BZ: FB - Coach Prime pleased with CU Buffs’ progress in preseason camp

BZ: FB - CU Buffs notes: Freshman Cormani McClain developing early in camp

BZ: Video: Recapping CU Buffs media day

BZ: California natives from CU Buffs soccer, volleyball discuss conference realignment

CU AD: FB - Kickoff Luncheon Deadline Fast Approaching (Unofficial Kickoff To Season Set For August 25)

CU AD: FB - Coach Prime Likes Buffs' Progress Thus Far In Camp

CU AD: Colorado Holds 70th Annual Fall Sports Media Day (Volleyball, Soccer, and Football speak to the media to preview their upcoming seasons.)

CU AD: MGOLF - Buffaloes Gear Up For U.S. Amateur (Current Team Members McDermott, Knight among four with CU ties at Cherry Hills next week)

CUATG Blog: Coach Prime Fall Sports Media Day Press Conference (With multiple videos)

CUATG Blog: Canzano on the fall of the Pac-12: “How so many smart people can make such stupid decisions” (The 'Curtain' is finally raised on the details of the 'Implosion'

DP: Why CU Buffs’ return to Big 12 has some parents singing Pac-12 blues: “It’s a little bit sad.” (The Buffs are trading Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland and Seattle for Orlando, Morgantown, Houston and Cincinnati. Which, if you’re a CU soccer dad in California, isn’t exactly ideal.)

DP: FB - CU Buffs have high expectations for re-stocked receiver room: “Multiple of us can go for 1,000 yards. (In 1992, Charles E. Johnson and Michael Westbrook recorded the first two 1,000-yard receiving seasons in CU history)

DP: (Wilner) Pac-12 collapse: Our five-step guide to rebuilding the conference around the four schools left behind (Stanford, Cal, WSU and OSU could follow a 64-year-old blueprint for survival)

Deseret News: The Pac-12, er Pac-4, can remain a viable conference as is, for a time

SI: FB - Tom Osborne believes Colorado was in a volatile situation with Pac-12 (The Buffs have better days ahead in the Big 12)

CBS Sports: Pac-12 on brink of collapse: How college football's premier West Coast conference fell behind in realignment (A timeline tracing the Pac-12's demise over the past 15 years shows the conference's many missteps)

The Oregonian: Oregon State president Jayathi Murthy tells campus the school’s future is preserving the Pac-12

Bro Bible: PAC-12 calls on Andrew Luck’s dad to help save the conference.

Buffs Wire: FB - 2023 Colorado football state of the position: Outside Linebacker

USA Today: FB - Colorado coach Deion Sanders says last year's team had 'dead eyes, happy with progress

Buffs Wire: VB - Colorado volleyball looking to build off NCAA Tournament appearance

Buffs Wire: 2023 Colorado Buffaloes Football Schedule: Downloadable Smartphone Wallpaper

Buffs Wire: FB - Coach Prime looking for more out of Colorado's tight ends

Buffs Wire: FB - Shilo Sanders: 'We don't have an underdog mindset'

Buffs Wire: FB - Colorado football 2023 state of the position: Defensive end

Cheers!

Another fun football Friday in the books and Coach Prime covered many topics. Offense, defense, special teams, oh my! Here were my five takeaways from today:

HC Jesse Mahoney: "I think part of me is sad because we will enjoy your time, Pac 12. Part of me is really excited because the Big 12 is a great conference, and it's going to be something new and interesting for us as well. Big 12 was the number one RPI conference last year and have the national champion come out of it. So it's gonna be it's not like it's a step down in any way. It's it's gonna be great volleyball, great competition. And then, you know, I think we have traditionally recruited West of us and I think we can continue to do that as a good as an opportunity I think to to reach into Texas and kind of the Midwest a little bit more. So looking forward to that as well.

Taylor Simpson (Jr., Setter): I would say as someone who grew up in Southern California, the Pac-12 was all I knew growing up I didn't really even think like there were other conferences so that was always the goal for me, I think now going to be a junior and then once we enter the Big 12 I'll be a senior, I'm honestly really excited to finally see some new places. We've been to these places on the west coast a few times, I think from a recruiting perspective, and we've talked about it with Jesse, and our preseason. We're still going to try and play on the west coast as much as possible. So it's a good chunk of our teams from there. But I think a lot of us are actually super excited to see different parts of the nation.

Maya Tabron (Sr., Outside Hitter): I'd second all of that. I think growing up like Taylor said Pac-12 was a conference that I wanted to play in. That playing close to home was really cool because you get to the games, especially Stanford's super close to my home. But I don't necessarily think that changing a conference now if I were a freshman or senior high school right now that I will change my decision. I still think it's amazing school and I would just love the opportunity just to play wherever I can.

