Has anyone been watching the vids that Jr. posts of training/work outs? Besides the typical fluff/hype around "Team Prime", some fun and interesting stuff. Just a few of my observations from the vids (again, limited knowledge and just my opinion on what I see from the vids):

• The new OL additions have A LOT of personality - lots of Mayers, Benson, Walker - seem to work hard but also are personable - seem to move well and are athletic;
• Seaton is huge and moves pretty damn well in drills (not showing any blocking drills, etc., just S/C) - seems to be a hard worker and all in;
• Hunter is a clown. So much personality and puts in work, but can be distracting with his goofiness while the team is working hard - looks like he takes for granted how naturally talented he is and that maybe other teammates need to focus;
• Jimmy Horn seems to be a little lack-luster. Looks complacent and "been there done that" opposed to being as intense as he should be - really love Jimmy so hope it's just the way the vids are showing and that he is hungry and shows up big next year;
• Nwankwo is an absolute UNIT! He may be short, but I think he is as wide as he is tall and strong as an f'n bull. Should really clog the middle of the LOS and let the LBs make some tackles. Also super personable and fun. Great guy around the team;
• Omarion Miller should be a monster this year. He is big, strong, works hard and just a specimen. Also seems like a great kid;
• Sticking to WR, I would expect there to be quite a few going into the TP after Spring Ball. Too many bodies and many do not stick out;
• Edwards is still small, but looks thicker and stouter. Definitely keeping up the hard work as one would expect from him.

• Obviously, the access that Jr. gets is more than most get to see, so I have ZERO clue about the tone of these early spring S/C sessions for other programs, but from the vids, a few overall themes stick out:
  • Quite a few players going through the motions. You can see that they are half-assing drills/reps and looking around to see if they are getting away with it. This is on-field S/C drills not the weight room;
  • Too many times that all of the players need to redo drills because a few are not focused and screwing up. S/C has to keep reminding them that they are a 4-8 team and they don't look like they want it. Some drills that require timing and focus that would seem to translate to gameday discipline (like off-sides, false starts, remembering assignments, etc.);
  • Seems like a lot of grab-ass and playing around opposed to hardcore focus;
  • Most of the vids in the in the weight room focus on the big boys on the OL/DL. I'm no expert, but they seem to be putting up good number and are very into it and encouraging each other. Lots of love and motivation between the biggies lifting;
  • Prime not around much - shows up here and there to yell instructions during some drills or chat to the camera - ZERO clue how many HC are around or involved at this point (have shown just S/C and not plays, FB drills, etc.);
  • Only vid I saw of any throwing drills was a few minutes showing Shedeur and Taylor throwing short quick passes (working with Shedeur's personal QB coach, not anyone on the staff.) Not much to report except that Taylor's mechanics are atrocious and looks like a tall WR that is just trying to throw a FB around. Lots of work for him if he is ever expected to see the field down the line other than maybe a wild-cat for his running ability, etc.;
  • In all, the S/C staff and Prime (when he's there) point out that there are too many players that are not all-in and need to amp it up or leave the team for players who are all-in (this could all be typical coach-speak, but there are definitely players that look like they are just trying to squeak by and not put in the S/C work.

• For those that didn't see the vid with the Marines leading the S/C drills, it's pretty impressive. As most would imagine, they are an impressive bunch. I think many of the players had a wake up call with how conditioned and bad-ass those guys/gals are. IMO, there were too many players that were not taking it seriously, were joking around too much etc., but was overall a pretty cool experience to watch.

*AGAIN - just my observations/opinion from the vids that have been posted and may be typical across CFB programs at this point in the season. There is obviously much more that is not shown so much of this could be waaaaay off, but thought I'd see if anyone was watching and picking up what I am seeing or wanted to add anything.

I’m not ready to call the season yet. The tourney is a long shot but that’s why we watch. These next two road games have traditionally been brutal but neither California school is better than us. Not this year.
I’m on the Tad train out of Boulder with everyone else but man I would love to see him prove us wrong, have the guys fired up, and bring home a win against UCLA and then USC

I'm thinking Garcia will play significant minutes this season and will go a long way toward solving our LB problems

This finally confirms what has been said behind the scenes that it was Shedeur who asked for a change at OC last season!

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The #23 Red Raiders have really taken to the #6 Jayhawks tonight and lead 63-43 with 5m left in the game. TT is now 18-6 (7-4) and KU is 19-6 (7-5).
Bill self just got tossed (on purpose) as the crowd chants "overrated".
Man, Lubbock will not be an easy place to play and they have a beautiful new state-of-the-art facility (15k) they opened a few years ago.
TT hired Grant McCasland from North Texas State where he was 211-89 in 6 years. and he looks to be a good hire for the RR's.
McCaslin is a disciple of Baylor's Scott Drew.

