BOULDER — New Colorado football coach Mike Sanford certainly doesn't have a blueprint for operating as an interim coach for seven games.
Fact is, one doesn't exist. The Buffaloes' situation is a rarity. Coaching changes usually happen near the end of a season — not with more than half the schedule remaining.
But Sanford, named CU's interim boss after Sunday's dismissal of Karl Dorrell, is approaching the scenario with a sense of urgency and an air of renewed energy, an atmosphere he believes CU's players will embrace.
"The theme of the day was energy," Sanford said after his first practice as CU's head coach.