Jade Babcock-Chi (Grad, M): I only looked at Pac-12 schools honestly like for soccer. I think that the Pac-12 is one best conferences to be in and I was really adamant that I want to play the Pac-12. I'm really glad that I got to and I only went to the other a few other schools outside impactful but I think it'll definitely be different. Now with all the readjustment conferences, but from my personal experience, like I was really looking forward to playing Pac-12 And I'm still really excited that I'm part of the Pac-12.

Amaya Gonzalez (5th-year, M): Going to college for one thing was just a big deal and was the main goal for me and being able to do that through soccer was a big deal. I originally didn't plan to leave California and gotta say, once I took my visit here at CU, I loved it and it was no hesitation about it. And I think being able to compete in the Pac-12 was just another bonus another benefit to my experience in college.

Not often do you see a former NFL head coach and coordinator working as an quality control analyst for a collegiate program, but for Pat Shurmur, Colorado was the right fit.

More on how Shurmur found himself at CU:

BZ: FB - Pat Shurmur enjoying return to college game with CU Buffs

BZ: FB - BuffZone podcast: Big 12 move and CU Buffs football camp

BZ: FB - Video: CU Buffs analysis a week into preseason camp

CU AD: FB - Shurmur Brings NFL Experience To Buffs As Offensive Analyst

CUATG Blog: FB - CU At The Game Podcast – Fall Camp Unit-by-Unit Preview: Defense / Plus: “Black Friday” and the Demise of the Pac-12

CUATG Blog: FB - Colorado Videos - “When you make a mistake, you can’t let a failure go to waste” + Quality Control Analyst Pat Shurmur

CUATG Blog: FB - Mountain West Conference: “We’re open to everything. Nothing is being shut down at this point” + Cal and Stanford to ACC? “Significant roadblocks” remain + Four corner schools to receive full Big 12 share; four new 2023 teams won’t get a full share until 2025

DP: FB - Rocky Mountain Showdown in ’28 and ’36? CSU Rams coach Jay Norvell is all for it. “I’d like to be able to play it whenever we can.”

UW Dawg Pound: FB - Reviewing Early Pac-12 Game Predictions (What will the final season of the Pac-12 look like? Here are some predictions for each of the teams.)

Buffs Wire: FB - Colorado football 2023 state of the position: Defensive line

Cheers!

Has three buffs in it...

This ranking blends the high school rank plus the final transfer portal rank into one:

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Former NFL head coach and now the Buffs' QC analyst Pat Shurmur met with the media today. No players unfortunately, but tomorrow is media day and MANY players that we haven't talked to will be made available!

Was interesting to get the perspective of Woods on Tuesday, as one of the few players from the 2022 squad still with the Buffs

“They all just know what we went through. It’s like they respect us for sticking it out and staying.”

BZ: FB - Holdover status a badge of honor for CU Buffs football returnees

BZ: FB - Three CU Buffs on watch list for Doak Walker Award

CU AD: SOC - Buffs Ramping up to the Season (Colorado returned to Prentup Field on Wednesday)

CU AD: Scripps Leadership - Women With Altitude Networking A Great Resource For Buffs Student-Athletes

CUATG Blog: FB - Preseason Magazines - CBS’ Dennis Dodd: CU at TCU, Sept. 2: Why do I have a sneaking suspicion Sonny Dykes is going to run it up against the preening Deion?

CUATG Blog: FB - Pac-12 Notes - Washington State President: “We’re in a bad spot”

CUATG Blog: Colorado Videos - First Day in Pads; Byron Leftwich and Daniel Graham visit practice

SI: FB - Trevor Woods fought to stay after hearing Deion Sanders' "Louis Luggage" speech

SportsSkeeda: FB - WATCH: Deion Sanders vibing and dancing with Colorado football team as he celebrated his birthday

Cinncinnati Enquirer: FB - Cincinnati Bearcats won't get increased revenue share in Big 12, but Pac-12 schools will

SI: MBB - The Pac-12 Appears Dead, and the College Hoops Implications Are Massive

Buffs Wire: MBB - Colorado makes four-star shooting guard Jared Harris' top 10

Buffs Wire: FB - Colorado offers four-star Georgia LB commit Jadon Perlotte

Buffs Wire: FB - Colorado lands spot in RJ Young's preseason top 25 (#20)

Buffs Wire: FB - New-look Big 12: Teams ranked by all-time football wins

Cheers!

Now just need to get them here, but positive news that we're finally hearing anything about OL recruiting.

https://coloradobuffaloeswire.usato...025-ol-peter-langi-buffs-football-recruiting/

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This video is quite revealing as to cheating. It might be the reason why we lost Charles Lester to FSU. “The Bag” comes into play big time as to why some schools are cleaning up top recruits. I hope someone turns this video into Prime. He needs to see what is happening at other big time football schools who he is recruiting against.

