For CU Buffs fans, the parallels are two parts eerie, three parts awesome. A former NFL coach with no real previous Pac-12 ties being handed the keys. A fifth-year senior quarterback who’s already seen everything. A potential first-round draft pick at wideout. A consensus preseason pick for last by the media in a (still) wild, wide-open Pac-12 South.
2019 Colorado Buffaloes, meet 2018 Arizona State.
A year ago, the Sun Devils were panned for hiring Herm Edwards, who made for great television but was an unknown as a Power 5 taskmaster.