BOULDER — If Pat Shurmur keeps this up, he’ll win Travis Hunter a Heisman Trophy.
Remember Hunter’s touchdown catch this past weekend, that smooth, too-easy, 23-yard grab that launched CU’s 48-21 rout?
Watch the tape again.
See No. 12 at the top of your screen, racing up the left boundary? Single coverage. Seriously. Travis Hunter. Single coverage. LOL!
Why single coverage? Check out the linebackers. Check out the safeties. One man blitzes. Everybody outside the box hesitates. Pauses. Some even lurch forward.
Why the lurch? Because Buffs quarterback Shedeur Sanders drops back and immediately fakes a shotgun handoff to Micah Welch.
Why the hesitation? Because two plays prior, Welch, the Buffs’ powerful freshman tailback, took a draw out of the shotgun for 15 yards, exploding past the line of scrimmage. Because on the play after that, Welch took a Sanders handoff and turned it into a 12-yard again.
Why the pause? Because defenders are scared of being embarrassed by Welch, who at 5-foot-9, 210 pounds, runs with the fury of a young, pre-surgery Javonte Williams. Because they’re afraid of getting trucked by sophomore tailback Isaiah Augustave, who checks in at 6-foot-2 and 210 pounds.
I mean, yeah, you could throw it to #He12Man every play. Hunter can turn any handoff, any screen, into a home run. He’s got the superpower to flip the odds of every 50-50 ball into a 99.999999% certainty that No. 12 comes down with the rock.
But isn’t it funny how running to set up the pass makes Hunter’s job look … easier? How a little balance makes the Heisman front-runner seem … even more wide open?
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