With the talk that some people will not watch this year for whatever the reason I thought I look this up:

Super Bowl: matchup winner first(score) = Network/Number

SB-I: Green Bay Packers vs. Kansas City Chief (35-10) = CBS & NBC/51.18M

SB-II: Green Bay Packers vs. Oakland Raider (33-14) = CBS/39.12M

SB-III: New York Jets vs. Baltimore Colts (16-7) = NBC/41.66M

SB-IV: Kansas City Chiefs vs. Minnesota Vikings (23-7) = CBS/44.27M

SB-V: Baltimore Colts vs. Dallas Cowboys (16-13) = NBC/46.04M

SB-VI: Dallas Cowboys vs. Miami Dolphins (24-3) = CBS/56.64M

SB-VII: Miami Dolphins vs. Washington Redskins (14-7) = NBC/53.32M

SB-VIII: Miami Dolphins vs. Minnesota Vikings (24-7) = CBS/51.70M

SB-IX: Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Minnesota Vikings (16-6) = NBC/56.05M

SB-X: Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Dallas Cowboys 21-17) = CBS/57.71M

SB-XI: Oakland Raiders vs. Minnesota Vikings (32-14) = NBC/62.05M

SB-XII: Dallas Cowboys vs. Denver Broncos (27-0) = CBS/78.94M

SB-XIII: Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Dallas Cowboys (35-31) = NBC/74.74M

SB-XIV: Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Los Angeles Rams (31-19) = CBS/76.24M

SB-XV: Oakland Raiders vs. Philadelphia Eagles (27-10) = NBC/68.29M

SB-XVI: San Francisco 49ers vs. Cincinnati Bengals (26-21) = CBS/85.24M

SB-XVII: Washington Redskins vs. Miami Dolphins (27-17) = NBC/81.77M

SB-XVIII: Los Angeles Raiders vs. Washington Redskins (38-9) = CBS/77.62M

SB-XIX: San Francisco 49ers vs. Miami Dolphins (38-16) = ABC/85.53M

SB-XX: Chicago Bears vs. New England Patriots (46-10) = NBC/92.57M

SB-XXI: New York Giants vs. Denver Broncos (39-20) = CBS/87.19M

SB-XXII: Washington Redskins vs. Denver Broncos (42-10) = ABC/80.14M

SB-XXIII: San Francisco 49ers vs. Cincinnati Bengals (20-16) = NBC/81.59M

SB-XXIV: San Francisco 49ers vs. Denver Broncos (55-10) = CBS/73.85M

SB-XXV: New York Giants vs. Buffalo Bills (20-19) = ABC/79.51M

SB-XXVI: Washington Redskins vs. Buffalo Bills (37-24) = CBS/79.59M

SB-XXVII: Dallas Cowboys vs. Buffalo Bills (52-17) = NBC/90.99M

SB-XXVIII: Dallas Cowboys vs. Buffalo Bills (30-13) = NBC/90.00M

SB-XXIX: San Francisco 49ers vs. San Diego Chargers (49-26) = ABC/83.42M

SB-XXX: Dallas Cowboys vs. Pittsburgh Steelers (27-17) = NBC/94.08M

SB-XXXI: Green Bay Packers vs. New England Patriots (35-21) = Fox/87.87M

SB-XXXII: Denver Broncos vs. Green Bay Packers (31-24) = NBC/90.00M

SB-XXXIII: Denver Broncos vs. Atlanta Falcons (34-19) = Fox/83.72M

SB-XXXIV: St. Louis Rams vs. Tennessee Titans (23-16) = ABC/88.47M

SB-XXXV: Baltimore Ravens vs. New York Giants (34-7) = CBS/84.34M

SB-XXXVI: New England Patriots vs. St. Louis Rams (34-7) = Fox/86.80M

SB-XXXVII: Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Oakland Raiders (48-21) = ABC/88.64M

SB-XXXVIII: New England Patriots vs. Carolina Panthers (32-29) = CBS/89.80M

SB-XXXIX: New England Patriots vs. Philadelphia Eagles (24-21) = Fox/86.07M

SB-XL: Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Seattle Seahawks (21-10) = ABC/90.75M

SB-XLI: Indianapolis Colts vs. Chicago Bears = CBS/93.18M

SB-XLII: New York Giants vs. New England Patriots = Fox/97.45M

SB-XLIII: Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Arizona Cardinals = NBC/98.73M

