Dan Patrick Recaps Colorado's 31-26 Win Over North Dakota State | 8/30/24

let me go back to Colorado getting by North Dakota State we said it uh tough team to open up with North Dakota state is a really good team if this game was at North Dakota State uh I think they would have won that game but give credit to Colorado they did what they needed to do when they needed to do it it wasn't pretty it's not going to be pretty this year but they do have two first round draft picks Travis Hunter pick what you want to do you want to be a receiver you want to be a defensive back maybe you want to be both should Sanders is going to be a first round draft pick as well but defense not very good and they're going to have some explosive plays they're going to be in shootouts it feels like every single weekend but they came through when they needed to and uh here's Dion after the win you got to take what people give you you can't take what you want and it's not there I mean what is it what do he throw for 445 yards you think we upset right who upset so yo they have a running game well the passing game look pretty darn good today so let's let's let's be appreciative and thankful that that we we got one of the uh Premier guys in college football spinning it we're going to run the ball we're going to do that we're going to have a lot more balance today was just that type of day you got to take what they give you okay but then there was a play towards the end of the game where Dion's son shador put it up for grabs and Dion apparently didn't call the the play at the end of the game we we just want to run the ball let's get out of here and he took a shot you know to lante because he wanted Leon to have a big play because you got the other two guys the dogs having a big play and they and he know he's going to have a one-on-one match up he just put it out there far enough but that's his character I'm like dog come on dog not not right now you know it's not time to be the good guy right now it's time to let's put this game away but that's that's what that was come on dog dog come on dog these are the best now that that explains a lot because I'm thinking the last thing you're going to do is throw the ball last thing and then he throws it and I'm going oh my God and you could see Dion's like what are you doing and then you have to punt and they North Dakota State almost made him pay for it but it was fun it was fun to watch but you know that Gap we have between FCS and FBS it might be a little closer than what we really think because Montana got paid $350,000 by New Mexico to go and play New Mexico and then go to New Mexico and beat New Mexico Montana state is really good four-point win North Dakota state they're the the second favorite for the national championship they so these are quality teams there you have about remember when Appalachian State would play and they opened up with Michigan one year and you're like oh boy that's not a team to open up with and then they ended up winning in Michigan you have that occasionally where you have these teams South Dakota State defending FCS Champs now they're playing Oklahoma State in Stillwater Oklahoma State I believe has 20 starters back and I mean would I be surprised if that game's really close or South Dakota State one I would not be because they're n and 1 Half Point underdogs just like North Dakota state was with Colorado Oklahoma state is better than uh Colorado but these are two really good teams on the road and you know they need to do this they want to schedule out of conference they want to schedule with the bigger boys so when they go back and they're playing in their conference in their division that they're ready to go so you know FCS FBS I know it's sometimes uh not as uh blurred as uh we think it should be but there there are probably five to seven programs that can go toe-to-toe with some of these schools now not Georgia not Alabama but with some of these other schools absolutely and Colorado taking on North Dakota State I don't know if Dion scheduled that but you know that's one of those where you go wait we're open up with them it's uh that's one of those where you go well even TCU but Colorado would get these games because people probably wanted to schedule Colorado because they weren't very good now with Colorado getting a little bit better and you certainly saw that last night you know the schedule's going to change where maybe you don't take chances like this but give credit Colorado ended up winning the game and uh Travis Hunter is uh probably the leading candidate for the sept Heisman the month of September he is the Heisman front runner so far only because the other Front Runners the favorites haven't played but he's great and I'm looking at the number of plays that he was involved in he played 100 in 29 snaps 5 uh 57 on offense 72 on defense wide receiver defensive back corner safety a linebacker at one point pretty remarkable I mean the best player on the field and I know what people are going to say and we talked about it last year and that is could he be a two-way player talent-wise yes TimeWise probably not because you have to be in the receivers meetings offensive meetings and then you'd have to be in the defensive meetings you have to go out and then have reps at practice I think what'll happen with Travis is he would probably be a def like it's easier to find a wide receiver than it is a great quarterback you can find great wide receivers great quarterbacks how many great quarterbacks do we have in the NFL right now not a lot we have a lot of great wide receivers he might go in as a corner and then maybe you have 10 plays that you use him for five plays you use him for maybe a punt return he's that talented and shador Sanders is going to be a first round draft pick uh probably going to be a Heisman candidate maybe more so than uh you know Travis Hunter but Dion got the win and uh it was fun I I enjoyed that game I was not going to be surprised if North Dakota State won that game also you had other I I thought North Carolina Minnesota was going to be the game of the night and it turned out to be came down to the final seconds Minnesota had a chance to win that missed a field goal it was fun fun to watch that back and forth and uh North Carolina ended up getting the win Satan what's the poll question today well we could start with uh if you were Travis Hunter which would you play in the NFL offense or defense okay well you're going to get paid more as a wide receiver if you're an elite wide receiver but it feels like I mean he might be just one of those guys on defense that you do pay a lot more because he's going to be reminiscent of Dion or derell Rivas Champ Bailey you know those guys that are just difference makers but I think he would go in as a defensive back but he I mean he might be looking at these salaries that these you know receivers are getting and going yeah it' be nice to be able to play defense but nobody know if you're great as a cornerback nobody knows who you are are because you're not involved in plays because you're taking away the best wide receiver the ball's not going over to you and as a wide receiver you're going to be in the conversation constantly so he might go you know I kind of like the money and the spotlight there as opposed to being a lock down Corner yes Eden that's six what 61 6'2 that's pretty good size yeah it's big for a corner uh you know what I like about him going in as a as a cornerback he would play every play as a corner and then you could sneak him in as a wide receiver on offense if he's a wide receiver you're not sneak just throw him out in corner for a couple of plays yeah you know yeah yeah PA what if Travis Hunter went the other direction I know you just laid out the reasons why you can't be a semi full-time two-way player what if he did the same thing Otani did when he negotiated with the MLB teams and said I'm going to play fulltime is both ways and that's how he ended up at the Angels now he may drop in the draft because of that because if he's demanding like that but he could also be one of the more novel unique play players of the Next Generation in the NFL if he says I want to play 40 plays a game on both sides of the ball well I don't know what his salary would be but you could get kind of two salaries if you're playing two different positions I would think now the question is our team's going to want him to play both allow him to play both but it certainly worked out for sh Otani and the angels yes Todd you could squeeze too much out of a great player that can do both and then all of a sudden he's injured because he has too much of him to play offense and defense and now you've lost him for either side of the ball yeah well I think he's talented enough that uh even at 75% at both positions he's still going to be pretty Elite he's great but he he was the number one recruit in America and went to Jackson State with Dion and then transferred when Dion left but uh what other poll questions are we uh thinking about today Todd's got a couple of interesting ones too we didn't get to our usual Thursday round of Todd questions but he's back again on Friday okay always very excited okay after watching the game last night the Colorado buffalos are going to be much better than I thought in trouble and will struggle just to be bow eligible how impressed were you with the Buffalo last night I wasn't I was I was impressed with a couple of players that defense is not good and North Dakota State could run when they wanted to run there was very little pass rush it felt like but they're going to have explosive plays they're just going to be shootouts I I think you just have to lock yourself in and say it's going to be a wild ride uh do I think six wins seven wins possibility sure um just because you have a a great quarterback and you have couple of great wide receivers and Dion says they're still going to run the football but I with his son as the quarterback changing plays in the line of scrimmage I mean who knows