BZ: FB - Football: Increased player engagement helping Colorado Buffs rally together (Interim head coach Mike Sanford creating new roles, developing rewards for players)

BZ: FB - Colorado football notes: LB Aubrey Smith finds role with Buffs

BZ: MBB - When (if) healthy, Javon Ruffin hopes to make big difference for Colorado men’s basketball

BZ: WBB - olorado women’s basketball: Buffs striving for consistency

CU AD: FB - Oliver Gets Interception In Return For #NFLBuffs Week 6

CU AD: SOC - Buffs Host No. 1 UCLA

CUATG Blog: FB - CU Coaching Search - Thinking Outside The box: Trading Coaching Salaries for NIL Enhancements

CUATG Blog: FB - *Video: CU inside linebackers coach Mark Smith*

Pac-12 Notes – Oregon State Week - CU Falls Out of ESPN Bottom Ten + Oklahoma and Texas to remain in the Big 12 until 2025

SI: FB - One school bound to eventually join Pac-12, while no more exits from the conference are expected

Buffs Wire: MBB - Four Colorado Buffaloes players headed to Pac-12 Basketball Media Days

Buffs Wire: FB - Colorado vs. Oregon State: Behind enemy Lines with Building The Dam

Buffs Wire: FB - Colorado's student section for Cal game earns a top-10 ranking

Buffs Wire: FB - USA TODAY Sports believes Ryan Walters is a favorite for Buffs' head job

Cheers!

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True freshman Aubrey Smith discusses his big play on Saturday, taking a bigger role and the progress amongst the defense.

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Ben Finneseth talks about the exciting events of Saturday, being appointed as a captain and playing for CU.

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Jake Wiley describes his experience playing against Cal, Van Wells and the integration of young players.

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Anthony Lyle discusses the special team unit's performance on Saturday and how he's personally grown throughout the season.

True freshman Owen McCown feeling a little “banged up” after taking that hit in the third on Saturday, opening up the potential starting job for J.T. Shrout, but it’ll be a, “game-time decision,” according to interim head coach Mike Sanford.

More on the quarterbacks and preparing for Oregon State:

BZ: FB - Mike Sanford confident in CU Buffs’ quarterback depth (Owen McCown to be game-time decision Saturday at Oregon State)

BZ: FB - Colorado Buffs football notes: Quarterback Brendon Lewis to transfer (Colorado retains search firm to help in process of finding full-time head coach)

CU AD: FB - Sanford Reinstates Victory Club

CU AD: FB - Buffs Report: QB Update, Prepping For Wet Weather, OL Improvement (Includes link to OSU Game Notes (PDF))

CU AD: VB - Buffaloes Head To Oregon

CU AD: MBB - Seven Former Buffs Begin NBA Seasons This Week

CUATG Blog: FB - CU at Oregon State: “T.I.P.S.” for a Buff Team Taking the Mike Sanford Show on the Road

CUATG Blog: FB - CU hires search firm of Eastman & Beaudine to assist in coaching hire

CUATG Blog: FB - Pac-12 Notes – Oregon State Week - CU “loses” No. 1 ranking in CBS Bottom 25

CUATG Blog: FB - (Scroll Down) *Video: Mike Sanford Weekly Press Conference*

CUATG Blog: MBB - ESPN and CBS Sports both have CU pegged for 9th in the Pac-12

Ralphie Report: FB - Colorado Football Coaching Hot Board: 1.0 (WE’RE TRACKING FLIGHTS AND NAMING NAMES)

Ralphie Report: FB - Podcast: THE COLORADO BUFFALOES WON A GAME

Pac-12.com: XC - 10 nationally-ranked teams to highlight 2022 Pac-12 Cross Country Championships ]/url]

Cheers!

Rose Bowl
Team: Oregon (5-1/3-0)
Home games remaining (three): UCLA, Washington, Utah
Road games remaining (three): Cal, Colorado, Oregon State
Comment: The Hotline hasn’t been wrong about anything in two or three minutes, but it’s difficult to envision Oregon receiving a playoff invitation — even at 12-1 and carrying a Pac-12 title. The Georgia loss was simply too damaging.

Cotton Bowl
Team: USC (6-1/4-1)
Home (three): Cal, Colorado, Notre Dame
Road (two): Arizona, UCLA
Comment: Our current projections call for USC to finish third in the Pac-12 race but return to the Cotton, where the Trojans lost to Ohio State in the 2017 season.

