Colorado’s opening-night loss to Georgia Tech had moments of optimism, but CBS’s panel of analysts focused on familiar flaws under Deion Sanders.
Danny Kanell saw potential in the Buffaloes’ new quarterback. “Kaden Salter actually showed you some signs of life for this offense…he’s more mobile than Shedeur. He’s got a little more comfortable in the passing game. But I actually feel pretty good about the way Colorado competed.”
Georgia Tech, however, dictated the game. Damien Harris credited quarterback Haynes King’s toughness. “He didn’t have the best day passing the football. So what does he do? He takes control of the game with his legs. Georgia Tech is going to be a team that runs the football… and that is what’s going to make Georgia Tech successful.”
Bryant McFadden hammered Colorado’s defense. “The first three offensive drives for Georgia Tech were all turnovers. You only had seven points…and then when you look at what they could not stop, 320 yards on the ground. They averaged almost seven yards per carry. That defensive front looked like the first year for Coach Prime when he was there at Colorado, where they couldn’t stop a nosebleed.”
Late-game decisions drew the sharpest scrutiny. AJ McCarron blasted the execution. “It was awful clock management. You complete a pass and then you don’t call a timeout. You got two timeouts…I thought they cost themselves a chance to at least tie the game.”
Kanell pointed to Sanders’ style. “He takes a lot from Bobby Bowden. He is a figurehead…He doesn’t get too involved in the minutia of game plans and game management.”
McCarron closed with a clear directive. “Hire somebody that is up in the booth that helps you do clock management…you have enough money at Colorado. Go get somebody that can help your coaching staff figure these things out.”
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