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It’s was a disastrous tenure for Colorado football Caoch Karl Dorrell. After winning Pac 12 Coach of the Year in 2020, Dorrell has gone 4-15 in his last nineteen games. The Buffaloes started terribly slow this year, and Dorrell was clearly on the hot seat.
And, last night they lost to lowly Arizona 43-20 for their fifth straight loss to open the season. All five have been by at least 25 points and Colorado looks like possibly the worst team in the FBS this season.
Colorado finally fired Dorrell
It was time to make a change and Sunday afternoon Colorado did.
AD Rick George announced that the Colorado Buffaloes will part ways with head football coach Karl Dorrell. The process of searching for a replacement begins immediately.
Full Release: https://t.co/vD8StU8vDG pic.twitter.com/hQ3U22JgrK
— Colorado Buffaloes (@CUBuffs) October 2, 2022
The program was circling the drain to the point that it might have started to hurt Colorado in conference realignment.
Colorado fans were fired up about the dismissal.
THANK GOD
— maddie taber (@maddietaber) October 2, 2022
But a ton of Buff fans were asking for Athletic Director Rick George to be fired as well.
Rick George needs to be dismissed as well. Come on Buffs, this guy has failed. Big time. Why fire coaches left and right but keep George?
— Jeff Roybal (@Matrix_EndGame) October 2, 2022
Regardless, they need to find a new head coach in Boulder.
Some wild names are being thrown out
Naturally, a lot of names are being floated.
Chris Vannini lays out some really interesting names. Some of those names may be unfamiliar. Walters is the defensive coordinator for a fantastic Illinois defense. Matt Entz is the head coach at North Dakota State. Brian Lindgren is the offensive coordinator at
More potential names for Colorado: Ryan Walters, Matt Entz, Brian Lindgren, and not quite yet but Bryan Harsin? https://t.co/8H1znwcXuI
— Chris Vannini (@ChrisVannini) October 2, 2022
This Buffaloes fan wants Rick Neuheisel to return. I’ve certainly heard worse ideas.
Return the legend pic.twitter.com/NelQIaaB1I
— Wondertaker (@Wondertaker1) October 2, 2022
Of course someone has to throw in Urban Meyer’s name. People just cannot help themselves.
@CoachUrbanMeyer can fix this!
— Skinz Golf (@SkinzGolf5) October 2, 2022
I can’t see why Dave Clawson would leave Wake Forest. But, if he did it would be a home run hire for Colorado.
This is already the fourth Power 5 job that has opened, with Nebraska, Arizona State and Georgia Tech. It’s going to be an all-time-fun coaching carousel.