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Football
Neill Woelk, Contributing Editor
BOULDER — With a 1-8 record and three games remaining — all against teams ranked in the nation’s top 25 — it’s not easy to identify many bright spots for the Colorado Buffaloes.
Saturday’s latest defeat, a 49-10 loss at the hands of No. 8 Oregon, even added injury to insult. Colorado freshman wide receiver Jordyn Tyson, who has emerged as one of the best young players in the Pac-12, suffered a “significant” injury in the fourth quarter and the immediate prognosis was not good.
But Tyson isn’t the only Colorado player who has shown promise over the last few weeks. CU has a number of other young players who are receiving their baptism under fire and will benefit from that experience in the next few years.
Thus, our takeaways from Saturday’s game:
1. Player development will be key down the stretch. Not to suggest coach Mike Sanford and his staff will sacrifice the playing time of older players in favor of simply getting younger players some valuable snaps.
But CU coaches have done a good job over the last four weeks in developing players who could be impact contributors in the future. Along with Tyson, the group includes defensive back Simeon Harris, linebacker Aubrey Smith and offensive lineman Van Wells — all freshmen — as well as sophomore O-lineman Gerad Christian-Lichtenhan, redshirt freshman receiver Jack Hestera and sophomore linebacker Mister Williams.
These are just a handful of…
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