Uncle Neely today on a podcast said that Sanders is close to picking his DC , but it won’t be announced until Monday at the earliest. So much for any day now, really soon, a few days away. Probably will be after the Super Bowl. Whatever it will be whenever. I don’t believe anything until it happens anymore. Evidently Sanders doesn’t know that two days isn’t two weeks.

BZ: WBB - Women’s basketball: No. 6 CU Buffs step up in crunch time to knock off Washington State

BZ: MBB - Battered but formidable Utah another big road challenge for CU Buffs men’s basketball

BZ: Colorado athletics recorded nearly $9.9 million deficit for 2023 fiscal year

CU AD: WBB - Buffs Take Care of Business in Pullman

CU AD: MBB - Colorado Travels To Utah Saturday

CU AD: SKI - Dietze, Luczak Win, Buffs Lead Own Invitational At Midpoint

CU AD: TEN - Buffs Travel to Wyoming For Two Matches

CUATG Blog: FB - CU At The Game Podcast – CU Big 12 Schedule Reveal: The Good; the Bad; and the “I Can’t Wait”

USA Today Sports (Video): Deion Sanders becomes 'Professor Prime': What he said in first class teaching at Colorado

Buffs Beat: FB - Devin Rispress excited after joining a "damn good" recruiting staff at Colorado

Buffs Wire: FB - Jaylen Ellis forecasts Colorado teammate Omarion Miller to become college football's best WR

Buffs Wire: MBB - Masked-up J'Vonne Hadley playing through facial fracture

Buffs Wire: FB - Colorado offers four-star Notre Dame QB commit Deuce Knight

Buffs Wire: FB - Colorado DE Sav'ell Smalls moving to new position

Cheers!

Now we are talking!

Buffs back out on the road tonight, looking for a little revenge from last season's Pac-12 semifinals against Washington State. Colorado trying to keep pace in the league, currently just one game back of Stanford (who gets USC and UCLA this weekend). Big note for Wazzu: star guard Charlisse Leger-Walker is out after she suffered a season-ending knee injury last weekend against UCLA.

Starters for the Buffs:
Jaylyn Sherrod
Maddie Nolan
Frida Formann
Quay Miller
Aaronette Vonleh

For WSU:
Astera Tuhina
Tara Wallack
Eleonora Villa
Beyonce Bea
Bella Murekatete (Leading scorer: 13.7 PPG)

Before tonight's game, here's my latest on the Buffs rebounding from last Friday's loss, staying steady through the season and tonight's matchup with Washington State:

@Troy Finnegan and I have started the CU Sports Report Podcast! We film at the Sophomore on Pearl Street. If you're looking for a place to watch the game, it's a great spot. Here's episodes one, two and some backstory on how his partnership began 😄

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This new endeavor with the Sophomore on Pearl is really special for me in multiple ways.

Corey Portugal (who I’ve known for years) is the owner and has allowed us to use the Alumni Club as a studio space. Portugal has been working very hard to pioneer his own restaurant venture. Throughout his extensive process in getting into the bar business, he’s brought me along the way, showing me every detail and every step in achieving his goal.

With Corey owning a sports bar in Boulder and with me wanting to establish a podcast, for both of us, recording the podcast at the Sophomore was years of hard work that came to fruition.

I hope you all enjoy these first episodes of many at the Sophomore, so pumped for this partnership!

Just ask Arizona as the 10-9 Beavers take down the mighty Wildcats in Corvalis, 80-83 after trailing by 8 at halftime. Jordan Pope lead the way for the Beavs with 31 points and Tyler Bilodeau chipped-in with 22. Arizona now is a pedestrian looking (for them) 14-5 on the season and 5-3 in League play, 3rd place behind the Buffs at 6-3 (15-5) and Oregon at 6-2 (14-5).
I said at the beginning of the year this was the year for the Buffs to make a move in the Pac because frankly, it just wasn't very good.
Well, it's there for the taking. The Buffs Big 3 are as good as anybody's in League and it's time to put it all together and make that Tourney run.
We will also need another player or two to step-up each night in order for this team to reach the heights we all hope they can achieve. It's there for the taking. The question is: can the Buffs make it happen?

I want to go back and visit this end of the year and I’m also curious what everyone else thinks this early. Probably ask again right at the start of the season.

There are 11 spots for P4 next year. The break out I see today based on last year and the various off season moves so far looks like this.

