Coach Prime and Colorado - real deal??
https://www.espn.com/college-football/game/_/gameId/401523994
Coach Prime and Colorado didn't seem to be given much of a chance in their game vs TCU
Upset City!
45-42 Colorado
They will definitely be exciting to watch this year!
September 2nd, 2023 at 4:06 PM ^
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Not shocked by your reply MK.
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September 2nd, 2023 at 4:11 PM ^
Thoughts on Iowa?
September 2nd, 2023 at 4:46 PM ^
Thoughts on the Michigan Panthers?
September 2nd, 2023 at 6:22 PM ^
I have been more upbeat that Colorado had no reason "not" to make a bowl game this year. A good QB, a few other things going your way with schemes, and suddenly you are a middle of the pack team.
But this guy Jason Jones really thought everyone lost their mind (basically he's saying everyone is ignoring the real details, muchas bias). Interesting article written before the game.
Sure TCU "could" have won big, but Jason Jones points out that TCU only beat Colorado last year by about the same amount of the spread this year. So the spread does seem a bit off and of course people have lost their minds (not just in football prognostications).
September 2nd, 2023 at 4:17 PM ^
Fucking internet nerds are so mad about Coach Prime for some reason. You were wrong. He hired a stud OC and his son appears to be a monster. Take the L.
If only he acted more like Herm Edwards or Tony Dungy and less uppity I'd like him - mgobloggers
September 2nd, 2023 at 4:19 PM ^
The Prime ball-washing is also equally weird and irritating.
Bored ppl choosing sides in a meaningless debate.
September 2nd, 2023 at 4:24 PM ^
Why is it difficult to admit that Sanders is a good football coach? I’m not sure why this is even a “debate” at all.
September 2nd, 2023 at 4:33 PM ^
I doubt there’s another coach in America that could have pulled this off. That CU team was abysmal last year.
September 2nd, 2023 at 5:51 PM ^
I don't think the criticism is that he can't coach. It is more the way he went about the transition at Colorado. He ran off almost the entire team.
September 2nd, 2023 at 6:00 PM ^
Looks like a great move.
September 3rd, 2023 at 12:12 AM ^
Yeah and it worked. Why the hell would you do it any other way? Did you see what that team was last year. The program needed to be rebuilt from the bottom up. Nobody in that locker room deserves to be a part of this, well almost, they kept like 8 guys. That program was a disaster, now it’s a legit Power 5 program with a great staff
September 3rd, 2023 at 12:13 AM ^
Yeah and it worked. Why the hell would you do it any other way? Did you see what that team was last year. The program needed to be rebuilt from the bottom up. Nobody in that locker room deserves to be a part of this, well almost, they kept like 8 guys. That program was a disaster, now it’s a legit Power 5 program with a great staff
September 3rd, 2023 at 12:20 AM ^
Personally, I don't think you should tell kids who committed to come and play for your program that, after a year, "nah, you're not good enough, we changed our mind." In the pros, that's fine. I thought college was ... different, somehow.
I mean, I understand not playing them. Bring in players to play ahead of them, of course. But "fuck your scholarship, thanks but no thanks, hit the road?" I dunno. I guess I find it ... harsh.
September 3rd, 2023 at 4:18 PM ^
Yes, it is harsh and it is unfair...but that is what CFB has become...very much like the pros. Sanders wasn't brought there to make incremental improvements..to slowly build the program. In this day and age I don't know if that is even possible. Whatever talent you have is leaving for another program if they don't feel like they are apart of something special and Prime has created that 'something special' vibe...at freaking Colorado.
The dude was able to sign the number ONE player in the country to a HBCU...that sent shock waves across the sport...he's different and he's smart enough to know that the ONLY way to even have a chance at winning at a place like Colorado is to listen to no one and be ruthlessly committed to getting the most out of THIS moment. He HAD to flip that atrocious roster right out of the gate...new coach gets to do that...wait a year and he's much more limited.
So don't hate the player...hate the game.
September 2nd, 2023 at 6:38 PM ^
The traits that make him insufferable - the hyper-competitiveness, the singular focus on something that in the grand scheme of things doesn't matter very much, the self-promotion - are just the minimum qualifications for a successful college football head coach in the current environment.
September 2nd, 2023 at 4:26 PM ^
Ok, so let me get this straight. The mass media gives PrimeTime a reach-around for 8 straight months, including for 4 hours on every channel this morning, and he is the aggrieved victim who’s proving the “Internet Nerds” wrong? Got it…
September 2nd, 2023 at 4:32 PM ^
But he lived up to the billing? I thought it was pretty cool. Why wouldn’t it be?
September 2nd, 2023 at 11:24 PM ^
MGoBlog is full of haters
September 3rd, 2023 at 2:21 PM ^
It ain’t bragging if you can do it!
September 3rd, 2023 at 4:22 PM ^
I don't think anyone is really talking about the Mass media....I think the shots are being taken at the many haters that have populated conversations on this board.
September 2nd, 2023 at 5:27 PM ^
I don’t think Coach Sanders is a bad coach.
I think he is a douche the way he ran kids out of the program and told recruits he would honor their commitment and the ghosted them before national signing day. It was a few kids. It was a bunch.
I hope he gets treated the way he treats others
September 2nd, 2023 at 5:40 PM ^
Colorado went 1-11 last year. That is nearly impossible to do. If ever the house needed to be cleaned out it was that one.
