Tag: Kaidon Salter
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Encouraging performance gives CU Buffs chance to get healthy, turn season around following bye week | College Football Insider
Pat Shurmur has another word for breakthroughs. Wins. Amid a difficult start to the season, the Colorado offensive coordinator has faced the music — although he doesn’t pay attention to any outside noise — as the leader of a unit that has been at the forefront of the team’s struggles to finish games. With punts…
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Kaidon Salter, CU Buffs offense overcomes second half woes to pull away from No. 22 Iowa State
BOULDER — Deion Sanders put the game on the shoulders of Kaidon Salter. Despite Salter’s rough showing last week at TCU — three poorly-timed interceptions in a 35-21 loss — the Colorado coach trusted his quarterback to make the biggest play in a must-win game for the Buffaloes. Facing a third-and-16 with under two minutes…
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5 storylines to watch as Colorado faces No. 22 Iowa State for first time in 15 years | Buffs Gameday
Just like 15 years ago, Colorado welcomes Iowa State to Boulder in the midst of a losing streak and with a winless record in Big 12 play. But the circumstances surrounding this Saturday’s game at Folsom Field (1:30 p.m. ESPN) couldn’t be much different from the last time these two programs met on the football…
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CU Buffs stressing importance of sticking together amidst 2-4 start
FORT WORTH, Texas — Even the flies have started to notice Colorado’s rough start to the season. As Deion Sanders sat down to address the Buffaloes’ 35-21 defeat at TCU — a game in which they led 14-0 late in the first half — he kept having to swat away a few flies as he…
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Deion Sanders believes blood clots have resurfaced as Colorado coach ditches shoe against TCU | Buffs notebook
FORT WORTH, Texas — Deion Sanders’ health issues have resurfaced again. After recently mentioning after games and practices that his feet have been bothering him, Coach Prime was seen without a shoe on his left foot during Colorado’s 35-21 loss to TCU on Saturday night at Amon G. Carter Stadium. There’s a reason for that.…
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Deion Sanders, Colorado can’t recreate magic at TCU with another blown lead
FORT WORTH, Texas — Everything changed over the course of six plays. Despite leading 14-0 with less than three minutes to play in the first half, Colorado found itself tied with TCU just a minute and a half of game time later. After the Horned Frogs got on the board for the first time with…
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CU Buffs at TCU | 3 takeaways from Colorado’s third-straight loss to begin Big 12 play
FORT WORTH, Texas — Colorado keeps finding more firsts in the Deion Sanders era. Only the latest one isn’t positive. For the first time under Coach Prime, the Buffaloes are 0-3 in conference play. CU will be left to rue more missed chances, as for the third time this season, they blew a double-digit first-half…
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5 storylines to watch as Deion Sanders, Colorado storm TCU in important Big 12 matchup | Buffs Gameday
FORT WORTH, Texas — Deion Sanders appreciates every time he returns to Texas. It’s the place he’s called home for many years and the fitting site of his debut as the head coach at Colorado. But after starting his tenure with consecutive wins in the Lone Star State, Coach Prime and the Buffaloes have lost…
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Deion Sanders, Colorado squander golden opportunity with blown lead in loss to No. 25 BYU
BOULDER — A minute before midnight, as he walked away from another postgame press conference following a loss, Deion Sanders crumbled up the stat sheet and sighed. Coach Prime really had one consistent message after Colorado’s 24-21 loss to No. 25 BYU on Saturday night at Folsom Field. “We had opportunities, a tremendous amount of…
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Mark Kiszla: The CU Buff who wilts under glare of spotlight is Coach Prime
For that $54 million the CU Buffs forked over to him, shouldn’t Deion Sanders be expected to look at a clock and tell the time? As a showman, Coach Prime shines more brilliantly than the huge necklace he wears in Folsom Field. As a cancer survivor, he’s a beacon of hope to anyone facing a…