Hearing Chance Main to the transfer portal. Can anyone confirm this?

BZ: WBB - End of the line: CU Buffs women’s basketball ousted by Iowa in Sweet 16

BZ: WBB - Women’s basketball notes: Foul trouble tough to overcome for CU Buffs

BZ: FB - RB coach Gary Harrell sorting through talented group during CU Buffs’ spring drills

BZ: WBB - Game day notes: Ceal Barry’s legacy felt as CU Buffs play in Sweet 16

BZ: Chat replay: Pat Rooney discusses CU Buffs athletics (March 24, 2023)

CU AD: WBB - Buffs Rally Falls Short, CU Eliminated By Iowa In Sweet 16

CU AD: LAX - Buffs' Road Woes Continue vs. No. 18 USC

CU AD: WGOLF - Colorado Cards Best Spring Round To Open PING/ASU Invitational

CU AD: TEN - Buffs Hit the Road to Take on No. 71 Northern Arizona

CUATG Blog: FB - The Athletic on CU QB commit Danny O’Neil: “They’re valuing his intangibles. They’re valuing the locker room product”

CUATG Blog: Colorado Videos Hub (New)

Ralphie Report: MBB - Colorado guards Nique Clifford, Quincy Allen enter transfer portal

Yahoo Sports: FB - Deion Sanders Humiliates His Son In Bench Press And Makes The Coolest Exit

Buffs Wire: FB - Five-star 2024 WR Bryant Wesco includes Colorado in top list of schools

Buffs Wire: FB - REPORT: Former Texas A&M assistant Tommie Robinson joining Colorado staff

Cheers!

Day 3 of Colorado spring practice was open to media members. Here’s what I gained from Wednesday’s practice:

A tough fight riddled with fouls. Colorado didn’t get the results they wanted in their first Sweet 16 appearance in 20 years losing 87-77 to No. 2 seed Iowa.

For the first time in 20 years, CU WBB is playing in the sweet sixteen! Iowa averaging 87.4 points per game, 51% overall, 21.2 assists per game. Iowa/CU series dates back to the 1992-93 season with an overall 3-3. Their last matchup was on March 23, 2017.

Tonight's starters:
Jaylyn Sherrod (11.3 ppg)
Tayanna Jones (5.0)
Frida Formann (11.7)
Aaronette Vonleh (12.1)
Quay Miller (8.7)

Iowa
Kate Martin (7.3 ppg)
Caitlin Clark (26.8)
Gabbie Marshall (6.0)
McKenna Warnock (10.9)
Monika Czinano (17.5)

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Harrell discusses the Buffs' first week of practice, working with former RB coach Darian Hagan and the guys in the room.

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Charlie Offerdahl discusses adjusting to the new coaching staff and new offensive concepts.

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BZ: FB - Football notes: Travis Hunter developing at receiver for CU Buffs

BZ: WBB - Jaylyn Sherrod at heart of CU Buffs’ NCAA Tournament success

BZ: WBB - CU Buffs women’s basketball locked in, ready to face Iowa

BZ: WBB - Shelley Sheetz no stranger to Colorado women’s basketball Sweet 16 runs

BZ: MBB - Now-former CU Buffs Nique Clifford, Quincy Allen joining Lawson Lovering in transfer portal

CU AD: WBB - Buffs Continue to Dance

CU AD: T&F - CU Track and Field Gears Up for Spank Blasing Invitational

CU AD: WGOLF - Buffs To Compete At PING/ASU Invitational

CUATG Blog: FB - Preseason Magazines - Another front page ESPN CU story: “How Deion Sanders is changing the direction of Colorado” + College Football News rankings: CU in at No. 69 (No. 10 in the Pac-12)

Yahoo Sports: The grass isn't always greener: Why the remaining Pac-12 schools should stick together

Heartland College Sports: FEATUREDPac-12 Meeting: So, What Happened?

