Seven total turnovers and nine penalties completely buried Colorado in a humiliating 41-7 loss to Northwestern. Watching the disaster unfold, former Buffaloes head coach Gary Barnett didn’t attack Deion Sanders’ coaching style. Instead, he pointed to a much bigger issue on the field that Coach Prime should take immediate notice of: massive team-wide mistakes and young quarterback Julian Lewis losing his basic mechanics under pressure.
The Wildcats took complete control of the game by taking advantage of seven turnover-related possessions. Four giveaways and three failed fourth-down attempts killed any momentum Colorado tried to build. Instead of finding a smooth rhythm, young Julian Lewis was forced to play behind the chains all night while the defense stayed stuck on the field.
“You can’t win doing that,” Barnett said during an interview on the sideline with BuffsTV. “If you would have told me we were only going to score one touchdown, I would have said you’re crazy. But well, that’s what we did. We came in here, and we laid an egg. We fumbled the ball, we turned it over, we threw picks, we went for it on fourth down three times that we didn’t get it.”…