A lot of questions coming into the season. Interested in what has surprised folks the most other than Mata’s Heisman campaign. I would say it’s the play of our two true linebackers, Bentley and Hill-Green. I thought this would be a weak spot. Man, do they hit!

WOW much bigger spread this week. Everyone was under on CU and majority under on Utah.

Winner at 13 points is @buffaloha at 37 to 23 - 13 points
Second place goes to @PeakBuff at 34 to 21 -15 points

Congrats @buffaloha

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The Buffs continue to target prospects currently committed to other programs as they work toward finishing up the 2025 class ahead of the early signing period. Today, the newest offer for CU went out to another IMG Academy recruit with defensive lineman Alexander McPherson getting the call from Colorado's staff. The Florida native has been committed to the Cowboys since June when the Big 12 program beat out other schools such as Michigan State, Indiana, Pittsburgh and Maryland.

Michigan State had been the biggest threat in his recruitment before he picked OSU. At this point he has not openly expressed an interest in backing away from his pledge, but the has been some chatter that the Buffs have piqued his interest. He's also been pretty heavily reposting CU-related things on social media as well during the season.

The Buffs have obviously been pretty active at IMG this season, with a few visitors from the school making the trek to Boulder this fall, so it won't be shocking at all if CU is able to get him on campus for a trip before he signs. He is a versatile defensive line prospect who likely will end up as a defensive end but could play really anywhere across the line.

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All the latest from many top prospects as signing day gets closer:

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Wester's impact on special teams for Colorado was highlighted by his 76-yard punt return for a touchdown in the first quarter of the Buffaloes' 49-24 victory over Utah. The speedy wide out caught the punt before slicing through the middle of the field untouched and breaking away down the left side of the field for the score. Wester also tacked on 10 catches for 77 yards to end his day with 153 all-purpose yards.

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McNeill was an instrumental part of Colorado's defensive unit that held the Utes to 31 rushing yards, which marked Utah's fewest yards on the ground since the 2011 season. The Buffaloes also forced four turnovers and four sacks as McNeill tallied three tackles, a sack, and a forced fumble in the 49-24 win. The Suwanee, Georgia native has been key to CU's pass rushing prowess that has tallied 33 total sacks that ranks sixth nationally.

Right here:

Western Colorado and CSU-P are in.

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BZ: MBB - Men’s basketball: CU Buffs put clamps on Harvard to improve to 4-0

BZ: MBB - Men’s basketball notes: Lineup shift pays dividends for CU Buffs against Harvard

CU AD: MBB - Buffs Pull Away From Harvard, Improve To 4-0 (Links to Stats, Video Highlights, Notes, Quotes)

CUATG Blog: FB - Polls and Bowls - CBS Sports bowl projections: CU to the College Football Playoffs (as a No. 12 seed) + CU up to No. 16 in latest AP poll; Arizona State/Iowa State join poll

CUATG Blog: FB - Essay: Exorcising Demons

Ralphie Report: FB - Juju Lewis announces de-commitment from USC (The puzzle pieces are falling into place for Colorado)

On3: FB - Heisman Trophy Watch: On3 expert analysis after Week 12

On3: FB - College Football Playoff: ESPN predicts 2024 12-team bracket, full bowl slate after Week 12 (CFP Quarterfinal at the Fiesta Bowl: Schlabach: No. 5 Ohio State vs. No. 4 Colorado)

On3: FB - Colorado at Kansas odds: Early point spread released, How to Watch

College Sports Wire: FB - USC loses commitment from 5-star QB, flips another

Athlon Sports: FB - NFL Draft Guru Changes Tune on Shedeur Sanders After Performance vs. Utah

Athlon Sports: FB - Colorado QB Shedeur Sanders Made College Football History on Saturday

Cheers!

I’m getting a feeling there may be something brewing here. “Where there’s smoke there’s fire?”

