EUGENE, Ore. \u2014 Even at 3-0, darlings of the nation, Deion Sanders warned those jumping onto the Buffs Bandwagon \u2014 some seats might\u2019ve just come open, by the way \u2014 that CU was still about a half-dozen or so \u201cdawgs\u201d away from where he wanted the program to be.<\/p>\n
On Saturday, it became painfully clear, right away, that most of those missing pieces are along the offensive and defensive lines.<\/p>\n
The Buffs allowed 240 rushing yards \u2014 161 in the first half alone \u2014 and 522 yards of total offense to the tenth-ranked Ducks, who scored on five of their first six possessions, led 35-0 at the half and cruised to a 42-6 win over the No. 19 Buffs.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think that was a good old fashioned butt-kicking,\u201d Sanders, the Buffs\u2019 first-year coach, said after suffering his first loss at CU and largest margin of defeat ever as a college coach. \u201cNo excuses. No nothing. Their coaches did a heck of a job preparing their team. Obviously, we didn\u2019t. I mean, that was a really good, old-fashioned butt-kicking.\u201d<\/p>\n
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