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BONUS EPISODE • Babbling about Buffaloes | What's New with Colorado Football?
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It's PRIME TIME BABY. Join us, two definitely not bandwagon fans, for some extra tea time on the Buffaloes, as we gab about the latest news and musings surrounding Colorado football.
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Introduction and Support for Colorado Buffaloes
00:00:04
Speaker
Welcome back to this very special Colorado Buffalo's version of Take It To Go. I'm Kiara. And I'm Lina. And today we're not talking about all things life love and lol worthy. Today we're talking about the only thing that matters this week and that's Colorado taking on the Oregon Ducks.
00:00:25
Speaker
We are so excited. Now, number one, let's just put this out there. We're not bandwagoners. We are fans of this program because we are fans of Dion.
00:00:36
Speaker
Absolutely. 100%. And honestly, we've been on this train since the beginning, since we found out that Dion was coming to Colorado, we knew this was going to happen. Okay, we believed before anybody believed. We believe. Yeah. I mean, come on, I have so this is my news. I have some news to share with you. Okay, I'm ready for it. I bought both pairs of prime glasses, the black and the gold.
00:00:58
Speaker
Are you serious? I'm serious. I'm serious. I have both ears. So I'm getting the one that you're not keeping, right? Well, my mom is getting it. But if we go to Colorado to see Stanford, I'm bringing both pairs. If I get them by then, because they were sold out pre-order, what can you do? They're so popular right now. They're sold out.
Travis Hunter's Injury Discussion
00:01:21
Speaker
Everybody wants the Coach Prime glasses. Are you serious? They sold 1.2 million units.
00:01:26
Speaker
after the Nebraska game. Like, are you serious? Yes. Are they selling the watches to the Chador watches? I want one of those. I don't know, but I'm not. I didn't look into that one. But it's probably like millions of dollars. If they come before the game, I'm bringing you a pair. We're going to sit there in the stands with our prime glasses on. That's right. That's right. We're going to be there in our black and gold supporting them. Who is not going to be there? Maybe.
00:01:55
Speaker
maybe hopefully Travis Hunter will be there, but he won't be at the Oregon game this weekend playing. This was just straight up a dirty hit. There's no way around it.
00:02:08
Speaker
The ball wasn't even in the air at that point. You can look at the tape and see that this guy, I think his name is Henry Blackburn. He wasn't even making a play on the ball. He just decided in that moment, I'm going to take out their best player. That's my goal. Yeah. It was very clearly targeting, very clearly targeting. He wasn't even looking at the ball. He was looking at Travis, which is such a shame. But I do like the way that the coach
00:02:36
Speaker
that Deion Sanders and that Travis himself on his own stream handled the situation, just saying it's football. He was playing football. It's unfortunate. But of course, he should not be receiving death threats over this hit. No. To himself or his family. Do you know if he's a senior or not? Because if he if he isn't a senior, he's probably going to get it next time they play. I get what?
00:03:04
Speaker
He's probably gonna get lit up next time Call Around the Place, Call Around the State if he's there. Oh, 100%. 100%. Yeah, he's gonna get a lot of hate online, which I hope it dies to a point because it's not correct for anyone. I mean, at the end of the day, they are college students, they're kids, and people make mistakes at that age. And
Game Refereeing Criticism and Colorado's Determination
00:03:23
Speaker
I would
00:03:25
Speaker
have liked for him to apologize for it because he wasn't punished for it by the referees in the game. Like he, I believe, should have been. And I know a lot of people believe he should have been because we all saw the hit. But there are certain things that you should do and should not do in the situations. And the reaction that he's received has been overkill, I think.
00:03:49
Speaker
So many people should have, I cannot believe there's only one ejection in that game. That game was not refereed well, because there were so many late hits, hard hits named Shador, who again, we stan Shador on this podcast, but he was sticking his fingers into someone's helmet. It was just a wild game, and it's only gonna get crazier this weekend. Even though it's not a rivalry game, just the intensity of having two top-ranked teams going head-to-head with
00:04:17
Speaker
Oregon wanting to shut up all these Colorado bandwagon fans. And then with Colorado wanting to actually prove, no, we are here. This is real. You have to believe in us. This is going to be a sensational game. I will be.
