#16 Colorado vs Kansas Full Game HD NCAAF 11/23/2024

0:05 stadium open here we go Colorado and Kansas so much at stake for the buffalos the j-hawks trying to get Bowl eligible with two wins and this return is a good one as Trevor Wilson is knocked out of bounds by gerac the kicker so Jaylen Daniels who lived through an 0 and9 season in the middle of Co in 20 wanting to play one more game after these two two wins gets him to a bowl game yeah and just being in the building yesterday you see the numbers here of late you feel the confidence the early stumbles your early interceptions he's done what veteran quarterbacks do he's flushed him and he's playing his best ball when it

0:50 matters Dev Neil is the tailback with his 48 career touchdowns and he plunges forward for about half of the line to gain Logan Brown on the right side an anchor of this offensive line which has been very good so far this year and then we talked about Neil he came to school at Kansas because he wanted to lift up a program which was a mile and a half away from his high school it has not been the season they've wanted but they can change the tone with a win here Luke Grim with the catch for the first down against this Colorado defense and a line that's just been salty yeah wano does not get the

1:35 credit that he deserves because the stats aren't there but he changes the math he takes two on every play he's a problem according to Jeff Grimes the coordinator for Kansas he's two downhill linebackers Hill green tied in tackles with Silman Craig who as Allison said is the heartbeat of this team no question about it defensively he had a partial scholarship to Jackson State then transferred here when coach Prime came as this is a run it's going to lose about half a yard and there is Silman Craig with his 231st Career College football tackle yeah and there was wano as well I mean just uh those those two at really every level to play defense like this this late in the season Jason you've got to do it at the front ends and wono and mcneel and the edges have done that your linebackers have been physical and then

2:22 you need an a eraser like Silman Craig if something does get out to finish it on the back end as well Luke Grim so often in motion for this team he's in the back field here and it's a short toss for grim and he's got about six last year Luke Grim told us he runs between 12 and 15 miles in their offense during a game with all the motioning he does yeah and that's not stopped with new coordinator Jeff Grimes this year and for Travis Hunter and crew there is a lot of window dressing before the snaps you're going to see some funky formations and I'll tell you this as well I think you're going to see a very aggressive play calling unit it might be four down territory once they cross this 40 to 45 so right here maybe say this is

3:09 an incompletion maybe absolutely think about it it's a run Neil changing direction and he launches himself to the stick it looks like he's got it and he does and part of the reason they're number one in the big uh Big 12 third amongst power four and top 10 in the country on third Downs is because they run it and it doesn't matter it could be third and three it could be third and six Robert Livingston talking to us the de coordinator like man you have got to stop the run it's our our mission each and every week but if you don't do it against Kansas and especially on third down you're going to have a hard time slowing down their offense you'll have a hard time seeing the football as well Colorado you mentioned it during the week wants this to be a high possession game out of the back field it's Neil

3:56 catch and run for Devon Neil oh boy there he goes the local kid from Lauren scores first and sets Kansas City into a frenzy oh that's sneaky Jeff Grimes the coordinator I said to him yesterday you've only run 20 something screens all year one of the fewest screen teams in college football he said well our own Line's not really built for it but your receivers are so they run a little crack screen and look at the job of the guys on the inside and then Deon Neil well he makes Silman Craig Miss there's nobody in the alley that kind of looked like

4:41 Colorado's offense those receivers blocking on the perimeter setting their buddy up for success and then Neil showing you with now his 49th career touchdown I'm ready for this Prime Time matchup talk about local Pride for Devon Neil when he was a senior in high school he told him yesterday that he used to just go down the hill to the Kansas facility and hang out with Jaylen Daniels they had a relationship when Neil was a senior in high school that built to what they have together and Daniel seniors who have been displaced for this year in part because of their success as a class jayen Daniels Luke GM Kobe Bryant Lance Lio there's Devin Neil

5:27 who just scored the touchdown and running back you know part of the reason they're playing at Arrowhead Stadium this year is because of the N9 and four last year the team getting better from the 0 and n and 2 and 10 and allowing for the stadium project that's happening right now to happen and push them here it's not often you get to say that we really changed the course and trajectory of a program but these seniors did Shor Sanders has done that as well in charge of this offense for Colorado and it really really is his offense yeah they average about 68 plays a game and you can see the efficiency number some of the very best in college football and catching up with Pat Shermer on the field before the game I said how many plays does he control and he's like well

6:14 all 68 I may call a a run and lock that run but more times than not including this opening play right here it's based on what that defense does and he's got the whole menu right between his ears first play for Colorado a highly explosive offense it's one of those screens they do it on about a fifth of their pass plays and Kansas read it perfectly JB Brown was there it's a loss of one yeah Utah did a really nice job of this in the first half of that game eventually got worn down a little bit but get the ball to your best playmaker right get the get the lineman out front something they practice a ton but Kansas hits them before they could be hit be incumbent on guys like Kobe Bryant to tackle Travis

7:01 Hunter here's leonte Wester and OJ Burrows the safety with the stop Colorado's offensive line has been much improved behind the center the walk- on catch caver remarkable Phil Lo hold again on the field before the game saying he's in charge going to see simly L pressures all these stunts and movements and that true freshman from IMG teammates with the Buddy Jordan SE the other true freshman left tackle communicate will Shepard six touchdowns his last six games Colorado has over, 1600 yd after the catch this year we'll see how Kansas tackle safety Blitz is picked up and the throw it's too much incomplete Conor wanted a marker against Kobe Bryant and he's not going to get it yeah he did and he may be worthy of this

7:48 you get a one-on-one not many teams do this o yeah that's got to I mean that impedes the route I mean you've got to call that right Travis Hunter knows like hey man I play corner I know what he just did he committed a crime he grabbed me on that post route that's why I couldn't go get that ball that that's a Miss Kobe Bryant was pretty open about what he felt was he was going to happen in this game but if there is any receiver in the FBS that knows what pass interference is when it's happening against him it is Travis Hunter vasset to punt Grim back to receive he'll take it from the 15 and double back Luke grim a good return across the 30 yd

