USC-Colorado media frenzy roars into overdrive heading into the weekend

Caleb Williams versus Shedeur Sanders. Lincoln Riley versus Deion Sanders. USC versus Colorado. Fox Big Noon Saturday. This is a media-magnet game with the big personalities saying all sorts of outrageous things before the Trojans take on the Buffaloes in an episode of “Breakfast in Boulder,” a serving of morning football in the Rocky Mountains. The game starts on Fox Sports just after 10 a.m. in Boulder, 9 a.m. in Los Angeles. The hype is soaring for this game for all the obvious reasons, one of them being that there won’t be too much time to hype the game on Saturday. It’s the first one on the docket.

Here’s just a small taste of what the big media personalities — especially those within the Fox family (since that’s the network which will broadcast the game) — are saying about USC-Colorado and the many storylines which are part of the drama in Boulder.

Trojans Wire staff writer Don James contributed significantly to this report:

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From Trojans Wire staff writer Don James:

On the most recent episode of The Skip Bayless Show, Bayless was asked who he would choose between Caleb Williams and Shedeur Sanders with the first overall pick. Bayless chose to go against conventional wisdom here and decided to go with Sanders if he had the first pick in the 2024 NFL draft.

CALEB WILLIAMS

Via Don James:

“Caleb’s the ultimate backyard quarterback,” Bayless said. “He is an escape artist of the highest order. He does get beat up and knocked around because of it, because he’s going to hold the ball too long, and he’s going to take shots. He’s going to shrug [defenders] off almost like Ben Roethlisberger used to. He’s going to tear away from those pass rushers, and he’s going to make a play. He’s going to make a throw that’ll take your breath away because he’s got a Howitzer rocket launcher of an arm.”

SHEDEUR SANDERS

Via Don James:

“Shedeur is a little bit more of a pure passer than Caleb is,” Bayless said. “He’s taller than Caleb is. I think he’s a little more accurate than Caleb is. He doesn’t have quite the canon that Caleb has, but it’s enough of an arm because it’s a Brady-esque arm, clutch gene and Brady had plenty of velocity.”

CALEB HYPE

Via Don James:

Appearing on The Colin Cowherd Podcast, Fox Sports’ Nick Wright said he believes Caleb Williams is already one of the five most valuable quarterbacks in the world … even ahead of superstars like Jalen Hurts and Lamar Jackson.

MORE FROM NICK WRIGHT ON CALEB

Via Don James:

“If every NFL player and college player was available, Mahomes goes No. 1, there’s some debate over who goes No. 2, and Caleb goes before everyone other than maybe three people,” Wright said. “This is not disrespectful. He goes in a heartbeat before Hurts, before Lamar, before Tua [Tagovailoa], before Dak [Prescott]. He just does. And I would take him over [Justin] Herbert.”

COLORADO MEDIA ATTENTION

Via Don James:

Fox’s “Undisputed” show going to Boulder for USC-Colorado continues the recent surge in coverage at CU. Everyone wants to cover the Buffaloes as much as possible. Deion Sanders, aka Coach Prime, has gotten everyone’s attention lately thanks to a 3-1 start.

The Pat McAfee Show was in Boulder and was headlined by an appearance from “The Rock,” Dwayne Johnson, who also made appearance on ESPN’s “College GameDay.” Fox’s “Big Noon Kickoff” will also be at USC-Colorado, after appearing on the campus earlier this season in Week 2 against Nebraska.

“Undisputed” is hosted by Skip Bayless and joined by two other regular commentators, former Seattle Seahawks star Richard Sherman and USC Trojan legend Keyshawn Johnson.

Story originally appeared on Trojans Wire