The Colorado Buffaloes are set to square off against the Northwestern Wildcats at 5:30 p.m. MT in the team’s second road game of the season vs. a Power Four conference team outside of the Big 12. After defeating Georgia Tech out of the ACC in week 1, can Colorado coach Deion Sanders and the Buffaloes keep things rolling against a Big Ten opponent in Northwestern?
Deion Sanders’ First Impression of Northwestern
During his Tuesday press conference, Sanders revealed some of his initial thoughts on the challenges the Wildcats will present Colorado with:
“Daunting task. I feel like may be inclement weather in Northwestern, but we up for the challenge. Good team, you know, hurry up offense and just no huddle and just doing his thing like Chip Kelly’s been known to do. It presents some of dilemmas. We got to prepare and and practice for that thoroughly Big Ten team. You know they’re going to be physical. I’m pretty sure they’re not gonna make many mistakes. They had two weeks to prepare for us. I like it. I like this task for us. I really do,” said Sanders.
According to AccuWeather, the week has been a rainy one in Evanston, Illinois, and Saturday’s forecast has a 60 percent chance of rain and thunderstorms. “Coach Prime” and Colorado have already dealt with a lightning delay in the season opener against Georgia Tech, and the Buffaloes may have another one on the road in week 3 in the Midwest…