We’ve all seen the projections — not many people expect Colorado to do much in 2022.
But that shouldn’t and isn’t bringing anyone down inside the Buffaloes locker room. Leaders such as linebacker Robert Barnes believe the low expectations are only going to leave people surprised (h/t Buffzone):
“I expect nothing less than to win a lot of football games this year and it’ll shock all the media, it’ll shock you guys, but it’s not going to shock us,” Barnes said. “We know the preparation we put it in. We know what we have with this team.”
All of the negative outside talk is even correlating with a more team-focused environment. Here’s what Karl Dorrell said during Pac-12 Media Day (h/t Buffzone):
“I know there’s little expectation of us this year,” said Dorrell, who is 8-10 in his two seasons at CU. “Obviously, people like us that are in the program, we know what’s there and there’s a lot of people that don’t know.
“I think it’s our best team. Still, we have to go out there and play and prove that we are that type of team. There’s definitely a feeling within our program about, ‘Coach, we’re ready to win. What do we need to do to win?’ That’s the attitude that I haven’t felt in my first two years here. It was more ‘what I was going to do as a player’ instead of ‘what we were going to do as a team to win.’ Now the attitude is what do we need to do to win? I think it’s much better.”
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