Sanders will never have anyone on his offensive or defensive lines get drafted in the NFL – because he doesn’t care about player development.
Head Montana State University football coach, Brent Vigen, is on the cusp of winning his first FCS national title – using the same formula he did as an offensive coordinator at NDSU and Wyoming. Vigen’s teams have a vicious, violently legal rushing attack – they mix in the pro-style play-action pass – and have a ridiculously tough defense – and that formula wins you games. That’s the kind of formula that will win games at Colorado… owning the line of scrimmage is Vigen’s mantra. He wins wherever he goes – and you’d be hard-pressed to find physically or mentally tougher players.
Oh – and Vigen is right down the right in Butte, Montana, which is 750 miles from Boulder, Colorado – Vigen’s recruiting territory isn’t a whole lot different – plus he’d have more resources than he has now. And I’m 100% sure that he would recruit more in-state players. Oh, I’m also sure that Montana State or NDSU would both defeat Colorado. Sanders’ wouldn’t want any part of a fundamentally sound Montana State football team.
Yeah this sort of a rambling post lol – and maybe the Buffs’ leadership should start finding donors to remediate an appropriate exit at some point – because this isn’t going to work out.
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