Full recap of Colorado's blowout win over Pepperdine on Sunday 👇

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He leavin’

BZ: MBB - Home cookin’ again delivers as CU Buffs men’s basketball routs Pepperdine

BZ: MBB - Men’s basketball notes: CU Buffs guard RJ Smith sidelined indefinitely

BZ: FB - CU Buffs running back Anthony Hankerson to put name in transfer portal

CU AD: FB - On Anniversary Of Coach Prime Hiring, Buffs AD George Remembers, 'We Had To Get It Right'

CU AD: MBB - Buffs Roll Past Pepperdine

CU AD: T&F - Colorado's Indoor Track and Field Delivers Impressive Performance in Opening Weekend

CUATG Blog: FB - Big 12 and Pac-12 bowl matchups (seven CU opponents)

CUATG Blog: FB - Coaching Carousel - Defensive ends coach Nick Williams to Coach Prime: “Your direction and wisdom has made me a better coach and a better man”

CUATG Blog: Essay - From Hope to Expectation

DP: FB - Can Deion Sanders, CU Buffs rebuild an offensive line via transfer portal alone? (The portal opens for business Monday. The problem for CU? Unlike Coach Prime, elite offensive line transfers are really hard to find.)

DP: WBB - CU women’s basketball has returned to national prominence, but JR Payne and the Buffs still have boxes left to check (When Payne took over in 2016, CU was coming off a 7-23 campaign that went down as one of the worst in program history)

Coloradoan: FB - Colorado Buffaloes football transfer portal tracker following 2023 season

CFN: FB - 2023 All-Pac-12 College Football Team and Individual Honors

Buffs Wire: FB - Social media jokingly reacts to Colorado missing out on the College Football Playoff

Buffs Beat: FB - What's next for Colorado after three of Deion Sanders' coaches exit (Coach Prime will be needing to replace a few good coaches in 2024)

Buffs Beat: FB - Deion Sanders and Colorado ready for second wave coming from the transfer portal

Clutch Points: FB - Colorado football, Deion Sanders, targeting to flip Oregon commit JacQawn McRoy

SI: FB - Colorado four-star target cancels official visit after Nick Williams' departure (Coach Prime will try to fill a tremendous void without his top recruiter)

Cheers!

Hey everyone! Buffs looking to bounce back from Wednesday's loss today against Pepperdine in Boulder. RJ Smith is out today with a lower leg injury, will try to get an update on severity after the game.

Starters:
KJ Simpson
Cody Williams
J'Vonne Hadley
Tristan da Silva
Eddie Lampkin

Willie Fritz. Good for Houston which is good the BIG XII. Guy can recruit and coach. Now he has resources. Lots of them.

Saturday, December 23rd
1:30 pm on ABC

Every single one of them talked about the team talked about the players talked about how thankful they were to be there.
Not a single one said it was about them or what they had done!

So now three starters on OL in portal. I know OL sucked up are we going to be able to field a HS Oline

I guess when CP publicly called them out they were done both on field and for CU!!!

Trouble ahead boys!!!

They beat Central Washington 35-14. I believe they will play Harding that beat Grand Valley St 7-6 today in Golden next weekend.

One of the losers in a way from yesterday regardless of the "is Bama in or not thing" was the Rose Bowl. If Georgia was in them Michigan at 2 and Washington at 3 would have played in the Rose Bowl. The number one team plays at the closest bowl, so Georgia would have been in the Sugar

Is it just me or may these girls want to be careful about what they are doing here? Do they really expect the NIL to be distributed equally as well as recruiting when football funds the entire AD?

The rowing team is somehow comparing themselves to the football team that played in front of probably 15M people tonight.

Great read for the ones that have a subscription. I put a few excerpts below:

The Athletic spoke with six coordinators and assistant coaches within the Pac-12 Conference, all of whom were granted anonymity to speak candidly about an opposing program. Their assessment of Year 1 of Sanders at Colorado included the necessary caveats for how he brought a jolt of energy and attention to the long downtrodden program. However, they were largely pessimistic that Year 2 was going to bring significant improvement. Said one coach:

“It’s gonna get dark for Colorado.”

Sanders loaded up on skill-position talent via the transfer portal, most notably with Hunter and his sons, Shedeur and Shilo, all of whom followed him from Jackson State. But the depth behind them was paper-thin and, more critically, the talent brought in along the offensive and defensive lines was subpar.

“They were loading up on all these skill players, but they weren’t getting great players on the line,” said a Pac-12 assistant. “Offensive line-wise, they didn’t take a single coveted guy out of the portal.” That coach also noted that four of the defensive linemen Colorado brought in were not good enough. “We didn’t pursue them,” he said.

Said another Pac-12 assistant: “They were horrible on the front. They couldn’t protect (Shedeur). He was getting massacred in our game. It’s really hard to do anything when you can’t block anybody.”

They have a lot of speed outside, and their receivers were just as good as anyone we played. It was really just that the offensive line was so overmatched and they didn’t have a tight end at all,” said another Pac-12 assistant. “Not having a tight end who can block was a bigger deal than a lot of people think. That really hurts an offense. They didn’t have any answers in protection because of that.”

The next transfer portal window opens Dec. 4. One coach, referencing his experience, projects roughly 30 Power 5-quality offensive line starters to enter the transfer portal in a typical offseason. “There are 65 Power 5 schools,” that coach said. “There’s no way in hell you’re gonna get a whole new line for Shedeur.”

CU parking enforcement. Only ones that seem to hold this nightmare Staff and Team accountable.

...replaced by Sapp? Not great, Bob

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This one surprises me and is slightly concerning. Thought he was one of our best young coaches and tied to Prime at the hip…

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I think UGA wins by a touchdown but it should be a great game.

Michigan rolls

FSU, playing their 3rd string freshmen QB loses a tight one to Louisville late sadly.


Off to cut down a tree for Christmas and enjoy some snow. Hopefully back for the second half of Bama vs UGA before the FSU game tonight. Enjoy your Saturday all

SIAP, but he just announced he’s gone too.

Another under performer, but geezus, we need some depth and consistency.

After all the praise he got the beginning of the season. I never thought he did that great. Not a huge loss, but then again. With our OL we can't afford any losses.

Good game on rihgt onw (FS1)
Big East-Big 12 Battle: Houston and Xavier in Cincinnati
And coming up: UConn and KU

Ducks or Huskies?
MMSt or Liberty?

Not many kids around the county getting real NIL deals like CU.

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