Team Grading The Week is officially gaga over the Go-Go. As in The “Go-Go” offense, which is a term Front Range fans would be wise to get hip to. Because it’s about to become the base offensive scheme of Deion Sanders’ CU Buffs’ football program. Take a bow, Coach Prime. The Buffs are sort of circling back to where they started at offensive coordinator three years ago. And that … [Read more...] about Grading The Week: Deion Sanders’ hire of Brennan Marion as CU Buffs OC reminds us of Sean Lewis. That’s a good thing.
Keeler: If Deion Sanders won’t change how he recruits, CU Buffs football won’t progress, experts say. ‘Portal reliance is dangerous.’
Deion Sanders needs more face time. Just not the kind on his phone. “It sure helped CU when he first got the job,” Brandon Huffman, national recruiting editor at 247Sports.com, told me Tuesday. “But reliance on the transfer portal is dangerous.” And in Boulder, three years into The Coach Prime Era, the Buffs are still living dangerously on the recruiting front. The early prep … [Read more...] about Keeler: If Deion Sanders won’t change how he recruits, CU Buffs football won’t progress, experts say. ‘Portal reliance is dangerous.’
Keeler: CSU Rams? Playoffs? Jim Mora isn’t kidding when he sees College Football Playoff in Fort Collins.
FORT COLLINS — Playoffs? You kidding me? Jim Mora’s talking about playoffs? At CSU? “Yes. 100%,” Rams athletic director John Weber told me with a straight face Monday. “If other programs out of the Mountain West and the Pac-12 can do it, CSU can and will do it.” “You’re convinced Jim will get you there?” I asked. “Yes,” Weber replied. “Absolutely.” Didn’t blink. Didn’t … [Read more...] about Keeler: CSU Rams? Playoffs? Jim Mora isn’t kidding when he sees College Football Playoff in Fort Collins.
Keeler: CU Buffs’ 3-9 record proves Deion Sanders needs better coaches in his ear or another Shedeur on the field
He’s an NFL general manager cosplaying as a college football coach. Deion Sanders can see the big picture better than most of us, clear as day. He needs a game-manager on the field, a Shedeur Sanders to be his eyes and ears between the hash marks. He needs a game-manager on the headset. Nick Saban had Steve Sarkisian. And Lane Kiffin. And Bill O’Brien. And Jim McElwain. Coach … [Read more...] about Keeler: CU Buffs’ 3-9 record proves Deion Sanders needs better coaches in his ear or another Shedeur on the field
Keeler: How did CSU Rams land Jim Mora? Give assist to this former Broncos QB
FORT COLLINS — Jim Mora got over the line at Fort Fun with a tush push from Clay Millen’s dad. Small world. “I think CSU had a heck of a lot of boxes that Jim needed checked,” Hugh Millen, the former Broncos quarterback and father of ex-CSU signal-caller Clay, explained to me over the phone Friday while the Rams’ season met a merciful end. “But it started with, ‘Do they have … [Read more...] about Keeler: How did CSU Rams land Jim Mora? Give assist to this former Broncos QB