GaTech now giving Hyundai naming rights to their stadium. Understand the business of CFB but hate to see college campuses go this way

Preseason Coaches Poll
1. Georgia (61)
2. Michigan
3. Alabama (4)
4. Ohio State (1)
5. LSU
6. USC
7. Penn State
8. Florida State
9. Clemson
10. Tennessee
11. Washington
12. Texas
13. Notre Dame
14. Utah
15. Oregon
16. TCU
17. Kansas State
18. Oregon State
19. Oklahoma
20. North Carolina
21. Wisconsin
22. Ole Miss
23. Tulane
24. Texas Tech
25. Texas A&M

Others receiving votes: Iowa 169; South Carolina 89; Florida 63; UTSA 59; Pittsburgh 52; UCLA 42; Kentucky 34; Baylor 28; Troy 25; Arkansas 20; NC State 19; Fresno State 19; Boise State 18; Auburn 18; Minnesota 16; Miami 16; Mississippi State 13; Oklahoma State 12; Missouri 11; Maryland 10; SMU 8; South Alabama 8; Illinois 7; Wake Forest 6; Air Force 6; Toledo 5; Washington State 4; Houston 3; Duke 2; Brigham Young 2; Arizona 2; Memphis 1; Kansas 1; James Madison 1

BZ: FB - Competition heating up at inside linebacker for CU Buffs

BZ: FB - Video: Analysis of Colorado’s linebackers and more

BZ: FB - CU football notes: Buffs jelling in preseason camp

BZ: VB - Volleyball: CU Buffs open preseason practice as move to Big 12 looms

CU AD: FB - Buffs Linebackers Making Rapid Strides In Camp

CUATG Blog: FB - Colorado Videos - Urban Meyer on Coach Prime: “It was not what I expected – I saw a very good team” + LB coach Andre Hart excited about the linebacker corps

CUATG Blog: FB - Pac-12 Notes - San Diego State fails in attempt to create a new Power Five Conference

Buffs Beat: FB - Urban Meyer says Colorado's Travis Hunter doesn't need to practice (CU's two-way star is turning heads)

SB Nation: The Pac-12 is dead! Long live the Big 12!

OutKick: FB - COLORADO CONTINUES TO BE ONE OF THE MOST FORWARD-THINKING PROGRAMS IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL WITH NEW NIL PRACTICE JERSEYS

Clutchpoints: FB - Colorado football HC Deion Sanders’ major plan for season opener vs. TCU after surgery

Buffs Wire: FB - Colorado offers fast-rising 2025 OL Peter Langi

Buffs Wire: FB - Former Alabama LB Demouy Kennedy making noise in first Buffs camp

Buffs Wire: FB - Highlights from Colorado's first few fall camp practices of the Coach Prime era

Buffs Wire: MBB - On3 predicts Colorado to land four-star combo guard Andrew Crawford

Cheers!

And the TP will be full next year with kids moving because of conference affiliation. I agree that some institutions like FSU and Clemson can draw kids even though they are in the ACC but most can’t.

It’s interesting. Kid must have wanted to go to UO all along but was smart and took the BIG X offer. Now it’s a switch to where he wanted to begin with. This should further illustrate to those who don’t like the move why Sanders and crew lobbied so hard for it and why the PAC has languished.

What does everyone think.

I admit that I am over the moon to be out of the PAC so still riding a bit of Euphoria and maybe giving it too much credit, but I think this move helps recruiting tremendously.

1. We are on at times and on networks that our recruits will actually watch and see
2. We play in a conference that also has most of its games on at times people actually want to watch and its teams who other follow
3. TEXAS
4. FLORIDA
5. Sanders will be in his old markets more often in person and can tell his recruits they will be too

I still expect us to be no better than top half if we are doing what we are supposed to do but this move makes that a lot easier to accomplish in my opinion and the biggest reason of my 5 starts with number 1. Visibility matters so much in recruiting. Especially when you have been bad longer than your recruits have been alive.

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Trevor Woods talks about the differences between Charles Kelly's defense compared to last year's, who's standing out to him and more.

I had technical difficulties recording LBs Andre' Hart's presser today. Apologies for that, but the SID should be sending the video over to me shortly and the article on his comments will be up this afternoon.

In my world no other sport is on when there is a college football game on TV someplace.

Saturday October 7th FS1 or Fox has two games, TBS has the other 2

Saturday Oct 28th Fox has the first game of the WS

Saturday Nov 4th, Fox has game 7

All the rest are on weekday nights networks sort of schedule around those and the rest on TBS.