Paul Finebaum, Heather Dinich say Colorado has 'no chance' to make College Football Playoff

In Week 1, Deion Sanders and the Colorado Buffaloes announced themselves with a win against TCU in Fort Worth. With that has come a ton of excitement for the potential future of the program.

That excitement has extended to ESPN, where they played a game of Fact or Fiction on Get Up. There, host Mike Greenberg asked analysts Heather Dinich and Paul Finebaum if Colorado is a potential College Football Playoff team.

“Fiction. Pump the breaks a minute, everybody,” Heather Dinich said. “But, I will say the fact we are even talking about this and asking this question shows the magnitude of what he has done.”

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Finebaum agreed, though he did admit that it looks like Colorado is going to be better than most people expected them to be this season.

“Farcical really, but remember Deion was predicted to win three games and I think he’ll have that done by September,” Paul Finebaum said. “They’re a really nice program. He is owning the sport, but there is absolutely, I can’t believe I’m about to say this, Deion, there is absolutely no chance — no chance whatsoever that they’re ever in the conversation past October.”

Former college head coach and current analyst for ESPN, Dan Mullen, agrees. It’s too early for this talk about Colorado. In fact, Mullen doesn’t even think that Colorado is a competitor for the Pac-12.

“Absolutely not, absolutely not,” Mullen said.

“I’m going to tell you what – I think a lot of people are looking at them as a two, three, maybe four-win team. I think they’re getting to a bowl game, I think they are going to be much better than everybody expects. But we need to really pump the breaks on contending for that Pac-12 title.”

Paul Finebaum gave a brutal assessment of TCU following the Colorado loss

For as good as the win over TCU was for Colorado, it was also that bad of a loss for Colorado. After the game, Paul Finebaum gave a brutal assessment of this Horned Frogs team.

“It’s amazing what talented players will do for you, Greg. I was about to say only two, he’s got two that we are talking about today, everybody in the country, but he’s got a lot more than that. I think they were fortunate, they were up against a paper tiger,” Finebaum said.

“I don’t know where you go if you’re TCU right now and your last two national championship appearances you got your nose broken and your teeth knocked out. Then you were just laid on the railroad track to die, essentially, because that program which has worked so hard has been shattered and embarrassed, and humiliated, and nobody wants to see them, hear them, or have anything to do with them again.”