CU @ UCF - September 28 @ 1:30 PM MT Game Thread

[Tatanka™]

I’m not on Instagram. Did Chris Fowler talk about the game in an Instagram live stream Saturday night? If so, can someone post it? TIA

 

[Darth Snow]

Watching the Neely behind the scenes stuff. Watching a hyped TO celebrate a big play with Travis Hunter on the Colorado sideline.

This level of happiness is dangerous.

 

[4BienemyTDs]

Joel Klatt mentioned on one of his podcasts this week that he went through the UCF Film and Colorado went from 80% of the time in 4-Wide to 75% in 3-Wide with a Tight End and that Smalls played more snaps than Wester and Horn because one of them were off the field for Smalls. I have been crying for this non stop and Klatt says that it worked perfectly to accomplish so many good things related to Run Game, Protections, and how it steadied our line etc. He expected us to stay in that and use it as our new primary plan, and it leans directly into Shurmur getting his way, and imagine if we would have used that against Nebraska instead of thinking we could block those monsters.

I still firmly believe that the attitude that having Hunter-Horn-Wester-Sheppard with Shedeur was so inviting and so overwhelming mentally that Prime and Shedeur wanted it to be the thing, and the change is going to propel us forward as contenders instead of getting our QB killed.

 

[The Alabaster Yak]

Joel Klatt mentioned on one of his podcasts this week that he went through the UCF Film and Colorado went from 80% of the time in 4-Wide to 75% in 3-Wide with a Tight End and that Smalls played more snaps than Wester and Horn because one of them were off the field for Smalls. I have been crying for this non stop and Klatt says that it worked perfectly to accomplish so many good things related to Run Game, Protections, and how it steadied our line etc. He expected us to stay in that and use it as our new primary plan, and it leans directly into Shurmur getting his way, and imagine if we would have used that against Nebraska instead of thinking we could block those monsters.

I still firmly believe that the attitude that having Hunter-Horn-Wester-Sheppard with Shedeur was so inviting and so overwhelming mentally that Prime and Shedeur wanted it to be the thing, and the change is going to propel us forward as contenders instead of getting our QB killed.

Now imagine if we actually recruited a legit TE instead of converting a DE. I actually have hope that Smalls can develop into a decent TE option if they keep him involved throughout the year, but someone like Chamon Metayer would be a huge weapon for this offense right now.