8:34 line look Kansas a team that wanted to be in position yeah never I think Joel Clyde called him the Grim Reaper Landslide p and crew in the Big 12 kind of like the J right there awesome saon Morrison is the tail back no gain second down coming up as Amari mcneel and Samuel okan Lola combin for the stop yeah and why once again I mean wano right there anchoring the middle so his buddies at and okola and mcneel next to him as linebacker Hill green can come downhill some unsung heroes on this team the stars get all the credit McNeil's growth and development Hill Green's development and again that number 97 that fire hydrant that can't be moved set the

9:20 table Mari mcneel the last two weeks has been one of the best defensive linemen in all of college football Daniels on the throw it's high laser for Arnold with soft hands on the catch he'll be a yard short take a look at our get more game plan sponsored by Geico get more with Geico yeah Colorado wants to hit the explosive plays they want to hit that screen like Neil did for 50 something on the perimeter that's where their explosives usually happen and for Kansas do this huddle up grind every single possession you can maximize that clock maximize these third and short situations and play a little keep away from shadur and Company only one touch so far for Colorado led to a punt and this is a run for Neil who just

10:06 kept his feet long enough for the first down Silman Craig chopped him down a yard late yeah you'll see Silman Craig he's the unblocked Defender so many times it's why he's tied with Hill green as a leading tackler he's free but Neil puts those shoulder pads North in South that's something they talked about he's done so many things to so many Defenders Through The Years including s right now on a couple occasions but getting those tough yards in that a gap has been a big step forward this year for Deon Grim in motion once again they fake the option and they go in Morrison okay so for Colorado where does all this motion and movement stress the defense

10:51 most yeah it's usually the second level right those linebackers that have to communicate Silman Craig as well that communicates so much of their coverage now it shouldn't be terribly difficult because they don't do a lot they only live in a couple fronts they play a lot of man-to-man coverage right I really there's some teams and schemes that are so much about checking to Allison's Point earlier these guys here have kept it largely simple so they play fast and they react there's a tight end Casey into the back field to the right of Daniels he'll go in motion on the snap and saving on Morrison does lean for the first down Keaton Wade had him wrapped up but Morrison's strength was too much

11:37 yeah once again just a lot of this motion you know this time is right here it's going to you see receivers in the back field like Grim you're going to see all sorts of different formations it's what Lance Li believes in it's what he's done every step of the way and even though you lose Cal Nikki last year to Penn State they've not changed the scheme the verbiage the system the new OC had to come in and learn a lot of what Lance Li likes to do and by the way that may play a role in the first six games of this season too look at this formation is a quick snap they'll break and then run it it's a direct snap for Neil and he's going to go down that is Silman Craig one more time he's been very active and he says let's go wow yeah I don't think he like being beat for that opening touchdown again he's back here he's unblocked and he's just

12:23 got to sift and sort through all this traffic and then when you do look at that you run right through through Jared Casey before he can get to you well you see the want to that he was talking about this week I mean when he went to Jackson State we said he did it on a half scholarship but he was living on a friend's couch for a while in order to play football and he never forget it Daniels Will Roll to the right he's got Neil blocking for him and Daniels keeps his feet somehow oh my goodness jayen Daniels a twister for 20 yeah there's not many quarterbacks CU has faced this year that have this kind of capability a lot of them well number one

13:09 you protect and that's not happened much against the Buffalo the last six weeks number two when they step up they usually look to throw he does not instead he gets the aid of his buddy there and then he just carries Bentley he spins through that on a spin cycle for another explosive play by Kansas we're already under six minutes in this first quarter one possession so far for Colorado and Neil is wrangled and dropped by anquin Barnes Jr second down coming up 47 yds allowed already on the ground and there's some conversation going on behind the play and Kansas is fired up yeah yeah I I figured that uh there'd be a little more rushing today

13:55 that 31 was the fewest by the youths in 13 years years and it's going to be stop Meer 23 here after the play Doug a million oh oh W be a four quarter game today I don't think [Applause] uh I don't think these j-hawks overwhelmed by this moment Morrison breaks the tackle Sav On Morrison first and goal for Kansas you know what what else this is Jason this is a good old line and uh this guy right here is playing his best ball Logan Brown he just washes out that edge look at that cavernous hole a nice job by Baines as well this is a veteran crew we talked about it at the beginning of the week in our meeting like holy cow

14:42 every player is a fifth year player or six-year player I mean they have been around a bunch of transferred in but this is a battle tested salty crew and this offense we're doing what they did to Iowa State a couple weeks ago up and down the field you can see the it in that o line as well and this whole team they've seen so much football together little flip forward saves a couple of yards Hill green got in on the Stop and that was a little Cavalier with the football if I were to have told you Jason that you'd have an offense and a team that's number one in the conference in third down offense number one in the conference in Red Zone touchdown scoring equally defensively does really well would you ever imagine they could be four and six no that's where these j-hawks are and why color

15:30 was on point because they know a lot of the fundamentals for Lance lold have been there but once they stop turning the ball over the winds have followed the margin's been so thin this year for Kansas and in the past couple of years Daniels rips it incomplete over the head of grim DJ mckin on the coverage and you said this situationally Kansas has been quite good this year yeah I mean look at that in the FBS number one in the conference top seven in the country and a lot of it is Jaylen Daniels to be good in the Red Zone T touchdowns is usually creativity of a quarterback to be good on third Downs in college football usually a dual threat extend the play kind of quarterback jaylen's been both of these especially the last

16:17 month points are Paramount here it's third and goal from the 13 comes out this side for Neil and he finds his way to the six field goal here are you going to go for it I think I kick a field goal I think you go up 10 and you reward a terrific drive a nice call there by Colorado they bring an extra Defender so Jaylen on Third and 10 has to get the ball out of his hands I think this is the right call right here especially at home Colorado has been a very good team and comeback season situations this year two weeks ago against Texas Tech down 13 nothing after one quarter Kansas has

