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Buffs add another defensive line transfer in the class as Fresno State graduate transfer Leonard Payne has announced his commitment to Colorado tonight. Indiana, Kansas State, UConn, Nevada, Old Dominion, Louisiana Tech and Utah State all offered him over the last couple days since he entered the portal. He battled injury in 2022 but had a solid season in 2021 when he was healthy.

He comes to CU having played in 29 games for the Bulldogs. Payne had 10 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, a pair of sacks and a forced fumble during the 2022 season. He's made 10 starts in his career with nine of those coming in 2021.

Fresno State listed him at 6-3, 308 pounds on its roster this season.

What a great athlete and ambassador for sports. Lived a good life. Fantastic write up. Arguably one of the greatest athletes and personalities worldwide ever. Still kept it humble, didn’t want to be celebrated and didn’t keep memorabilia in his home.

“Kids should never see their father as a star. At home I am just Edson”. Humility is a lost art

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Buffs have added a commitment from Jackson State sophomore transfer edge rusher Jeremiah Brown today. The 6-foot-2 Florida native has two more seasons of eligibility after playing in both 2021 and 2022. He finished the 2022 season with 46 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, 6 sacks, a pair of forced fumbles and 3 quarterback hurries.

He played in seven games a freshman in 2021.

Brown had an offer from Minnesota out of high school plus offers from numerous Group of 5 schools as well.

Pretty early here since the roster will look different by Sunmer Camp, but...

I see 7-8 "winnable" games in year one:

Kneebraska (H). Sheep (H). 'Zona (H). ASU. Beavers (H). Stanford (H). Wazzu. UCLA

Utah, USC, Oregon and TCU are a bit out of reach until 2024, I'll say

Out of the winnable games, the UCLA game is the one i was hesitant to list. On the road in LA will be tough, but i believe they'll have a Freshman QB, so...

Honestly, i'll be happy if we can get to 6-6 overall and a bowl game. That will be enough to prove the staff is legit and lure a top 10 TP and Freshman class in '24

Based on what I'm seeing we should score a lot of points and in year one that will be our strong suit which gives a chanc at those winnable games.

Defense should improve, but i think year 2 is when they really have the depth to become a force. I would assume to see some more experienced TP additions to the trenches and a few more DBs in this cycle, though, so maybe I'll be wrong?

I am reserving my prediction until once i see the roster for summer camp. But i do believe a bowl game is within reach right away

Beating Kneebraska and the Sheep is a must. Win those early in the season and we are going to have some good momentum for conference play. Would love to see a couple wins on the road as well. Wazzu at minimum.

Go Buffs

BZ: MBB - Road sweep available for CU Buffs men’s basketball at struggling Cal

BZ: WBB - Women’s basketball: CU Buffs knock off Washington for first Pac-12 win

BZ: Chat replay: Pat Rooney discusses CU Buffs athletics (Dec. 30, 2022)

CU AD: FB - Coach Prime’s Legendary Work Ethic Will Establish Baseline For Buffs

CU AD: WBB - Buffs Hold on in Washington

Ralphie Report: MBB - K.J. Simpson plays hero in Colorado win over Stanford

Trojans Wire: MBB - Bay Area bloodbath: chances of Stanford and Cal firing basketball coaches are soaring

Cheers!

Colorado made the cut for Capers. Update on Rivals:

BZ: MBB - KJ Simpson rallies CU Buffs men’s basketball past Stanford

BZ: MBB - Colorado men’s basketball notes: Big production in return from injury for Luke O’Brien, Lawson Lovering

BZ: FB - Recruiting: CU Buffs add two more transfers to defensive line

BZ: WBB - Women’s basketball: Quay Miller, Aaronette Vonleh forming dynamic duo in paint for CU Buffs

CU AD: WBB - Buffs Rally To Get Road Win At Stanford (Links toVideo Highlights, Stats, Notes)

CU AD: WBB - Buffs Back on the Road

CU AD: Buffaloes Primetime Radio Show Debuts Monday

CUATG Blog: FB - Transfer Portal Tracker - Leonard Payne – DL, Jeremiah Brown – LB

CUATG Blog: FB - NIL News and Notes - Buffs4Life NIL Collective raises over $100,000 in first month

CUATG Blog: FB - “Coach Prime” Docuseries on Amazon is now available to stream

The Athletic: FB - Assessing Coach Prime’s Colorado roster: What Pac-12 assistants said about his task ahead

Buffs Wire: FB - Colorado football recruiting: 2024 commitment tracker

Buffs Wire: FB - Post-early signing period Pac-12 recruiting class rankings: Colorado sits middle of the road

Buffs Wire: FB - Pac-12 Switch Tracker: taking notes on specific transfers from one Pac-12 school to another

Cheers!

Lots of great football games this evening, I'm currently watching the Alamo Bowl with Washington and Texas before tonight's basketball game.

More on the basketball game, Lovering and O'Brien are back in tonight's rotation from experiencing some brief injuries. Even though Stanford is 5-7, they should present an interesting test for Buffs' consistency. The Cardinal has had a pretty tough schedule so far, 16th toughest in the college basketball according to Boyle. Hoping to see Hammond have another productive game. I've enjoyed watching his progression this season.

Defensively, the Cardinal has been allowing 63.8 points on 42.6 shooting. The Buffs had high scoring games in their four-game win streak, 87.8 points per game.

What's been your favorite bowl game so far? Oregon vs UNC yesterday was awesome. Also, the Kansas comeback 👏 👏

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Future Buffaloes running back Dylan Edwards meets with the media at the Under Armour All-America Game in Orlando.

