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Colorado Daily – Iowa State Week
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October 7th
… CU in a few minutes …
*Coach Prime’s Weekly Press Conference*
Coach Prime on his health: “I am having a procedure today (aspiration thrombectomy left popliteal and tibial arteries). Prayerfully I’ll be right back at practice tomorrow. It is what it is what. Found what we found. I have a wonderful team of doctors at UC Health and a team of wonderful trainers here. It has nothing to do with me working at the level and competing… it is hereditary. It is what it is. I trust God with all my heart.”
Coach Prime: “The reason I’m still excited about this team is because I don’t feel like we’ve gotten our butt kicked … we’ve wrapped it up and gave it to them.” “We see where the faults are and we gotta fix that.” “We’re better than we’re playing.”
Coach Prime on players showing frustration: “You are happy as a coach to see that frustration. If you see no anger, you got a problem in your locker room. You want to see that controlled rage so to speak. Some of these guys are fed up. They want to win.”
Coach Prime when asked about QB Kaidon Salter: “I saw what you saw. We have to do better and we will.” On freshman QB Julian “JuJu” Lewis: “He’s comin’ around the mountain when he comes.”
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October 6th
… CU in a few minutes …
CU issues new procedures concerning fan behavior
Press release from CUBuffs.com … In an effort to improve the fan experience at CU home football games, the university and CU Athletics will be implementing the following changes for the game against Iowa State on Oct. 11.
- Streamlined communication between fans and stadium security personnel. Fans are encouraged to text the Folsom Field Text for Assistance Line – (720) 812-1769 to report any issue.
- Increase in security personnel throughout the stadium both inside and outside, including in the student section.
- Undercover police officers embedded in various sections throughout the stadium for immediate removals.
- Increase in security response teams throughout the stadium.
- Installation of new technology to proactively monitor behavior throughout the stadium.
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Changing goals: Trying to keep the team together now Goal No. 1
From the Daily Camera … Goals of winning the conference and getting to the College Football Playoff are gone. Bowl eligibility is slipping away, too.
But, for CU to salvage this season, it has to first keep the team together.
“That’s the most important thing going forward; 2-4, at this time, players start to think other things,” sophomore safety Tawfiq Byard said after the Buffs’ 35-21 loss at TCU on Saturday night in Fort Worth, Texas. “As leaders, we’ve got to bring them together.”
That won’t be easy for a team that has talked about a lack of leadership for much of the season, but Byard said leaders have to step up.
“We’ve got to keep (the players) on the same mission, because at the end of day, it’s our last name, and it’s that Colorado that’s on front that’s on the jerseys,” Byard said. “We’ve got to take it upon ourselves to do more and it starts in practice. And I know we keep saying it starts in practice, and everything starts in practice, but it’s real. Y’all see it out there on the field. We’ve just got to do better.”
CU has jumped out to 14-0 leads in back-to-back games, only to lose both: 24-21 against BYU on Sept. 27 and Saturday’s loss to TCU. It’s the first time in CU history that the Buffs have had 14-point leads in consecutive games and lost both.
Head coach Deion Sanders said his team has lacked a “killer” mentality, and it won’t be easy to change that.
“I don’t think you build that,” Sanders said. “I think that comes with the kid. And that’s tough stuff. You gotta have that somewhere inside of you, but that starts on the practice field, because if you’re having success there, you’re going to bring that over to the game, and you’re going to be successful there.”
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October 5th
… CU in a few minutes …
Coach Prime to see a doctor on Monday: “I think I’ve got more blood clots”
From ESPN … Deion Sanders said he was “hurting like crazy” after Colorado’s loss Saturday night at TCU and believes he has more blood clots in his leg.
“Cat’s out of the bag, all right. I think I’ve got more blood clots,” Sanders said. “It don’t make sense. I’m hurting like crazy. … I’m not getting blood to my leg. That’s why my leg is throbbing.”
The 58-year-old Colorado coach sat at times late during the 35-21 loss and said he had a doctor’s appointment Monday to see about the issue.
“Sorry to get that out, but thank you for noticing,” Sanders said when responding to a question after his health.
Sanders spent time away from the Buffaloes (2-4, 0-3 Big 12) this summer as he went through treatment for bladder cancer. His doctor said before the season that he was cured from that, with a section of Sanders’ intestine reconstructed to function as a bladder.
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Coach Prime: “The mentality and attitude – I’m tolerating it, that means I’m a part of it”
From the Daily Camera … Within the stat sheet, there are plenty of numbers to dissect in trying to figure out why the Colorado Buffaloes are falling short.
The real answer isn’t in the numbers, though, according to head coach Deion Sanders. The 2025 Buffaloes don’t have the right mindset to win, he said, and that was on display yet again in a 35-21 loss to TCU at Amon G. Carter Stadium.
“The mentality and attitude, the mentality and attitude, the mentality and attitude,” Sanders said. “But the thing about it, if I’m tolerating it, that means I’m a part of it. I gotta do a better job of just putting the stop to it when I see it.”
CU (2-4, 0-3 Big 12) jumped out to a 14-0 lead in the second quarter against a TCU team favored by 13.5 points coming in. During the last 33 minutes, though, the Buffs were outscored 35-7.
It was eerily like a week earlier when the Buffs punched favored BYU in the mouth early for a 14-0 lead. CU was outscored 24-7 the rest of the way, though, and lost 24-21.
“It’s the same stuff every week,” sophomore safety Tawfiq Byard said as he expressed frustration. “Leaders, we’ve got to take it upon ourselves and do better in practice. Like you said, it’s the same old stuff. We just gotta lock in on the little stuff.”
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4 Replies to “Colorado Daily – Iowa State Week”
Have to admit i’m not thrilled by the police survelliance state stuff related to fan behavior. Fans chanting “F** the mormans” doesn’t require hidden police officers ready to arrest people.
What would they ever think of cup wars?!
Go Buffs
First and foremost we must pray for Coach Prime’s good health and a speedy recovery from his physical issues. Next we need a new QB1. It’s time to let our five star JuJu show us what he’s got. If game experience this year leads us to a better year in 2026 lets do it. Staub will be there to bail JuJu out if he can’t handle the bright lights of Primetime.
I cant imagine what Prime is going through. Having your bladder removed? C’mon. Add to that life threatening blood clots. Up to now he has been unbelievably upbeat about it although he did look concerned at the last presser.
If there is even a small silver lining in all this hopefully the players will squeeze a little more juice into their performance for him on the field with Iowa St. I watched a little of their loss to Cincy later on where Campbell had a shurmur like brain freeze with the bubble screen etc. and then yelled at his players. They are vulnerable.
Speaking of the CU tradition with “brilliant” OCs I also watched our old friend Brian Lindgren help the Cobbs to a victory over his current team, Mich St. Dontcha love that carousel?