Alamo Bowl
Team: UCLA (6-0/3-0)
Home (three): Stanford, Arizona, USC
Road (three): Oregon, Arizona State, Cal
Comment: No team has a wider range of landing spots than the Bruins, who could reach the playoff or slide to Las Vegas or El Paso, in part because the Holiday wants no part of them.

Holiday Bowl
Team: Utah (5-2/3-1)
Home (two): Arizona, Stanford
Road (three): WSU, Oregon, Colorado
Comment: One more loss and the Utes are out of the New Year’s Six chase. And because they have played in the Alamo and Holiday bowls recently, they could slide to Las Vegas if a return to the Granddaddy isn’t their destiny.

Las Vegas Bowl
Team: Washington (5-2/2-2)
Home (two): Oregon State, Colorado
Road (three): Cal, Oregon, WSU
Comment: As long as the Huskies get to the high side of .500 in conference play, Las Vegas is an option, How about Mississippi State (and Mike Leach) as the opponent? That might generate some interest.

Sun Bowl
Team: Oregon State (5-2/2-2)
Home (three): Cal, Colorado, Oregon
Road (two): Washington, ASU
Comment: The Beavers are a postseason lock after the victory over WSU. It’s only a matter of how high they climb — and that could hinge on the outcome of the Nov. 4 duel in Husky Stadium.

LA Bowl
Team: Washington State (4-3/1-3)
Home (three): Utah, ASU, Washington
Road (two): Stanford, Arizona
Comment: The Cougars need two wins to qualify and will be favored, or a slight underdog, in four games. We like their chances (although not as much as we did a few weeks ago).

Non-qualifier
Team: Arizona (3-4/1-3)
Home (three): USC, Washington State, ASU
Road (two): Utah, UCLA
Comment: While Arizona’s position here remains unchanged, its underlying odds have deteriorated substantially. Winning zero more games is just as likely as winning three more.

Non-qualifier
Team: Arizona State (2-4/1-2)
Home (two): UCLA, Oregon State
Road (four): Stanford, Colorado, WSU, Arizona
Comment: Increasing the victory total by 50 percent this week — from two to three — would improve ASU’s prospects for the postseason by an equivalent amount. Win at Stanford, and the math gets easier.

Non-qualifier
Team: Cal (3-3/1-2)
Home (four): Washington, Oregon, Stanford, UCLA
Road (two): USC, Oregon State
Comment: The Hotline envisions a scenario in which Cal misses a bowl berth by one game and Colorado only wins one game. And we can’t be the only ones expecting that end-game.

Non-qualifier
Team: Colorado (1-5/1-2)
Home (three): ASU, Oregon, Utah
Road (three): Oregon State, USC, Washington
Comment: The floor for CU is now 1-11, but the ceiling is 2-10.

Non-qualifier
Team: Stanford (2-4/0-4)
Home (three): ASU, WSU, Brigham Young
Road (three): UCLA, Utah, Cal
Comment: We’re saying there’s a chance, but only because we’ve actually watched ASU, WSU, BYU and Cal play multiple times.

I just heard on Pac12 Radio that BLewis has entered the transfer portal. I wish him well as it clearly was not going to happen here for him.

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Mike Sanford addresses Brendon Lewis entering the portal, quarterbacks, their scouts on Oregon State and his passion for coaching.

Will do my full report likely Friday night.

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where CU knocked the ball out of the Stanford WR hands in the middle of the end zone, but because he had the ball and got one foot down before it was knocked out they gave them the TD. CU lost by a TD or less.

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I got the core of this schedule from MaxPreps and then tried to verify on the school sites, but not all had their 2022 schedules on the sites, so if you see a game you really want to go to you might want to check with the school by calling or checking the site. They might update their sites day to day. The second school listed is the home team. I also added the addresses of the stadiums more than one school plays their home games at.

