Ok I am going to TRY and do this since we have the week off. Predicting the BIG12 this week vs Spread. Please fill out in order so I can tack it. Pick winner with Spread!

• AZ+6 at UCF
• TX Tech+13.5 at Iowa St.
• K State-13.5 at Houston
• AZState-3 at Ok State
• TCU+3 at Baylor

Hayes posted this on social media today:

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BZ: FB - Football: Game time announced for CU Buffs’ visit to Texas Tech

BZ: FB - CU Buffs’ Travis Hunter in spotlight as Heisman campaign rolls on

BZ: SOC - Women’s soccer: No. 7 TCU rallies past CU Buffs in Big 12 quarterfinals

BZ: WBB - CU Buffs women’s basketball ready to embark on new era (Buffaloes have 10 new players as they return to Big 12 Conference)

BZ: MBB - ‘Wins’ all that matters to new CU Buffs men’s basketball center Elijah Malone

CU AD: FB - Buffs Star Travis Hunter Makes Heisman Pitch On National Broadcasts

CU AD: SOC - Buffs Fall in Second Round of Big 12 Championship

CU AD: MGOLF - Golfers Open In Tie For Sixth In Hawai'i

CUATG Blog: FB - October Grades – Defense and Special Teams

OutKick: FB - Colorado Benefits From Wild Day In Big 12; Deion Sanders And Buffs Have A Path To College Football Playoff

Athlon Sports: FB - Colorado, Deion Sanders Get 'Best News of Season' During Bye Week (The Buffaloes' path to the Big 12 championship improved without them even taking the field)

Clutchpoints: FB - Travis Hunter keeps it real when discussing Deion Sanders' Colorado relationship (Travis Hunter says he and Deion Sanders have a special bond.)

Cheers!

Undefeated and bowl eligible (5)

Army 8-0

BYU 8-0

Indiana 9-0

Miami 9-0

Oregon 9-0



6 win+ teams with a loss that are bowl eligible (38):

Alabama 6-2 – SEC

Arizona State – 6-2 – Big 12

Boise State 7-1 - MWC

Clemson 6-2 - ACC

Colorado 6-2 – Big 12

Duke 6-3 - ACC

Georgia 7-1 – SEC

Georgia State – 6-2 – Sun Belt

Illinois 6-3 – Big 10

Iowa – 6-3 – Big 10

Iowa State 7-1 – Big 12

James Madison – 6-2 – Sun Belt

Kansas State - 7-2 – Big 12

Louisiana 7-1 – Sun Belt

Louisville – 6-3 – ACC

LSU 6-2 - SEC

Memphis 7-2 – AAC

Minnesota – 6-3 – Big 10

Missouri 6-2 – SEC

Mississippi – 7-2 - SEC

Navy 6-2 - AAC

Notre Dame 7-1 - Indy

Ohio State 7-1 – Big 10

Penn State 7-1 – Big 10

Pittsburgh 7-1 - ACC

Sam Houston 7-2 – C-USA

SMU 8-1 – ACC

Syracuse – 6-2 - ACC

Tennessee 7-1 - SEC

Texas 7-1 - SEC

Texas A&M 7-2 – SEC

Texas Tech – 6-3 – Big 12

Toledo – 6-3 – MAC

Tulane 7-2 - AAC

UNLV 6-2 – MWC

Vanderbilt – 6-3 - MWC

Washington State 6-1 – PAC 12

Western Kentucky – 6-2 – C-USA



Teams with 7 losses so are not eligible for a bowl game (14)

Air Force – 1-7 - MWC

Akron – 2-7 - MAC

Florida State 1-8 - ACC

Kennesaw State – 1-7 – C-USA

Kent State 0-8 - MAC

Mississippi State 2-7 - SEC

Nevada – 3-7 - MWC

Purdue – 1-7 - Big 10

Troy 1-8 – Sun Belt

Southern Miss 1-7 – Sun Belt

Stanford – 2-7 – ACC

UConn – 6-3 - Indy

UTEP - 1-8 C-USA

Wyoming - 2-7 - MWC

Colorado was a winner in October:

Iowa State loses today by Texas Tech. Also Houston beat Kansas State. A good day for Colorado.

