BOULDER — Prime Time couldn’t tell time. The Buffs got bullied. And the Can’t Stand Pat crowd was in full throat .

CU went from saying hello to a sold-out stadium to how low can they go in an embarrassing final drive in a season-opening 27-20 loss to Georgia Tech .

There is no crime in falling to the Yellow Jackets. Tech was favored. It’s how it happened. The new problems sure looked a lot like the old ones.

The difference now is that the Buffs no longer have quarterback Shedeur Sanders and Heisman Trophy winner Travis Hunter to cover more blemishes than Revlon. These Buffs are not built to win track meets. Not like before. The Buffs averaged 39 points per game at home last season, a spike from 36 the previous year.

They finished with 20 points or fewer once. They matched that mark

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