17:05 struggled in the fourth quarter this year but an early cushion is what they're searching for and that is good for tab Allen so Colorado tonight the yous play Iowa State Colorado could in fact clinch a spot of the Big 12 title game with a win a BYU win and a Utah win all today but first things first the buffalos would have to come back here they've only run three plays and over 12 minutes of game action Colton hood on the return and he takes a dive short of the 15 12 teams they nearly scored 100 points Colorado I think would like that sort of game [Music]

17:51 here Kanas came back from 28 down in that game Colorado is down 10 right now they're going to have to go up the 14 this got to be the best crowd of the year for KU augustave out of the back field is hit it's Melo doson who makes the stop along with the oncoming Marvin Grant Corners you talked about the success of Kansas leading to this being displaced this season and some of that's also missing out on the on the voice and playing off the crowd and the emotion for doson and so many of these veterans but today different story 50 60,000 in Arrowhead today and they're making some noise this is wester turning the corner

18:38 for eight yeah this it feels like an NFL crowd in this NFL stadium and that's what Colorado does I mean look at these three completions they're all on these screens part of wise shadur sits there at 73% completion is because that ball is out of his his hand in such a hurry to keep this crowd trying to keep this crowd is quite as possible it'll be hard to do all five plays have been pass plays so far and this one will be with an empty Back Field drayen Miller in space and that is a great open field tackle for Kansas that's Jaylen Todd but there's a marker that's come in now the question is was it a legal tackle well

19:23 the first two tackles were good but wheeler coming in a little bit late is going to draw this penalty [Applause] personal foul horse Coller tackle defense 15yd penalty automatic first [Applause] down that's that's not horse caller no I agree with you wheeler did get in there late yeah Wheeler's late I mean grabed the the number there in the shoulder pad not anywhere near the neck or the name plate now it was a reaction that suggested a horse collar but it was not an actual Act of

20:10 horse collar tackle Sanders to throw and that's over the middle Augustus Lance lifeold was less than thrilled by the call oh and I think that's an excellent point by you when he looks at the screen we can see hold on a second that was his number but the reaction the pull down did make that official think it was on the net first run play for Colorado is Sanders across Midfield so Colorado said that you know maybe with a light box they might run the ball a little bit more today they've run once coach Shermer close to 50/50 and he said never never we're not doing that but it's in part as you said because of the RPO pass option

20:59 here is a run for augus and he breaks through on what could be the final play of a quick moving first quarter oh Augusta down for the moment and now he's helped up Colorado down for the moment but they have stormed back in games this year they will see the ball right out of halftime and they will have it driving coach Prime I want to start with your defense cuz they were on the field a lot in that first quarter what's been the biggest challenge with the motion and shifts we see from canas that's not a challenge we practice it we H for this we just got to make the plays we know what they're doing they're calling out every play on the sidelines we just got to make the plays we didn't come to play right in the first quarter obviously we got to turn it all how important is this

21:45 possession for your offense to find some Rhythm it's it's it's important but it's not in all we got time trust me all right thanks thank you God bless there's a confidence for Dion Sanders but it also comes from not only the talent but you practice and how buttoned up they are yeah they just are on the details he's right I don't think it's been the motion and shift it's been the Miss tackles just not executing defensively seven missed tackles so far already as Sanders rolls out that's a slip and fall situation for seel Smalls and it's third and short rare tight end catch for this team just is eighth of the year D Hayden is a tail back on Third and

22:33 one showing a pretty light box here as well right just five Defenders between the tackles it's a run and it is snowed under Hayden loses a yard JB Brown and Marvin Grant got to him yeah and the true freshman gets picked on right here he's done such a nice job as Cleveland but he just gets beat by that swim right off the jump from the fourth year done gets into the back field now fourth down it's loud very much so fourth and two long misses Point Hayden is Clos

23:19 lined and he may not get there he's not going to it's a turnover on Downs [Applause] well this is an excellent job right here out on the edge you talked about that extended right he's going to push is shadur try to push we've seen that on a couple occasions this year for the first down but a nice job right at the point of attack there by Kansas in that group up front they're going to measure just in case here it was Dylan woodkey the transfer from Youngstown State who made the hard contact on

24:21 Hayden going on Mow dos and Kobe Bryant those two corners shador Sanders [Applause] he didn't get there that was two plays to get one yard and Kansas held the line and Devin Neil is thrilled well what Travis Hunter on the sideline said what Brock well you're the best lip reader in America throw me the ball can you confirm I think so yeah that's what it looked like on that fourth down he wanted the ball and I'll show you why here in just a second first Kanas set

25:07 sail from the 39 yd line for motion Daniels has a Crosser it's the tight end Casey and another broken tackle for a first down back to the fourth down okay so here's what everybody is doing to shadur okay you're dropping out we're going to run these games because we're going to show you a different picture after the snap with all the reading reacting so with all that chaos well here's our guy okay he he wants the ball throw me the ball cuz that's where the one-on-one is right that's where all the green grasses give me a chance away from all that pre and post Snap chaos and I think shidu next time he's going to have that occasion the ball's going to be kicked outside it looks like he knew as the play was happening Daniels with a PP and

25:52 he'll throw for Trevor Wilson and Wilson as catch number nine of his season another senior for this team yeah and it is one of the challenges that Colorado faces each and every week they get different looks what Utah did to Travis hunter in that offense last week it took him a while to figure it out everybody stunts and moves and makes it a challenge and for well Livingston he knew what do he say to us this Kansas crew kind of reminds me of Lamar Back in the day with Greg Roman and he's so active as a threat but then you're seeing the the Weaponry that they've got as well inside and out this four and six is something of a marage they could easily be seven and three with the close losses feed it to Devin Neil

26:39 again Wade was in there along with wano and so third down and two for Kansas and this is not fish in a barrel but it's closed it's 100% four down territory too so if you think you're going to get that man-to-man coverage that Colorado loves to play in every down and distance in your lands slide po and you want to take your shot probably not a Travis Hunter maybe one of those other guys or you just continue to be content grinding this clock and grinding these possessions motion from Neil Daniels pump and run he's got the first down and he slides into it so instead Colorado drops eight they only Rush three and again this is why

