Colorado Sneaking in Week 0

[JerryBones5]

late August is still during monsoon season, so in addition to the heat it can easily be a LOT more humid than what they're used to in CO. that time of year the overnight low will be 85-90 and it can easily be 100+ all the way until midnight. ASU is also near Tempe town lake, so it's the most humid place in the valley

I'll never forget pitching down in Phoenix in late august, man, I had to ask for a new ball constantly I was sweating so much. Made playing in Atlanta during the summer feel like 75 with a breeze.

 

[vailhusker]

Source: Week 0 game nixed after Deion Sanders leak​

By BRANDON MARCELLO 58 minutes ago

Prime Time will have to wait.

The Pac-12 has nixed plans for an early sneak peek at the Deion Sanders era with a Week 0 matchup between Colorado and Arizona State to open the 2023 season, a source told 247Sports on Wednesday. Officials stepped in and halted progress before the programs could ask for a waiver to move the game after Sanders prematurely leaked news to ESPN's Kirk Herbstreit on College GameDay.

Herbstreit first mentioned the development on the ESPN broadcast of Monday's College Football Playoff National Championship Game between Georgia and TCU, citing Sanders.

"(Sanders) was on GameDay with us and he actually gave us some news ... breaking news, from Prime," Herbstreit said. "They're actually not going to be opening up with (TCU). Colorado's going to open up with Arizona State in their first game, and then they're going to play TCU in their second game. Looks like they're sneaking around there a little bit, but that was just told to me from Coach Prime tonight."

The Buffaloes have been slated to kick off the 2023 season Sept. 2 at TCU in Week 1 before hosting Nebraska Sept. 9 and Colorado State Sept. 16 for Weeks 2 and 3. The move would move up Sanders' debut to late August against a fellow first-year head coach in Arizona State's Kenny Dillingham.

The Pac-12 approached teams with an opportunity to play Colorado in a Week 0 game to capitalize on Sanders' debut as the Buffaloes' head coach. Arizona State jumped at the opportunity, sources told 247Sports.

Sanders comes to Colorado on a five-year contract worth $29.5 million following a stellar run at Jackson State. He was asked during his appearance Monday on College GameDay what he would tell his team if they were playing for a title during his tenure.

"You've got to get your main guys, they're going to have to buy in, this is how we do it and what we do ... it's the consistency that has to be established," Sanders said. "Not only on the practice field, but off the field. Those guys, you can't get here and all the sudden change. You don't want to see a different mannerism of somebody. Everybody's talking about the players, but you've got to coach the coaches too. They can't get complacent. They can't look around and start thinking about jobs and thinking about their next move. They have to be consistent as well."

After a lack of stability under recent the Mel Tucker and Karl Dorrell regimes, the Buffs seek a long-term answer under Sanders.

"I’ve liked this hire," Josh Pate said during an episode of Late Kick last month. "It’s not like anything has changed the last few days. Some of you have been rubbed the wrong way by the way he’s entered. … Some of you have looked at his resume and don’t think he deserves the job. To that, I would say get mad at Colorado, not Deion Sanders if that’s the way you feel."

Source: Week 0 game nixed after Deion Sanders leak

The plans for a Week 0 game between Colorado and Arizona State have been nixed.

247sports.com

 

[Steveweiser316]

Source: Week 0 game nixed after Deion Sanders leak​

By BRANDON MARCELLO 58 minutes ago

Prime Time will have to wait.

The Pac-12 has nixed plans for an early sneak peek at the Deion Sanders era with a Week 0 matchup between Colorado and Arizona State to open the 2023 season, a source told 247Sports on Wednesday. Officials stepped in and halted progress before the programs could ask for a waiver to move the game after Sanders prematurely leaked news to ESPN's Kirk Herbstreit on College GameDay.

Herbstreit first mentioned the development on the ESPN broadcast of Monday's College Football Playoff National Championship Game between Georgia and TCU, citing Sanders.

"(Sanders) was on GameDay with us and he actually gave us some news ... breaking news, from Prime," Herbstreit said. "They're actually not going to be opening up with (TCU). Colorado's going to open up with Arizona State in their first game, and then they're going to play TCU in their second game. Looks like they're sneaking around there a little bit, but that was just told to me from Coach Prime tonight."

The Buffaloes have been slated to kick off the 2023 season Sept. 2 at TCU in Week 1 before hosting Nebraska Sept. 9 and Colorado State Sept. 16 for Weeks 2 and 3. The move would move up Sanders' debut to late August against a fellow first-year head coach in Arizona State's Kenny Dillingham.

The Pac-12 approached teams with an opportunity to play Colorado in a Week 0 game to capitalize on Sanders' debut as the Buffaloes' head coach. Arizona State jumped at the opportunity, sources told 247Sports.

Sanders comes to Colorado on a five-year contract worth $29.5 million following a stellar run at Jackson State. He was asked during his appearance Monday on College GameDay what he would tell his team if they were playing for a title during his tenure.

"You've got to get your main guys, they're going to have to buy in, this is how we do it and what we do ... it's the consistency that has to be established," Sanders said. "Not only on the practice field, but off the field. Those guys, you can't get here and all the sudden change. You don't want to see a different mannerism of somebody. Everybody's talking about the players, but you've got to coach the coaches too. They can't get complacent. They can't look around and start thinking about jobs and thinking about their next move. They have to be consistent as well."

After a lack of stability under recent the Mel Tucker and Karl Dorrell regimes, the Buffs seek a long-term answer under Sanders.

"I’ve liked this hire," Josh Pate said during an episode of Late Kick last month. "It’s not like anything has changed the last few days. Some of you have been rubbed the wrong way by the way he’s entered. … Some of you have looked at his resume and don’t think he deserves the job. To that, I would say get mad at Colorado, not Deion Sanders if that’s the way you feel."

Source: Week 0 game nixed after Deion Sanders leak

The plans for a Week 0 game between Colorado and Arizona State have been nixed.

247sports.com

That article is confusing as hell. It gives a very brief reason as to why it was nixed but says that ASU was on board and was approached by the PAC-12 - granted my reading comprehension skills could be lacking this morning

 

[nscottie]

That article is confusing as hell. It gives a very brief reason as to why it was nixed but says that ASU was on board and was approached by the PAC-12 - granted my reading comprehension skills could be lacking this morning

According to our Phoenix evening news last night, ASU was onboard.

 

[vailhusker]

That article is confusing as hell. It gives a very brief reason as to why it was nixed but says that ASU was on board and was approached by the PAC-12 - granted my reading comprehension skills could be lacking this morning

Looks like they just deleted a sentence and added the new information from this article from yesterday instead of writing something new.

Pac-12 working to finalize Colorado vs. Arizona State football for Week 0 of 2023 season

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247sports.com

 

[vailhusker]

 

[cwessel76]

Looks like they just deleted a sentence and added the new information from this article from yesterday instead of writing something new.

Pac-12 working to finalize Colorado vs. Arizona State football for Week 0 of 2023 season

...

247sports.com

Dean has joined 247 I see.

 

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