1-Oregon (62 1st place votes)
2-Ohio St
3-Texas
4-Penn St
5-Indiana
6-Notre Dame
7-Alabama
8-Georgia
9-Ole Miss
10-Tennessee
11-Miami
12-Boise St
13-SMU
14-BYU
15-A&M
16-Colorado
17-Clemson
18-Army
19-South Carolina
20-Tulane
21-Arizona St
22-Iowa St
23-UNLV
24-Illinois
25-Wash St

Missouri 56, Memphis 38, Kansas St. 36, Syracuse 21, Louisville 15, Pittsburgh 6, LSU 6, Louisiana-Lafayette 5, Vanderbilt 4, Colorado St. 2, Duke 2, James Madison 2, Georgia Tech 1.

As far as I know there is no D3 football in Colorado

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Boston College (at SMU) – ACC - lost
Cal (vs Cuse) – ACC - lost
Virginia (at Notre Dame) – ACC - lost
North Carolina (vs Wake) – ACC - won
Baylor (at WVU) – Big 12 - won
WVU (vs Baylor) – Big 12 - lost
Cincinnati (at Iowa State) – Big 12 - lost
Nebraska (at USC) – Big Ten - lost
Rutgers (at Maryland) – Big Ten - won
Wisconsin (vs Oregon) – Big Ten - lost
Louisiana – Monroe (at Auburn) – Sun Belt - lost
Coastal Carolina (at Marshall) – Sun Belt - lost
Arkansas State (at Georgia State) – Sun Belt - won
Texas State (vs Southern Miss) – Sun Belt - won

I was thinking about our current head coaches, what appears to be the new structure that is starting to show up and how we might do it.

It seems like the future for big programs looks something like this

AD - oversees athletic department
President of Football operations
President of Basketball operations
GM football - oversees all recruiting and managing of players and brand
GM of basketball
Head Coach - overseas coaching, input on player matters and selection, run the coaching staff - same for both

For smaller schools or less
Flush P4 it may be that AD is also the operations folks.
In our model though I think we will be flush enough to have all three.

Tad Boyle to me isn’t a GM and would do well to have one. He is a good coach and if left to being a coach might do very well.

Coach Sanders might be an excellent GM. In both recruiting and promoting and caring for players. His strength is less so as a head coach and he might do well to have one under him.

It’s interesting the different strengths I see in both our flagship coaches. If each could find a solid partner to do what they don’t it could be really effective.

I feel like Sanders want a long ways towards this with his coordinators but I am unsure how far Tad has gone to shore up player acquisition with his hires.

I just find it all interesting as we watch the big boys move closer to this model. I think most of us at P4 will as well. As someone else said CU has a chance to be a sleeping giant. I don’t think it’s just recruiting or just coaching or just management. We need multiple people running a cohesive department using their individual
Strengths to achieve greatness at this level in todays game.

Really excited to see how the next 24 months develop on the college level and how we respond. I do believe for once it won’t be a day late and a dollar short. We might actually end up on the front end of it

Colorado will soon be heading to the Maui Invitational to face some of the best teams in the country, but the Buffs had one last tuneup that ended with an 88-66 rout of Harvard on Sunday afternoon.

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Hello everyone! We got an Ivy League matchup today against a 1-3 Harvard squad. Baskin getting his first start this season and Assane getting the start again over Bangot Dak. Here are today's starters:

Julian Hammond (10.0 ppg)
Andrej Jakimovski (12.3)
Elijah Malone 913.3)
Assane Diop (1.7)
Trevor Baskin (9.0)

Harvard:
Robert Hinton (20.0 ppg)
Evan Nelson (7.8)
Chandler Pigge (13.0)
Thomas Batties II (10.0)
Luca Ace-Nasteski (3.0)

Nm

Prior to his visit to Georgia, I was told by two sources - neither inside the family - that Colorado is absolutely the frontrunner for Julian Lewis now.

Buffs move up two spots in this week's AP poll after Saturday's win vs. Utah ⬇️

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Anyone know his injury status. Is he out for the season or is their a chance he will be available in upcoming games.