27:24 The Jayhawks are so good on third down one of the best in the country because you play soft coverage you drop eight this guy that started a whole bunch of games over four years this is 3 second start sees it reacts to it and then got the athleticism to go get it he played three plays of the spring game because of the back issue he had last year and kind of eased his way into the season because of that lingering injury and now looks as fresh as can be Neil runs into a wall Keon Wade again got in there along with anquin Barnes who is [Music] amped next week Ohio State in Michigan is going to be for a lot of the marbles

28:09 this game here today is for quite a few of them as well in the Big 12 and for Kansas remember they're trying to get to a bowl game also trying to do something never done in the history of football ever ever you know can't say that very many weekends never has a team that's unranked in four and six beaten three consecutive ranked teams they got a chance to do it under 500 three straight ranked team wins never ever done before Allison downstairs well we got the sense in talking to these Kansas players their confidence has not been shaken Devon Neil said we know we can make these plays we know this is the level we can play at the one we've shown the last couple weeks he knows it's kind of been a season of what ifs of frustrations but

28:55 credit to this group they never stopped fighting and they have never let their confidence drop he feels like what they've shown the last two weeks is what this team is really capable of and they've change the Big 12 Race by doing it third and nine Daniels for the tight end for a first down and then summon what a hurdle oh my goodness Cardell went Above the Rim for 23 this is different look this is Keaton Wade I believe playing some middle linebacker here normally an edge rusher and he looks kind of like an edge rusher here in space trying to make that tackle that is a swing and a

29:42 miss and Cardell says we are going to cut it Loose today and absolutely let it rip boy are they ever Neil a Walkin he's smoking hot wow Jason we have not seen this when we've watched Colorado this year we have not seen to a man look at every one of these offensive linemen wi their block every one of them they get a body on a body they get bodies to the ground and Neil maybe one of the easiest of his 50 career touches as he is untouched 50 touchdowns now as a

30:30 jhawk he told us yesterday he was trying not to think about it being his last home game because he didn't want to get emotional and uh well if it's going to get a pair of touchdowns Kansas has a 17 nothing lead and you know you're not playing at your home stadium that you helped quote unquote rebuild that's coming soon but Devon Neil has such Pride for this University this city and he runs like it not going to be easy to break those records either with the transfer portal not many stick around for four years as he has done so and just been an absolute Rock of stability just broke June Henley School rushing

31:16 record as here's a Touchback defense back on the field for Kansas Allison this is the scene on the Colorado sideline when the defense came off the field coach Prime Gathering his defense guys we've cover covered them for four games now this is the first time I've seen him do something like this really challenging this group and telling them they need to make up their mind right now if they're going to show up and start making plays right now uh this is the first time I've really seen him get after his guys like that yeah Allison that is a a great point and a great shot right there because he can see it he watches the line of scrimmage and his guys haven't been defeated at the point of attack like this over the last eight weeks really got to go back to Kansas State the only team it's malom the way the j-hawks have here early 11 missed

32:01 tackles already for Colorado and there's a broken tackle for dren Miller but not for long he'll go down with Cornell wheeler in it's second down no explosive plays right that's usually what ignites these buffalos when the herd really gets going it's that bubble screen a broken tackle and boom out the gate it is Sher pushing the ball extending the play in the pocket for Pat Shermer and hitting something down the field Kansas is going to bend that's what they've done all year defensively they will keep it in front of them and bend and bend and bend with the goal of not breaking second and five Sanders climbs the pocket right up the middle and he has speed and a torn Jersey as well because of Barry Hill it's a first down with a smile on his face I mean they are

32:47 resilient and they're calm doing it yeah and this speaks a little bit to the moment right so Prime has to talk to the defense in shure's head is like okay if I got to run and I got to do more of this to today then I will kind of like momes does a time or two in this building knows the moment I mean look seven of his last eight games have been 300 yd games there's every reason to believe as we get a whistle at the end of the play and these corners and receivers are let's say highly engaged in the competition so far yes they they want the ball they want their touches I'll tell you this too what TCU and Iowa State and teenss did two cans was attack the slots right the Corner's pretty Dar good on the outside but find a way to attack more of the

33:35 safeties second down screen it's Hunter he wanted the ball and that's why look out that is such a good job by the guys in front of them too and typically when you throw into the boundary right the short side it's harder to get an explosion like this it takes well your receiver blocking for you and then the calvary that herd look at all four linen out in front in the minute he has any space he's gone just a blur just plays at a different gear I don't like his head coach did and I think it's why the head man loves him so much and believes in him because there is just a gear that no

34:22 other human on this field has like number 12 I was watching the high highlight reel of Deion Sanders pick sixes earlier this morning how would I describe my game I'll probably say different because ain't nobody seen nobody like me before they didn't think I could do it and they don't think I could do it at the next level so so I always going to be a lot of doubters but nobody ever did what I'm doing right now I just let them continue to talk I'm just going to continue to B he backs it all up I mean Deon was talking about him he said nobody loves the game more right now than Travis Hunter guys like Jerry Rice he brought up Michael Irvin in the Love of the Game

35:07 yeah I mean just watching him practice as well which I got the chance to do this week that same joy that same bounce you see a practice is that right yeah now they limit the Reps in practice early in the week but that day it was incredible I mean it was just back and forth and back and forth and that bounce I remember playing a summer league game against Michael Dickerson okay and watching him jump and dunk I'm like well that's different I'll never be able to do that nor anybody I've ever seen Travis got that same bounce Davon Morrison on the Run he went to Arizona Michael yep a long NBA career and there's just guys that you watch that the way they move that's what Scouts always look at as well like you just watch them move when they're so smooth and there's just the the ease of

35:54 athleticism pitchers have an ease of velocity he's got an ease of Just Bounce and athleticism that is different than his piers and a joy forward as well the work you have to enjoy the work I think is coach br's point and Travis Hunter does Morrison explosive Run game continues for Kansas Shiloh Sanders knocked him down it's a gain of 15 well once again the big right tackle Logan Brown is doing some work right here these edges have been a problem for everybody not today they are getting to walk and okola and green in ways they're doing their tackles they're doing it with their tight ends right they're those wide nines and they're getting a body on a body and it is creating this just cavernous Run game holes nice job by the