SB-XLIV: New Orleans Saints vs. Indianapolis Colts = CBS/106.48M

SB-XLV: Green Bay Packers vs. Pittsburgh Steelers = Fox/111.04M

SB-XLVI: New York Giants vs. New England Patriots = NBC/111.35M

SB-XLVII: Baltimore Ravens vs. San Francisco 49ers (34-31) = CBS/108.69M

SB-XLVIII: Seattle Seahawks vs. Denver Broncos (43-8) = Fox/112.19M

SB-XLIX: New England Patriots vs. Seattle Seahawks (28-24) = NBC/114.44M

SB-50: Denver Broncos vs. Carolina Panthers (24-10) = CBS/111.86M

SB-LI: New England Patriots vs. Atlanta Falcons (34-28/OT) = Fox/111.32M

SB-LII: Philadelphia Eagles vs. New England Patriots (41-33) = NBC/103.47M

SB-LIII: New England Patriots vs. Los Angeles Rams (13-3) = CBS/98.48M

SB-LIV: Kansas City Chiefs vs. San Francisco 49ers (31-20) = Fox/101.32M

SB-LV: Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Kansas City Chiefs (31-9) = CBS/95.2M

SB-LVI: Los Angeles Rams vs. Cincinnati Bengals (23-20) = NBC/99.18M

SB-LVII: Kansas City Chiefs vs. Philadelphia Eagles (38-25) = Fox/112.17M

BZ: MBB - Cody Williams, CU Buffs look to get on track at UCLA

CU AD: WGOLF - Buffs Move Up One To Ninth At San Diego State Classic

CU AD: WBB - Sherrod Added to Naismith Trophy Player of the Year Midseason Team

CU ATG Blog: Pac-12/Big 12 Notes – Postseason - Pac-2 looking to (finally) move on from George Kliavkoff

CUATG Blog: Preseason Magazines - Projecting the Top 15 College Football Quarterbacks of 2024 – Shedeur Sanders in at No. 5

Fox News: FB - Nate Robinson, whose son plays Colorado football, discusses Deion Sanders' impact: 'My favorite player ever'

LA Daily News: MBB - UCLA men’s basketball points to defense amid 5-game winning streak (The Bruins (13-11 overall, 8-5 Pac-12), who host Colorado on Thursday night, have won seven of eight games since Jan. 14)

Clutch Points: FB - Colorado football, schools leaving Pac-12 will still play in conference bowls (Colorado and other former Pac-12 schools will still play in Pac-12 bowl games for the next two years if not in the College Football Playoffs.)

Buffs Beat: FB - Coach Prime calls out Shedeur Sanders' QB coach

Athlon Sports: FB - Breaking: Pac 12 Announces Decision To Move Away From Current Commissioner

Buffs Wire: FB - The Athletic analyzes Colorado's offseason improvements, regressions

Buffs Wire: FB - Every Pac-12 player invited to the 2024 NFL Scouting Combine

Buffs Wire: FB - Colorado football: Five early predictions for Coach Prime's second season

Buffs Wire: FB - Ray Lewis speaks on why Deion Sanders will find success next season at Colorado

Cheers!

Some of these look more like rewards for last year than a realistic look at this year. I always enjoy these though. It’s fun to see how the year ends compared to the way too early predictions.

BIG XII well represented actually. Only 2 in a position to make a playoff spot and one would get knocked off but we have 5 teams in here

Dang it Spencer. Making it hard to watch you as I can’t stand the Lakers 😂😂😂

The one we've all been waiting for! Feels like a make or break game for CU's tournament chances with just one (very tenuous) Quad 1 win on the resume at the moment. Buffs putting their 13-0 record at home on the line against Arizona. Wildcats coming off of a triple OT battle with Utah on Thursday night.

Injury note: Luke O'Brien (ankle) is warming up with a brace on, so appears he will suit up. Also dressed on Thursday but didn't play, so we'll see.

Starters for CU:
KJ Simpson
J'Vonne Hadley
Cody Williams
Tristan da Silva
Eddie Lampkin Jr.

For Arizona:
Kylan Boswell
Caleb Love (Leading scorer: 18.9 PPG; 25.2 PPG in Pac-12 road games)
Pelle Larsson
Keshad Johnson
Oumar Ballo

This keeps getting into different threads due to good discussions. Thought I’d put this hear so we have it as we close in on the season and throughout. I like to see how people change as the team wins or loses.

I looked last night while hanging out with friends who are all Buff donors and ticket holders during the Super Bowl. Most of the night was about college football and specifically the Buffs. No one there was an NFL guy except playoffs and Super Bowl get togethers.