00:04:33
Speaker
I'm excited. I'm excited. I got off work early so I could go see it. My schedule, I end work at 130 and I'm driving home. My commute is an hour and I'm sitting in front of the TV. I'm watching the game, 230 central.
Massive Viewership and Game Excitement
00:04:50
Speaker
I cannot wait.
00:04:52
Speaker
The number of people who have been watching Colorado, it's just insane what the ratings are. ESPN released some of the stats. The Colorado State game ended at a ridiculous hour. I remember watching the start of the game with my brother and we just made it through the first quarter and it was an hour.
00:05:13
Speaker
just that first quarter. But at 2.15am Eastern time, which is when that game ended, the game still registered 8.2 million viewers, an audience that was more than 1 million viewers bigger than the peak audience of any other college football game that week. At two o'clock in the morning, police ghost.
00:05:36
Speaker
Yeah, I was up until 1am and I was sitting there, bloodshot eyes, but so excited. I mean, honestly, the best parts of that game happened at the end of the fourth quarter into overtime. Double overtime. Which is crazy. And you returned for 98 yards? 98? 98 yard drive, are you kidding me? And I remember I was up watching it.
00:06:01
Speaker
and I'm there and I'm seeing the drive and they score and I'm just texting my brother. I'm texting the family group chat and no one is answering me. And I'm like, I can't be the only one in the house who's up watching this right now. So I, I, this is a bed. I'm under my bunk bed right now. That's where I record.
00:06:18
Speaker
I climbed out of my bunk bed at two o'clock in the morning, ran all the way downstairs to wake up my brother because he fell asleep in the fourth quarter. And I can show you my text. I'm just texting him, him, him with me over and over and over again because I was just freaking out about Shador at two o'clock in the morning.
00:06:37
Speaker
It was so good. It was so good. I'm so glad I didn't miss it. After the game ended, I had to have a debrief with my parents. I was like, mom, dad, this is what happened. And they were sitting there watching the entire thing with me, but I still had to debrief and I set up for probably another half an hour in bed, like trying to go to sleep. But like, oh, it was so good. Oh, my gosh. OK, props, props to Mikey Harrison, number 87, who got
00:07:04
Speaker
I love it. The two point conversions. He was there. I would know like, Oh my goodness. So after Travis Hunter went on, everyone was like, Oh, it's over. It's over. And I'm sitting there like, do you really think that the only person Dion Sanders recruited on this team?
00:07:19
Speaker
is Travis Hunter. Like, mind you, it's spectacular, okay? He's how he's been candidate, phenomenal player. There's no doubt about it that he's a rare one, okay? But you have to depend on the other people on your team. That's why you have a depth chart. Yeah. We got to see some phenomenal talent step up, showcase themselves. And Mikey Harrison,
00:07:46
Speaker
He was wide. Those catches were so great. He was open. He was wide open and he maneuvered. And I appreciated that about him. It was so good. Also, did you see that video of Dionne talking to or talking about Jimmy Horne on Taylor Rook's podcast?
Deion Sanders' Inspirational Leadership
00:08:06
Speaker
I did not.
00:08:07
Speaker
So I think his name is Jimmy Horan. He had had kind of a rough game, like some drops, maybe not running the crispest routes, most crisp routes, but then Dion goes to him at some point and he has a heart to heart with him and he says, listen, dude,
00:08:23
Speaker
you are a dog, you are him. Your father, who is unfortunately like he's incarcerated right now, like he is there in prison with all the inmates watching you and he is just waiting to like break out and stand up and clap and applause and be like, that is my son. He is waiting for that. And what did he end up doing? He ended up scoring the game tying touchdown in the fourth quarter.
