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[Uncle Ken]

The faintest of praise

Damn

 

[Birch1]

How do you know the 1st quarter playcalling was all Shurmur? I ask because it wasn’t. It was greatly influenced by others then Shurmur took over with his “adjustments.” How do I know? Because I was told by someone who knows.

Should the “others” take over as OC?

 

[Da Lama]

Should the “others” take over as OC?

Yes, but it’s HCP’s call and we know what his misguided loyalty does around here.

 

[hawg1]

Yes, but it’s HCP’s call and we know what his misguided loyalty does around here.

Loyalty will get you best.

 

[steviet]

I only see three realistic opportunities for wins on the remaining schedule. Arizona, West Virginia and Kansas State. I expect that CU will be underdogs in at least two of those games. A fourth win would be a major upset.

This is correct, and we are not beating Kansas State.

 

[Bourbon Buff]

How do you know the 1st quarter playcalling was all Shurmur? I ask because it wasn’t. It was greatly influenced by others then Shurmur took over with his “adjustments.” How do I know? Because I was told by someone who knows.

As I sat in Section 215 with the respectable rowdies, oldsters, mildly inebriated (myself included), etc., watching the momentum fade in the third, my teenage kid*, amidst all of the chatter, said that he thought the two very efficient drives (first drive of the game, then the one that was all run, no pass, with wildcat schemes) were scripted. That seems to me to be about right, as most of the rest of the offensive sequences were off balance and perhaps reactive (to what, I'm not sure). If I recall correctly, CU had 120 yards rushing toward the earlier part of the second quarter. The final CU offensive play to me looked like a QB who had too many options and check-downs working in his head.

*(Credit the kid, not my idea)