Tristan had 17/5/2 knocking down 3/3 from the 3 pt line and 6/8 overall. I saw some highlights and kid looks pretty dam smooth just 6 games in.
You'all know Jamaal Mosely is the HC so a very nice Buff connection.
TDS is now listed at 6'9/220 which is great size for a Wing in the NBA. Couldn't be happier for the kid and hope to follow him thorughput his career.
Oh, they did lose 120-109 but were ithout their best player P Banchero who is out wth an injury. He went for 50 the other night. Fun young team.

BZ: FB - Football: CU Buffs are going bowling, but where? (BuffZone takes a look at bowl game possibilities for the Colorado Buffaloes)

BZ: MBB - Plenty of candidates to fill glaring rebounding void for CU Buffs men’s basketball

CU AD: XC - Buffs Show Out at Big 12 Championships in Waco

CU AD: SOC - Colorado Eyes Redemption Against TCU

CU AD: VB - Buffs Fall to No. 17 Bears in Three

CU AD: MGOLF - Men's Golfers To End Fall Season In Hawai'i

CUATG Blog: FB - Big 12 Notes – Texas Tech Week - The Athletic: Media “underreacting” to CU’s success

CUATG Blog: FB - Polls and Bowls - Wilner Hotline: Buffs to the Holiday Bowl, as Washington State a lock for Alamo Bowl + Travis Hunter No. 1 on Mel Kiper’s Big Board/11. Shedeur Sanders, QB, Colorado

CUATG Blog: FB - October Grades – Offense

CUATG Blog: FB - Surprise! CU most hated team on X(Twitter) (They hate us 'cause they ain't us!)

Ralphie Report: FB - Ralphie Report’s official bye week betting guide

On3: FB - Colorado's Devin Rispress has been helping the Buffs stack big recruiting wins this cycle

On3: FB - 2025 NFL Draft: Mel Kiper shakes up Top 10 QB rankings after Week 9 of college football (1. Shedeur Sanders, Colorado)

Heartland Sports: FB - Kansas State Wildcats' Rapid-Fire Look at the State of Big 12 Football

Mike Farrell Sports: FB - The Big 12 needs Colorado to prosper

SI: FB - Pat McAfee says college football "lucky" Travis Hunter went to Colorado (ESPN analyst believes no other coach would've used the two-way star like Coach Prime)

Athlon Sports: FB - Travis Hunter Reveals How He Can Win Heisman Trophy This Season

Athlon Sports: FB - Travis Hunter Reveals NFL Team He Wishes to Play For

Deseret News: FB - Big 12 football in November — when contenders and pretenders are made

Buffs Wire: MBB - A closer look at Colorado men's basketball's 2024-25 roster

Buffs Wire: MBB - Previewing Colorado men's basketball's season opener against Eastern Washington

Buffs Wire: FB - Oklahoma State commit Alexander McPherson picks up Colorado offer

Cheers!

Is our MBB opener going to be televised? Can't find it on my guide.

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This could be a very interesting finish.

BIG X - They could have 3-5 teams pretty easily. PSU, IU, OSU could all end with one loss. UO likely goes undefeated. Illinois likely ends with 2 losses to good teams. This gets 5 teams in I think potentially.

OSU and Illinois are the two most in danger of missing it. OSU could be easily take 3 losses (though god I hope they drubbed PSU). Two seems likely. Illinois lost late and not well. They need help to climb back up.

ACC - Hard to imagine Miami not winning out. SMU and Clemson play Pitt. Best Pitt and I think both don’t lose another game. Pitt beats them and Pitt is in. They are already ranked way too low and with wins over both or even one they will get a good bump ( ND Joke of a ranking is hurting a lot of teams ). This is a 2-3 team league this year.

SEC - TXAM, Tenn, UGA, LSU, Bama all have the rankings (Tenn, Bama both are over ranked but that’s the SEC) and the schedule left to make it. Too many of them play each other and even with the gross overrating annually that helps strength of schedule it won’t be enough. This is the league that could also go 3-5 teams. I’m thinking low end.

