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Coach Prime / Buffs Football Social Media Thread
- Thread starter Big Iron Buff
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Practice will get you over that gag reflex . . . or so I've heard.
All I can remember is Mac. The rest have been on the radio.
One thing Coach Prime is proving is that Denver isn't owned by the Broncos to the point where the Buffs would automatically relegated to 3rd rate coverage. The issue all along has been that CU didn't deliver a nationally relevant storyline and didn't have great media access or a media savvy HC when the Buffs were relevant. It's a good sports town.
As awful as we’ve been, the Buffs have drawn pretty good attendance. This season attendance is going to be epic.
I said it probably a year ago, but all any conference that’s doing its due diligence on CU has to do is look at 2015, 2016 and 2017 (and even 2018) to see just how well this state supports the program when they’re relevant.
2015 - Terrible ratings and not a ton of excitement
2016 - Huge jump in attendance, ratings, nationally televised games, radio spots, etc
2017 - Increased season ticket sales, Viska Heisman hype after 5 games, etc
If this program can make a bowl game this year and back up the Prime hype, the anticipation (and expectations) for 2024 are going to be crazy, especially going into a new conference
I would like to flick.
Big Jim
WTF?
Dream on.
I'll be in my bunk.
Edit - answered already. CP's a good dude.
SerenityBuff
Well-Known Member
Holding up helmets at kickoff was a cool tradition college football players did in the 80s-90s. Not so much anymore. Bring that back too.
whatthebuff
Club Member
Plus stomping the **** out of bleachers on 3rd down, finger waving thing on kickoffs, keys for key plays, and most importantly halftime marshmallow fights.
TCU fans in their feelings in the comments here
Like, I get why people don’t think we’ll win the conference. But I don’t understand the comments about how untalented this team is.
It's amazing how insecure people get about something they don't understand that changes the way things work. Coach Prime and this team are something that no amount of donor money can just "buy" to replicate, so these fans are scared of it. You can "buy" players with an nil collective. You can spend years of building a program and tradition. But not just anyone can "buy" a GOAT football icon as a coach who can turn around a 1-11 program with 2-3 stars and replace it with high 3-5 stars in one off-season. If we win right away, they're scared because it's something they can't just snap their fingers and do.
I cannot wait for this game and am cautiosly optimistic. One of the most antipated season openers that I can ever recall, someone mentioned the same thing (maybe Highlander). I totally understand the perceptions from a distance - we're coming off a 1-11 season and TCU just played for the friggin' national title, so come on this is a no-contest especially with TCU being at home. And the 20-point spreadsheet reflects that.
But nobody is looking even a little bit under the hood to see that the CU roster has been completely turned over and in the process the talent has been upgraded significantly. TCU only has 3 starters back on offense and was a team that had one close comeback win after another. They needed a semi-miracle against Baylor and won a 2-OT game against OSU. And then got a ton of help from Michigan to win their semifinal CFP game. It was a great year for them no doubt, but that was a sliver from being an 8-4/9-3 season. Which is a great season don't get me wrong, but people tend to forget that college football is so different from year to year unless you're talking about the perennial top 5 or so teams.
God damm now I'm fired up!!!
Agree everywhere. However, regarding the bold - it seems like there's a TON of people who have tracked every recruit and transfer coming to CU and they still claim there wasn't much of an upgrade, that CP can't coach, and his assistants suck. I don't get it.
I try to put myself in their shoes and imagine if Prime was doing this at Kansas and what our collective reactions would be. I could see most of us not following the specifics of the talent influx while also saying “they’ll still suck”. Have to go out and shock the CFB world in 3 weeks
On the use of the transfer portal for sure.
But I am struggling to understand how anyone can think this coaching staff is anything but a significant upgrade over the previous coaching staff.
Not only a significant upgrade, but legitimately one of the top 10-15 in the country
I could be talking out of my ass, but I feel pretty confident in saying this staff swings another game or even two in our favor last year. Even with the talent deficit, a Sean Lewis offense can keep you in games and give you a chance. I think most games would have been competitive save the Utah/USC types