By Scott Salomon
During Colorado’s brief three-game winning streak, many college football fans out west were calling for the Buffaloes to make the College Football Playoff, win ten games, and even made comparisons to the great Miami Hurricanes teams of the 1980s that won three national titles in the decade.
That can all now come to an end.
After the final whistle in Saturday’s 42-6 loss at Oregon, the Buffaloes resembled the 2022 Colorado team that went 1-11. The clock struck midnight, Cinderella left the ball and her gown turned into old raggedy hand-me-downs.
Colorado was exposed as the fraud that they are and proved that their three-game winning streak against teams that are worse than they are, were nothing but preseason, pointless victories against inferior teams.
Their worst game was against Colorado State last Saturday night when they won by a touchdown in overtime, despite being a four-touchdown favorite at home.
There is no mistaking this team for a championship program and Coach Prime’s stock and that of his team is dropping faster than the value of his son and quarterback’s Shedeur Sanders‘ Rolls Royce Maybach.
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Despite the thorough demolition of his team, Coach Prime was still running his mouth and was optimistic after the worst loss of his brief coaching career.
“I analyze and I understand what we are up against. You better get me right now, this is the worst that we can be,” Coach Prime said. “I like what I can see. I’m excited about the future and I like what I see.”
Jason Whitlock, on his Fearless podcast, called Coach Prime a sellout before the game and was not very complimentary of the former Jackson State Head Coach.
“All the bandwagon Black sports fans ditching their Jackson State hoodies for Colorado hoodies – you’re selling out no different than Coach Prime,” Whitlock said. “Last Saturday’s game (against Colorado State) was a culture clash. It was elite vs. the working class. You could see that game for what it was. This was elites vs. the working class. Colorado State represented the working class.”
Whitlock then called out the quarterback.
“Deion’s son is one of those private school, rich and entitled kids,” Whitlock went on to rant. “Dude drives a Maybach. Before the game, he was flashing his Rolex in front of the Colorado State players. He wears a big gold chain and drips with all the arrogance of his father. All the money, wealth, and privilege supported Colorado. All those Black, elite millionaires were on Colorado’s sideline.”
Whitlock referred to the Buffaloes as Black Duke and to Deion as The Black Coach K.
“They are using ‘God’ as a shield to mask and cover up the lack of ethics and immortality, the money grab, the radical materialism of the whole thing, the ‘sellout’, the leaving of Jackson, Mississippi — your people. Poor people who could benefit from the economic impact that you’re delivering now for Colorado.”
Whew! Whitlock has an axe to grind. He feels the same was many fans of college football feel. Deion was a sellout and literally left Jackson State high and dry. He also raided their roster and took all of its good players.
Prime is so narcissistic and egotistical that he really thinks that opposing coaches make it personal, and think that they are playing him and not his team. Just like when he played, it’s all about Deion, it’s not about the team.
“Teams are trying to beat me, They are not trying to beat our team. That’s what it really is. It is what it is, that’s what I signed up for. They keep forgetting I don’t play anymore,” Coach Prime said in his post-game presser. “I had a great career. I’m good. I’ve got a gold jacket. If I was out there playing against every coach that we played against, we would be totally dominant.”
He then turned his attention to the Oregon game.
“No excuses, no nothing it was a good old-fashioned butt-kicking,” Coach Prime said. “Their coaches did a heck of a job of preparing their team, we didn’t. We lost offensively, defensively, and on special teams. Bo Nix played his butt off. Hats off to their head coach they were truly prepared.”
Oregon coach Dan Lanning put his foot on the pedal and the pedal to the floor as he accelerated his offense from Jump Street. At halftime, he had this to say to ABC sideline reporter Katie George.
“We’re not done yet, we’re not satisfied,” Lanning said. “I hope all those people that have been watching them every week watches this week.”
Before the game, Lanning told his team that “The Cinderella Story is over. Colorado plays for clicks, and we play for wins.”
Prime said that they have to get better and get ready for next week when they play reigning Heisman Trophy winner Caleb Williams and the USC Trojans in Boulder.
“We ain’t got no time for a pity party. There ain’t nobody walking around that locker room with napkins and tissues,” Prime said. Get your butt up and let’s go. we got a lot of work to do.”
Prime said he has nothing to prove to the naysayers.
“People around the country will say this is what they (Colorado) need to humble themselves. We weren’t arrogant, we were just confident. If our confidence offends your security that’s a you problem. It’s just something that happened they got the best of us today.”
He was very complimentary of the effort that his team gave, despite getting thoroughly destroyed in every aspect of the game.
“There is not a talent gap, we just got our butt kicked,” Prime said. “They played a really concise game. Usually we are a sound fundamental team. We just kept making mistakes that is not indicative of who we are. You don’t have to get your butt kicked to learn. You can win and learn. Its not just the kids. We played like hot garbage, that really surprised me.”
Prime said that his son, the quarterback, Shedeur Sanders never got on track and that they took him out of his game.
“When you get to our quarterback it’s a wrap, as you know we don’t have a running game.”
“We’re not satisfied when we are not putting numbers up offensively, the quarterback said after the game. “Everyone understood what transpired and what happened. We just have to more forward. Its not eye opening, its the game of football if you don’t execute your game plan, you are going to lose.”
The Buffaloes were without one of their star players, two-way sensation Travis Hunter, who has a lacerated liver. His absence was felt, but not the reason why they played like bull junk, a favorite term of Coach Prime.
“Travis is two players for us, Shedeur Sanders said. “But, that is not the reason why we didn’t win. It was the slow starts, the self-inflicted wounds. We just have to execute the play that’s called.”
