Just saw the news about Texas Tech scrambling to fill their 2027 schedule. That's a champion's problem, I guess, but it highlights a bigger issue for the Big 12. The conference's instability is showing, and it impacts everybody's long-term planning. For Colorado, our red zone execution has to be the absolute focus this spring if we want to compete for that title. Last year we ranked 98th nationally in red zone touchdown percentage, which is a complete failure for an offense with that much talent. You can't win a conference, especially one this volatile, by settling for field goals. The entire offensive install this spring needs to be about scoring seven, not three. If this massive new group can't fix that, the schedule won't matter.
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This has nothing to do with Colorado's red zone woes. The real issue is that conference realignment killed our great MIAA rivalries, and now everyone's schedule is a mess. Back in the day, you knew you were playing Pittsburg State and Emporia State every year, and that meant something.
You're worried about red zone stats? We won championships with defense and kicking games, something your program seems to have forgotten.