HOUSTON — Colorado football coach Deion Sanders is set to start a new quarterback in Friday’s game at Houston – a redshirt sophomore who was listed as the team’s third-string QB less than a week ago.
But it’s not because Colorado’s other two top quarterbacks played poorly or got injured.
Sanders instead is going off of his gut – and what he saw in last week’s 31-7 win against Delaware, when he gave a tryout of sorts to Ryan Staub, then the third-string QB. Staub entered the game with 45 seconds left in the first half and the Buffaloes leading 10-7. By the time he left the game in the second half, the Buffs were up 31-7 after Staub threw touchdown passes of 21 and 71 yards.
Staub played like a gunslinger with a killer instinct, outplaying Colorado’s previous starter, Kaidon Salter, and the previous No. 2 quarterback, freshman Julian Lewis.
Though Sanders declined to confirm this week that Staub would start tonight against Houston (2-0) tonight for Colorado (1-1), several signs and statements indicate he will. It could be his big chance.