ACC - 2
BIG - 3/4
BIG XII - 1
SEC - 4/5

A lot can and will change but it feels like it will look like this until the system changes

Deion says the new DC will be announced "within the next 2 days, maybe today"

That + more from his appearance on Undisputed ⬇️

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BZ: MBB - J’Vonne Hadley, Cody Williams look to bounce back for CU Buffs at Utah

BZ: WBB - Women’s basketball: No. 6 CU Buffs hit road to take on Washington State

BZ: FB - CU Buffs, Coach Prime set spring game for April 27

BZ: FB - Video: Analysis of CU Buffs football offseason work

CU AD: FB - Black & Gold Day Spring Football Game Set For April 27

CU AD: WBB -
No. 6 Colorado Heads Back to the PNW: Five Things to Know

Cu AD: SKI - Luczak Podium Highlights GS Qualifier At Steamboat

CU AD: T&F - Buffs Wrap Up First Day of Competition in Spokane

CUATG Blog: FB - Pac-12/Big 12 Notes – Postseason - Getting away with it: NCAA investigation of Arizona State nearing conclusion + CU to open Big 12 play v. coach on the ESPN “Hot Seat”

Ralphie Report: WBB - Sara-Rose Smith brings hunger to the Colorado Buffaloes (The Buffs’ newest bench contributor is right at home within JR Payne’s program.)

Buffs Beat: FB - Colorado's standouts some of the top Senior Bowl snubs

SportsKeeda: FB - "The timing is impeccable, the conference is impeccable": Deion Sanders shares optimism for Colorado’s new chapter in Big 12 after dismal Pac-12 run

Clutch Points: FB - Colorado football inches closer to dream of adding potential Shedeur Sanders protector

Buffs Wire: MBB - Five keys to Colorado securing a huge road win over Utah

Buffs Wire: FB - A closer look at Colorado football's 2024 schedule

Buffs Wire: FB - Kahlil Benson stepping up as leader for CU Buffs

Buffs Wire: FB - Colorado football: Way-too-early offensive breakout candidates for 2024

Cheers!

Just checking to see if anyone in the know has any idea who the new DC is going to be? I know it’s supposed to be down to three now, and supposedly they are all home run hires. Just wondering as supposedly and this was out of Sanders mouth we should know in a few days. Already been over a week since that conversation.

Iowa hires a new OC

The states of Tennessee and Virginia are suing NCAA over the restriction on NIL being used to induce players. Expect more states to join.

I hate where we are at but it is what it is. Now that we are here it needs to just be a free market at all times out in the open. It’s silly to pretend it isn’t happening anyways.

These lawsuits and public discourse to me are a huge positive. It will hasten along the split that needs to happen.

Yes - the current system favors a handful of schools (20 or 30 maybe). I don’t argue against the NCAA on this. So what? It’s a free market. Nothing ever works when you try to tell companies they are too big or their CEO makes too much. Don’t like it don’t give patronage to that company. Don’t like this level of ball then stop bankrupting yourself to compete in it and work with others to form a different version with different rules and caps.

The more of this stuff the faster it happens and that is good for all. Especially those not in the top group who can truly afford to participate in pay for play (hint - there isn’t anyone in the BIG XII who really can save maybe OSU and it’s a big maybe)

This is the only Omar White update I've seen anywhere. Is there actually a possibility he could come to Boulder?

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BZ: MBB - Men’s basketball: Courtney Anderson, RJ Smith working with eye on next year for CU Buffs

BZ: WBB - CU Buffs women’s basketball fighting through mid-season grind

CU AD: MGOLF - Golfers Close Out Spring Opener In Dogfight

CU AD: TRACK - Colorado To Compete On Two Fronts This Weekend

CUATG Blog: FB - Mini-documentary – Travis Hunter: A Different Breed (From nickinthecutt … Travis Hunter’s senior year in high school)

CUATG Blog: FB - Pac-12/Big 12 Notes – Beginning of the end: Tennessee/Virginia sue NCAA over NIL regulations

Buffs Beat: WBB - JR Payne's Buffs are making waves reminiscent of glory days
Colorado women's basketball will try to hit new heights this season

Buffs Wire: FB - Four-star Florida cornerback Gregory Xavier Thomas announces Colorado offer

Buffs Wire: MBB - Colorado men's basketball stat leaders entering February

Buffs Wire: FB - Two Big 12 head coaches make ESPN's early 2024 hot seat watch

Cheers!

Can Colorado actually flip? This was the pitch over the weekend:

I recall a long time ago someone started a post like this and I thought it was interesting. Essentially, the idea was to share as much about yourself as you feel comfortable with the idea of giving your other board-mates some context behind some of your positions, ideas, etc. For instance, you may have certain political leanings based on your age, where you were born/raised, career, etc. Same can be said for thoughts on CFB, how players have changed, etc.

I'll start.

