This is a partial list but notice UCLA's AD is in the mix. The dude was a Big 10 plant to blow up the conference from the inside. Also, the president of Fox Sports? This whole deal is so incestuous. A lot of people got very rich blowing up the Pac 12.

Jim Phillips, ACC commissioner: Phillips will be the name de jour to take the reins leading the Big Ten. He’s coming from a Power 5 commissioner seat, so experience in the college athletics realm is no question, nor are his Big Ten creds. Phillips is from Chicago, went to Illinois and eventually served as the AD at Northwestern for more than a decade. He’s been ACC commissioner since 2021.

Jennifer Heppel, Patriot League commissioner: A Big Ten league office alum, Heppel has been atop the Patriot League since 2015. Along with being a finalist for the role the last time around, Heppel worked two stints with the Big Ten, most recently from 2010 to 2015.

Gene Smith, Ohio State AD: Probably the voice with the most sway in the Big Ten in any role, moving from Ohio State AD to running the Big Ten would be a natural evolution for Smith in his career, if he wants to do it. While he’d be a familiar voice with plenty of institutional knowledge, it worth questioning if the league wants someone of Smith’s age — he’s 67 — and he signed a contract extension through 2026 just last year.

Bernard Muir, Stanford AD: A recent track record of athletic success, particularly among Olympic sports, make Muir an attractive candidate. Plus, the previous Stanford AD was Bob Bowlsby, who went on to a mostly successful tenure leading the Big 12 as commissioner.

Martin Jarmond, UCLA AD: Jarmond is one of the hottest rising names in the sport and the 43-year-old has plenty of Big Ten experience after time working as an administrator in the Michigan State and Ohio State athletic departments. He’d be a big change for a conference known to be rather buttoned up, and coming from a school just entering the conference isn’t the most straightforward sell.

Mark Silverman, Fox Sports president: As the Big Ten added USC and UCLA then negotiated a media rights deal worth $8 billion with Fox as a primary carrier, it became a bit of a joke that Fox and ESPN were driving the decision making in college sports. While that’s not the case, there is some truth to the notion and as president and chief operating officer for Fox Sports, he’s overseen their burgeoning college programming. He’d fit the trend of conferences hiring people with media or business backgrounds for the job.

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Well this would be out of left field.

DeVan to Charlotte.

Dorrell aint left his house probably.

Anyone else land anywhere yet.

“Schools like Alabama, Colorado, Georgia, Tennessee are up there,” he added. “These schools are doing a great job with me and making me feel like a priority. LSU is another one, and Oregon has picked it up, too. They are on me hard. Notre Dame, Michigan State and Texas A&M are three more showing me a lot of interest. … When I committed to USC early on, I didn’t have the knowledge about everything that I have now. I am looking at this decision differently.”

Butler is looking to visit Oregon and Colorado later this month, and he plans to take more unofficial visits this spring before working to get his list down prior to official visits, which he plans to take in the spring and summer.

BZ: MBB - Rivalry renewed as Colorado men’s basketball looks to extend streak at USC’s Galen Center

BZ: WBB - Women’s basketball notes: CU Buffs’ game vs. ASU cancelled (Coach Prime’s daughter, Shelomi, to join Buffaloes)

CU AD: WBB - Sunday's Game Against Arizona State Canceled

BZ: FB - Football notes: CU Buffs add former Kentucky RB Kavosiey Smoke

CU AD: T&F - Colorado Opens 2023 At Home

CUATG Blog: FB - Pac-12 Notes - NCAA trying to limit transfers by restricting second time transfers

CUATG Blog: FB - Transfer Portal Tracker - Kavosiey Smoke – RB

CUATG Blog: FB - Report: ASU Week Zero game off (Denied by Football Oversight Committee) + Death of former CU great Charles Johnson ruled a suicide

Ralphie Report: PODCAST: Deion brings in more starters, Tad blows out Oregon at home

Pounding The Rock: MBB - According to the Last Two Minute Report, Derrick White is still a Spur

Buffs Wire: FB - Kentucky transfer RB Kavosiey Smoke announces Colorado pledge

Buffs Wire: FB - Takeaways from Episode 4 of 'Coach Prime'

Buffs Wire: WBB - Shelomi Sanders to join the Colorado women's basketball team

Buffs Wire: WBB - Colorado women's basketball given No. 8 seed in ESPN's latest bracketology

Arizona Sports: FB - Report: ASU-Colorado Week 0 game a no-go after consideration (The Best Explanation of What Really Happened)

The Pilot.com: FB - Alston Heads to Colorado for Final College Season

Cheers!

They (or in many cases their SID) are only required to release their ballots in the preseason and the last poll

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USC legend

Man, this one hits home pretty hard. One of the greatest guitarist the world has ever seen/heard. I wore out Truth, Beck-Ola, Wired, and Blow by Blow. Dam!

Great to see the videos and pics of them at practice today. Hopefully they can motivate Buffs to go out and sweep in LA (I'll be happy with a split)

Sad news. Tragic what has happened to some of these guys.

I assume if we play ASU in week 0 it will be an official away game at a neutral sight is that right. ASU was in Boulder last year but I can not imagine week 0 game in TEMPE - that would be brutal.

Right here:

As I mentioned previously, this week is the new one that has been added to allow midyear transfers to visit although it is a dead period for everyone else. So, high school prospects who don't plan on enrolling early and transfers who are not arriving for the spring semester have not been allowed on campus this week. However, transfer players (and recruits) who are going to be on campus this month at their new schools for the spring are allowed to take visits as normal (both official and unofficial). Schools across the country have been tight-lipped about who they're bringing out until they can secure those visits since there is a small window of just a handful of days during the otherwise dead period.

