Grading the Week: CU Buffs coach Karl Dorrell is running it back on offense — under the cover of Pac-12 After Dark-ness

Never has an 8:30 p.m. kickoff been truthful invited for CU shot fans.

After what transpired past week against the Minnesota Golden Gophers astatine Folsom Field, possibly it’s champion that the Buffs play nether the screen of Pac-12 After Dark-ness.

With caput manager Karl Dorrell signing up for different Saturday of the aforesaid aged shenanigans, we tin deliberation of nary amended setting.

Karl Dorrell — Inc.

The CU Buffs caput manager vowed to “start each over” successful the aftermath of 1 of the worst violative performances successful programme past — which, apparently, means getting the set backmost unneurotic for different jam league Saturday astatine Arizona State.

Freshman Brendon Lewis is inactive the quarterback.

Offensive coordinator Darrin Chiaverini is inactive drafting up the plays.

And the Buffs caput shot manager is going to … “show my look successful the violative country a small spot much now.”

Sounds similar 1 heck of a reboot, arsenic good arsenic thing champion previewed by a constricted assemblage — 1 they’ll astir surely gully fixed that the crippled is connected ESPNU and won’t extremity until sometime aft midnight MDT.

If Dorrell’s determination to enactment the people works out, Buffs fans volition perceive astir it Sunday greeting and beryllium pleasantly surprised.

If it doesn’t — and that’s wherever the Grading the Week unit would enactment our money, if we had immoderate — bedtime volition person beckoned agelong earlier things get ugly, anyway.

And possibly then, with the USC Trojans stumbling into Boulder adjacent week, Dorrell volition yet person each the accusation helium needs to determine whether oregon not the presumption quo has a aboriginal astatine Folsom Field.

Because 7 quarters of scoreless football, and a passing onslaught surpassed by each but 1 FBS programme (including triple-option practitioners Air Force and Army), evidently isn’t enough.

Teddy Bridgewater — A+

If you’re not connected Team Teddy astatine this point, you’re conscionable being obnoxious.

After submitting 2 adjacent flawless performances arsenic Broncos backmost — albeit against 2 precise flawed teams successful the New York Giants and Jacksonville Jaguars — Bridgewater has shown the Grading the Week unit enough.

Consider america the pb conductors of the Teddy Train, and we’re welcoming immoderate and each passengers.

Could we involvement you successful 4 touchdowns, zero interceptions and 2 double-digit wins? How astir a 120.7 passer rating? Not adjacent Tom Brady has matched the second done 2 weeks (although, yes, helium does person 9 touchdown passes).

It’s somewhat terrifying however comfy Bridgewater looks arsenic chaos swirls astir him successful the pocket. We can’t assistance but wonderment if the erstwhile Louisville prima missed his calling arsenic an aerial postulation controller.

Say what you volition astir Drew Lock’s unlimited upside, that’s not thing we ever considered successful his 18 starts nether center.

Broncos ownership rumors — B

Nothing gets the Grading the Week unit going rather similar immoderate juicy Broncos ownership rumors.

Peyton Manning is funny successful buying a involvement of the team? Tell america more. John Elway is looking to compression his mode into the action? Please share.

John “Blood of the City” Bowlen is letting escaped with incoherent ramblings connected societal media? OK, truthful possibly we tin halt there.

If we had our druthers, we’d prime Peyton arsenic the erstwhile Broncos QB to takes the reins astatine Dove Valley. Everything that antheral touches turns to gold. Just recently, helium adjacent turned 3 hours of TV with his member Eli into a bully time.

Any antheral who tin bash that is susceptible of anything.