Interesting discussion yesterday about first round hosts in the CFP. A potential, maybe likely, scenario of first round hosts is Notre Dame, Indiana, BYU or Colorado, Ohio State.

This would put all 4 home games, nothing changes if Boise flips with B12, in cities with likely poor weather or at least cold weather on Dec 20/21. Probably not what the CFP was hoping for.

It also would mean no SEC team gets a no first round home game. That would drive Sankey nuts and seem odd considering they by far have played the toughest schedules. Would be fun though.

This only happens if things play out like we think it will AND the OSU vs IU game is a very close affair so neither falls much.

I feel like this scenario plays out except for 2 B10 teams hosting. My guess is between the OSU vs IU game and the conference championship someone moves enough the committee can get the SEC a home game

Spread is 2.5, hit 3 for a little bit but back down to 2.5 (this surprises me by the way)
Over Under 59.5

Guess away

@samspiegelman with the breaking news this evening. Four-star OT Carde Smith backs off his longtime commitment to USC. Deion Sanders and Colorado are making a push for the blue-chip recruit from Alabama.

Here are the picks for week 11 against Kansas. Never thought a game against them could have this much meaning.
Don't forget the tiebreakers.

1) CU Points - 32.5
2) KU Points - 28.5
3) CU Longest Pass Completion - 39.5 Yds
4) KU Net Rushing Yds - 169.5 Yds
5) CU Net Rushing Yds - 91.5
6) KU Total Net Passing Yds - 217.5
7) CU Average per rush - 3.65 yds
8) CU Total Plays - 66.5
9) CU Total Penalty Yds - 61.5 Yds
10) CU Total Offense Yds - 419.5

TB1 - Total Game Turnovers - both teams
TB2 - CU Total Punt Yards

SKOOOOO BUFFS!!! Beat them birds!!

What an incredible opportunity for Buff fans throughout the midwest to descend on Kansas City and flood an away stadium to create a home field advantage for the boys. We need to get there and carry this team to certain victory. ADRG needs to send the whole band and Ralphie whether or not either of them get on the field. Tuck Ralphie in her pen on the sideline and have the band playing the fight song from the stands. We need to fill that stadium with 40k+ fans many of whom would be less than 5 hours away from arrowhead. Denver alums have an 8 hr drive or a $350 plane ducket.

Lets go Buff fans. What an opportunity to win 3 games and get to the playoffs. The KU fans will be back in Lawrence thinking about the MBB team's next game. I want a traffic jam on east bound I-70 on Friday and a takeover of KC restaurants Friday night. Domination this weekend starts with the resilient Buff fans.

I know we are right in the thick of the College Football Season but I thought I would start a thread to those who watch, follow and or care about basketball this year. Please feel free to comment on any game, any school on any day thay you might be watching or plan to.
I will start with State Farm Championship Classic (in Atlanta) that just tipped off a few minutes ago on ESPN.
* G1 has Sparty and #1 KU. My first observation is that KU has 5 new players from the portal and three of them are from South Dakota St, Miss St and NIU respectively. They all are expected to contribute this year for the Jayhawks.
Sparty also has some portal guys, one from Longview and one from Omaha (POY).
Even the Bluebloods are hitting the portal hard and getting kids from the smaller schools.
* G2 has #6 Duke and #7 Kentucky. This should be a real good one as Duke has the #1 Freshman in the Country in Cooper Flaggand KU has a new HC on the sidelines for the first time in 16 years with Wildcat Grad Mark Pope taking over for John Calipari, who is now the HC at Arkansas.

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Most Buffs ever to play in the Shrine Bowl!

My thoughts on the transformation from 2022 until now:

Am I the only one that thinks this game no matter who is in it is going to be a 40% full stadium? Two teams, not from Texas at 11am CST, seems ripe for a pretty big let down in terms of the atmosphere.

BZ: FB - CU football notes: Buffs move up to No. 16 in latest CFP rankings

BZ: FB - CU Buffs football: Coach Prime celebrates Peggy Coppom’s 100th birthday, looks ahead to Kansas matchup

BZ: FB - Video: Analysis of CU Buffs football on Peggy’s 100th birthday

BZ: MBB - Defense, rebounding what it’s all about for CU Buffs’ Assane Diop

BZ: WBB - Lior Garzon’s career night leads CU Buffs women’s basketball past Utah State

BZ: Olympic sports notes: The week ahead (Nov. 19, 2024)

CU AD: WBB - Buffs' Offense Breaks Out Against Utah State

CU AD: VB - Buffs Rematch with Wildcats and No. 9 Sun Devils November 21

CU AD: FB - Coach Prime, Buffs Celebrate Miss Peggy's 100th, Start Prep For Kansas

