Well this thread got interesting with only 2 months until the game.
I think everyone who's discussing CU needs to ask two big questions before you prop them up at all:
1. Can Pat Shurmur really become an upgrade to Sean Lewis?
2. Can Robert Livingston, who's never coordinated a defense before, suddenly come in and insert a brand new scheme at the college level, where he has zero coaching experience?
I think everyone should be respectful of Shadeur' s talent mixed with 4 legit receivers. That's their team. That's their strength. You hit on 3 or 4 vertical routes and Nebraska makes some mistakes, and that's the anatomy for a loss.
But they have some serious questions.
Pat Shurmur couldn't buy an nfl assistant job. He has been fired more than Billy Martin. The only reason he got the CU job was because he lived in the Denver area. His hiring was by default.
CU couldn't find a DC. They didn't even know what defense they were going to run until after they brought in most of their transfers. Let's think about that for a minute. They were recruiting personnel to a scheme that didn't exist. This is how you sign a 6'0 285 lb D-Tackle to be an interior linemen in the 4-2-5. Their projected interior defensive linemen will be the smaller than what Nebraska will face vs UTEP or Northern Cockeye.
If you're going to run a 4-2-5, your defensive tackles have to keep offensive linemen off your linebackers or teams are going to kill you in the run game. Mazzucca and Ben Scott are going to just absolutely feast on that interior.
As for Shadeur Sanders the draft pick, I think he needs to clean up his maturity act or he will FALL in the draft. No doubt he has top 5 talent. But I believe his entitlement act is going to really scare teams in the interview room. His antics have "last guy sitting in the draft room" written all over him.
