(Sixth in a series of position-by-position previews of the 2016 Buffs to be posted on CUBuffs.com during the preseason. Today: Offensive line)
BOULDER – There's a stage in the formation of every good football team when head coaches realize (and acknowledge) what happens in the offensive line usually dictates what happens overall.
Toward the conclusion of fall camp with one of his better University of Colorado teams, former coach Bill McCartney acknowledged it.
He placed five empty chairs in the front of the Dal Ward Athletics Center auditorium. Then, with silence heavy in the room, he summoned his five interior starters to come forward and take a seat.