Thursday, October 20
4:00 PM
Bear Creek vs Standley Lake - North Area Athletic Complex

6:00 PM
Canon City vs Discovery Canyon - District 20 Stadium
Columbine vs Lakewood - Jeffco Stadium
Mountain Range vs Overland - Stutler Bowl Stadium
Pine Creek vs Douglas County - Douglas County Stadium
Sterling vs Arvada - Trailblazer Stadium

6:30 PM
Hinkley vs Vista PEAK Prep - Aurora Public Schools Stadium
Silver Creek vs Greeley Central - District 6 Football Stadium

7:00 PM
Custer County @ Hoehne
Eaglecrest vs Smoky Hill - Stutler Bowl
Fort Morgan @ Holy Family
Loveland @ Windsor
Mountain Vista vs Highlands Ranch - Halftime Help Stadium
Platte Valley @ Wellington
Severance @ Roosevelt
Skyline vs Grand Junction Central - Stocker Stadium
The Academy @ Berthoud
Weld Central vs Timnath - Timnath Stadium

7:30 PM
Pomona vs Arvada West - North Area Athletic Complex

Friday, October 21
3:00 PM
Peetz @ Weldon Valley

4:00 PM
Chatfield vs Ralston Valley - North Area Athletic Complex
Dakota Ridge vs Grand Junction - Stocker Stadium
Gilpin County @ Belleview Christian
Lincoln vs Kennedy - All City Stadium
Strasburg vs Jefferson - Trailblazer Stadium

5:00 PM
Sangre De Cristo @ Manzanola

6:00 PM
Fountain-Fort Carson vs Chaparral - Echo Park Stadium
Mancos @ Sanford
Sargent @ Norwood
George Washington @ Riverdale Ridge

6:30 PM
Heritage vs Aurora Central - Aurora Public School Stadium

7:00 PM
Boulder vs Rocky Mountain - French Field
Buena Vista @ Olathe
Calhan @ St. Mary's
Cedaredge @ Roaring Fork
Centaurus @ Widefield
Cherokee Trail vs Grandview - Legacy Stadium
Cherry Creek vs Arapahoe - Littleton Public School Stadium
Clear Creek @ Denver Christian
Coal Ridge @ Basalt
Colorado Springs Christian @ Ellicott
Coronado @ Pueblo West
Delta @ Bayfield
Denver North @ Frederick
Denver West @ Englewood
D'Evelyn @ Prospect Ridge Academy
Dolores @ Dove Creek
Dolores Huerta Prep @ Custer County
Durango @ Eagle Valley
Erie vs Longmont - Everly-Montgomery Field
Evergreen @ Skyview
Faith Christian @ Eaton
Falcon @ Air Academy
Flatirons Academy @ Highland
Fleming @ Briggsdale
Florence @ Alamosa
Fossil Ridge vs Fairview - Recht Field
Fruita Monument @ Broomfield
Glenwood Springs @ Summit
Grand Valley @ Moffat County
Gunnison @ North Fork
Hanover @ Deer Trail
Hoehne @ Crowley County
Holly @ Wiley
Holyoke @ Yuma
Horizon vs Legacy - North Stadium
Idalia @ Hi-Plains
Ignacio @ Centauri
John Mall @ Fowler
Justice @ Byers
Kent Denver @ The Classical Academy
La Junta @ Manitou Springs
Las Animas @ Swink
Legend @ Regis Jesuit
Liberty vs Thornton - Five Star Stadium
Limon @ Wiggins
Manual @ The Pinnacle
McClave @ Springfield
Merino @ Akron
Mullen @ Prairie View
Northfield @ Lutheran
Palmer Ridge @ Cheyenne Mountain
Peyton @ Rocky Ford
Pikes Peak Christian @ Elbert
Ponderosa vs Thomas Jefferson - All City Stadium
Poudre vs Fort Collins - Timnath Stadium
Pueblo Central vs Lewis-Palmer - Don Breese Stadium
Pueblo County @ Sand Creek
Pueblo East vs Mitchell - Garry Berry Stadium
Pueblo South vs Harrison - Memorial Stadium Colorado Springs
Rangeview @ Brighton
Resurrection Christian vs Mountain View - Ray Patterson Stadium
Rock Canyon vs Castle View - Douglas County Stadium
Salida @ Pagosa Springs
Sierra vs Pueblo Centennial - Dutch Clark Stadium
Soroco @ Rangely
Steamboat Springs @ Fort Lupton
Stratton @ Arickaree/Woodlin
Thompson Valley vs Northridge - District 6 Football Stadium
Trinidad @ Del Norte
University @ Brush
Valley @ Bennett
Valor Christian vs ThunderRidge - Halftime Help Stadium
Vista Ridge vs Rampart - District 20 Stadium
Wheat Ridge vs Green Mountain - Jeffco Stadium
Woodland Park vs Lamar - Merrill E. Brush Field
Wray @ Burlington

