The story got published last night, but in case you haven't seen it, Nikki and I have our weekly roundtable in the run-up to CU's game tonight

For those of you old enough to remember Fred you know all about him and Nick Charles on Sports Tonight. They were great together and gave you a ton of sports updates in a 1/2 hour. Fred graced the TV screen for some 40 years and was an early trailblazer for African American Sports personalities.
Again, RIP Sir.

BZ: FB - Football: Mike Sanford, CU Buffs hope to create special memory in Coliseum

BZ: FB - Football: Colorado Buffs scouting report vs. USC

BZ: FB - Football: USC Trojans scouting report vs. Colorado

BZ: MBB - Long trip begins with historic visit to Grambling State for Colorado men’s basketball

CU AD: FB - Fast Five: Keys For Buffs At USC

CU AD: XC - Buffaloes Seek NCAA Qualifier At Mountain Regionals

CU AD: WGOLF - Women’s Golf Signs West Coast Duo To NLI

UT Sports: MBB - Hoops Central: #11 Tennessee vs. Colorado

Buffs Wire: FB - Colorado head coach candidates: Pros and cons of Alex Grinch

Cheers!

Looked pretty damn spry on that td

This does not include exhibition games or non-D1 games

Wofford - 2012 = 10,611
Drexel - 2014 = 10,058
UT-Martin - 2013 = 8,408
Sac State - 2016 = 8,322
Portland - 2015 = 7,783
Northern Colo - 2017 = 7,740
San Diego - 2019 = 7,713
Montana State - 2021 = 6,931
Idaho State - 2010 = 6,874
Georgia - 2011 = 6,453
Drake - 2018 = 5,695
Cal - Riverside - 2022 = 5,388

Lincoln Riley just told us he expects WR Jordan Addison and LB Ralen Goforth to play tomorrow after each missed the last two games. He said WR Mario Williams and LB Eric Gentry are more game-time decisions. We didn't get an update on LT Bobby Haskins, who missed the last game as redshirt freshman Mason Murphy started in his place.

"I feel comfortable saying right now that Jordan and Ralen, I believe, are on track to play barring a setback. We expect those two to play. Mario, Gentry will be game-time decisions still. Not quite as far along but still with an opportunity."

Cody Williams, a top-50 small forward coming out of Gilbert, Arizona, announced his commitment to Colorado. This is HC Tad Boyle's highest ranked signee during his 13-year run.

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BZ: MBB - Five-star coup: Coveted recruit Cody Williams signs with CU Buffs men’s basketball

BZ: WBB - Women’s basketball: Colorado Buffs sign two four-star recruits in 2023 class

BZ: FB - Podcast: Previewing CU Buffs football at No. 8 USC

BZ: FB - CU Buffs football: Gerald Chatman enjoying on-the-job training as coordinator

BZ: FB - Colorado football notes: QB JT Shrout eager to see receivers step up

BZ: FB - Video: Previewing CU Buffs at No. 8 USC football

BZ: Signing Day: CU Buffs Olympic sports roundup

BZ: XC - Bailey Hertenstein leads CU Buffs cross country into Mountain Regional

BZ: Chat replay: CU Buffs beat writer Brian Howell (Nov. 9, 2022)

CU AD: MBB - Banner Day For Buffs With Signing Of Elite Pair (Five-Star Cody Williams Highest Ranked Prospect In 21 Years)

CU AD: WBB - Buffs Loading up for 2023-24

CU AD: SOC - Sanchez Adds Seven for 2023

CU AD: VB - Colorado Adds Five Buffs On Signing Day

CU AD: MGOLF - Edwards Adds Top California Prep Star To Golf Roster (Brandon Knight was the 2022 California state champion)

CUATG Blog: FB - Pac-12 Notes – USC Week - Wilner: SMU makes as much (if not more) sense for expansion than does San Diego State

CUATG Blog: FB - CU at No. 8 USC: “T.I.P.S.” for a Potential Massacre in the Making (Part II)

Ralphie Report: MBB - Colorado Buffaloes Land 5 Star (Tad Boyle, you magnificent son of a bitch)

Buffs Wire: FB - Montana State's Brent Vigen a possible candidate for Buffs' head coach job

Buffs Wire: FB - CU Buffs' matchup against USC might have gotten even more difficult

Buffs Wire: FB - Buffs expected to utilize Chase Penry more against USC with Jordyn Tyson out

Cheers!