Here's a look at who CU's staff is bringing in this week as the staff continues to build on its work from earlier in the offseason.

• TE Cane Berrong (Notre Dame | 3 seasons of eligibility) | 3-star (5.5) Rivals Ranking; 286th-ranked transfer
• WR Tyrone Broden (Bowling Green | 2 seasons of eligibility)
• CB Isaiah Johnson (ASU | 3 seasons of eligibility) | 3-star (5.6) Rivals Ranking; 218th-ranked transfer
• OL Spencer Lovell (Cal | 2 seasons of eligibility)
• OL Yousef Mugharbil (Florida | 3 seasons of eligibility)
• S Myles Slusher (Arkansas | 2 seasons of eligibility) | 4-star (5.8) Rivals Ranking; 31st-ranked transfer [currently signed with Louisville]
• RB Kavosiey Smoke (Kentucky | 1 season of eligibility) | 3-star (5.7) Rivals Ranking | 136th-ranked transfer
• QB Willie Taggart Jr. (FAU | 2 seasons of eligibility)
• WR Isaac TeSlaa (Hillsdale College/DII | 2 seasons of eligibility)

A couple notes --

• Myles Slusher has already been announced as a signee with Louisville, but those grant-in-aid papers are not binding for the player, so until he begins classes he is still able to look at his other options and is not officially counted as a completed transfer yet. So, CU is making a very late move with him trying to get him to flip to the Buffs. He is the highest-rated member of the expected visitor group this weekend in Boulder as the 31st-ranked transfer player according to Rivals. He was also a four-star recruit coming out of high school.

• Some of the other visitors are coming off of previous visits including Kavosiey Smoke, who just visited Troy, Tyrone Broden, who just visited Oklahoma, and Isaac TeSlaa, who is coming off visits to Purdue and Arkansas leading into his trip to CU.

Hearing Smoke - the running back from KY - is headed to CU
anyone have more info?

Just curios where the buffs are at.. will there need to be some forced attrition or everything lining up?

As the vast majority of you are likely aware, CUSportsNation stalwart member @NCBuff1 (Craig Brown) is currently battling advanced stage four lung cancer. Naturally, doing battle with cancer is far from a cheap experience. Craig currently has a GoFundMe set up and so I wanted to post it here. If you're able to donate, awesome. If not, it costs nothing to offer some support or keep Craig in your prayers.

I'll be doing just that and I encourage you all to do the same!

As promised in my earlier update, here is my Jan 10th report. Thank you all for your caring and support!
Dr P (Porosnicu, my oncologist) told me regarding my last CT scan, that although my latest scan did not show lesion shrinkage, no increase in size or number of lesions is good right now. That’s a positive and I can use a little stability! Appointment # 2 was with my sinus surgeon…also a Dr P (Plonk). By the way, Dr. Plonk is a big Coach Prime fan.
The appointment was short and definitely successful. He extracted a big crust of dried blood that looked like a small meteorite from my nasal passage…incredible! I had no idea that I was mining meteorites…wonder if I can market that??? Does anybody remember "Moon Rocks?" Nahhhh...not a good idea! I immediately began to breathe better without the obstruction in my nose-hallelujah!
I want to thank all of you once again for your prayers and support on my cancer journey. God bless you! Shoulder To Shoulder!
Craig

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Daniels and Slovis still playing and now I see Rattler back to South Carolina for another year. Is it just me or does it seem like some of these guys have been around for years?

BZ: FB - Football recruiting: Alejandro Mata excited for opportunity with CU Buffs

BZ: MBB - KJ Simpson expecting return to form when CU Buffs men’s basketball visits USC

CU AD: MBB - Boyle's Buffs Set For LA Road Swing (Links to CU Notes, USC Notes, Pac-12 Standings, Buffalo Stampede Show)

CU AD: SKI - Ski Team Busy Wrapping Up Non-College Races

CUATG Blog: FB - Pac-12 Notes - Wilner’s Pac-12 predictions: Coach Prime to finish 5-7 in Year One + Wondering if it would happen: A Way-Too-Early Top 25 which includes Colorado + Final AP Poll has six Pac-12 teams (with nine CU opponents receiving votes)

CUATG Blog: FB - (Scroll Down) CU v. ASU in Week Zero: Rumor Takes on a Life of Its Own

Buffs Wire: FB - Social media reacts: Deion Sanders appears on 'College GameDay' prior to national championship game

Buffs Wire: FB - REPORT: Deion Sanders, Colorado to face Arizona State in 2023 season opener

Ducks Wire: FB - Ranking the Pac-12 QB situations from best to worst ahead of 2023 season (#7 - Shedeur Sanders — Colorado Buffaloes)

Buffs Wire: MBB - Midseason Pac-12 men's basketball power rankings

Buffs Wire: MBB - Colorado Buffaloes men's and women's basketball midseason(ish) stock report

Rutgers Wire: MBB - Rutgers among three Big Ten teams,along with Colorado, make the top five for Baye Ndongo with Monday decision looming

Arizona Sports: FB - Reports: Dillingham’s ASU debut could move to Week 0 vs. Colorado, Deion Sanders

Football Scoop: FB - ESPN pushing Coach Prime's Colorado debut to prime TV window

Cheers!

Nice to see us up there. Wish more kids looked like what FSU and UM are bringing in but I’ll take what we can get and be happy with the improvement.
The TxAM story is overrated. Another good recruiting class. Some good TP of their own and lost a lot of kids who didn’t pan out on a stacked roster. That’s exactly why you shouldn’t get a bump up or down based on numbers coming in or leaving. Quality is all that matters either way