36:42 big boys from Kansas up front how do you counter if you're Colorado well you're going to have to maybe mix some front get to some of the bare fronts maybe bring 3d linemen on the field they've done different things but adjustments have been also at the core of some of Colorado's success 302 time out time out Deion Sanders there was no substitution from Kansas so Colorado had to rush a player off 28- 15 total plays that's not sustainable for Colorado here likely but with the big plays that they can get in the pass game maybe they can win like maybe but the number to me is 10 10 possessions okay if Lance P can keep this within 10

37:27 possessions right now this is their fourth they got the ball remember to begin the game Colorado deferred but if they can keep that number around 10 for you know Prime and the buffalos Advantage Advantage cans in big ways if it gets to 12 like that or 13 or 14 like they had against Utah right when they stepped on the gas last week huge advantage to Colorado again for Colorado what's on the line is two wins at the buffalos after a one- win season two years ago into the Big 12 title game this season off the motion from Grim and they'll hands it off for Neil for about a yard so here's the other danger right

38:12 you say well what adjustment can you make you get to this bare front or you know you can start to run blitz and get your linebackers involved the danger is number six Jaylen Daniels can see that man coverage and see that Blitz and pressure and get out of it and then be gone I mean he is such a threat not just with his arm and you've already seen it today he is such a threat with his legs as well see that level of dynamic is back in him after such injury issues at points in his Kansas career now Neil is back there himself and he's going to go down the sideline another big play man back and forth Sanders saved the touchdown that's

38:58 46 yeah not a great snap and let's give a goal St this has been a couple occasions now that this man's been doing some work jar Casey watch him he seals that y n Edge and then you pin and you pull around and there's big Logan Brown just looking for somebody he doesn't have to hit anybody because that edge is sealed and defined so well and Deon Neil the athleticism to catch that snap first and then just doing some work this run defense in the top half of the FBS for Colorado it's not been a bad run defense so far this year Morris in the tail back it's going to be a throw wide of Casey and Daniels with just his second incompletion of the day that's just being a little careful there he had a throw earlier in the Red

39:45 Zone again one of the best at scoring touchdowns and if you're going to pull this upset off it's not going to be by field goals down in the Red Zone it's scoring touchdowns and an incompletion earlier he wanted back I didn't mind it I thought it was safe that one that one he's got to put between the four and seven of Jared [Applause] Casey Morrison Straight Ahead he's going to struggle to the five so third and goal and a lot of things available to Jeff Grimes with all that movement and you wonder if you get to one or two yards away do you think a little differently than you did earlier when you settled for the field goal

40:30 these middle middle four minutes Lance lold said four minutes going in four minutes coming out made just defined their ability to upset one of the hottest teams in the [Applause] country Daniels will throw it's high for Neil it's incomplete if it's on the money he's got a chance to turn the corner yeah and they both know it and that is why 56 on the season this year right these are the throws the first down throw that throw just put it on him give him a chance to go one on one with Silman Craig and he knows it and now with five yards to go you have to settle for the field goal something they've not done many times this year but already twice today for the buffalos to hold

41:17 Kansas to field goals top six in the country in Red Zone touchdown percentage you saw earlier as tab Allen is on the kick and it's straight through so it's 20-7 Kansas with the lead as we check in now with Mike Hillen Los Angeles coming up on the State Farm halftime BYU in Arizona State in a huge game with major Big 12 implications Ohio State makes a big statement and another top five matchup and all sorts of issues for Old Miss in the swamp the college football playoff hopes man have just disappeared Jason and Brock see you had to have oh boy that's the kind of situation that Colorado is in as well de Sanders talking to his beloved defensive coordinator Robert Livingston and again watching practice Dion was so active

42:05 right they did a lot of teamwork five plays here five plays there just back and forth for almost 45 minutes he said I want the guys to feel the flow of the game and he's right there on both sides of the coaching and coordinator doing this looking at the tape what are we doing here what adjustment can I make can we get to some Zone can we mix some fronts what's working what's not working we've said this with the Buffalo a couple times Dion loves the NFL coaches he has because he really feels like they can make adjustments in a hurry and they're going to have to do some things defensively said that a whole lot in the second half of this year is tab Allen is so good at touchbacks so far this year coming into the game 58 kickoffs 49 touchbacks and that pushes Colorado into

42:53 that situation but the last drive four plays 75 yards yeah first 15 plays would you say six or seven of them are throws right at the line of scrimmage yep I mean just those tunnel screens and those bubble screens and just kicking it out to the perimeter when they tried to run it into some of the chaos and stunts on Third and short fourth and short no blup so do what you've done all year Pat shmer spit the ball to the perimeter and get into your playmaker hands in a hurry does have Michael Welch back for the first time in four games after the hamstring injury he's the tail back on first down and he'll sneak into a pattern and now engage in a block Sanders floating in the pocket dodging a possible tackle and then throwing into space Here's Hunter again Travis Hunter a little side step down to the 40 it's

43:39 ballet really so what route is this yeah I don't there's route trees right like a slant a hitch curl what is this kind of an in cut and I'm going to throw my hands up and then I'm going to run and then I'm going to come back to you like it's adli and it's what they do as well as anybody it's a hitch and go and hitch sure Sanders with time again waiting hanging on to it Kansas defensive lineman got smothered Sanders steps up and throws and it's for sheer incomplete there is a marker down in the back field Sanders is down oh this is not good this is a shot to the

44:24 knees jador Sanders is is hurt and this is how you fire up a team right here man this is one there is no foul for roughing the passer there is ineligible downfield wow offense number 57 5yd penalty first down and I wonder if this is because he's outside the pocket as a Scrambler and a runner but he takes a vicious shot and I'm glad to see him get up and walk this is at the very end of the play here [Applause] wow it's Dean Miller oh and he is going

