BOULDER — He could’ve bailed. Steven Montez could’ve gone through his progressions, taken one long look at the college football landscape and told the Flatirons to eat his shorts. He could’ve hired an agent. Or a lawyer, the way Tate Martell did to force the issue.
“I’ve never really understood the whole ‘transferring before you even got out on the field yet,’ ” Montez, the Colorado Buffaloes quarterback, said of Martell, former Ohio State signal-caller who last week was granted immediate eligibility by the NCAA after transferring to Miami over the winter. “(Martell) didn’t even give Ohio State a chance, in my opinion.