Hi, I'm Evan and I'm a Buffaholic
51 year old married man (wife is a rabid Michigan alum so that has been interesting)
CU Grad - spoiled rotten being in Boulder 90-94 and was buddies with a lot of the guys on the team over those years (holding on to the good ole days with a vice-grip)
I have two CU related tattoos - Ralphie and CU on my ankle and the Flatirons on my shoulder (I want more but my wife won't let me lol)
My license plate is COBUFF2 and get a lot of honks and "Go Buffs"
I am by FAR the biggest fan amongst my CU buddies so they use me as the CU almanac for questions that they may have
While at CU, was a door-man/bouncer at Potter's on Pearl Street but spent most of my time hanging at The Sink and Taylor's (RIP Taylor's South Western Chix Sandwich) - still go to The Sink AT LEAST twice whenever I'm in town.
I have donated to the AD since '95 and now both the AD and NIL collective
Born and raised in Los Angeles but my family is from the NY and Chicago areas and I resonate more with the "East Coast Mentality" - my professional sports teams are the Giants, Rangers, Mets and Knicks for that reason (lots of suffering all around)
2 Daughters - 17 years old waiting to figure out where she is going to college and 14 year old HS Freshman (both avid soccer players)
Practiced Law for a little over 15 years before I moved over to wealth management which I have been doing for over a decade
I travel a decent amount to meet clients - mostly the Seattle area but have built a nice little client-base in CO so I get to travel to CU 3-5 times a year and try to get 2-3 FB games in a year and maybe a BB game or two as well.
Besides the Buffs following other sports, in my free time I golf and do Krav Maga (I've slowed down a bit with numerous shoulder injuries, but my 17 year old daughter is a legit bad ass!)

Hope other people with share about themselves and we can get more personal relationships with each other in a good way.

BZ: FB - Football: CU Buffs’ 2024 schedule announced

BZ: MBB - KJ Simpson from CU Buffs named a late season finalist for Wooden Award

CU AD: FB - Big 12 Releases 2024 League Football Schedules (Link To Printable Schedule)

CU AD: MGOLF - Golfers Vault From 12th Into Second In Southwestern Invitational

CU AD: WBB - Sherrod Makes Late Season Wooden Award Watch List

CU AD: MBB - Simpson Named To Wooden Award Late Season Top 20

CU AD: VB - CU Celebrates 2023 Season at Annual Banquet

CUATG Blog: FB - The Athletic on CU’s schedule: Colorado will have to earn it

CUATG Blog: FB - Sports Illustrated Top 25: Five Big 12 teams ranked (and CU plays all five in 2024)

Touchdown Wire: FB - Colorado QB Shedeur Sanders opting out of 2024 NFL Draft

Marca: FB - Deion Sanders confirms he has turned down other coaching jobs to stay in Colorado

DNVR: FB - Three takeaways from Colorado's 2024 Big 12 schedule reveal

SI: FB - Colorado’s Deion Sanders Doubles Down on Bold College Football Playoff Prediction

Saturday Down South: FB - Deion Sanders on Colorado's rebuilt roster: 'I love what I see"

Buffs Beat: FB - Colorado's protection for Shedeur Sanders goes beyond measurables (Buffaloes top priority was to fix the offensive line with the right talent)

Buffs Beat: FB - The "Prime Effect" is coming to famed NFL stadium this year
Colorado is scheduled to play Kansas at Arrowhead stadium on Nov. 23

The Oklahoman: FB - Oklahoma State football 2024 schedule takeaways: Cowboys close vs. Deion Sanders, Colorado

Fox Sports: FB - TCU head coach Sonny Dykes discusses the impact of the home opener vs. Colorado | No. 1 CFB Show

Denver Gazette: FB - What Deion Sanders Team Can Expect in First Season Back in Big-12

Sports Keeta: FB - "Are we sold out yet!": Deion Sanders drops his first reaction to 2024 Big 12 schedule for Colorado Buffaloes

Buffs Wire: Florida State decommit CJ Heard reportedly deciding between Colorado and UCLA

Buffs Wire: FB - Five thoughts on Colorado football's finalized 2024 schedule

Buffs Wire: FB - Deion Sanders still looking for 'one or two' more transfer portal linebackers

Cheers!

Colorado football will be back in the Big 12 for the first time since 2010, and Tuesday the conference announced the dates of CU’s upcoming 12-game season.

More details on the matchups ⬇️

I know Mike Farrell is not a favorite on this board, but his 2 part piece examining last season and the progression of the program heading into season 2 of the Prime era is pretty accurate IMO and provides some basis for optimism going forward. I will say that I think he missed one thing in assessing needs and the TP additions -the lack of finding someone (yet) who can reach the %*@ing end zone on kickoffs. Yes, that drives me nuts 🤯 I jest (sort of) but overall I think this is a pretty good piece. 🦬

From the News Stand :
https://mikefarrellsports.com/college/primes-rebuild-is-on-track
https://mikefarrellsports.com/college/primes-rebuild-is-on-track-part-2