Keeler: Coach Prime shouldn’t dream of starting any other CU Buffs QB at Houston than Ryan Staub

BOULDER Julian Lewis couldn t cross the Delaware Not the Delaware -yard line at any rate Kaidon Salter couldn t throw on the run Or past the sticks CU s Big opener is Friday night Dink and dunk in Houston under the lights and the Cougars will have you for brisket Which means the best option head coach Deion Sanders has at QB right now is the guy nobody had on their bingo cards on Saturday morning Welcome to the party Ryan Staub Sorry Martin Luther Staub Coach Prime called him during a postgame chat with FOX Sports after the sophomore powered CU to a - rout of Delaware at Folsom Field Staub is one of those O B s Original Buffs Karl Dorrell holdovers who stuck it out while Deion portaled in people to push them off the roster Related Articles CU Buffs vs Delaware quick hits Salter was booed Lewis struggled Deion Sanders best QB option at Houston might be Ryan Staub CU Buffs vs Delaware Blue Hens football How to watch storylines and staff predictions Damon Greaves continuing CU Buffs infusion of specialists from Australia CU Buffs linebackers challenged after bumpy opening night performance Keeler Will CU Buffs QB Julian Lewis be Deion Sanders Arch Manning The Ju Ju Era arrives Saturday If Saturday afternoon was any indication the -foot- Californian s a tough S O B too Thrust into a - battle that saw Salter miss targets and Lewis smushed in the pocket Staub led the Buffs to touchdowns points on three of his four drives Salter the senior transfer from Liberty making his second start accounted for points on four drives with all of those points in the first quarter-and-a-half Lewis the five-star QB recruit and the people s choice looked good handing off and terrified on obvious passing downs The Georgia native got three drives in that didn t amount to a single point I saw Sanders explained what everybody else saw Saturday Colorado's Kaidon Salter stretches out for a touchdown against the Delaware Blue Hens during a contest in Boulder on September Photo by Cliff Grassmick Staff Photographer On one hand it s Delaware the softest cupcake on CU s non-conference fight card With their blue-winged helmets from a distance the Blue Hens looked like Michigan until they snapped the ball On the other hand only one of the three QBs Coach Prime tested seems truly assured dialing up whatever offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur is running Only one guy reminded you of Shedeur Sanders a year ago Only one guy was seriously looking downfield in the pocket Only one guy made linebackers and safeties creep back a little when they saw him behind center which in turn opens up a little more room in the box for the Buffs run event Only one guy Staub averaged more than six yards per pass per attempt for yards against the Blue Hens Only one guy turned the Buffs wideouts the bulk notably -foot- transfer Sincere Brown four catches yards into legitimate home-run threats Those plays he wasn t supposed to run a Go course and I notified him to run a Go track Staub explained later If they press Sincere it s going up If you press Coach Prime there s really only one guy who reminded you of Only one guy who reminded you of The Shedeur and Travis Show Staub don t trip man Sanders revealed Specific guys just have that thing about them that you want to help them become triumphant And he s that kid He is No lest we forget was also the kid who gave Utah all it could handle at Salt Lake in November deputizing for an injured Shedeur Sanders in a - loss The same fearlessness the same confidence the same trust in his arm and his weapons were back after a -month absence He also just put Coach Prime in line for several awkward conversations In a pre-portal world you d sprinkle in various Ju Ju Lewis and ultimately shut the -year-old down for a redshirt year The future is not the present But will Lewis one of the most of ballyhooed recruits ever to land in Boulder accept being passed over for a starting role twice Would you purely flip Staub and Salter on the CU depth chart moving your Week starter who was -for- passing on Saturday to QB solely to keep a teenager happy I wished the QB competition to tell its own story Sanders stated Colorado's Julian Lewis goes back to pass against the Delaware Blue Hens during a match in Boulder on September Photo by Cliff Grassmick Staff Photographer Shurmur had a story too After the encounter he recalled this exchange with Coach Prime as CU got the ball back coming off Delaware s only points The crowd was getting squirrelly at the end of the second quarter How was this a meeting Let s go Shumur announced Well Staub s in Coach Prime advised him Let s go Shurmur replied He went all right He went yards on six plays And in just seconds Now these people are going to salute you Shurmur described Staub as the latter walked into the news conference room Then he looked at the reporters Don t let Ryan get a big head That shouldn t be a concern Staub watched the Shedeur social media love Followed by the Julian Lewis social media love Like Coach Prime declared he didn t trip He stuck around To be honest I don t know why I stayed Staub noted I kind of feel that I love the process I really enjoyed being in this building under our coach I didn t really know where I was I stuck my head down and tried to keep working And I got rewarded for that Staub didn t trip And this next trip is huge Want more sports news Sign up for the Sports Omelette to get all our analysis on Denver s teams