Grading Colorado football’s dominant Week 2 win over Weber State

Premier League Sept. 13, 2026, 5:02 a.m. MT

This win was extremely various for the Colorado Buffaloes than their season opener versus Georgia Tech. It was not in concern that Colorado would win this video game, particularly after scoring 2 goals on their very first 3 offending snaps. Their defense did not play also, enabling the Wildcats 3 goals. Still, the Buffaloes completed with a 52-21 win over Weber State.

Colorado still has numerous things to tidy up ahead of its next video game versus Northwestern, which beat South Dakota State in its season opener. Colorado’s pass defense likewise requires to enhance, however they still get a great report card in general.

Here is the progress report from the Buffaloes’ week 2 win:

Premier League Quarterback

Grade: A +

I am unsure if any quarterback in the Big 12 carried out too this week as Julian Lewis. After a mainly rocky start recently, Lewis came out on fire this video game with a 66-yard goal on the very first offending breeze followed by a 63-yard goal 2 plays later on. He ended up the video game with a career-high in passing backyards( 366 ), lawns per effort( 15.9 )and passing goals( 4). Lewis likewise has yet to toss an interception in his college profession, which is rather excellent. A video game like this can assist a young quarterback develop momentum he can perform the remainder of the season.

Premier League Running Backs

Grade: A

The running backs did not play as much of a function in this video game as they did recently. Colorado lastly had their very first 100-yard rush in the Deion Sanders period. Micah Welch was among numerous Buffaloes gamers who had an explosive goal in this video game. In general, the offense completed the video game with 180 hurrying lawns and 4.7 lawns per bring, topping off another strong video game, specifically considering that this is the 2nd video game of this young season with a minimum of 180 hurrying backyards. Colorado’s running backs will continue to play a significant function in their offending plan this season.

Premier League Receivers and Tight Ends

Grade: A+

The tight ends did bit as receivers, however the pass receivers made a splash. They represented 4 goals-2 from Joseph Williams, one from DeAndre Moore Jr and Ernest Campbell who had a goal. Williams and Moore likewise completed the video game with over 100 getting lawns, making this the 3rd time ever and the very first time considering that 2018 that the Buffaloes had 2 100-yard receivers and a 100-yard rush in the very same video game. Colorado’s ratings was available in several types. Moore’s goal began a deep shot downfield, while Williams’ very first goal came since of lawns after the catch. This vibrant group of ability gamers will assist the Buffaloes remain competitive in every video game this year.

Premier League Offensive Line

Grade: B+

Like recently, the offending line carried out much better in run stopping than pass defense. For the 2nd week in a row, the run video game discovered a great deal of success behind this offending line. Julian Lewis was sacked just as soon as in the opener, however the offending line permitted 3 sacks in this video game, consisting of one that caused a turnover in Colorado area. That wasn’t substantial since the Buffaloes still won by 31 points, however it might show expensive in other video games this season.

Premier League Defense

Grade versus the run: B +

Grade versus the pass : C-

Comparable to recently, the defense carried out much better versus the run than the pass. They enabled more hurrying lawns this video game, amounting to 127, however that is still far listed below their average last season. Viewing the video game, the defense missed out on some takes on and permitted 4 various rushes to get at least a 10-yard run. Colorado still has a strong run defense, however there are locations to enhance.

The pass defense was irritating to enjoy. Everybody understood entering into the video game who Weber State’s leading receiver was. The Buffaloes were not able to stop him as Noah Kjar ended up the video game with 7 receptions for 121 lawns and 2 goals, consisting of a 70-yard pass to set up a goal in the 2nd quarter. Cornerback Randon Fontenette’s interception was an emphasize for Colorado’s defense, however.

Premier League Unique Teams

Grade: B

I believe the Buffaloes discovered their kicker in Elliot Arnold, who effectively made a 52-yard basket, although he missed out on a 47-yard basket. Boo Carter likewise muffed a punt near completion of the very first half. Carter had just 6 lawns on his 2 punt returns, which is rather miserable. Still, the Buffaloes have some unique groups concerns to attend to. The unique groups gamer of the video game most likely belongs to punter Damon Greaves. On his 3 punts, Greaves balanced 51 backyards per punt, with his longest punt being 57 lawns.

Premier League Training

Grade: B-

My disappointment with the training is that some issues from the very first video game brought into the 2nd. Colorado still had a hard time in the pass video game, and they still had concerns on unique groups. Charges were likewise a significant issue in this video game, more so than in their season opener when they had 6 charges for 60 lawns. The Buffaloes completed their video game versus Weber State with 13 charges for 107 backyards. It is tough to win a great deal of video games when you have 13 charges. That is an issue the training personnel requires to attend to before their video game versus Northwestern.

Premier League Total

Grade: B

The offense is definitely Colorado’s finest stage this season. Their defense requires to enhance, especially in the death video game, and unique groups stay an issue for the Buffaloes. Deion Sanders has actually put together an excellent offense that can complete with every group they face this season and possibly make a run at the Big 12 title.

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