00:08:48
Speaker
Wait. That is the power of Deion's and his coach, Prime. Yara, I'm about to cry. And he was like, cause like he genuinely like cares about these kids. He's like, you know who you are. Like you wouldn't be here if you couldn't do the job. And don't just do this for you. Like do this for your family and how much it's going to mean to your dad. I bet his dad was freaking out. Like that, wherever he was watching the game, that entire room probably went absolutely insane. Cause like,
00:09:17
Speaker
Obviously, it's not just them rooting for him. It's like the entire world rooting for Colorado in that moment. Stop. Are you crying? I'm crying. It was so sweet. Like, how could you not root for that? How could you not? That's what I love. I was talking to my mom earlier today. And of course, she's so excited now about Deion being the coach of Colorado. And she really said something that was so profound to me that
00:09:45
Speaker
it really does make a difference when you see people who look like you being successful. And she said it also goes to show that when people with your skin tone, black people are being mistreated, that it actually really does have an effect and an impact on you. A lot of people would say like, oh, well, what does somebody getting shot and killed on the street have to do with you? What does somebody getting hooked on drugs in a system that doesn't care about black people or
00:10:15
Speaker
or lacking education. What do their lives have to do with you? Because they're not you. You got an education. You got a good life. You have food on the table. You have a great job. But it's like, no. When you see these people who are being harmed by society, in a sense, because it's not set up for their success, it really does impact you in a negative way. And the same can be shown with Dion being so successful and having these boys that come in, these young men that come in,
00:10:45
Speaker
and are doing great things on the field, but also great things for their community as well. You just see, you have a sense of accomplishment of, of, I just, what's the, what's a word? There are just so many words that I could use to describe how I feel about this program. They're easy to root for. They are. And it's easy to celebrate them. Like the, and the great thing is like, there are so many teens out there who are bad and they've got kids who are prisoners.
00:11:11
Speaker
kids who commit crimes abusive to women, get accused of all these things, X, Y, and Z. But you don't see that with any of the guys on this team. They're held to a standard. They are held to that standard because even Coach Sanders said, you are not going to do that and still be on this team. If you mistreat women, if you do anything like that, do not talk to me.
00:11:37
Speaker
Yeah, like don't have my number like it's over for you. Yeah, like that and to call up all the women who were in their program to say that in front of them like, you know, we're going to treat them with respect that matters a ton to me. And I believe that that's actually the standard that he holds his players to because it's not uncommon to see players get involved in in misbehavior. And they're running a tight ship over there. Right. And it's it's nice that
00:12:05
Speaker
He's taking these group of men and he's making them even better, not just for football, but for their lives, for their families, you know, just making them into great members of society. I mean, I know that I can already tell a lot of these guys, they might not go to the NFL, but heck, they're going to make an impact in whatever they do because they can take whatever they learned from Coach Prime and put it into that area of life that they need it. I mean, he's motivational. He's life changing.
00:12:35
Speaker
And it's such a blessing to be able to even just be a fan of his and to be able to get an insight, look at his program, hear what he has to say, and be able to also apply it to ourselves if we want. Like, I know I've applied it. I was like, I was motivated and I'm very good at about my work, but like having
00:13:00
Speaker
and hearing him and some of the things that he says, it just inspires me to work even harder for my personal goals and my personal health and my care as well.
00:13:09
Speaker
those pregame speeches, I mean, I need to listen to them every day before work because they're so motivational. They really apply broadly to people in life. And it's just his impact. He's him. Now I finally understand why athletes say that so much because there's just no other way to describe it sometimes. Sometimes he is him. He's just him.
00:13:38
Speaker
Now, Lina, this is gonna be a tough matchup. They're going into Oregon, and this is going to be, I think Colorado right now is 19 in the AP poll. They're going up against Oregon, which is a top 10 team, both 3-0, Pac-12 matchup.
Anticipation for Oregon Game
00:13:59
Speaker
Do you have any predictions for this game?
