BOULDER — The math does not compute. Karl Dorrell was not a hot coaching candidate, or even the Colorado Buffaloes’ first choice to replace Mel Tucker.
But Dorrell was the first to say “Yes!” to athletic director Rick George, after Buff-for-life Eric Bieniemy told CU: Thanks, but no thanks.
“I’m happy to be home,” said Dorrell, who owns a house roughly 10 miles down the road from Folsom Field.
So why did Colorado feel compelled to give Dorrell a five-year, $18 million contract? Holy, moly. A 3-point-6-million-dollar annual salary for a coach who hasn’t won a college football game since 2007, when Dorrell and his UCLA Bruins beat Oregon?