What’s more embarrassing: CU losing playbook or CSU coordinator leaving at halftime?, tell me about this news today

Colorado State coordinator Tyson Summers walking off the field mid-game is by far the more embarrassing disaster.

Losing a playbook is sloppy and negligent, but an on-field coaching walkout touches the level of active organizational collapse.

The Details Behind Both Incidents

• Colorado Buffaloes (Playbook Incident): Ahead of Colorado’s blowout loss to Texas Tech, a team staffer accidentally left a roughly 25-page game plan/playbook behind in the lobby bar of the team hotel. Opposing Texas Tech fans found it and later posted videos matching the scripted opening plays directly to what CU ran on the field. While highly careless and a breach of operational security, leaving materials behind in hotel lobbies is an administrative blunder usually chalked up to low-level staff negligence.

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• Colorado State Rams (DC Walking Out Mid-Game): During CSU’s 56–26 loss to Oregon State, head coach Jim Mora stripped defensive coordinator Tyson Summers of play-calling duties during the first half after CSU’s defense continued a multi-week collapse. Rather than staying to support his unit from the sideline or box, Summers chose to leave the field and the stadium entirely. Mora confirmed after the game that Summers made the decision to leave on his own and was officially fired/dismissed from the program.

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Why the CSU Incident Takes the Cake

1. Abandoning Players in Real Time: A coach walking out on his student-athletes in the middle of a live game is an outright abdication of duty. Leaving players to figure things out down by multiple scores violates basic coaching ethics.

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2. National Sideline Dysfunction: Stripping play-calling duties during a game is awkward enough, but a coordinator storming out makes the program look completely unhinged on a national broadcast.

3. Institutional Damage: A lost playbook is forgotten once new game scripts are written the following week. An in-game coordinator walkout and firing becomes an instant piece of college football lore that will haunt CSU’s recruiting, locker room morale, and coaching staff reputation for the rest of the season.