Colorado football is in a tough spot right now, and their offensive coordinator, Brennan Marion, is feeling the heat. Just ten months after Deion Sanders brought Marion in last December with his unique “Go-Go” system to boost the team’s scoring, things just aren’t clicking. Five games into the season, Colorado is sitting at a disappointing 2-3, having dropped three games in a row. Their scoring offense? A dismal 122nd out of 138 teams, averaging only 18.6 points per game. On Wednesday, October 14, Marion faced the media, and it’s safe to say he got a little defensive.
“I’ll Try to Be Polite,” He Said. We Heard “Frustrated AF.”
The tension was clear when Marion paused for several seconds before answering a question about sharing the ball among his running backs. His response? “I’ll try to be polite and answer the question without being an (expletive),” Marion stated. He didn’t stop there, though. He quickly questioned why he was even getting run game questions, adding, “But to me, I don’t know why I’m getting asked run game questions when we’ve rushed the ball for, I don’t know, a lot of yards on my whole career. We were like, No. 1 in the country last year. We were No. 1 the year before, No. 2, No. 3.”
And honestly, you can see his point. Marion has a solid history of success, including top-10 running games at UNLV in 2024 and Sacramento State in 2025. This is his first season at Colorado, and he’s not even halfway through it. But as he admitted Wednesday, these current struggles are definitely “new territory” for him. It’s a stark contrast to his past achievements.
The QB Hot Seat: Win Now or Get Out
Marion also dropped some truth bombs about the quarterback situation. He made it crystal clear that he doesn’t decide who plays at quarterback,that’s Coach Prime’s call. He then lamented the current state of college football, where there’s simply no time to develop a young quarterback. He specifically highlighted 19-year-old Julian “JuJu” Lewis, wishing he could give him more time to grow.
“We gotta win now or get out,” Marion stressed. He pointed out how this pressure to win immediately, combined with unlimited annual player transfers and players getting paid directly, makes development almost impossible. Marion remembered how Coach Sanders’ son, Shedeur, really blossomed at Colorado in 2024, but only after “several years of development and bad blocking,” which led to a 9-4 season. “Nobody’s giving Ju that chance, because what?” Marion asked. “We gotta win now or get out. So Ju’s just not having a chance to, like, be comfortable in his own, right? It’s like, right now, you better have it.”
Sanders himself pulled Lewis at halftime of that 23-13 loss at Baylor on September 26, when the team was down 10-3. Lewis hasn’t seen the field since. Marion reiterated that the QB decision rests solely with the head coach: “That’s Coach Prime’s decision as far as who he decides to put out there. I do what the head coach tells me to do, and I make it happen that way.”
So, what’s next for Colorado? They’re rolling with Utah transfer Isaac Wilson at quarterback for the second consecutive game this Saturday night. And guess who they’re playing? His old team, the Utes, at home. All eyes will be on Wilson and that offense, because if Marion’s raw comments tell us anything, it’s that the pressure cooker is on maximum heat in Boulder.
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Originally reported by Yahoo Sports.
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