I'm reading news that CU is on the verge of landing Cody Williams - a
4 star 6'7" small forward out of Gilbert AZ ranked as the 29th player
in the country. Decision come down to CU / UA/USC/ASU - anyone
else have more info??

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He is the real deal. Smooth finisher. Range from anywhere. Very good on ball defender. And obvious room for growth and upside as he fills in.

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On the heels of a commitment from Mater Dei HS receiver Jordan Onovughe yesterday, the Buffaloes have offered a pair of underclassmen from the prominent Southern California high school today. Both are in the 2026 class, so they are just freshmen. One of them is a name most people will be familiar with or will be in the coming years. Cole Leinart was offered by CU today. Yes, he is the son of Matt Leinart and a freshman at Mater Dei. He's a dual-sport athlete who plays football and basketball. He actually shows a good amount of promise as a hooper, but with a name like that football will come first in his life. He's been able to get on the field a little bit this season at Mater Dei in varsity games, but the starter is just a junior so he was mostly used on the freshman team. So, it will be a little bit longer before Leinart steps into the top spot there. Still, he has all the raw tools at his young age to eventually be a good player. It's tough to say what his ceiling is at this stage, but he's definitely going to be surrounded by the best coaching.

Leinart holds early offers from Arizona, Utah, SMU and Georgia Southern.

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Fellow Mater Dei freshman, Jayden Crowder, was also offered by CU today. He played on the freshman team this year as well and is a defensive back with offers from Central Michigan and Michigan State so far.

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“Per Zac Blobner, the University of South Florida is expected to reach out to Frost for their open head coaching position if their top choices, Jon Gruden and Willie Simmons, decline their offers.”

I know that we’re all ardent Scott Frost haters on here, and I’d agree that there’s not much to like about the dufus. But I can see why USF would consider him as their new HC.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nc...A13QFpv?cvid=e4b1f2bb539748718cc8b803f807074d

As I mentioned at the time, I sat down with four-star top-50 national prospect Cody Williams a week and a half ago at his high school in Gilbert, Ariz.. My laptop then died that day, I spent the afternoon trying to get it fixed, then bought a cheap $129 ASUS laptop to get me through the weekend on the road, got home and almost immediately flew cross country to a wedding in South Carolina this past weekend. So I wanted to have this up sooner, but Williams also didn't tip his hand at all.

I think there is some good perspective into what he values most and how he's approached the process, though. We had a long interview:


We'll find out tomorrow morning -- 9 a.m. MT -- whether Colorado reeled him in.

BZ: FB - Colorado football: Buffs preparing for challenge of USC QB Caleb Williams

BZ: FB - CU Buffs football notes: Jamar Montgomery elevating game in final month

BZ: MBB - Ability to share the ball on display (at times) in CU Buffs men’s basketball opening win

CU AD: FB - Buffs Prepare For Friday Matchup With No. 8 USC

CU AD: SOC - Kuhlmann, Hayward Receive Postseason Recognition

CUATG Blog: FB - "Video – J.T. Shrout: “Next man up” for receiving corps without Jordyn Tyson”

CUATG Blog: FB - “T.I.P.S.” for CU at No. 8 USC / Plus: CU’s Unexpected Bump in Recruiting Commitments

Buffs Wire: FB - LISTEN: Buffs Wire joins the Trojans Wired podcast to discuss Colorado-USC, head coach search

Buffs Wire: FB - Behind enemy lines with Trojans Wire: Quick answers to big Colorado-USC questions

Buffs Wire: MBB - Colorado men's basketball: Five takeaways from the Buffs' season opener win

Cheers!

The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum holds different memories for J.T. Shrout, Montana Lemonious-Craig and Sanford and they’ll have their homecoming of sorts come Friday against USC.

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QB J.T. Shrout discusses his progress this season and playing close to home on Friday.

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OLB Jamar Montgomery touches on his productive performance against the Ducks and how he wants to finish out his final season.

In Tempe for parents weekend, those in the know here say Herman to ASU is pretty much done deal

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Mike Sanford discusses playing at the Coliseum, receivers that are stepping up and injury updates.

I know that I am behind on the TV ratings post by a few weeks I hope to catch up this week

In the 1:30PM time window:
Tenn at Georgia on CBS - 13,060,000 - Outdrew all 6 World Series games
Penn State at Indiana on ABC - 2,230,000
Then the CU game on ESPN - 962,000
Mich St at illinois on BTN - 928,000
Oklahoma State at Kansas on FS1 - 734,000
UCF at Memphis on ESPN2 - 321,000