CFN: College Football Expansion Predictions, Conference Realignment, What's New In 2023 (Check Out The Scenarios!)

Sports 360 AZ: WBB - Pac-12 WBB: Our predictions for Colorado, Utah and UCLA in the Sweet 16

Hawkeyes Wire: WBB - Lisa Bluder previews Sweet 16 matchup against Colorado Buffaloes

Buffs Wire: WBB - Scouting the Iowa Hawkeyes: Looking at CU women's basketball's next NCAA Tournament foe

Cheers!

Would like to get a We comin short sleeve tee shirt like the team has but in a short sleeve version......with a CU logo on the front....Im hoping they will have a BIG SWAG SALE at the Spring game...watch...there will be a big ass snow storm.....

The incomparable Nigel Amstock captured the scene yesterday. Here's his photo gallery from the Wednesday practice:

Per Verbal Commits:

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Lovering had an up and down season (more down than up for sure) but Tad always praised him as a defensive asset.

Gabe Lynn - Assistant Director of Player Personnel (OLB’s) (Also the husband of super agent Nicole Lynn of Klutch Sports)

Tommie Robinson - Former Texas A&M RB coach; Not sure of role here with CU.

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Here's our full report from tonight, including postgame comments from Ethan Wright, Tristan da Silva and Tad Boyle

Out of high school, not one Division I school offered Dartmouth defensive line transfer Shane Cokes, and now he finds himself with his first Power Five opportunity with the Buffs. Intelligent and talented asset.

BZ: WBB - Women’s basketball: CU Buffs in spotlight as journey continues in Sweet 16

BZ: WBB - Quay Miller ready for triumphant Seattle homecoming with CU Buffs women’s basketball

BZ: FB - CU Buffs’ offense going fast, but still developing

BZ: FB - Video: Analysis after CU Buffs’ third practice of spring football

CU AD: FB - Buffs OC Lewis Pleased With Early Progress

CU AD: LAX - Buffs Head West For Conference Road Trip

CUATG Blog: FB - College Football News rankings: CU in at No. 69 (No. 10 in the Pac-12) + Athlon Sports: CU Spring Storylines to Watch

CUATG Blog: FB - **Media given access to Practice No. 3 – Video Analysis** + *Video: Offensive coordinator Sean Lewis meets with the media* + Dartmouth DL Transfer Shane Cokes talks about adjusting to Power Five football

Ralphie Report: Podcast: Buffaloes Basketball Post-Mortem (Plus, we celebrate the CU women making the Sweet Sixteen.)

NY Times: College Sports Are a Treasure. Don’t Turn Them Into the Minor Leagues.

Buffs Wire: FB - Deion Sanders expands on decision to leave Jackson State for Colorado

Cheers!

Colorado offensive coordinator Sean Lewis compared himself to Ricky Bobby from the movie Talladega Nights, and watching the pace of practice Wednesday -- the first that media has been able to see -- helped tie the analogy together.

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Great game , won in overtime at Duke.

One of the videos I saw on Utube about the Buffs detailed Danny O'Neal from Indiana visiting this weekend for 2 days. He has already visited the Buffs and now has offers from most of the top football schools in America. This kid is the real deal and has won several state championships at his high school. His statistics are off the charts as well as his win percentage. He is very smart, studies defenses and is given the green light from his coach to change the play at the line of scrimmage if he sees a better play to call. Look him up on Utube for his interviews and you will be impressed!

Practice was open to the media today. Here are some of the highlights of what I witnessed.

• Buffs offensive line is a very well-rounded unit. Savion Washington, great blocker, great size. Winning a lot of his one-on-ones today at RT. GCL was on the first team line at LT.
• Cam'Ron Silmon-Craig executed a few PBUs. Taylor Upshaw had a sack (able to get a touch on Shedeur)
• Hunter had a nice catch. He is working primarily on offense at the moment. Montana Lemonious-Craig went one-on-one with Hunter during a position drill and MLC caught a 50/50 ball over Hunter.
• Special teams came out..Sanders in Alejandro Mata's ear "MISS, MISS, MISS" Mata able to make the extra point "He don't miss!" Sanders said after.
• They were indeed moving fast!

