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Colorado Daily – Kansas State Week
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November 24th
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Buffs down seven starters due to injuries – Coach Prime: “Everybody’s got injuries, man; everybody’s got injuries, so that’s no excuse”
From the Daily Camera … On Saturday night, Colorado safety Carter Stoutmire walked across the Folsom Field turf during warmups wearing a gray sweat suit.
Fashionably in the same attire was fellow safety Ben Finneseth, and cornerbacks DJ McKinney and RJ Johnson. That foursome represented the starting secondary when the Buffaloes opened the season on Aug. 29, and all of them were out with injuries for Saturday’s 42-17 loss to Arizona State.
Also in sweats were defensive lineman Brandon Davis-Swain and offensive tackles Jordan Seaton and Larry Johnson III. They, too, were opening day starters and out with injuries.
Head coach Deion Sanders wouldn’t use injuries as an excuse, but there’s no question the health of his team played a significant role in a season that will come to a merciful end on Saturday in Manhattan, Kansas, when the Buffs meet Kansas State (10 a.m. MT, FS1).
“There’s no excuse, man,” he said after the loss to Arizona State, which dropped CU to 3-8 (1-7 Big 12). “Everybody’s got injuries, man; everybody’s got injuries, so that’s no excuse. I’m not gonna sit here and say we’re not winning because we got half the darn team in the darn training room. No, come on, man. We’ve got to coach better. We got to do better. We got to plan better. We got to be better all the way around.”
Better coaching, planning, etc., certainly could have changed the trajectory of the season, but it can’t be ignored that darn near half the team has been injured.
Running backs Simeon Price and DeKalon Taylor, who combined for 226 rushing yards, 116 receiving yards and four total touchdowns in the first four games, have missed the last seven games.
That prompted the staff to move receivers Dre’Lon Miller and Kam Mikell, as well as walk-on Ronald Coleman, to running back. Mikell didn’t play Saturday, either, and Coleman’s fourth-quarter fumble on his first career touch was devastating.
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3 Replies to “Colorado Daily – Kansas State Week”
ERIC HAS A POINT. STRETCHING.
IT’S OBVIOUS THE MORE YOU STRETCH, THE BETTER YOUR BODY CAN ABSORB TRAUMA. THE MORE LIMBER JOINTS, MUSCLES AND TENDONS ARE THE MORE FLEXIBLE THE ENTIRE EXTREMITY CAN BE.
OH WELL….ERIC AND I AREN’T GETTING PAID FOR OUR UNPROFESSIONAL OPINION. IF I WERE BEING PAID FOR WHAT I KNOW ABOUT FOOTBALL CONDITIONING, I WOULD HAVE TO BORROW $$$$$ TO KEEP GRUB ON THE TABLE. END OF STORY.
Maybe they need more aerobic conditioning. The more tired you are the more you are susceptible to an injury. There is a bright side to this. Some “depth guys” get some or some more PT before the season ends. For the entire team the season is over anyway. Some of the back ups might take this opportunity to surprise you…..
I wonder is the S&T guy needs to get these guys more limber? Or? Just bad luck with injuries this year? More key depth needed? Who knows? I bet Deion does.
Go Buffs