Colorado’s offense is getting a real test every day in fall camp, and Chris Marve sounds like a coach who knows exactly why that matters.
The Buffaloes’ defensive coordinator spent Thursday breaking down what Brennan Marion’s “Go-Go” offense has looked like from the other sideline in practice, and his message was pretty clear: this thing is hard to sort out, hard to prepare for, and exactly the kind of challenge Colorado needs before its Week 1 matchup against Georgia Tech.
Marion is in his first year running the offense, so plenty of Buffs fans are still waiting to see the full picture. Marve, though, has had a front-row seat to the whole operation while Colorado’s coordinators work through their own first season together.
“Yeah, ball coach B (Brennan Marion), that's my guy, man,” Marve said. “We challenge each other pretty good.
Hyper competitive against one another. But I fundamentally believe iron sharpens iron, and I think we've been able to do that for one another.”
That daily back-and-forth has turned into one of the most useful parts of camp. Marion’s pace on offense forces Colorado’s defense to stay sharp, and Marve believes that kind of work will pay off once the Buffaloes get into the Big 12 grind.
He also made it clear the two coordinators aren’t just crossing paths on the field and moving on. They keep pushing each other in every way they can.
“We're going to continue to do that throughout the course of the year, whether we're in good-on-good periods, whether we're popping down the hall to ask questions, you know, we're on the text message chain,” Marve said. “I think we've been good for each other. So I appreciate and respect the opportunity to work with him."
What stands out most to Marve is the unpredictability of Marion’s system. Even late in camp, he says the offense can still force defensive players into uncomfortable spots because it doesn’t present the same look over and over again.
"You don't know what you're gonna get,” Marve said. “Good luck figuring it out.
Our guys better have their eyes in the right place. [The ‘Go-Go’ offense] has certainly helped us shore up some rules defensively, but you just don't know.
So he's hyper creative, innovative in that way; he challenges guys, so he gets the most out of his guys. And so man, I respect that."
Colorado is preparing for a Georgia Tech team that also leans on the triple-option and a mix of RPOs, so the Buffs should have a better feel for that style after living against Marion’s offense all camp. Marve’s takeaway is simple: the defense should come out of this with a stronger foundation because of the daily work it’s been forced to do.
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