45:11 right to the knee but you see shadur grab he does get off the field I get it they do want to hit the near hip and go low but man is it good for college football to see number two up yes it is first and 15 he's right back onto the field Sanders lofting it for the sideline for dren Miller and they'll talk it over did he get the feet in yes it's a catch to gain of 16 they needed 15 it's very close and that is a true freshman with a 100 yard day a week ago who has just continued to grow and grow and that left foot looks like it picked up a bunch of

46:00 chop the previous play Under further review going to go to revie on the field was a completed catch for a first down what do we think what lands first catch back toe the toe drags we see the chop go up that I mean does he then control it all the way through yeah it's a catch these receivers and that again is a true freshman that knows exactly where he is on the field it wouldn't work on Sundays but all you need is one foot down the chalk kicks up I have no idea why the hometown faithful think this is incomplete does he secure it all the way through contact with the

46:48 ground looks like it sure looks like he does and that left foot somehow someway is able to find that toe right there they're playing without Jimmy horn JR this week they've lost omaran Miller for a long while since about the Midway point of the season and they just keep regenerating wide receivers in this program and that's development that's practice the only way that happens is if Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday you're buttoned up you're disciplined you know Pat Sher said to us the biggest misperception about this program is Dion is old school and when him and Andy Reid were talking yesterday they were talking about old SCH school right grinding that's why Andy Reid still goes to training camp in Missouri and they're in the dorm for a couple weeks like no you've got to put the work in and then

47:36 the fruit of these true freshmen developing cash Cleveland coming to life TR come into life when guys get their opportunity their number called it's only because of the work behind the scenes after further review it was a completed catch for a first down Mike Pereira agrees with the officiating crew was a right call but but when you said I mean you were at practice you saw it with your own eyes and it it kind of changed the view oh man they were button up they were in their uniforms there wasn't anybody sloppy there was no goofing around it was an intensity in the Precision much like those at the NFL level you see and you could see the production last couple weeks for that true

48:24 freshman Colorado across Midfield [Applause] Welch on the run and he's met by Blake Harold second down coming up look at this game situation right Kansas has been so physical dominated so much of the stats yet you go down and score take time off this clock you get the ball to begin the second half and as Dion said there's no Panic plenty of [Applause] time moving down to the two-minute timeout here we'll see if they take one more way they do Sanders loads up a throw that's right down the middle and it's Hunter again Travis hunter gets by doson he's got the first down and he's got an energy infusion again gain of

49:11 25 that's right but know what what works a lot of attention a lot of hype and all that good stuff but the nuts and bolts of the programs Kansas City and Boulder is the work and the practice behind the scenes inside the red zone for shador Sanders who took a big hit just a moment ago and he feeds it in for Miller it's a touchdown Colorado another breakout star for the buffal the last two weeks trayon Miller yeah and you get the match up we talked about attacking these slots that time it wasn't even a safety it is the linebacker JB Brown that gets stuck trying to match up with the Freshman phenom

49:57 I'll tell you one other thing Travis Hunter and his influence you'll see on this replay he takes a lot of eyeballs and opening up everybody else around him extra point is good just like that it's a Sixpoint game yeah it's usually the quarterbacks we talk about with elevating the people around him watch Travis Hunter right here and look at the coverage and they're going to take two guys you got the Cloud Corner underneath he got the safety over the top he's got to take him right he's got to play him you got to have two people upon him and that just opens up out of the back field the matchup on the linebacker you wanted had a great catch to pay it off by the way oh his dren's ball skills come on now when you're out there

50:42 practice with Jimmy horn and Wester and Travis Hunter that's what you're going to try to do you and what's going to have to happen is you're going to grow your pass catching abilities too is a three-time All State basketball player in high school he's a fourstar prospect his dad played college basketball he is a highlevel ath oh yeah and it was A&M and it was USC and there were other schools involved and then when Colorado Came Calling late they answered that call Trevor Wilson another returnable kick Kansas and this will only end up at the 20 yd line Devin Neil's senior day not in the place

51:29 he expected but it's an NFL stadium boy that young man has meant so much to this program yeah and he did it early here with a kind of a play out of Colorado's Playbook that little screen out to him he gets help around him he makes Suman Craig Miss and then he's to the house this one the big guys did all the work laying the foundation so he could walk it in for number 50 in his career and then this one got him down to the Red Zone where unfortunately for Kansas they've had to settle for field goals twice and it's left them in yet another one- score game they've lost five of those Daniels nearly faded into the rush and he's going to have to roll and throw and it's tipped intended for Arnold now the danger is Colorado can get the ball back that's right this was a a bit of a dangerous throw here jaylen's done a

52:15 much better job the last four games of not having turnover worthy plays that one's high it's Hots actually hits Arnold's hands taking better care of the football that's why they finally won one of those one- score games lost five of them in the first half of the season eight interceptions in the first five games this year for Jaylen Daniels on second down nice pick up by Neil get it out to grim and Luke Grim can run for a while it's a first down Kansas that young man comes in with 170 career catches another local product oh he's just awesome and a nice job with the protection here man-to-man coverage you'll actually see two buffalos run into each other to the left there

53:01 leaving Grim wide open when you see man and Colorado will show that at times they'll pre- snap tell you if it's man or Zone manto man coverage against Robert Livingston we saw it down at Texas Tech in the first couple drives the rub routes and the pick routes they typically know what's coming their [Applause] way Daniel for Neil on the check down dein Neil just when he leans to go forward starts to go north south he looks like he's about to knock down nine or 10 pins we signed with him yesterday he's pretty sturdy kid he is it feels like the one thing maybe NFL wise people look for is the possible speed but we've

53:47 seen him turn it up on the sidelines so far for that 51 yd touchdown and he's got a first down here feels like 20 is probably not going to be the number to win it today bro no I didn't think we were going to get to the 5245 like the last match up but then again this Corner's kind of arrived and they get to those 40s this table tennis now at this point saon Morrison is in throws Casey the tight end into the back field Grim in motion as he normally is and they'll go Morrison this time and he just plunges underneath into toi Thomas Colorado will not use the timeouts Kansas will go with