B12 - KSU, BYU, ISU, CU all have a shot. BYU should win out. ISU only has KSU left that is ranked but could stumble. KSU has ISU and I don’t expect them to stumble. CU has the easiest schedule left arguably and could win out but questions remain about the OL against decent defensive teams. This just feels like a one bid league given the other leagues and how many they get. If BYU and ISU play for it all and it isn’t lopsided I think 2 get in. There is a chance that if KSU beats BYU they get in. CU has to win it all to get in.

Here is who I see today based on remaining schedule:

BIG X - IU, UO, PSU, OSU
Illinois just misses because of Notre Dame and the OTHER G5 who take spots they don’t deserve.

SEC - UT,TxAM, UGA
I could swap Bama, LSU or Tenn for any of them but I think too much carnage happens (including spoilers knocking guys off like South Carolina may do) for it to be 4. Again ND steals a spot they don’t deserve here.

ACC - Miami, Clemson.
SMU just misses thanks to the two G5 schedules who get auto bids. Pitt loses to. Clemson and SMU but has a great season

B12 - BYU
Something feels like BYU wins out. Weird to me but they seem to be the team of Destiny. Insert KSU, ISU or CU here and I wouldn’t be shocked in 2024.

G5
ND

After one more year of this everyone will want G5 out and ND to have some sort of league. When the move to a reorganization comes both happen and we go to 16 teams is my guess.
The teams that don’t make the CFP will play third stringers in bowl games as starters either transfer, go NIL or sit. The playoff is now all that matters and this whole bowl system is going to get reworked as well.

Curios how others see it ??

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BZ: FB - CU Buffs’ stingy defense aims to finish strong after bye week

BZ: BuffZone podcast: CU football bye week and previewing the Buffs’ basketball season

BZ: MBB - Men’s basketball notes: Assane Diop eager to prove CU Buffs’ doubters wrong

CU AD: XC - Cross Country Returns to Big 12 Cross Country Championship

CU AD: TEN - CU Athletics, City of Boulder Enter Partnership to Build Indoor Tennis Facility

CU AD: WGOLF - Buffs Wrap Up Fall Season In Seventh At Nanea

CUATG Blog: FB - Big 12 Notes – The beginning of the end of the Kyle Whittingham era at Utah? + ESPN: Oklahoma State & Arizona – What Went Wrong?

On3: FB - Joel Klatt breaks down Big 12 teams still alive in College Football Playoff race

On3: FB - Mel Kiper updates Big Board Top 25 player rankings for 2025 NFL Draft after Week 9

On3: FB - Heisman Trophy odds: Travis Hunter, Dillon Gabriel see major shifts

SI: FB - Six-day window exercised for Colorado's Nov. 9 matchup with Texas Tech
Buffaloes and Red Raiders will be on either FOX or FS1 next weekend

SI: FB - Shedeur Sanders named as Top 10 finalist for Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award
Colorado's "Grown" was the only Big 12 QB to make the list

SI: FB - Big 12 Football Power Rankings: Week 10 - Pokes Choke as OSU Tumbles to Last Place

SI: FB - Colorado can put together season to remember in final month (Buffs looking to win out last four game and see how everything shakes out)

Athlon Sports: FB - Travis Hunter Projected to Join $36 Million NFL Rookie Quarterback

Buffs Wire: FB - Colorado football rooting guide: Who are the Buffs pulling for in Week 10?

Buffs Wire: FB - Updated Heisman Trophy betting odds entering Week 10

Buffs Wire: FB - Five predictions for the remainder of Colorado's 2024 season

Cheers!

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Happy Halloween 🎃 👻 Troy Finnegan and I taking the bye week to recap the Buffs' wins vs. the Bearcats, talk Julian Lewis and Carde Smith's visit and how Boyle and the Buffs look ahead of their first game on Nov. 4.

Some takeaways after rewatching CU-Cincy:

"I really thought I could fit in there, into their offense, and fit into the team really well," Baskin told CU Sports Report.

More on what Baskin is bringing to the Buffs this season:

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Colorado has flipped 3-star 2025 DT Christian Hudson from UCF.

Last season, Hudson recorded 69 tackles, 27 TFLs and 9 sacks as a junior.

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