And so it begins...(tracking Coach Prime decommits/transfers)

[Cornicator]

Apr 27, 2024; Boulder, CO, USA; Colorado Buffaloes quarterback Shedildo Sanders (2) warms up during a spring game event at Folsom Field. Mandatory Credit: Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports

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Colorado vs North Dakota State Preview​

Colorado vs North Dakota State How to Watch
Date: Thursday, August 29, 2024
Game Time: 8:00 pm ET
Venue: Folsom Field, Boulder, CO
How to Watch: ESPN
2023 Records: Colorado (4-8), North Dakota State (11-4)
- Week 1 Thursday Schedule, Predictions

Why North Dakota State Will Win​

Has Colorado done enough to improve the lines?

The skill talent is still fantastic, and there might be a few wonderful players on the defensive side, but the totally miserable lines in the first season under Deion Sanders still have to improve.

The D that was among the worst in the nation last year has to rise up fast up front, and the offensive line needs to be night-and-day better even with a whole slew of new parts in the mix.

The North Dakota State pass rush will be nasty again, the offensive line should pound away for over five yards per carry, but …

Why Colorado Will Win​

North Dakota State isn’t stopping this Colorado passing game.

The Bison defensive front will get to Shedildo Sanders, but not often enough. Colorado’s receiving corps is beyond loaded - adding Will Sheppard from Vanderbilt and LaJohntay Wester from Florida Atlantic was big - and this will quickly turn into a firefight if 2 gets hot right away.

Expect at least 300 yards from Sanders - North Dakota State only allowed more than 270 passing yards once last season - but …

Colorado vs North Dakota State: Who Will Win​

Here’s the problem for Colorado.

North Dakota State struggled against teams that ran well, not those that could throw.

It might be a new year, and these might be new teams, but even with Colorado trying to balance things out a bit more, the bread will still be buttered through the air.

Most of the Bison's close games and losses last year came when they allowed more 100 rushing yards, and Colorado might not be able to net that if the line isn’t far, far stronger.

North Dakota State star QB Cam Miler will do more than hold his own, but Sanders will bail the team out with a big late scoring drive to pull out a thriller.

Colorado vs North Dakota State Prediction, Betting Lines​

Colorado 34, North Dakota State 30
Line: Colorado -8.5, o/u: 59.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 3
Colorado vs North Dakota State Must See Rating: 3.5

 

[Pipe Line]

This game felt so far away for so long, and we're only three weeks away now. Can't wait to be there for it.

 

[vailhusker]

If I remember right CU lost their '24, '25 and maybe '26 QB commits last year.

 

[Stan Raymond]

This might tip the scales in Colorado's favor.

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Nothing says serious about football like exclusive headsets.

 

[Boondock_St_Sker]

One of the funnest games i watched last year.

That was the game where Travis Hunter got shit whipped isn't it?

 

[Boondock_St_Sker]

Mutha fuckin' Sapp....4:29-4:41 talking about Johnny Mitchell and how they "lit his ass up"...Hey Warren, remember how much YORE ASS got lit up that game? Still able to breath??

 

[Stan Raymond]

Mutha fuckin' Sapp....4:29-4:41 talking about Johnny Mitchell and how they "lit his ass up"...Hey Warren, remember how much YORE ASS got lit up that game? Still able to breath??

Different game, he's talking about the 92 Orange Bowl after the 1991 season, where we lost 22-0. Sapp was a scout team TE at the time.

 

[Boondock_St_Sker]

Different game, he's talking about the 92 Orange Bowl after the 1991 season, where we lost 22-0. Sapp was a scout team TE at the time.

I will turn in my Husker fandom card now...sorry boys. So Sapp never wore ANYONE out other than himself in '95

 

[Stan Raymond]

I will turn in my Husker fandom card now...sorry boys. So Sapp never wore ANYONE out other than himself in '95

Not my bad if you don't understand what he was talking about. Hell if anything he was giving a compliment to Johnny Mitchel to use him as an example. His point was pretty simple to get, scout team players need to bust their ass so that the starters get what they need when you face someone like Johnny on game day.

Not my fault that you can't recognize that he is talking about a game 4 years before we ran him over. It's not about being a Nebraska fan, but about just being wrong.

 

[HerbRedman]

Different game, he's talking about the 92 Orange Bowl after the 1991 season, where we lost 22-0. Sapp was a scout team TE at the time.

Actually I watched this and it's not that bad. Sapp was talking about how he busted his ass as a scout team TE and that prepped the UM defense to go against a 1st round draft pick TE (Johnny Mitchell).

He says "Johnny Mitchell" like he expects these 19 yr olds to know who that is. He should have clarified with "the guy who was drafted 15th that yr in the first round."

 

[BIGSTICK67]

Trevor Reilly resigns from Deion Sanders' staff at Colorado

Colorado Buffaloes special teams coordinator reportedly left the program prior to the start of fall camp

www.si.com

 

[Cornicator]

Trevor Reilly resigns from Deion Sanders' staff at Colorado

Colorado Buffaloes special teams coordinator reportedly left the program prior to the start of fall camp

www.si.com

If Colorado loses to North Dakota State, I expect 1 or 2 more coaches to get fired the following week.

 

[LoudHogRider]

If Colorado loses to North Dakota State, I expect 1 or 2 more coaches to get fired the following week.

That should certainly help the "esprit de corps" within the program.

 

[11husker23]

Mutha fuckin' Sapp....4:29-4:41 talking about Johnny Mitchell and how they "lit his ass up"...Hey Warren, remember how much YORE ASS got lit up that game? Still able to breath??

Johnny Mitchell was probably the most intimidating athlete I have ever seen in person. Dude was huge. I'll never forget him throwing firecrackers at me and my friends on the Fourth of July and him laughing about it hysterically. I'm certain he could still kick the shit out of Sapp today.

 

[HCFord1]

Johnny Mitchell was probably the most intimidating athlete I have ever seen in person. Dude was huge. I'll never forget him throwing firecrackers at me and my friends on the Fourth of July and him laughing about it hysterically. I'm certain he could still kick the shit out of Sapp today.

Please tell me you were children at the time. I'm imagining Johnny Mitchell throwing firecrackers at a bunch of little kids and laughing.

 

[Baron Winnebago]

If Colorado loses to North Dakota State, I expect 1 or 2 more coaches to get fired the following week.

If they think they're returning BOOMschini's 17 yard shanks now, they've got another thing coming

 

[11husker23]

Please tell me you were children at the time. I'm imagining Johnny Mitchell throwing firecrackers at a bunch of little kids and laughing.

That is precisely what happened. My friends dad and him played together. He would visit during the summer and always brought football cards for us. One Fourth of July he was back and while we were playing just started launching fire crackers and m-80s at us. It was terrifying.

 

[jickey moseph]

 

[Baron Winnebago]

We didn't really need more evidence for whose side Deion was on during 9/11 but I'll take it

 

[jickey moseph]

We didn't really need more evidence for whose side Deion was on during 9/11 but I'll take it