54:34 some Tempo here second and seven throw it's a long throw and it's Grim again taking it out of Bounds at 48 seconds you know who he reminds me of is Brandon stokeley why just has great feel and instincts Brandon played 15 years lives in the Denver Market the way he moves too he is so smooth and you don't have 170 catches 2,300 yard 23 touchdowns unless you're a baller like you just have an instinct in that slot and he plays in there an awful lot and he just has such tremendous feel and confidence through the roof for Luke G here's a run for Daniels jayen Daniels put his foot in the ground and what a

55:19 car of this defense by Daniels that was a jagged angle and the official didn't help no somehow some way Jaylen was able to use the Umpire as a blocker as Travis Hunter runs right into him right there maybe the hardest hit he's taken in quite some time happened to be by the Umpire and it's set the table for number six Heisman winner tackled by umpire Bill Bishop is a possible headline first down feed Neil again and de Neil breaks another tackle he just keeps on turning he can wreck your day and he's done it for his entire career well in

56:05 the timeout here by Kansas he did it to Silman Craig earlier right and he's talking and he's jwing and this time Shiloh Sanders gets on his back and he goes for about a seven yd ride hello Shiloh how are you I'm going to carry you for five more yards down to the two yard line and then I'm going to let you know about it as well a really good job by this officiating crew to make sure a game that's kind of been living on the edge emotionally stays on the field because it's fun to watch when they're playing so take a look at our Pacific Life game summary sponsored by Pacific Life creating Financial Security for nearly 160 years T Sanders 12- 13 almost perfect Travis Hunter an explosive play which defense going to get stops here can here I mean look at that look at

56:51 Devon Neil 152 total yards I mean just up and down the field and this was the expectation coming into the season I mean so many veterans people knew about Devon Neil now 3 1,000 yard seasons in his career but they've just complemented the the Run game the pass game haven't even seen much of the option but I'm going to have a sense that number four is going to have a say in these final 32 seconds three tight ends in the ball game with Arnold in motion Neil again shoulder first into the line they have two timeouts left Kansas will let it run for now and they will use the timeout okay

57:37 so at 23 seconds timeout canas you've taken the clock down now to the point where it's not as much of a danger that Colorado's going to have another Drive no no you maximize every one of your possessions yeah it's just for Lance Li P you've gotten in this Red Zone where again you're top five in the country number one in the conference of scoring touchdowns and he got to have it I I think he knows that I think he knows that with what shadu and that speed and people in the perimeter could do to his safety as the linebackers when you get down here you've got to finish these drives with [Music] touchdowns Kansas has had the ball for

58:23 north of 20 minutes in this [Music] [Applause] game f is a great Red Zone team this year on second and goal Daniels evades The Rush rolls Slams on the brakes breaks a tackle rips it into the end zone incomplete Travis Hunter nearly picked it Daniels may have been down as well well BJ green with the pressure yeah I don't like that call at all and I do think o o that's real close really really close his one knee slid on

59:08 top of the arm it looked like of [Applause] green remember every play is reviewed clearly the ball bounces I think replay through this timeout by Kansas well further confirm that is about as close as it previous under you like the call ring field was an incomplete pass I'd like number four to have the ball yeah maybe an option game or whatever it is I trust number four that much more than I trust Jaylen that's not a slide on Jaylen Daniels who had a tremendous half Prime say his knee was clearly down before he threw it he's watching the video board and we watch this replay WIS it

59:54 out of his hand yeah that's really close Casey makes it better door than a window there Mike Pereira is watching in Los Angeles Mike what do you see here well I think it's coming out I mean I think that Ball's coming out of his hand before either the right knee there that was on the arm or the left knee I think it's out now if they rule that it is then you're going to look to a possible 10-second runoff here of which then Kansas can use a remaining time out to buy themselves out of that but to me it's really close um and again we'll just have to see if they have a good look to uh tell for sure but you would say call stands Mike right I I kind of at this point when I

1:00:39 look at it from this angle I kind of look at it and say as we're looking at it in here going well I think it is I think it is you know one I don't think it is to me it's not that clear and obvious but it is close enough if they make that decision then you can actually see him talk about the possibility of a runoff I think here talking to the Kansas Coach about that Brock if there is a runoff then you have to use that time out and it makes this third down call pretty much a pass yes it does with just 14 seconds to go I I believe Lance Lio just used the phrase field goal there if I'm reading lips properly that would mean a fourth down situation that maybe they're just debating it right that phrase can come up without it being

1:01:25 wor we're going to kick a field goal but it's part of the [Applause] conversation a lot of discussion it's where got to be a tremendous communication the officials or the coaches bro both okay let's see after further review the ruling on the field stands it'll be third and goal okay so Kansas keeps it the timeout you can run the ball here if you want it absolutely who do you trust get to this point in the season right for me that that's if I'm in the headset like who do we trust I trust Dean Neil he scored 50 times in his career he's got a nose for the End Zone I trust the Big Fellas who

1:02:12 have done a tremendous job right now through the first 30 minutes of this game I lean in to [Applause] them trust six though two over the course of his career you absolutely do [Applause] two very close friends together in the back field Daniels and Neil they've lived this rebuild together and it's Daniels to throw and it's wide incomplete for Skinner that's a tough throw it looks like it's a Miss but part of the reason that Ball's outside is because of the dropper underneath so it's Travis Hunter

1:02:57 you're going after you see BJ green he's right in the throwing line excuse me that was Wester 25 the backup linebacker he's right in the throwing Lane and it's that [Applause] guy and now you've already taken the field goals earlier so you've stacked them up enough to make them into one touchdown so you take the field goal in this situation but probably don't beat Colorado with field goals Brock especially not at the 20 yard variety which is what all three of these be you've done all the work to move the ball down the field can't finish the dyen and they're going to take the delay here instead of calling the timeout to give him a little more room from the hash mark that's exactly what you're

1:03:43 [Applause] doing rare is the day when you go into the locker room with 23 first half points and you say it should have been more five scoring drives right yes five possessions and they just up and down the [Applause] field tab Allen again this from 25 and it's good Kansas with a marker coming in looks like mckenny might have been [Applause] offside offside defense that penalty is declined field goal is

