MLB this year will have all MLB teams play at least 1 series against each other.

The MLB west last year played 19 games against each other. This year they will play 13.

The number of games against each team the Rockies will play (total games/at Coors Field):

Arizona = 13/6
Los Angeles Dodgers = 13/7
San Diego = 13/6
San Francisco = 13/7
Atlanta = 7/3
Miami = 7/4
Philadelphia = 7/3
Washington = 7/4
Chicago Cubs = 6/3
Cincinnati = 6/3
Milwaukee = 6/3
New York Mets = 6/3
Pittsburgh = 6/3
St. Louis = 6/3
Houston = 4/2
Baltimore = 3/ 0
Boston = 3/0
Chicago White Sox = 3/3
Cleveland = 3/0
Detroit = 3/3
Kansas City = 3/0
Los Angeles Angels = 3/3
Minnesota = 3/3
New York Yankees = 3/3
Oakland = 3/3
Seattle = 3/0
Tampa Bay = 3/0
Texas = 3/0
Toronto = 3/3

One of the more intriguing aspects of the coaching transition will be seeing how Colorado's offense performs in year one under Sean Lewis. A big factor in determining that will be the play of the Buffs' offensive line, led by new OL coach Bill O'Boyle

This quote of his from last week stood out to me

“There’s a lot of work to do. I’m never going to knock any other programs or any other staffs, but we’ve got a lot of ground to make up strength-wise. The physical part really has to come along. That’s something that jumped out right off the bat. That’s going to happen.”

BZ: WBB - Despite success, CU Buffs women’s basketball holding onto underdog mentality

BZ: MBB - Time running out on 2022-23 season for battered Colorado men’s basketball

BZ: MBB - Pac-12 notes: UCLA on top, Cal at bottom, everyone else in flux in final week

CUATG Blog: FB - CU Assistant Coach Tracker - Report: CU DL coach Patrick Hill being hired away by the Minnesota Vikings

CUATG Blog: FB - Pac-12 assistant coaches weigh in on CU Recruiting under Coach Prime: “He’s killin’ it”

CUATG Blog: FB - Pac-12 Notes - ACC Discontent: Florida State and Clemson may be looking to make a move

Ralphie Report: MBB - Upset bid falls short, Colorado loses to #4 UCLA

SI: FB - College football expansion: Big Ten targeting up to 4 schools for realignment, per report

Buffs Wire: FB - Four-star Florida State commit Kam Davis expected to visit Colorado this spring

Buffs Wire: FB - Colorado football iconic moments: Remembering the Buffs' upset of No. 3 Oklahoma

Buffs Wire: FB - ESPN lists Colorado's Sean Lewis as one of college football's top coordinators

Cheers!

Is there an interview with him? What's his deal/role with the Buffs???

CU vs No. 4 UCLA this afternoon. Buffs coming off a rough loss against USC. Maybe they would be able to bounce back. We should see Quincy Allen is the rotation as well. Ruffin and Gabbidon out as well.

Notes on the Bruins: Senior Jaime Jaquez, Jr., leads UCLA at 17.0 points and 8.1 rebounds per game while shooting 49 percent from the field. Jaylen Clark averages 13.1 points and leads the Pac-12 in steals at 2.6 per game. Tyger Campbell averages 12.4 points and is fourth in the Pac-12 in assists at 4.8 per game. Amari Bailey averages 10.1 points while shooting 48.9 percent from the field.

Starters:
Luke O'Brien (5.6 ppg)
KJ Simpson (15.9)
Nique Clifford (6.1)
Tristan da Silva (16.1)
Lawson Lovering (3.9)

UCLA
Jaylen Clark (13.1 ppg)
Amari Bailey (10.1)
Tyger Campbell (12.4)
Jaquez Jamie Jr. (17.0)
Adem Bona (8.0)

Pac-12 men’s basketball teams are “averaging 6,249 fans for home games this season,” the conference’s “lowest figure since 1983-84,” according to Greg Hansen of the Arizona Daily Star.

Conference members are drawing “about 52% of capacity,” and if Arizona is taken out, the remaining Pac-12 teams “average 5,399 per home game, or roughly 47% capacity.”

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BZ: MBB - No. 4 UCLA clinches Pac-12 crown by holding off CU Buffs men’s basketball

BZ: FB - Quick rise in coaching landed Brett Bartolone with CU Buffs

CU AD: MBB - Buffs Come Up Just Short Vs. No. 4 Bruins

CUATG Blog: FB - Pac-12 Notes - “Plausible” scenarios for Pac-12 media partners

Cheers!