CU AD: CU Athletics Unveils New “Peggy100” Apparel Line To Honor Superfan Peggy Coppom

CU AD: TEN - Bubalo and Nelson Ready for NCAA Individual Championships

CU AD: SOC - Nytes, Rosen Earn Academic All-District Honors

CUATG Blog: FB - Polls and Bowls - CU at No. 16 in latest CFP rankings (BYU at No. 14; Boise State gets No. 4 seed)

CUATG Blog: FB - CU v. Kansas: “T.I.P.S.” for No. 16 Buffs taking on the Jayhawks in Arrowhead

CUATG Blog: FB - CU At The Game Podcast – “T.I.P.S.” for No. 18 Colorado at Kansas

Ralphie Report: FB - Heisman Update: Travis Hunter starts to pull away

SI: FB - Giant Topplers? Deion Sanders Shows Major Respect for Kansas Football

ESPN: FB - Colorado's Deion Sanders ignores talk, says 'kickstand down'

Clutchpoints: FB - Travis Hunter bold predictions for pivotal Colorado-Kansas Big 12 game

Athlon Sports: FB - Colorado Chases Big 12 Glory Against Tough Kansas Squad (The Buffaloes look to take another step toward conference title game appearance with win)

Buffs Wire: FB - Latest projections have Colorado cracking 12-team CFP bracket

Buffs Wire: FB - Where 8-2 Colorado landed in the third College Football Playoff rankings (Are they a possible 4-seed or 12-Seed}

Cheers!

There's a ton of good seats left, including some really nice ones in the club section, at a much lower cost than Folsom. It'll be 54° and partly cloudy with little wind.

Availability: https://seatgeek.com/kansas-jayhawks-football-tickets/ncaa-football/2024-11-23-2-30-pm/6370896'

Biggest takeaways from Deion Sanders' weekly presser:

Here's the running list of all the Buffs who entered the portal:
Updated Jan. 22, 2023

1. Caleb Fauria, TE (Nov. 27)
2. Marvin Ham II, LB (Nov. 28)
3. Gerad Christian-Lichtenhan, OL (Dec. 1) -> Oregon State
4. Van Wells, OL (Dec. 2) -> Oregon State
5. Anthony Hankerson, RB (Dec. 3) -> Oregon State
6. Eoghan Kerry, LB (Dec. 4)
7. Kasen Wiseman, QB (Dec. 4)
8. Michael Harrison, TE (Dec. 4) -> San Diego State
9. Chernet Estes, walk-on WR (Dec. 4)
10. Dante Capolungo, walk-on WR (Dec. 4)
11. Cole Boscia, walk-on WR (Dec. 4) -> Cal
12. Owen Westemeyer, walk-on OL (Dec. 14)
13. Jeremiah McCrimmon, OL (Dec. 20)
14. Kyndrich Breedlove, CB (Dec. 31) -> Purdue
15. Willie Gaines, WR (Jan. 2)
16. Jahquez Robinson, CB (Jan. 11)
17. Jack Wilty, OL (Jan. 22) -> USF
18. Jack Bailey, OL (March 6) -> Northwestern
19. Myles Slusher, S (April 9)
20. Chazz Wallace, DL (April 15)
21. Jaden Milliner-Jones, S (April 15)
22. Savion Washington, OL (April 15)
23. Deeve Harris, Edge (April 15)
24. Isaiah Jatta, OL (April 15)
25. David Conner, OL (April 15)
26. Jacob Page, WR (April 16)
27. Cormani McClain, CB (April 16)
28. Vito Tisdale, S (April 17)
29. Khairi Manns, LB (April 17)
30. Chamon Metayer, TE (April 17)

Draft entries:

1. DE Taijh Alston (Dec. 8)
2. S Rodrick Ward (Dec. 8)
3. DE Derrick McLendon II (Dec. 13)
4. WR Javon Antonio (Dec. 15)
5. Xavier Weaver (Jan. 22)

I'm hearing Colorado is the heavy favorite and it wouldn't be shocking if a decision came within days:

News: Keaten Wade will not be redshirting this season. WR Jimmy Horn is day-to-day and RB Micah Welch is expected to play on Saturday vs. Kansas.

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Sorry for all the posts - there was a glitch in the Matrix. Please only respond to the one that says week 11

Ignore this one - Sorry

Ignore this one - sorry

6 Unders and 4 Overs this week. BuffTicket takes 1st place this week. He was the only one with 8 correct.

Weekly picks will go first, weekly results 2nd and overall standings will be at the bottom (let me know right away if I made any mistakes):

1) CU Points - 29.5 - Actual = 49 Over
2) Utah Points - 18.5 - Actual = 24 Over
3) CU Pass Compl % - 68.15 - Actual = 73.2 Over
4) Utah Total Yds - 362.5 - Actual = 272 Under
5) CU 3rd Down % - 45.55 - Actual = 27.3 Under
6) Receiving Yds Hunter / Wester - 179.5 - Actual = 132 Under
7) CU Avg Yds per Completion - 8.85 - Actual = 11.3 Over
8) CU 2st Downs - 21.5 - Actual = 17 Under
9) Tackles Bentley, Green, Hodge - 22.5 - Actual = 10 Under
10) CU Receiving Yds by TE's and RBs - 33.5 - Actual = 29 Under
TB1 - CU Rushing Plays - Actual = 20
TB2 - CU Avg Yds per Kick-off - Actual = 58.8

Weekly standings:
8 - BuffTicket
7 - SoCoBuff, QiNMing
6 - Buffskickbut, Dtownbuff, BuffAloha, ldbuff, MrMcBeath45
5 - NCBuff, CRBuff,
4 - BuffFan42
3 - LongTimeBuff1
0 - Highlands CPA

Season Standings:
64 - QiNMing
61 - BuffTicket
60 - ldbuff, MrMcBeath45
58 - BuffAloha
57 - CRBuff
55 - BuffFan42,
54 - Longtimebuff1
53 - Dtownbuff
52 - NCBuff
51 - SoCoBuff
49 - buffskickbut
12 - Highlands CPA

Quite a season. Who would have thought at this late stage of the season…

-That Oklahoma, Auburn, and Kentucky would have a combined in-conference SEC record of 3 wins, 16 losses.

-That Indiana would be unbeaten at 10-0, while Michigan, USC, and Nebraska wouldn’t have winning records.

-That Army would be 10-0, UConn 7-3, while Florida State is struggling at 1-9.

-That SMU would be in first place in the ACC, while CU and BYU share the top spot in the Big 12.

Quite a season.

BZ: FB - CU Buffs football notes: LaJohntay Wester, Amari McNeill earn player of week honors

BZ: MBB - Men’s basketball notes: Rotations in flux for CU Buffs

BZ: WBB - CU Buffs women’s basketball relying on balanced attack

BZ: FB - Big 12’s promised depth on display, but parity could hurt conference in CFP rankings

BZ: Rooney: CU Buffs 3 extra points (Nov. 18, 2024)

CU AD: WBB - Colorado Takes Down Southern, 65-45

CU AD: WBB - Getting to Know the Buffs: Johanna Teder

CUATG Blog: FB CU’s final games with Shedeur and Travis: Savor the Moment + Amari McNeill and LaJohntay Wester earn Big 12 Player-of-the-Week honors + Coach Prime: “Our expectations ain’t your expectations” + Shedeur Sanders continues to set CU season and career passing records + Neill Woelk: The scary part? The Buffs still have room to improve

CUATG Blog: FB - Win Tickets to the CU/Oklahoma State Game!

CUATG Blog: FB - Big 12 Betting Lines: CU opens as a 2.5-point road favorite over Kansas + ESPN: What went wrong at BYU, Kansas State, and Iowa State

Ralphie Report: FB - Big 12 Recap: Could Colorado play Arizona State in Dallas? (Could the Buffs play BYU or Arizona State if they make it to the Big 12 title game?)

Fox Sports: FB - College football playoff predictions: Colorado, Georgia in; Tennessee, BYU out

Fox Sports: FB - Colorado takes control of the Big 12 after 49-24 win over Utah | Joel Klatt Show

SI: Colorado vs. Kansas football picks: What the oddsmakers say

SB Nation: FB - Breaking down the 5 most important plays from Colorado’s win over Utah

CBS Sports: FB - Appearing in Big 12, CFP hunt out of nowhere, Arizona State (not Colorado) is league's best turnaround story (The Sun Devils were picked to finish dead last in the preseason Big 12 media poll)

KU Athletics: FB - Jayhawks Go for Third-Straight Win Over Ranked Opponent When No. 16 Colorado Visits

Athlon Sports: FB - David Pollack Talks Unexpected Twist in Big 12 This Season

Athlon Sports: FB - Kansas Coach Lance Leipold Receives Praise For His Classy Remarks on Deion Sanders

Buffs Wire: FB - How Colorado can punch its ticket to the Big 12 championship game this weekend

Buffs Wire: FB - Ranking college football's 10 best quarterbacks as the regular season nears its end

Cheers!