1:04:31 good so three field goals from the 25 and in range 2314 Kansas with the lead but Colorado gets it out of halftime and we remind you next week the greatest rivalry in sports on big noon Saturday Michigan to the Horseshoe to take on number two Ohio State the 120th edition of the game starts 9:00 a.m. eastern a special 3-hour big noon pickoff live from Columbus then the Wolverines and Buckeyes at noon only on Fox and the Fox Sports app Ohio State planted its flag in the ground earlier today yep they look like they've been there a lot very very battle tested which is one of the remarkable stories of this Colorado turnaround right they they've been on

1:05:17 this run winning seven of eight games this unchartered territory from where they've come from 1 and 11 2 years ago yes 4 and8 last year the last two decades other than 2016 I mean they just have not been in these kind of positions they got up to number eight the college football playoff rankings in 2016 but you're since then and outside of that further beyond that there has not been much in the way of this sort of discussion Wester figures why not one last play and he'll end up crumpling down at the 14 so 3 seconds 3 42 total yards for Kansas yeah 342 and yet you're down nine you're going to get the

1:06:03 ball Colorado on average this year allows 357 yards a game that's 59th in our nation and thus and you see Robert livson hand on the forehead and he in Prime will have plenty of discussion during intermission of how they've got to fix that because Kansas has moved it up and down the field right there Deion Sanders showed up here to try to win championships and that seemed farfetched two years ago but it's right there for him two wins you're in the Big 12 title game they're down nine here and they'll see the ball first away we go and it's a rare non-touch back and hards puts it on the ground picks it up and the scramble turns into a great return we've seen that all year in college football a

1:06:48 little juggle and then stuff happens for the return team Allison we have got to be better in third down situation and stop kicking field goals or it will be a long second half that's what Lance bold told me at the half he said when they've moved the ball well offensively it's because they've mixed up their run game and got the ball quick out quick on the throws but they've got to finish with touchdowns as for his defense on the field here he said we have to tackle better in space they've been too tentative on Travis Hunter need to Rally up and Tackle better how do you do that with his speed though easier said than done right the whole messaging was close the space don't stop your feet but if you miss he's gone shador Sanders now the single season record holder for touchdown passes he'll flip to D Hayden who's all along the sideline alone yeah

1:07:36 I don't think either defense has the Personnel to stop the other side and that's indicative of one punt right we didn't have a takeaway we didn't have a sack very few negative plays and Colorado just has answers on the perimeter shadur is so calm and collected at the 36 and he's thrown the ball for the most part today he'll do it again here and that's Tiff it's tipped by Dean Miller who's been a sack machine for Kansas well he is an eff for guy he is lean right here he's going up against the true freshman and seedan does a nice job gets his hands first but a better job of reaction there reacting there by Miller

1:08:21 to time that jump and get a very rare incompletion Brian Borland the defensive coordinator for Kansas said look we take punches we give punches to your point right it's not full stop it's not battering somebody in the corner but it's counter punching and there's one brief counter punch for Kansas it's a second down run for Hayden tackle for the Freshman Harold and now third down for Colorado they've not converted one of those as we mentioned so far they haven't had many either because they haven't run money many plays yep just two third Downs didn't get either of them remember ma not a big leg so more than likely here four down territory third and seven they have to

1:09:07 get to the 26 Sanders loads it time again he'll run for it Sanders does have the first down Miller wrapped him but Sanders crossed the line so good once again a commitment here some man coverage with a safety behinds two man coverage there and shur knows it and once he sees that kind of Gap he's got enough juice and burst he never looks to run first when it's available he'll take it everything being played in space right now everywhere for both offenses Hunters up top there off the block from Wester and he goes down Kobe Bryant who grew up hating The Tackle part of tackle football made it

1:09:52 here well this is a little bit of what Lance was tell Allison you can't wait you've got to have eyes and then when you do he runs through the block there of Wester and gets right to the legs that was some of the focal point this week of leveraging right keeping that leverage and then that near hip and go down and take these guys to the ground well done by the senior there the more outgoing of the two corners he and Melo doson are just 180s from one another but both outstanding at their jobs second and 11 shador Sanders stepping up rolling now flushed left he'll double back to his right at Midfield he tries to sling it he got it

1:10:39 away and let's see what they decide here wasn't even close to the line of scrimmage so a marker comes in intentional grounding offense number two BS it down brings up third down first sack for either team in this game essentially how long did he hold this ball 30 seconds no it's it's it's at least 10 yep and a bunch of contact and grabbing Travis and just rushing for guys you could feeli that Rush that time instead of trying to get home it was just trying to keep him contained and that had to be seven8 seconds there was another foul on the Play Holding defense those fouls will offset second down so

1:11:25 it looked like I was going to say wheeler on that second replay we had had a hug and I believe that's who they got yes I think that was pretty obvious in the open I'm not to diminish your point but yes they you can if you want we've worked together long enough now they saw that one correctly it was pretty obvious here yeah here comes yeah can do that you're getting that kind of hug at Thanksgiving there's some family angst back to Second down it's a huge loss for Kansas here Here Comes wheeler on a blitz Sanders down the field and a wide open

1:12:13 Hunter nobody near him in space and in Talent yeah and this is what you call a Zone pressure so the blitz is coming here but you see the saf back here he's playing Zone coverage you got cloud coverage in front and you just can't give that space you can't play in man you can't play in zone what can you do you can hope that you score more points than the Buffalo at this point right I mean they just came off 49 against Utah reputedly a very good defense y yeah this uh this guy is not Bland as a receiver there's a for Travis Hunter and rightfully so I mean he is an

1:12:59 electrifying dazzling magnetizing performer you know what's pretty cool is QB he could be in the Heisman conversation and he is but he tips his cap and goes no no no no and did so this week again like no this number 12 he's he's the one that's different I'm good he's great we talked to cam Silman Craig during the week and he said Travis Hunter is one of the two best people I know in all my life and he is revered by his teammates Morrison on the return to the

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