7:30 PM
Adams City vs Golden - North Area Athletic Complex
Elizabeth vs Alameda - Trailblazer Stadium
Otis @ Flagler

8:00 PM
Battle Mountain vs Palisade - Stocker Stadium

Saturday, October 22
11:00 AM
Northglenn @ Doherty - Garry Berry Stadium
Westminster vs Denver East - All City Stadium
1:00 PM
Caliche @ Dayspring Christian Academy
Cheraw @ Kiowa
Conifer @ Littleton - Littleton Public School Stadium
Denver South vs Far Northeast Warriors - Evie Dennis Stadium
La Veta @ Branson/Kim
Lyons @ Front Range Christian
Mead vs Niwot - Everly-Montgomery Field
Middle Park @ Platte Canyon
Montrose vs Mesa Ridge - Widefield High School
Primero @ Mountain Valley

2:00 PM
Prairie @ North Park

6:00 PM
Sedgwick County @ Haxtun

7:00 PM
Greeley West vs Monarch - Spangenberg Field
Rye @ Banning Lewis Academy

*** Colorado hosted some recruits, believe it or not, after the departure of coach Karl Dorrell. Three-star safety Adrian Wilson and three-star linebacker Victory Johnson are both in town for official visits when the Buffaloes host Cal.

Congrats to the BUFFS!! Way to go guys - keep it going!
And congrats to Original Stats. He went 9 of 10 this weekend to take the lead.
Note that players shown in gold are paid, those in red are playing for fun. Season Standings are at the bottom.

Week 6 results:
1) 9 pts - Original Stats
2) 8 pts - Buff Aloha, CRBuff, Buff Ticket, GoPokes242424, rward
3) 7 pts - buffskickbut, ldbuff, BuffFan42
4) 6 pts - NCBuff1
5) 5 pts - SoCoBuff
6) 4 pts - Dtownbuff, Longtimebuff1
7 ) 0 pts - CoachCody27, buffalo52565, DBBUFF, Forecast6236

Items:
1) CU Total Points - 17.5 : Actual = 20 Over
2) Cal Total Points - 31.5 : Actual = 13 Under
3) CU Passing Yards - 177.5 : Actual = 210 Over
4) CUs Total Rushing Yards - 222.5 yards: Actual = 118 yards Under
5) Cal Passing Yards - 326.5 : Actual = 262 Under
6) Cal Longest Play - 53.5 yards : Actual = 24 Under
7) CU Avg Yds per Play - 5.65 - Actual = 4.8 Under
8) CU QB % - 54.55 : Actual = 64.7 Over
9) CU Longest Rush - 21.5 : Actual = 18 Under
10) CU Time of Possession - 27.95 mins : Actual = 29.9 Mins Over

Tiebreaker #1 - CU Tackles for Loss: Actual = 10 (Way to go D)
Tiebreaker #2 - CU 1st Downs: Actual = 17

Season Standings:
1) 38 pts - Original Stats
2) 35 pts - SoCo Buff, Buff Ticket
3) 34 pts - buffskickbut, Longtimebuff1, BuffFan42, GoPokes242424
4) 33 pts - ldbuff, CRBuff
5) 31 pts - dtownbuff, Buff Aloha
6) 28 pts - rward
7) 25 pts - NCBuff1
8) 18 pts - Buffalo52565
9) 13 pts - Coachcody27
10) 10 pts - DBBUFF
11) 5 pts - Forecast6236

If you think I made a mistake let me know asap.

