Deion Sanders is staring at the same problem again at Colorado, and RJ Young says it’s becoming impossible to ignore: the Buffaloes still haven’t found a quarterback answer.
On Adapt & Respond, Young dug into the decision to pull Julian Lewis in Colorado’s loss to Baylor and the possibility that Isaac Wilson could get the nod against Texas Tech. Sanders said he would wait until after watching practice to decide, but Young made clear he sees the real issue as bigger than one week’s depth chart shuffle.
“I do think Prime has a problem identifying a quarterback,” Young said. “This is the second year in a row that they got that wrong.”
Young tied the current uncertainty to last season’s 3-9 finish and the constant movement at quarterback. In his view, Lewis has struggled in Brennan Marion’s new offense, and turning to Wilson doesn’t suddenly give Colorado the kind of stability the program needs.
He also drew a sharp comparison between the Buffaloes and the Red Raiders, saying, “Texas Tech is who Colorado thought it was going to be.” That was Young’s way of framing the gap between what many expected from Sanders’ program and what Texas Tech is actually delivering right now.
Young did push back on a separate social-media swirl around Sanders. A post calling Lewis “trash” had been liked by Sanders’ account, sparking speculation that Sanders himself had endorsed it.
Young said that wasn’t a fair assumption, noting that Sanders is not the only person who handles the account and that his son Bucky also does so. He argued that people shouldn’t read that one like as proof of Sanders’ personal feelings toward Lewis.
A Colorado fan later pointed out on X that the like had been removed, but the episode still added another layer to a program that keeps finding itself in the middle of avoidable distractions.
Now the Buffaloes have a chance to answer on the field. No.
12 Texas Tech, 4-0 and 1-0 in the Big 12, visits Colorado, 2-2 and 0-1 in the league, on Saturday at 5:30 p.m. MT.
The game will air on FOX.
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