00:14:06
Speaker
I feel like Colorado is a second half type of team right now. And I don't think that they will persist down that path. I think that Dion and the coaching staff are actively trying to change that. However, because their team is new, because they're trying to mesh still, they're doing a phenomenal job already. I just think that right now it's still a second half deal. If Shador can come in with the heat at the beginning, I think
00:14:36
Speaker
This is something that I peeped last week. When Shadoor feels that he has nothing to lose, he plays the best. Let's take it back to TCU, right? He's coming in, you have all this press about, will they, won't they, it's all talk, yada, yada. What type of attitude did he come into that game with?
00:14:57
Speaker
I'm going to just do it because people believe in some people don't, whatever. Some people may be right. Some people may be wrong, but I don't care because I'm going to show them what I've done. He had nothing to lose on that stage and he played as though he had nothing to lose. And once he did that, guess what? He won that game. And of course the whole team won that game, but he played like he had, he wasn't thinking too much. He was, he was taking shots. He was throwing to people closely.
00:15:27
Speaker
There are blockers right there and he's throwing it between like spots and he's got receivers, he's got guys that can catch these balls, guys that can run these balls. His O-line is great, they're holding off and letting him stand there and just think basically. Like he's playing chess out there. This week, this past week with CSU, he came in and he was a little bit hesitant. And he was hesitant. And then he was hesitant some more.
00:15:56
Speaker
But then what? Fourth quarter? When did he have nothing to lose? When they were down? And he needed to perform and he had to get these touchdowns and get the team to win. And what did he do? He pulled off phenomenal stuff because he just started relying on his raw skill. That dude is talented. That's something that
00:16:17
Speaker
Number one, he was born with something, but number two, he trained that up because he could have been born with whatever skill he had, but it wouldn't have produced what he is today. He worked for this and shows when he has nothing else to lose. He puts it into action and it's just the most beautiful football I've ever seen in my life.
00:16:38
Speaker
A lot of people would crumble under that pressure of, oh gosh, my dad is an NFL Hall of Famer. There's so much pressure associated with this. But he went into something I appreciate very much as a Patriots fan. He went into Brady mode near the end of that game. And I've seen Tom Brady do it so many times is that if you give him the ball back, Chador, if you give Tom Brady back when he played the ball back,
00:17:04
Speaker
with two minutes left, you are giving them way too much time. Because when guys, when you have guys who are like lethal, who get into that zone and just are deadly accurate, then what's gonna happen to Oregon if they end up in that situation is exactly what happened to Colorado State. When the game's on the line, Chidora's gonna win. That's just who he is. Because he turns it on. He does.
00:17:33
Speaker
It's hard to come up with a score prediction specifically, but I think this game, I mean, we've seen Colorado play these games. It's going to come down to the fourth quarter. The game's probably going to be won by the team that has the last possession. I'm concerned about Colorado's defense. I'm concerned about
00:17:54
Speaker
Oregon might score 50 points on them and Colorado might have to score 51. And I think it's going to be a shootout. I am concerned about Colorado's O-line and their run game. They didn't really run. We didn't really see much of Dylan Edwards last week. And I hope we get to see much more of him this week. I hope he has a big performance because he was sensational week one. So score wise, don't hold me to it.
00:18:25
Speaker
I am gonna, because Northwestern is not a good football team this year, so I'm gonna ride this Colorado bandwagon, call me a bandwagon fan, I don't care. I'm riding it as far as I can take it, as long as I can fall low along with this bandwagon. I'm going Colorado 51 over Oregon, 51-49 Colorado, that's my prediction. Wow.
00:18:53
Speaker
Wow. That's specific. And no overtime. This is going to end in regulation. The game will be decided in the last two minutes of the game. That's crazy. It's going to be a wild one. Do you have a score? I don't think it'll be as high. OK. I think your point differential is pretty accurate. I feel like it's going to be within a couple of points. One, two, three.