September 2nd, 2023 at 5:55 PM ^
Therefore, it is right to pull the scholarships for basically everyone in the program? They are students, too.
September 2nd, 2023 at 7:11 PM ^
As Klatt (a former CU QB) has repeatedly pointed out, not only was CU 1-11, but they lost by an average of 29 points. The next-highest loss margin in FBS was Northwestern, also 1-11, with an average loss of 14 points. CU was by far the worst team in the P5, and may have been the worst team in the FBS. They needed to clean house.
September 3rd, 2023 at 12:35 AM ^
"Uppity" is a... bad choice.
September 2nd, 2023 at 4:05 PM ^
LOL. No. Did you watch the game? TC U's defense is bad at football. This is not the same TCU as last year by any stretch of the imagination. Things are going to ugly for them in the Big 12.
September 2nd, 2023 at 4:08 PM ^
Colorado was down to what...37 scholarship players after Deion cleaned house?
Against a fully loaded (scholarship-wise) TCU squad, and they actually beat them?
The Big 12 isn't known for defense so saying their defense isn't great isn't a surprise.
September 2nd, 2023 at 4:19 PM ^
TCU is not some deep, experienced team, so being "loaded" with scholarship players doesn't mean much. Credit to Sanders and the team and the staff, but TCU shouldn't be sniffing the top 25.
September 2nd, 2023 at 5:39 PM ^
Ah but they were #17.
Colorado likely wasn't sniffing top-75(!!) in the preseason and just went into TCU's house and beat them.
Sorry, but 85 legit traditional scholarship players vs a team likely ranked near 100 that came in and beat them is pretty impressive (I know you said credit to Sanders, but it was credit with a 'but').
September 2nd, 2023 at 7:14 PM ^
Which tells you about how useful preseason rankings are. Both teams were big unknowns this season and I think the only thing we really learned is that Colorado is absolutely gonna be competitive this year
September 2nd, 2023 at 4:09 PM ^
Did something change in the Big 12? Have teams started playing defense now?
September 2nd, 2023 at 4:07 PM ^
Prime will be coaching in the NFL or a major college football team in 3 years.
September 2nd, 2023 at 4:39 PM ^
Doubtful. His advantage is that he successfully used his star power to his advantage. I don’t believe he has shown he is anything more than a figurehead yet. Real coaches with real coaching prowess have shown they are not up to the task, including many of the NCAA elite(except Harbaugh).
September 2nd, 2023 at 7:22 PM ^
He just took at team that won ONE game last year and took down TCU at TCU. Dude, you have to be joking.
September 3rd, 2023 at 2:26 PM ^
Problem is that in the NFL he can’t turn over entire roster year one.
I think he’s great. Loved his emotion after the win. And he’s a quote machine “we’re installing a hot tub on the plane for this guy.”
This is why I watch college football and not pros.
September 4th, 2023 at 9:54 AM ^
September 2nd, 2023 at 11:27 PM ^
So many of you have shit all over Sanders. When he's successful I'm going to spend my days shit talking you nerds
September 2nd, 2023 at 7:55 PM ^
I just find this odd because I’ve always thought of Colorado as a “major” program. They were great in the ‘80s under McCartney, they were good throughout most of the 90s until Neuheisal ran them into the ground. They also had some good teams in the early 2000s under Barnett, and at least one or two good years in the 2010s.
What a motley crew of coaches though: McCartney, Neuheisal, Gary Barnett, and now Prime. Definitely interesting!
September 2nd, 2023 at 4:09 PM ^
Colorado has some talented players but I still feel they are incomplete - they played a depleted TCU squad. The new QB1 there is terrible.
That being said, I'll admit my bias. I think Prime is still a fraud and hope he loses every game.
September 2nd, 2023 at 4:10 PM ^
You go into TCU and win. That’s a good win.
September 2nd, 2023 at 4:20 PM ^
Uh...not this year. They might only win 4 games.
September 2nd, 2023 at 4:24 PM ^
Haters gonna hate. If Michigan went into TCU and won, we would all think it was a quality win. It’s hard to win on the road. Colorado looked good, has really good athletes, were well coached, and will probably win 7 games this year. Heck of a turn around.
September 2nd, 2023 at 5:40 PM ^
If Michigan beat TCU AT ALL we'd be happy.
September 2nd, 2023 at 4:16 PM ^
How is a coach that wins games a fraud? His son just threw for over 500 yards on the road against a team that was in the National Championship game last season. They may not be ready for UGA or Bama but I wouldn't be shocked if they were still competitive because he is a winner.
September 2nd, 2023 at 4:21 PM ^
He defrauded children and teachers out of an education and money in Dallas.
He's a classic media heel and gets too much credit for beating up tomato cans like Conor McGregor.
Like I said, I'm biased because I just don't like him. I think he's a shitty person.
September 2nd, 2023 at 7:34 PM ^
And yet his team traveled to TCU and got a win. I think he shut up all the haters today.
September 2nd, 2023 at 9:32 PM ^
That's a loud dog whistle there you are blowing....
September 2nd, 2023 at 4:09 PM ^
CU looked good and was really well coached.
September 2nd, 2023 at 4:12 PM ^
Greg Robinson thought they played great defense today