The chatter about Colorado's roster turnover under Deion Sanders has overshadowed the job he and his coaching staff have done going into their Week 2 matchup with Nebraska.
, his teams were regularly among the FBS leaders in snaps per game and the new supporting cast he oversees seemed perfectly suited to going as fast as possible despite the warm conditions in Fort Worth. It wasn't just that TCU was unfamiliar with the offense , it just couldn't line up properly or in time — issues that led to several coverage busts or early penalties.
Just as notable, Lewis schemed around some of the obvious shortcomings that remade roster sported too — particularly up front. The signal-calling Sanders was given plenty of time to throw behind an offensive line that was light on experience at the Power Five level and the quarterback only started to feel any sort of pressure deep into the second half.
Receivers coach Brett Bartolone, who is entering his first season coaching the position in the Division I ranks and graduated just eight years ago, managed to produce four wideouts who had over 100 yards in the opener.Defensive coordinator Charles Kelly won't be happy with some of the raw numbers his group allowed but did see a rotated cast pull down two interceptions and limit a high-powered attack to just 279 yards passing.
For all the attention on Sanders, he should earn every plaudit for the job he did in the opener too. The players were clearly bought into what Colorado wanted to do and came out fired up and ready for the moment. The game plan produced terrific results and tricky situations were managed well. Timeout usage, tricky for any head coach at any level, was on point.top 20 road win for the program since they joined the Pac-12.
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