00:19:23
Speaker
It would be like a field goal kick or something. That's what Dion said in his press conference. So it might just come down to Mata at the end of the game. I feel like that would be, that would be my prediction is it'll be a field goal kick difference. And whether it happens earlier in the game where it's like, oh, if he had made that, then we would have won or lost or whatever. But I do think Colorado will pull the win. I think they have,
00:19:52
Speaker
positive determination. And maybe it's me listening to all of these like motivational YouTube channels, but I do feel like there's something to be said about when a team has positive momentum, as Colorado has had, they're trying to prove, they don't have to prove themselves, right? Because they know what type of players they are, they know the talent that they have. They're just playing to play and in the process they show
00:20:20
Speaker
what their skills are. When there's a team that is motivated by negative reinforcement of, oh, that team over there, AE Colorado, is full of themselves. They think that they're tough, but we're ranked this, which is X amount higher than their team. And now we just want to shut them up and shut them down. That's negative reinforcement.
00:20:46
Speaker
I don't think that wins. It's not a winning discipline. That's what happened in Colorado State. They became very undisciplined and wild because they had a chip on their shoulder. That's what Coach Prime was saying the other day was that I'm minding my own business.
Impact of Player Absences and New Opportunities
00:21:02
Speaker
It wasn't going to be personal. Then someone comes out with some bull junk, as he likes to say, and starts talking about him.
00:21:11
Speaker
says, this person's mom raised him properly. This person didn't. And it ends up becoming a distraction for some people, not everyone. But it was personal for Colorado. They made it personal. I have not seen anything yet to indicate that Oregon has made it personal. But we've got what, 48 hours left? A lot could happen in that time. I know. And
00:21:35
Speaker
I don't think that Oregon's going to make it personal. I don't. I think they've learned the lesson. I think they've seen it. I think they're going to play a good game of football. I think that they're as determined to win as Colorado is just to save their own face. But I do think that Colorado has a bit more of a motive. And I do feel that Travis Hunter's injury is going to be pivotal in this and not in the way that people think. I do think that this is a chance for
00:22:03
Speaker
His injury has freed up two spots, one on offense and one on defense. And I think that the men who really want to have a chance to show themselves, improve themselves, are doing it now this week in practice. We'll see them come out on the field and hopefully they will deliver that same energy because they want his spot.
00:22:23
Speaker
Probably not. It's Travis Hunter. But at least they'll get a chance to showcase themselves. And I hope that we actually get to see them. And honestly, who am I to say? Because who am I to judge? I'm no one to judge because honestly, they might come out, show out.
00:22:38
Speaker
and knock him to the curb. Like you just don't know in sports, right? And you don't know what the talent that he has because this is Coach Prime. This is the team that he's put together and he does believe in every single one of those players. And he does so for a reason because they each have great talent. He's just trying right now to unlock the talent that he sees within them that they may not see within themselves.
00:23:00
Speaker
And if somebody gets unlocked, who knows what type of force he's pulling out. So I think he said only like, like not 100% of players believe yet, but I think he said it's at like 98%. Yeah, we need a couple percentage more players to believe. Yeah. And just stay focused and stay grounded because honestly,
00:23:22
Speaker
it happens in every single area, every single aspect of sports. I mean, you have somebody else, just a great player that takes over, but then they might, they get hurt. And then somebody else steps up and you're like, well, where were they? What were they doing on the sideline? So I hope we see, I hope we see some of that this weekend. Of course, I'm disappointed. I would love to see Travis play. I cannot wait until he comes back. But I do think that
00:23:45
Speaker
Like I said, this past game, we saw some talent step up, Mike Harrison. So I hope we have another Mike Harrison situation next week with a brand new face. Because let me meet the team. I want to know more dreams. Yes. Let's go.
Conclusion and Excitement for Upcoming Game
00:24:00
Speaker
Pressure is a privilege. And they're under a lot of pressure this weekend because people don't believe in them. They have an opportunity. But crazier things have happened. And it's only crazy until you do it.
00:24:12
Speaker
Yes, that's a great place to end. I think we've set our dues. Let's wrap this up here. And we'll check back in after the Oregon game, praying for a win, praying for success for our team. We could do an emergency podcast if they win. Yeah, we are. Yeah, we are. A big debrief on Sunday. OK, as always, it is a joy. It is a pleasure. Thank you for listening to Take It To Go, and we'll see you next time.
00:24:43
Speaker
See you on our next ride. Go Buffs.