Tough loss this evening, but this article on tight ends coach Tim Brewster will lift your spirits. Great to see an assistant so passionate and excited for the future of CU football. More on his coaching history and making the move to Colorado ⬇️

Congrats to the ladies for a big win in their home finale! 95-62.

I figured I'd write about the most important thing heading into CU's game Sunday against UCLA: the fact that Tad Boyle still wears suits as many of his colleagues have abandoned them

BZ: WBB - CU Buffs women’s basketball routs Cal in regular season finale

BZ: FB - Running backs coach Gary Harrell relishes opportunity with CU Buffs

BZ: WBB - CU Buffs notes: Pac-12 women’s basketball tournament set

BZ: MBB - Head coach Tad Boyle says practice habits have kept Quincy Allen from CU Buffs rotation

CU AD: WBB - No. 21 Colorado Wins Going Away in the Regular Season Finale

CU AD: MBB - Colorado Hosts No. 4/3 UCLA Sunday

CU AD: SKI - Buffs Fifth, But Goals Accomplished, At RMISAs

CU AD: TEN - No. 62 Colorado Bounces Back Against South Dakota

CU AD: T&F - Givens Shatters School Record

CUATG Blog: FB - CU’s Transfer Class: Something Special, or a List of “JAGs”?

CUATG Blog: FB - Pac-12 Notes - “Best guess” Pac-12 media deal to only be about $25 million/school/year

CUATG Blog: FB - CU opens a as a 17.5-point underdog to TCU; a touchdown underdog to Nebraska

DP: FB - Will CU Buffs QB Shedeur Sanders become Pac-12’s next Cam Ward? “He’s been very good.”

Sports360AZ: FB - (Wilner) Business of Sports – Pac-12 media rights: Timeline, revenue expectations come into focus

Pac-12.com: WBB - Bracket set for 2023 Pac-12 Women’s Basketball Tournament, presented by New York Life

Busting Brackets: MBB - 3 Keys for Colorado Basketball to upset UCLA Bruins in Pac-12 matchup

Buffs Wire: FB - Colorado WRs coach Brett Bartolone excited for Jordyn Tyson's return in the fall

Cheers!

While the appeal of its on-field inventory is debatable, the Pac-12’s media rights saga has all the ingredients of a must-see drama: A distressed league fighting for survival, Big Tech companies potentially reconfiguring a fragmented viewing paradigm and an inexperienced commissioner whose legacy largely hinges on securing a palatable deal.

Amid breathless speculation, an empty Pac-12 statement of unity and an interestingly timed story about another supposedly intrigued Big Tech partner, interviews with five prominent TV industry sources paint the picture of a weakened conference facing a pivotal decision: Maximize dollars or exposure?

“It’s a very interesting decision for them – they probably can’t do both,” Neal Pilson, the former president of CBS Sports, told On3 on Wednesday.

Debate has stirred for years over when deep-pocketed Big Tech titans would encroach on live sports media rights. That time is now. Amazon is building an ever-growing portfolio that includes spending $1 billion annually for the NFL’s Thursday night package and securing deals to showcase the WNBA, New York Yankees, Overtime Elite, the UEFA Champions League and more. And it may try to get a slice of the NBA when the league’s deal with ESPN/Turner Sports ends after the 2024-25 season. As one longtime TV source said, “I see Amazon specifically coming in for live sports. It is more than dabbling.” Apple TV+, meantime, has secured a 10-year, $2.5 billion deal for Major League Soccer games and is spending $85 million annually for Friday night MLB games.

But what the tech giants possess in dollars they lack in exposure – at least at this point. Yes, the landscape-shifting cord-cutting trend is continuing. Total pay TV subscriptions – cable and satellite – dropped by 6.3 percent in Q3 last year, showed data from research firm MoffettNathanson. More than 34 million homes exist entirely outside the cable network ecosystem; pay TV penetration is now roughly just 61 percent. And, yes, there are now more than 200 million Amazon Prime Video subscribers, including more than 150 million in the U.S. Apple TV+ has a much smaller market share (7 percent) and, as of last year, was estimated to have some 25 million paid subscribers

Man, helluva a game. IU sure has some shooters and are up 49-42 with 14m to go. Hoosiers have their own version of Jimmy Chitwood, Trey Galloway from Culver, Indiana. Son of a coach and snagged a couple State Championships. Dude hustles his ass off and has been everywhere tonight. There are shooters out there if Tad is willing to look around and recruit hard. Edit: they have another kid, Miller Kopp who can fill it up too.

