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Official CU vs Houston game thread - 9/12/25

This team is not coached up, they assume talent will prevail. This has been a problem under Prime. Boise State in their heyday was competitive because their teams would execute, which would compensate for having less talent. The blue blood programs have talent and coach it up - that is why they are elite. CU has NFL HOFers on their staff, but it seems at times that the best coaches are the ones who have to grind it out to be successful.

I watched Houston and they seemed to execute better than CU. This team does not seem to be designed to march down the field. They want big chunk plays.

Houston was suppose to be an easy game.
 
#1 pick said:
I watched his spring season at Jackson. That was the first time. This is different. He has the talent. He just doesn't have all the pieces. This is where you gotta figure it out. It's a lot easier when you got guys who can handle a lot and carry which he had last year. This year, he gotta really figure it out. I felt he overachieved that spring year. Right now, they are clearly floundering. I don't think I've ever been so wrong on a game since Miami lost to Ohio State in the natty and St. Louis and Kurt Warner lost to the New England Patriots in the SB
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You’ve been wrong a lot since jumping back on.
 
#1 pick said:
he can do the rah rah stuff and focus on clock management
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Hart doesn't know football, let alone what time it is. You think clock management is a mess now... CP keeping Hart in any capacity is one of the major problems.
When this CP coaching experiment fails, and CP has had time to reflect, he will realize keeping Hart around was a core contributor to his downfall
 
Robert Sorell said:
What does this mean?
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They have talent. They just lack all of the pieces. LB core is bad. DL is inexperienced. Secondary is inexperienced. The OL has no chemistry but they do pro protect exceptionally well. The WRs looked out of place and poorly used, especially Dre'lon. Atkins isn't being used correctly since week 1. Price, Trackhawk, and Atkins all need to be used a lot more. The OL needs to grow a pair on run blocking. They have talent. This isn't 2023 or 2021 spring where you have an OL that has no talent or a piss poor DL like both of those teams. The only area where this team is extremely bad is at LB. It's also the one position where it seems we are in over our heads at coaching wise.

As bad as Pats been in the last two weeks. No one and I mean no one been as bad as Coach Hart. Maybe Coach Prime. That said, Prime is still redeemable. Coach Hart on the other hand...
 
Just rewatched the game while choking down pumpkin spice pancakes. Not sure which made me gag more. Quick initial observation: This offensive scheme is about as basic as you'll find in college football. That said, there are receivers getting open, but the QBs are flat out not seeing them. Staub's post snap reads look very similar to Salter's. That's an issue the QB coach needs to focus on. Then I re-realize Shurmur is also the QB coach, and it all makes sense.
 
manhattanbuff said:
He is a nice backup. He can flash and not screw up in spot relief. He is not a starter. They need to scrap Pat and start calling an offense that is built around KSalt’s strengths. Let JuJu play when we’re up.
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This. All of this. For the sake of the locker room, Shurmur has to be fired or demoted. Staub had his shot. Salter back to starter and we realign to what the QB room plan was to start the year.
 
Da Lama said:
Just rewatched the game while choking down pumpkin spice pancakes. Not sure which made me gag more. Quick initial observation: This offensive scheme is about as basic as you'll find in college football. That said, there are receivers getting open, but the QBs are flat out not seeing them. Staub's post snap reads look very similar to Salter's. That's an issue the QB coach needs to focus on. Then I re-realize Shurmur is also the QB coach, and it all makes sense.
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I hate pumpkin spice flavored stuff.
 
BlackNGold said:
This team is not coached up, they assume talent will prevail. This has been a problem under Prime. Boise State in their heyday was competitive because their teams would execute, which would compensate for having less talent. The blue blood programs have talent and coach it up - that is why they are elite. CU has NFL HOFers on their staff, but it seems at times that the best coaches are the ones who have to grind it out to be successful.

I watched Houston and they seemed to execute better than CU. This team does not seem to be designed to march down the field. They want big chunk plays.

Houston was suppose to be an easy game.
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Do our NFL HOF players on staff do much recruiting in the offseason? Sapp has been here for 2 years and nobody has really mentioned him in recruiting. Is Marshall Faulk hitting the recruiting trail?

To me, this staff structure feels like Prime allows some coaches to coast in recruiting and puts most of that on Corey Phillips, Box and the personnel staff. Prime, himself, doesn’t do in home visits and I was mocked last offseason when I said it was a big deal.

They recruit 10-12 decent HS guys every year and rely on a bunch of cast offs and G5 transfers to fill out the rest. Prime thinking that strategy is going to “change the game” is idiotic with 2.5 years of evidence.
 
Da Lama said:
This. All of this. For the sake of the locker room, Shurmur has to be fired or demoted. Staub had his shot. Salter back to starter and we realign to what the QB room plan was to start the year.
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I think he realigns QB room. I’m not exactly sure how he explains that to Salter if he keeps Shurmur.
 
Pilotbuff said:
At what point does RG sit down with Prime and ask, “ahhhh, what the f.***. is going on?”
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RG gave the football keys to Prime. I’m sure they talk and debrief about the things, but RG lets CP do his thing. The problem is, RG and TS have given Prime the resources he needs to fill out a legit coaching staff and recruiting infrastructure. Prime has to be the one to execute with those resources.
 
The Alabaster Yak said:
Do our NFL HOF players on staff do much recruiting in the offseason? Sapp has been here for 2 years and nobody has really mentioned him in recruiting. Is Marshall Faulk hitting the recruiting trail?

To me, this staff structure feels like Prime allows some coaches to coast in recruiting and puts most of that on Corey Phillips, Box and the personnel staff. Prime, himself, doesn’t do in home visits and I was mocked last offseason when I said it was a big deal.

They recruit 10-12 decent HS guys every year and rely on a bunch of cast offs and G5 transfers to fill out the rest. Prime thinking that strategy is going to “change the game” is idiotic with 2.5 years of evidence.
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You were and I was indifferent. Wasn't sold that it works but Prime maybe doesn't have to do it but based on what we seen in the first 3 games, Prime needs to get on his knees like Ricky Bell and say I apologize and start getting the road. We gotta land top end talent. He also needs to hit donors and get as much money as possible for recruiting and the portal. The good ones cost now and a lot
 
#1 pick said:
You were and I was indifferent. Wasn't sold that it works but Prime maybe doesn't have to do it but based on what we seen in the first 3 games, Prime needs to get on his knees like Ricky Bell and say I apologize and start getting the road. We gotta land top end talent. He also needs to hit donors and get as much money as possible for recruiting and the portal. The good ones cost now and a lot
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It’s one thing to bring his sons and Trav, along with a handful of P4 caliber guys to HBCU and dominate. That’s him simply having more talent than his opponents.

He has a similar opportunity to do that relative to the Big 12 opponents by bringing in SEC/B1G caliber recruits. So far, he has been so-so in doing that but it becomes a wash when the staff he has can’t coach to their abilities.
 
Pilotbuff said:
At what point does RG sit down with Prime and ask, “ahhhh, what the f.***. is going on?”
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RG is a lazy and ineffective AD, who has very little leverage with Prime, especially since the ink is dry on a $10 mm five year extension.

He never hired a high level football coach in 10+ years. He has not supported the men’s basketball program and allowed Tad Boyle to receive an annual 5 year rollover contract, irrespective of performance. On top of that, the AD’s fund raising efforts very passive and lame.

IMO, we badly need a new AD before we hire the next head football coach.
 
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