OK... So I did it. I re-watched the first half like a sick fuck. I am surprised how much of the game I blocked out and forgot. I think it was a defense mechanism from brain damage.
I forgot how much the announcers were harping on how awful Sims was and how utterly shocked they were than he wasn't benched and replaced in the 2nd quarter. Rightly so.
It's just unreal to me how he played with 0 awareness. The snap that he signaled directly into the motion man. The interception he threw directly to a waiting defender in the 2nd quarter. Not staying in bounds on 3rd and long, running out of bounds to stop the clock. CU gets the ball back with 49 secs left and later scores 3 before the half. Taking multiple unnecessary sacks instead of getting rid of the football. No pocket presence. Just a 0 for football IQ on top of his other mental limitations. Dumbstruck.
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My first reaction after the game was: I actually thought that Sims was so bad that the national media was going to be like "there's an asterisk on this win vs Nebraska"... but the media in reality just went right to: "Colorado is the best team in CFB history!" There were no CFB analysts out there going "their QB literally handed them the game!" and I thought that was weird.
You just re-watched the game. That wasn't a normal 'off day' for a QB. That looked like a guy who was possessed by an evil spirit or something. That was so bad.
I certainly don't remember a game where we faced a QB who was that bad. Joe Bauserman at Ohio St comes to mind but he wasn't nearly as bad as Sims.