Over Under we found right now is 4.5. I was kind of surprised it wasn’t 5.5 given the optimism of CU fans. I think we all agreed it’s finally a year the over feels really good if you can get 4.5. Most said 5-8 wins. Consensus was 6-7 is probably most accurate. It’s where I land.

How about the rest of you

SI: FB - Angel Lopez commits to Colorado's 2024 recruiting class (Florida cornerback ready to compete for Coach Prime next year)

BZ: Rooney: CU Buffs 3 extra points (Feb. 12, 2024)

BZ: MBB - Men’s basketball notes: CU Buffs setting torrid pace at free throw line

BZ: WBB - Women’s basketball: CU Buffs slip to No. 8 in rankings, aim to regroup ahead of road trip

BZ: WBB - Women’s basketball notes: CU Buffs might not be done dealing with Oregon State (Beavers, who have defeated Colorado twice, could be team to beat in Pac-12 Tournament)

CU AD: WGOLF - Colorado Tees Off Spring In 10th At San Diego State Classic

CUATG Blog: FB - The Athletic on CU’s coaching changes: A downgrade from last season

CUATG Blog: FB - UCLA names former running back DeShaun Foster as the school’s next head coach

Ralphie Report: WBB - Colorado Buffaloes drop to #8 in the AP Poll

Athlon Sports: FB - Deion Sanders Introduces New Spring Game Format For Colorado: Prime Weekend

Buffs Wire: FB - Highlights from Deion Sanders' busy Super Bowl week in Vegas

Cheers!

I know some of you could give a s**t about the game but I found this pretty dang cool so I will start with this.
ESPN's Post Season Countdown did a great piece on Steve McMichael, the great DL for the 86 Bears. He is suffering from ALS and this giant of a man is now just a shell of himself. Man, his wife Misty is one bad ass and strong woman and they were just informed that he will inducted into the Pro Football HOF this summer. Tear jerker moment for Rex Ryan who was around when his dad Buddy was the DC for that great Bears team. Sam Ponder and Randy Moss were both pretty emotional about it too. Just a moving story and since McMichael is obviously incompacitated, but can comprehend things just fine cracked one helluva smile when Richard Dent called and gave them the news. Good things still do happen in this world.

Surprised he took a voluntary demotion. He was on the hot seat before beating SC last year

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Angel Lopez is the newest 2024 commit for Colorado. He announced his decision earlier tonight, and he'll join the Buffs as a preferred walk-on player. The 6-foot-1, 165-pound defensive back played at Gadsden County High in Havana, Florida. Lopez finished the season with 18 tackles, 9 passes defensed, 2 interceptions (credited on MaxPreps but more show up on his senior film) and a tackle for loss.

Watching his film, he has some good ball skills and good size for a cornerback as well. For now he's coming in to add some depth, and the staff can see where it goes from there. I like his instincts, and there's always a chance someone like him gets an opportunity down the line.

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Buffs looking for revenge today after the Beavers beat them a few weeks ago in Corvallis. Looks like CU should have everyone available for this one as they look to pick up their 5th win in a row.

Usual starters:
Jaylyn Sherrod
Maddie Nolan
Frida Formann
Quay Miller
Aaronette Vonleh

For Oregon State:
Donovyn Hunter
Talia von Oelhoffen
AJ Marotte
Raegan Beers (Leading scorer: 18.5 PPG, 11 RPG)
Kelsey Rees

BZ: WBB - Fourth-ranked CU Buffs tripped up by No. 17 Oregon State

BZ: MBB - Defensive frustrations mounting for CU Buffs men’s basketball

CU AD: LAX - Colorado Holds on Against Louisville in Season Opener (Two Buffs Combine for Eleven Goals)

CU AD: WBB - Late Surge Not Enough for No. 4 Colorado

CU AD: TEN - Buffs Close Out the Weekend Sweep With Win Over Missouri

CU AD: WGOLF - Iqbal Ready For One Last Ride

SI: FB - Fans Think Colorado’s Deion Sanders Is Wooing UCLA Transfers With Cryptic Tweet

On3: FB - Kavosiey Smoke calls out Shedeur Sanders for saying Colorado 'didn't have enough dogs' in 2023

Buffs Wire: FB - Georgia linebacker Mantrez Walker places Colorado among top five schools

Buffs Wire: MBB - CU men's basketball's updated NET ranking following loss to No. 8 Arizona

Cheers!

Not a whole lot of meat here nor any revelations not already known. Still in a slow tome for sports it’s something else on recruiting.

Full recap of Colorado's loss to Oregon State on Sunday ⬇️

Full recap of Colorado’s first home loss of the season against Arizona⬇️