Is Colorado’s Stunning Turn Under Coach Prime Set to Shake Up the CFP Landscape?
- Colorado only faces a blitz on 20.6% of its pass attempts, well below the Power Four average of 28.3%. But the Buffaloes allow a sack on 7.0% of their drop backs, compared to an average of 5.4%. The 16 power-conference teams that allow more frequent sacks all face more frequent blitzing. Sanders holds the ball a bit longer than the national average, but the heat he’s faced is not of his making.
- Colorado is miles below average in every stat that has anything to do with run blocking. The Buffs get 2.1 yards before contact per carry (Power Four average: 3.1), allow a 49.3% run disruption rate (average: 41.0%), and get 3.8 yards per run play (average: 5.1). There may not be a team in the power conferences with as well rounded a bad run game as Colorado has.
Right tackle Phillip Houston has struggled in particular, letting up pressure on 14.8% of his pass-blocking snaps – fifth worst among Big 12 tackles with 100 or more snaps. The fault doesn’t lie with any one player, though, and is more the fault of Deion Sanders for relying heavily on the transfer portal to stitch together a unit with very little year-to-year continuity.

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