Aug. 30th – Georgia Tech – Reading the Tea Leaves

Georgia Tech quarterback Haynes King faked a pitch and scampered for a 45-yard touchdown with 1:07 remaining as Georgia Tech overcame a turnover-filled start to beat Colorado, 27-20. King finished with 156 yards rushing and three touchdowns, also throwing for 143 yards. Georgia Tech finished with 463 yards of total offense, 320 on the ground. The CU offense opened the season with just 305 yards of total offense – 159 through the air; 143 on the ground.

Coach Prime was disappointed in watching CU’s defense give up 320 yards rushing. “We’ve got to be more explosive, more definitive, more decisive with what we’re doing with the ball on offense”, said Coach Prime, who saw his overall record at CU dip to 13-13. “They ran for 320 yards. You’re not gonna win with those statistics. Tried many things. We tried blitzing, trying to fill every gap, but we couldn’t get the job done. They were much more physical than we were.”

Liberty transfer quarterback Kaidon Salter, making his first start as a Buff, completed 17-of-28 passes for 159 yards, including an eight-yard touchdown pass to running back Dekalon Taylor in the first quarter. Salter also contributed 43 yards on 11-carries, including a seven-yard touchdown run. The Colorado rushing attack, which netted 146 yards on the night, was led by Micah Welch, who had 64 yards on 11 carries.

A sell-out crowd of 52,868 was on hand for the Friday night opener, with the Buffs falling to Georgia Tech in the first-ever meeting between the two teams.

Ever had your tea leaves read?

Neither have I, but the practice has been around for millennia.

Tea leaf reading, or Tasseography, has been attributed to the Chinese, who have long held a deep adoration of tea and its beneficial qualities.

Fortune tellers began to notice patterns and shapes left in their cups after drinking tea and interpreted them as prophecies and messages of the past, present and future. The practice spread and developed during the seventeenth century when Dutch merchants introduced tea to Europe. As a cheap method of fortune-telling, it only required a cup of tea, and so became increasingly popular as both a means to tell the future and a method of entertainment.

Reading the tea leaves – the residue – of CU’s 27-20 loss to Georgia Tech can be a little dangerous.

Game Day! … Buffs get first chance to prove naysayers wrong – “I fell like the team is very hungry” … Drew Litton on CU v. Georgia Tech … Georgia Tech Scouting Report … Coach Prime’s new AFLAC commercial makes its debut …

Game Day! … CU’s two other non-conference opponents struggle, but start season 1-0 … Thursday Big 12 recap … West Virginia cancels home-and-home against Alabama … Delaware a first-year FBS program: “There’s no reason we can’t do this” …

Buffs wearing Coach Mac throw-back uniforms … CU leads the nation in players in their final year of eligibility … Tom Osborne finally confesses to casting deciding 1990 vote against CU … Georgia Tech and John Heisman …

The Buffs are a 5.0-point home underdog to the Yellow Jackets … Who are the stars for Georgia Tech? … Which “Intangibles” favor the Buffs? … How will win their 2025 season opener? … Let’s find out …

CU finished the 1989 season with an Orange Bowl loss and an 11-1 record .. CU opened the 1990 campaign with the Disneyland Kickoff Classic against No. 8 Tennessee in Anaheim, with two top ten teams battling to an exciting draw …