Delaware head coach Ryan Carty did not shy away from the challenge awaiting his Blue Hens in Boulder. Asked about the atmosphere, he leaned into the emotions. “Really it is about excitement, right? We are excited to play in those kind of environments. It is what we get into the game for. I know our student athletes are excited about it. It is what they decided to come to a major college football program to do, to play in huge games in unbelievable atmospheres.”
That belief runs deeper than just a one off opportunity. Carty said the program is built to lean on each other when it matters most. “We believe in each other a little bit more than we did year after year after year. And I think we believe in kind of what we have built here. So we are going to have to go find out if those things come to fruition when we are in that tough situation, when we are in a great environment and there is a big play that needs to happen. Do we count on each other? Do we believe in each other? Do we make the play?”
The national spotlight makes the stakes feel even larger. “I would love for a casual visitor on Fox to see us and be like, ‘Oh, that team played hard. That team played together. That team looked like they were tough and well coached and physical and loved each other and loved playing football and relished the environment that they were in.’ Win or lose, I think those are the things that we can hope to portray to the country.”
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— Delaware Football (@Delaware_FB) September 1, 2025
As the Blue Hens step into Folsom Field, Carty’s message was clear. “We want to put on the field what we preach. Can we live out our core values? Can we be really detailed? Can we be disciplined? Can we play really hard and play tough?”
Delaware now has its chance to prove not only that it belongs on a national stage but that in its very first year in FBS it can rise to the moment in Colorado.
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