{"id":187700,"date":"2023-10-06T01:29:01","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T01:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/?p=187700"},"modified":"2023-10-06T01:29:01","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T01:29:01","slug":"colorado-football-notes-buffs-asu-meet-in-battle-of-rebuilding-programs-the-denver-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/world-news\/colorado-football-notes-buffs-asu-meet-in-battle-of-rebuilding-programs-the-denver-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado football notes: Buffs, ASU meet in battle of rebuilding programs – The Denver Post"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The spotlight hasn\u2019t shined as bright on Arizona State as it has on Colorado, and the results to this point haven\u2019t been the same.<\/p>\n

Yet, in many ways, CU and ASU are in similar positions as they prepare to meet in Tempe, Ariz., on Saturday (4:30 p.m. MT, Pac-12 Network).<\/p>\n

Both programs hired new head coaches last offseason and both went through major roster overhauls.<\/p>\n

CU\u2019s Deion Sanders brought in 87 newcomers, including 68 new scholarship players, 40 of which were transfers. CU led the country in all three of those categories. Second was ASU, with 78 newcomers and 40 new transfers under first-year head coach Kenny Dillingham.<\/p>\n

So far, Sanders and CU (3-2, 0-2 Pac-12) have had more success than the Sun Devils (1-4, 0-2), but both come in looking to get on track. And both head coaches expressed respect for each other this week.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was assembling a staff once upon a time,\u201d Sanders said. \u201cI\u2019m not gonna tell you (where), but (Dillingham) was a part of it and we communicated quite a bit and I was happy with every step that he\u2019s taken because I know he\u2019s that guy. I know he\u2019s been more than capable. So when I saw him get this opportunity, I was ecstatic.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is great for that program. He\u2019s great for college football. He\u2019s a tremendous mind offensively; tremendous mind, but he\u2019s gonna be a great head coach, man. I have the utmost respect and love and admiration for him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dillingham added that he met Sanders in 2019 when Dillingham was at Auburn and recruited now-CU quarterback Shedeur Sanders.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have a lot of respect for (Coach Prime) and he\u2019s done a phenomenal job,\u201d Dillingham said. \u201cThey\u2019re building something there and he\u2019s gonna do a great job there and he already is.\u201d<\/p>\n

CU started 3-0 and vaulted to No. 18 in the national rankings before back-to-back losses to Oregon and USC. ASU, meanwhile, got a narrow win against Southern Utah of the FCS in the opener and has lost four in a row.<\/p>\n

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