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Sean Lewis recaps his time with Shedeur, his approaches for spring and running that fast offense.

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Shane Cokes talks about his transition from Dartmouth to Colorado and what he's seeing from the defensive line.

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Danny O’Neil commits to Colorado after his weekend visit with the Buffs. He’s been a key target in this class for Sean Lewis.

What's up, y'all? I'm filling in for Nikki on tonight's NIT coverage, aka the REAL March Madness. CU and Utah Valley are tipping off here in a few minutes.

Here are your starters

Ethan Wright
Nique Clifford
Luke O'Brien
Tristan da Silva
Lawson Lovering

As a side note, I can't help but wonder what it's like for Wright right now, with his former team in the Sweet 16 as a 15 seed. He couldn't have played another season at Princeton because of Ivy League rules, but man, that's a rough break

Leave all comments, thoughts, questions and observations here over the course of the next couple of hours

Some of us here are hoping that the Pac will stay together, at least until the end of this decade. Others have been pushing for a jump to the Big-12. Behind the scenes, there are several things brewing. Kliavkoff is attempting to assemble media contracts that at least match the Big-12's $31.5 million per-school payout. Part of that may or may not include the addition of San Diego St and SMU to the Pac. While that's going on, it would be foolish to think that the Arizona schools haven't been in touch with the Big-12.

The elephant in the room, though, may be happening in Indianapolis. The in January the Big Ten hired a consulting/search firm, TurnkeyZRG, to help them select a new commisioner. Reports continue to suggest that Jim Phillips, the current ACC Commissioner will be chosen. There are several new reports this week that the B1G "isn't done" with expansion (see below.)

Here's what could happen, and what we should be worried about:

• George Kliavkoff produces media contracts that fall short of the Big-12's $31.5 million per school, and also are heavily into streaming platforms, likely Apple or Paramount, that are not casual-viewer-friendly.
• There is resistance from oregon and Washington to sign on to the deal without a GOR-escape clause, and also hungry eyes from the Arizona schools for the Big-12.
• Amazon Prime and ESPN may smartly stay on the sidelines, but they're way too smart to be doing nothing. What would they be doing? They'd be readying a plan for the new B1G Commissioner that would pay the freight for Oregon and Washington to join at a level below the current B1G per-school payout.
• On another front, Notre Dame is still in media negotiations of their own. NBC could be tossing out a plan that could lures the Irish, one that has them joining the B1G along with their longtime buddy Stanford at a very healthy annual $$$ payout way above what they otherwise could get as an independent. The Irish then would be guaranteed annual tradition-rich games with USC, Stanford, and Michigan.

Let's say some or all of that might be lurking. Here we are at CU, unaware but soon to be watching the tanks come in, without even a pistol to defend ourselves. What should Todd Saliman and Rick George do?

Here's a plan: (1) CU should immediately apply for admission to the Big Ten. We need to go on record on this, with a full and persuasive package describing our commitment to athletics and our academic leadership. It may not work, but it must be tried. (2) CU needs to announce plans for facility improvements to Folsom Field, Balch Fieldhouse, and the CU Events Center. We need to show commitment, to make ourselves a serious player. (3) We need to have behind the scenes dialogue with officials at ASU, Arizona, and Utah so that if something moves quickly disassembling the Pac, that we're in the front row of change.

Having Coach Prime and a nationally televised Spring Game can't hurt. In just a couple of months, CU has moved from being one of the last on the list of "choose-a-partner" to being a serious prime player. We can't let things happen while we watch. CU needs to be aggressive, assertive, and push hard. This may be the moment that decides who the serious college athletic programs will be for decades to come.

Here is some news from this week: