BOULDER – With the end of October and the midway point of the college football season in sight, Gary Bernardi figured his semi-rebuilt Colorado offensive line would have gained confidence, cohesion, experience and would be in optimum working order.
Instead, CU’s O-line has become a mid-season work in progress.
“It’s just the way it is,” said Bernardi, whose August assignment of replacing two starting guards has been supplanted by an October challenge of what might best be described as the big-boy shuffle at tackle.
When the Buffs lost junior starting left tackle Jeromy Irwin to a season-ending knee injury on Sept.