FSU takes them down in the middle of a terrible and injury marred season. I love it

ASU beats #7 Zona in Tucson 89-88 at the buzzer on 60 foot 3 pointer from Desmond Cambridge.
Amazing shot and a great win for the Devils.

Sean Lewis was the headliner of the new Colorado assistant coaches who spoke to the media yesterday, the man who made the rare move of leaving an FBS head coaching job to become a coordinator

Lewis explained that move and what his first couple of months have been like in Boulder

“Coach G [Cordale Grundy] took a chance on me,” Bradford said. “I was a no-star and I’m small, but they took a chance on me so that really meant something to me.”

More on Bradford's visit ⬇️

More on Daune Morris, out of Chattanooga (Tenn.) Red Bank. He was on campus during January

Saban pushed for things. Dabo pushed for things. Harbaugh has pushed. FSU now speaking out. If you honestly believe a GOR will keep all the changes that are coming from happening you aren’t paying attention to what rules the sport.
The PAC is now openly being questioned by the smart folks in the game.
We are going to see a lot of movement the next several years and contracts will be challenged and the challengers will win with the networks making sure the settlements are easier to pay

BZ: FB - CU Buffs offensive coordinator Sean Lewis embracing new opportunity

BZ: WBB - Women’s basketball: CU Buffs aim to bounce back in home finale against Cal

BZ: WBB - Tayanna Jones aims for memorable senior day with CU Buffs

BZ: MBB - Men’s basketball: CU Buffs trying to avoid limping to finish line

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

CU AD: SKI - Women's Alpine Shines At RMISA Championships

CU AD: T&F - Colorado Out Of The Blocks Fast In Final Meet

CU AD: TEN - Buffs Fall to Nebraska 4-1

CUATG Blog: FB - FSU head coach Mike Norvell trying not to view the competition for recruits as “Florida State vs. a legend”

CUATG Blog: FB - Countdown to Spring Practices – Offensive Linemen

CUATG Blog: FB - Pac-12 Notes - Pluses and minuses of the Pac-12 reaching a streaming deal with Apple

CUATG Blog: FB - CU Assistant Coach Tracker - CU OC Sean Lewis already being pegged as a candidate for head coaching vacancies in 2024

Deseret News: FB - The Pac-12 must secure its new media rights deal soon — or risk further mockery

Buffs Wire: FB - Colorado in top five for 2024 four-star athlete Aaron Butler

Buffs Wire: FB - Buffs OL coach Bill O'Boyle raves about Savion Washington

Buffs Wire: FB - Takeaways from Colorado football's offensive coaches' press conference

Cheers!

This article gives hope to Payton being able to revive Wilson. Man they need and OL and I think better RB and WR but if Payton can fix Wilson even 50 percent they probably are a 9 win team

Colorado native and three-star OT AJ Burton visited Boulder on multiple occasions prior to Coach Prime's arrival, but this time around the feeling on campus felt very different. More on his January visit and time at Cherry Creek ⬇️

“It was so much fun that we had at Jackson State,” Gary "Flea" Harrell said. “Winning does all. It creates an environment where it helps heighten everything by winning. It was fortunate to win and now coming here winning is going to do so much for the city, for this campus.”

More on Harrell's journey with Sanders and working at CU:

Was at game last night. Some thoughts moving back and forward. KJ played well. Forced it a few times but tried to lead team. USC much more physical looking team, my age old complaint with Buffs. Interesting how in sync their two guards were with coach, talking during free throws, etc. Tad doesn’t seem to have that with this group. TDS still needs to work on physicality. They grabbed and pushed him, he got frustrated and played very poorly. Think he got into it with own team, Gabbidon maybe, not sure. Have to say, LL improving. Clifford started off well then disappeared, 0 rebounds, will he develop more? OB glue guy, 6-7 man going forward. Julian gave us nothing. Not sure re his future. Wright leaving, hit 2 big 3s, but missed several bunnies that looked like result of being intimidated at this level. Now, the important thing, QA. Shocked to see him enter game in first half? Joked he’d be in starting lineup next year. He might. No conscience. Came out firing, couple of in and outs. Smooooth. Can see why he might look like crap in practice. Grabbed rebounds, blocked shots. If he hangs in there and works hard he’s a starter with KJ, CW, TDS, LL. while not a BB Xs and Os person, we ran the same exact play over and over at the start of possessions, with KJ coming around screen to take ball at top of key. Is that what good offensive teams do? I assume there are then a lot of variations off that set. Honestly don’t know. I have seen teams run what’s essentially a weave over and over again.