Keeler: CU Buffs coach Deion Sanders is right: This mess is on him. So was 42-17 thumping by Arizona State
BOULDER Coach Prime requirements to sign that precaution guard With left in a - loss to Arizona State CU Buffs fans were treated to the best tackle on the evening Too bad it was by a guy wearing an orange vest As CU trailed - particular doofus in a Julian Lewis No jersey raced from out of nowhere and onto the logo at midfield Fake Ju Ju then began shaking his booty for the less-than-capacity Folsom Field crowd What happened next was your defensive highlight of the evening Which should also tell you how the evening went more or less Our field-stormer got in about five wiggles when a CU measure staffer sprinting at full speed laid him out with a near-perfect form tackle The crowd went nuts And given the tackling they d seen by the guys in the black jerseys and pads could you blame them The Sun Devils - - Big didn t just run wild They ran with the rage of a club reclaiming lost lunch money Arizona State had yards on the ground Sun Devils tailback Raleek Brown accounted for of them on carries It was the seventh competition this season and fifth time at home that the Buffs - - gave up at least rush yards to the opposition And the third tilt of at least surrendered on the ground Did we mention ASU also turned it over four times The Buffs were plus-three in the takeaway column Sun Devils QB Jeff Sims was well pretty much Nebraska Conrhusker Jeff Sims -of- passing yards The hosts lost by That takes specific doing That demands several changing Start with me declared third-year Buffs coach Deion Sanders whose record at CU slipped to - overall - in league play It s everything It s personnel It s depth It s scheme It s chemistry It s philosophy It s coaching Oh man is it coaching You don t know what you re going to get from these Buffs More to the point it s not clear Coach Prime knows what he s going to get from the Buffs play to play week to week We re not happy with where we are Sanders mentioned Not at all It s not effort Not generally After Tawfiq Byard left with an injury the Buffs by the second quarter were without their top three safeties and two top boundary cornerbacks Yet the scrapping never stopped Trailing - with left in the third quarter the beat-up Buffs defense forced a turnover with Shaun Myers returning a Sims fumble to the Sun Devils -yard-line Then the calls got weird With goal to go the Buffs ran it on first down with Dre Lon Miller for yards On second down they handed off to Miller again for more On third-and-goal from the Lewis dropped back and was sacked for a -yard loss A delay of championship call pushed the hosts into fourth-and-goal from the and a -yard field goal by Alejandro Mata in his Folsom Field farewell Only in a - championship it didn t take long for sublime to supplant the ridiculous On the penultimate play of the third quarter ASU s Brown broke off a -yard jaunt on first down to his own only for Buffs safety John Slaughter to poke the ball loose Teammate Isaiah Hardge snapped it up to give the hosts the rock right back Related Articles Keeler CU Buffs fans perplexed at Bill McCartney statue location outside Folsom Field Shame that he s not out in front of the stadium Grading The Week Broncos Avs Wil Lutz CU soccer DU soccer giving Denver fans reasons to be thankful Keeler How did Nuggets Cam Johnson find his groove Thank this move Keeler Broncos Sean Payton want to make Bo Nix s life easier Get Marvin Mims Jr more touches Renck vs Keeler Better job for Kordell Stewart or anyone CSU head coach or CU AD Alas as these Buffs have proven they can t have nice things Lewis bailed the offense out of second-and- with a screen pass to Sincere Brown on third-and- for a -yard gain So far so good right Now keep this in mind At this point the match was midway through the fourth quarter CU was down four at home and driving Dallan Hayden the Buffs RB was averaging yards per carry on his first totes Micah Welch his backfield mate was averaging yards a pop So on first down CU wideout Ronald Coleman was handed the ball and a lane for a -yard gain and Wait Ronald Coleman Walk-on wide receiver First career carry Yep Yep And checks notes yep Sure enough Coleman fumbled giving the rock right back to the Sun Devils at the ASU The guests didn t refuse this gift Brown broke free and zipped up the right boundary for an -yard outcome that put ASU up - pending the extra point Warm up the bus The gentleman who fumbled Sanders commented after the event That s on me Yep So is the crowd turning the clock back to electing to entertain themselves So is Fake Ju Ju racing to midfield untouched dancing like no one s watching trying to save another lost Flatiron night Want more sports news Sign up for the Sports Omelette to get all our analysis on Denver s teams
