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CU at the Game Podcast: On the Defensive – Buffs look to Improve in 2020
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Colorado ranked 96th nationally in scoring defense in 2019; 104th in total defense. The Buffs have seven returning starters … will the Buffs make substantial strides in Year Two under Tyson Summers? The Buffs return all three starters along the defensive line – will Mustafa Johnson make a name for himself? All-Pac-12 linebacker Nate Landman had double the number of tackles of any other Buff in 2019 – will he get more support this fall? The Buffs are very young (but talented) in the defensive backfield – who will emerge as this year’s star?
I hope you enjoy it! I look forward to your comments!
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Podcast Companions …
- Essay: “Who Will be CU’s Starting Quarterback?”
- Depth Chart Deep Dive: Offense
- Depth Chart Deep Dive: Defense
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Previous podcasts …
- Episode 1: The First Days of the Karl Dorrell Era
- Episode 2: Interview with CU Athletic Director Rick George
- Episode 3: Interview with Buffs4Life President Sean Tufts
- Episode 4: Mailbag Edition, April, 2020
- Episode 5: Road Trip to College Station and Texas A&M
- Episode 6: Mailbag Edition, May, 2020
- Episode 7: Road Trip – No. 5 CU at No. 21 Washington, September 30, 1989
- Episode 8: Mailbag Edition, June, 2020
- Episode 9: Mailbag Edition, July, 2020
- Episode 10: Reviewing the Updated Schedule; CU gets its quarterback
- Episode 11: Where do we go from here? Chaos in collegiate athletics and its impact on CU football
- Episode 12: Mailbag Edition, August, 2020
- Episode 13: Pac-12’s Season of Uncertainty
- Episode 14: CU’s Revised Schedule: Buffs get a break … but will the new staff have enough practice time to get the team ready to play?
- Episode 15: Let’s Get Offensive! A Unit-by-Unit Preview of the CU Offense
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Below is Episode 16 of Season 1 for the CU at the Game Podcast. You can listen to the podcast simply by clicking on the play button below, or listen it to it here at Buzzsprout, or at Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, or other podcast hosting sites. Be sure to subscribe to the Podcast so that you will be alerted as soon as a new episode is posted … and don’t forget to give us a rating and a review!
2 Replies to “CU at the Game Podcast – On the Defensive”
USC averaged 454 yds/game, vs Colorado 520
UCLA averaged 405 yds/game, vs Colorado 426
Stanford averaged 368 yds/game, vs Colorado 372
Washington averaged 392 yds/game, vs Colorado 238
Utah averaged 429, vs Colorado 372 (ya the same as Stanford huh?)
I didn’t keep going back but it is what I thought. Prior to the Stanford game our defense was a sieve, and a bad one at that. The Stanford game was a turning point, we altered our scheme a little bit as I recall and we changed up our blitz packages. So that game saw us pull even with the team stats. Washington and Utah saw us do much better. It is only two games but I think there is a statistical Reason for some optimism. I would be interested in some additional stats on explosive plays, tackles for losses, sacks, and pressures by game as I suspect they got better.
I do think loosing Onu will hurt though. Maybe more than Taylor.
I like Summers and the D got better as last season went on. I hope they don’t need to blitz as much this year. I have hope for the defense.