96 CU, -12 windchill at KO. It was a very cold night and the field was a sheet of ice until after the half. That was my only trip to Boulder.
The offensive discussion is nice, but offense has been far from our problem in the last two years, though certainly it wasn't great. We've just had mediocre teams the last couple years; more so IMHO subpar special teams that didn't create points/field position on a regular basis combined with a defense that was bend but not break that broke too often. We've been inconsistent at best the past two season for various reasons; subpar athletes/play by both lines, subpar recruiting leading to lack of depth/overall team speed (which really affects special teams), and what appeared to be a coaching staff in need of some major changes.
That said, I have no idea what the result of the next couple of years will be. My initial reaction is that I like Prince but the man hasn't coached a game yet. My tendancy is to believe that at best we may be the next Texas Tech (not necessarily in terms of offense, but a consistent lower tier bowl team with the occasional Cotton Bowl appearance) of the Big 12 and won't likely be a national force like we were in the late 90s early 00s, but I could be wrong.
As far as Prince's offense goes, I'll wait and see. Yes, it will be very different, but I guarantee that if he can average 25 points a game over time that the nature of the offense won't matter. Snyder's offense was brilliant over the course of time, and his switch too a focus on QB running game with a vertical passing game combined with some power run was very tough to defend. However, Prince had to put his own stamp on the program and he's going to run what he knows, and with his experience with several NFL coaches plus a former NFL coach in Grogh I'm not surprise it will look more like an offense you would see on Sundays.
I do not think most teams will go to QB run games b/c its tough to find the players to run it, and most coaches know that UT's success with it was not something you can simply reproduce b/c they got that once in 15-20 year player in Vince Young that made winning a NC running half a dozen plays out of 1 or 2 formations a reality. Michael Bishop was the same-type player for us, we just fell short of what UT/Young was able to do.