Lawson Lovering and Luke O'Brien will be back in tonight's rotation to begin Pac-12 play against Stanford. The Cardinal sits at 5-7, but despite their record, tonight's game “is not going to be easy," Boyle said.

Sources: Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren has emerged as a top candidate to be the next President/CEO of the Chicago Bears. He’s interviewed in person for the job and is considered among the final candidates. The process is expected to wrap up in the upcoming weeks.

Tweet per Pete Thamel

What do you think? Shadeur obviously next year and possibly one more. Back ups next year either Staub, Wiseman, or Shrout if he stays. I don’t suspect getting a big time QB transfer right now because of Shadeur, but do we go after one next year? Or a big time HS recruit to take over the reigns to throw to all the WR talent looks like we’ll have? Do Staub and/or Weisman have enough talent to take over in 1-2 yrs? Will we ever land a huge QB commit (meaning one of the top 5 out of HS or portal)?

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Colorado has added a commitment from 3-star defensive lineman Eric Brantley Jr. who is following his Valdosta HS teammate Omar White to Boulder.

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BZ: FB - Video: Analysis of CU Buffs early signing period

BZ: FB - Recruiting: CU Buffs add three-star DL to 2024 class

BZ: MBB - Pac-12 play resumes for Colorado men’s basketball with key Bay Area trip

CU AD: MBB - Buffs Resume Pac-12 Play With Bay Area Swing (Links to Game Notes, Buffaloe Stampede Show)

CUATG Blog: FB - Pac-12 Notes - Pac-12 considering releasing injury reports (which could enhance value of data rights)

CUATG Blog: FB - Colorado Recruiting Class of 2024 - Eric Brantley, Jr. – DL (High 3-Star)

The Spun: FB - Deion Sanders Has 3-Word Response To Fan Who Said He Left For Money

Buffs Wire: FB - Georgia DL Eric Brantley commits to Colorado's 2024 class

Buffs Wire: FB - Deion Sanders has brought more transfers to Colorado than the last two years combined

Cheers!

Not watching but checking scores. Wow. Jalon Daniels 544 yards. Amazing what one kid can do for a team

We all saw the video on PT telling the current roster "we comin'" and "I'm gonna make you quit" etc etc. Great. Prime Time was hired to bring in transfers and recruit talent, not mold the current 1-11 team in title contenders. Everybody knows that.

But . . . how does it actually work? This isn't "roster adjusting" on the margins. . . this is a wholesale culling of the herd. We're bringing in a slew of transfers and recruits, but can only put 85 guys on the roster. Suppose the guys he wants to "quit" . . . don't wanna quit? Can he really run that many guys off? Suppose they want to stick around despite Coach PT's directive that they won't see the field and best look elsewhere?

I should know this, but I don't. But it seems like we're bringing a bunch of transfers on the "assumption" that there will be attrition among the current roster. How does "involuntary attrition" happen?

How many teams are still gaining momentum after early signing. THe buffs definitely seem to be. CAn't wait to see what new freshmen and transfers are going to be Buffs before spring ball. This is incredible and totally foreign to us Buff fans who have been disappointed thanks to terrible leadership for 20 years. Good football players want to run on the field behind Ralphie if we can just not slam the door in their face. I hope our incredibly wealthy alumni step up to keep the momentum going. We need an NIL war chest to keep kicking sand in all the bully faces now that the university has come to understand the value of great athletics to the overall University. CU scares many perennial big dogs because they know if we quit getting in our own way, we will be a force with whom only a few schools can contend.

Next year will be a year to knock on the door. 2024 a year to knock the door down. Boom! Go Buffs - 20 years of frustration to purge.

Anyone know where we stand with Nike? I think Deion is a big under armour guy so wondered if there was a chance we become a UA school or does Nike capitolize on the hype and make CU a jumpman school?

Great game. Two teams separated by 2 letters and won by 2 points in 3 OTs. Both teams came in with the same record (6-6) and came out with equal amount of respect. Makes me yearn for clever offensive coordination. Can't imagine CU scoring 50+ points against anyone.

My only gripe, ESPN gave offensive player of the game award to Jefferson with 3 minutes left. Had not seen the whole game, but thought handing out an award that early seemed fool hearty. Yes, Arkansas was up by 15 points but winning was definitely no lock. I thought to myself, what if the KU QB pulls out a miracle. How stupid would giving that award look!?! That almost came to fruition as KU made a miracle comeback and almost won the game. Their QB Daniels might have been the player of the game regardless. Both players were at worst equally deserving and the winner should win it. Stupid, stupid, stupid, to award someone player of the game before the game is finished. Especially that early!

Anyone know who KW brought onto the staff or what changes they made? They have worked the TP well and developed kids but overall recruiting has been around 35 or so under him. Decent and respectable but not great.
This year they are currently 20 and much mor importantly are 23 in quality of recruit with 8 4 stars. They’ve been in the high 50s and last year 61 (compared to the silly overall ranking of 37 because they had a bunch of bodies).
On field results help but there has just been this feeling of building momentum the last couple years with them. I don’t know much about the staff but it’s interesting to watch.

With USC and UCLA leaving and the rest of us probably fighting for one of the other 4 that is likely to be taken from the PAC I see Utah as our biggest competitor. We aren’t in the same place as UW or OU but we do match up well with Utah and that’s going to be a big “rivalry” moving forward in the new PAC is my guess

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Freshman kicker Alejandro Mata is joining some of his teammates and coaches making the move from Jackson State to CU. A really impressive specialist with a few more seasons of eligibility.

Ed Reed, amazing defensive player, is now going to be head coach at Bethune Cookman. Wonder how he will do?