Wren Baker, North Texas​

Position: Athletic director
+ Has been North Texas’ AD since 2016
+ Overseeing UNT’s move from Conference USA to the AAC; UNT becomes an AAC member in July 2023
+ During his tenure, UNT athletics has registered the four best fundraising years in its history
+ Under Baker’s leadership, North Texas teams have won a combined 17 conference or division championships
+ Went to UNT from Missouri, where he spent two years (2015-16) as deputy athletic director. At Mizzou, he led the athletic department’s external relations team, including marketing
+ Was Missouri’s interim athletic director before being hired at North Texas
+ Was Memphis’ deputy athletic director (2013-15) and the sport administrator for the Tigers’ men’s basketball team
+ From 2011-13, Baker was athletic director at Division II Northwest Missouri State. He hired football coach Adam Dorrel, who led the Bearcats to three national championships
+ Was the first AD at Rogers State (2006-11), a Division II school in Claremore, Okla., that began athletics in 2006. He also was the school’s first men’s basketball coach and guided the team to a 20-11 record in his one season as the head coach
+ In 2005, he became principal and athletic director for Valliant (Okla.) Public Schools and, at age 26, was the youngest principal in Oklahoma history
+ An alum of Southeastern Oklahoma State (class of 2001). Earned a master’s degree from Oklahoma State, where he was a graduate assistant and then basketball operations assistant for the men’s basketball program under Eddie Sutton.

Marcus Bowman, Oklahoma​

Position: Deputy athletic director/chief financial officer and business strategy
+ Been in current role since August 2020
+ Oversees all fiscal and business operations. Serves as sport administrator for the Sooners men’s basketball team
+ Was at UNLV from 2017-20, serving as senior associate AD and chief financial officer.
+ Spent 2006-17 at Pitt in a variety of roles, eventually being promoted to senior associate AD for sport administration. Started at Pitt as director of business operations
+ An alum of Pitt (class of 2006), where he played basketball

Tommy Gray, Stanford​

Position: Deputy athletic director, external relations
+ Hired at Stanford in 2014 as a business strategy manager. Promoted into current role in 2018
+ Oversees all external relations functions, including corporate partnerships, fan experience, marketing and ticket operations
+ Is secondary sport administrator for football and main sport administrator for softball and the men’s and women’s swimming and diving programs
+ Before Stanford, he led the market research and strategy department for the New England Patriots and the Kraft Sports Group from 2011-13
+ A Harvard alum (class of 2010); was co-captain of swimming and diving team as a senior

Hello.
After one of the wildest weekends in college football yet, which saw Alabama fall and Colorado score its first win of the year among a host of other interesting results, ESPN College GameDay host Kirk Herbstreit has revealed his top performing teams of Week 7.

It’s a lengthier list than usual, with several programs notching head-turning results.

Tennessee takes the top spot following its thrilling home win over Alabama, which came down to the wire in an instant classic and quite possibly the game of the year. But the Volunteers weren’t the only ones who earned a hat tip from Herbstreit.

Here are Herbie’s top 10 performing teams:

1. Tennessee Volunteers
2. Michigan Wolverines
3. Utah Utes
4. TCU Horned Frogs
5. Syracuse Orange
6. Illinois Fighting Illini
7. Georgia Southern Eagles
8. Colorado Buffaloes
9. Old Dominion Monarchs
10. Stanford Cardinal

@Craig Meyer provided his thoughts and observations after Saturday's scrimmage ⬇️

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HC Tad Boyle discussed their open scrimmage touching on the players' performances and what he wants to see moving forward.

Wow going for 2...

Yesterday was one of those special college football Saturdays where the unimaginable becomes a reality, but even before kickoff, Sanford believed that his team would come up big. In two weeks, Sanford and the coaching staff re-instilled that belief into the Buffs and all the mentions of "energy" during the bye came to fruition at Folsom.

Dude is some self-annoited OL/DL guru with alleged coaching ties to the McCartney teams. But when I Google his real name (William Gardner), I get crickets.

They treat this guy like everything he says comes from the Burning Bush, but half the time, he doesn't know what he's talking about.

Deion Sanders now 6-0 this season, 11-2 last season, said this to reporter Jon Wertheim on 60 minutes:

Jon Wertheim: What happens when a Power 5 school says give us a number and we'll make it work?

Deion Sanders: I'm gonna have to entertain it.

Jon Wertheim: You are?

Deion Sanders: Yes. I'm gonna have to entertain it. Straight up. I'd be a fool not to.

Interesting!

Mickey Joseph (Nebraska) lost to Oklahoma
Shaun Aguano (ASU) lost to Utah
Brent Key (Ga Tech) beat Pitt
Mike Sanford (Colorado) beat Cal
Jim Leonhard (Wisconsin) beat Northwestern