The Colorado Buffaloes escaped Georgia Tech on Thursday evening with a 14-13 win that was equal elements thrilling, chaotic, sloppy and baffling.
Colorado quarterback Julian Lewis threw a landing cross to Charlie Williams with lower than a minute to play within the fourth quarter to offer Colorado the lead. The Buffaloes practically let it slip away within the closing seconds, solely to flee due to a blocked subject aim as time expired.
The blocked subject aim was a becoming means for the sport to finish given the way in which Colorado’s particular groups made itself the story of the sport.
It is likely to be the story all season given head coach Deion Sanders‘ controversial determination to enter the season with out a designated particular groups coordinator.
Deion Sanders has to really feel vindicated even after sloppy particular groups outing
It is most likely a great factor for Sanders, and his particular groups unit, that it was in a position to make the largest play of the sport to safe the win, as a result of it was very practically the distinction within the different route.
Not solely did Colorado have a subject aim of its personal blocked earlier within the recreation, however the Buffaloes additionally allowed a kickoff return landing (Georgia Tech’s solely landing of the sport) that seemed prefer it was going to be one of many largest turning factors and variations within the recreation.
These two points have been going to place a goal proper on Sanders for his staffing determination, and probably depart him vast open for criticism.
And who is aware of, it nonetheless would possibly.
Particularly if that unit continues to battle because the season progresses.
Sanders’ strategy with the unit is to make use of a collective group effort the place the place coaches that work with the particular gamers on particular groups take extra possession of all the pieces and work straight with the gamers they’re already teaching.
However that can also be stretching them skinny and placing much more accountability on their plate.
Particular groups isn’t just some throwaway facet of the sport. It’s a main part and the kind of factor that may shortly flip a recreation, whether or not it’s on account of subject place, penalties or simply massive performs generally. It is one thing that requires advance scouting, vital game-planning, and its personal distinctive focus. Each minute an assistant coach is spending doing their common job is a minute they don’t seem to be dedicating to particular groups. Each minute they’re dedicating to particular groups, is a minute they don’t seem to be dedicating to their common positions.
It’s going to be fascinating to observe the way it develops over the course of the season.
They acquired away with a nasty exhibiting from that group on Thursday. That unit will nonetheless must be higher.
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