The Colorado Buffaloes were seriously going toe-to-toe with No. 12 Texas Tech on Saturday, stunning everyone with a 7-3 halftime lead at Folsom Field, but there was one play that’s gonna make Deion Sanders do a serious double-take.
Count ‘Em Out? Or Just Count ‘Em Wrong?
Imagine this: you’re trying to block a field goal, right? You need every single guy out there. Well, Colorado initially trotted out only EIGHT players for the block. Eight! That’s three men short, for crying out loud. They called a timeout, probably for a quick head count, which, fair enough. But then they came out of that timeout and STILL only had NINE guys in formation. Seriously, nine? The source called it the “oddest play of the year,” and you know what? They’re not wrong. That’s just wild, plain and simple.
Who’s Counting When It Matters Most?
And here’s the kicker, Coach Prime doesn’t even have a dedicated special teams coordinator on his staff. The closest thing they’ve got is Jacob Heavers, who’s a graduate assistant handling special teams stuff. You gotta wonder if that’s part of the problem here, because this kind of mix-up is just not acceptable. It’s not like they can’t do it, either. Earlier this season, Boo Carter pulled off an epic field goal block to seal a 14-13 win against Georgia Tech, which was their first W against an ACC team in six decades! So the talent is there, the capability is there, but man, those numbers against Texas Tech are a big red flag for the coaching setup.
Look, taking a 7-3 lead on a ranked team is huge, especially when nobody expects it. But you just cannot be short-handed like that when the game is truly on the line. Sanders needs to figure this out, and fast, before a player count error costs them something way bigger.
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Originally reported by The Sporting News.
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