Coach Prime retooling the roster with 15 transfer portal and 2024 additions, coaching changes and more.

@Troy Finnegan and I break down Colorado's action-packed offseason ⬇️

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Talked to Eddie Lampkin Jr. about his experience at CU, coming back from injury and how he's ready to finally play at 100% ⬇️

Fired Chip Kelly still coaching UCLA in bowl game. Did somebody get that wrong?

Bowls:
All times MT - Will track thru the bowls

LA Bowl: Boise State vs. UCLA - 5:30 PM - ABC - 2,380,000 - Down 20,000 from last year
Cure Bowl: Appalachian State & Miami, Ohio - 1:30 PM - ABC - 1,950,000 - Up 490,000
Myrtle Beach Bowl: Georgia Southern vs Ohio - 9:00 AM - ESPN - 1,200,000 - Up 279,000
New Orleans Bowl: Jacksonville State vs. Louisiana - 12:15 PM - ESPN - 1,090,000 - Up 70,000
Independence Bowl: Texas Tech vs Cal - 7:15 PM - ESPN - 1,020,000 - Down 1,390,000
New Mexico Bowl: Fresno State at New Mexico State - 3:45 PM - ESPN - 845,000 - Down 1,195,000

Lower Division Games:
Celebration Bowl: Howard vs. Florida A&M - 10:00 AM - ABC - 1,510,000 - Down 910,000 from last year
DI-AA Semifinal: North Dakota State at Montana - 2:30 PM - ESPN2 - 790,000 - Up 210,000
DI-AA Semifinal: Albany at South Dakota State (Friday) - 5:00 PM - ESPN2 - 476,000 - Down 547,000
DIII CG: North Central vs Courtland (Friday) - 5:00 PM - ESPNU - 222,000 - Last year numbers N/A
DII CG: CO School of Mines vs. Harding - 11:00 AM - ESPNU - 191,000 - Last year numbers N/A

Any word on CM.? He was one of my top 2 hopeful gets from last weekend.

Lanning is poaching pretty well.

So we all have seen the projections using 2023. All P2 save the 3 other auto bids. Feels safe to say next year likely the same unless maybe the ACC or BIG XIi get two in (the ACC today seems to have the better case today).

With 21 of the top 25 recruiting classes being P2 the future doesn’t look much different.
Let’s assume the minority opinion is correct and the breakaway is more tv contract based and the ACC the same thing - tv holds them together.

That means about 7-8 years of this set up. Is this really what people want? Does it make fans and donors want to pay millions to fight for kids that aren’t going to be enough to get you there, and even if you get there you can’t beat 8 of the other 11 teams most days.

My question is how do people want to see it fixed?
16 teams instead of 12?
A limit on how many one conference can have ?
A break away of a small group so we have two sets of leagues and more competitiveness for those not in the break away?

Any other solutions?

12 teams had people who didn’t look closely excited and believing it meant more parity. Now that even those people have been shown that it will still be the same group of teams we are pulling from is this satisfactory?

I don’t think so

SDSU, following Coach Lew.

In the last 2 weeks, Georgia has lost 5 (5) star and 13 (4) star players to the portal. This is the new age of college football. Most kids want to play now, not later and could give a dam about the school they play for. We have changed the way winning teams are built. Maybe Prime is ahead of the rest with the portal emphasis!

National Semis tonight on ESPN.
5 pm - Pitt and Nebraska
7:30 pm- Wiscy and Texas

It's December 15th. Here is a starting point for the OL discussion:

T - Savion Washington: 6'8" 320lbs: PFF 66.7 - Got better as the season went and when healthy I think a solid player.
T - Tyler Johnson: 6'5" 320lbs: PFF 65.7 - 247Sports grade 90; No Rivals grade. PFF not impressive to me.
T - Kahlil Benson: 6'6" 310lbs: PFF 60.5 - 247Sports grade 87; Rivals grade 5.5. PFF is bad. Not sure how he fits.
T - Issiah Walker: 6'5" 290lbs: no PFF grade - 247Sports grade #2 JUCO Tackle. I have no opinion yet.
T - Jordan Seaton: 6'6" 285lbs: High School - 247Sports grade #1 OL in class; Rivals grade 6.1. NFL talent.
G - Matthew Bedford: 6'6" 305lbs: PFF 69.2 - 247Sports grade 88; Rivals grade 5.5. 93rd PFF for Guards in the country. Solid starter.
G - Justin Mayers: 6'3" 309lbs: PFF 77.9 - 247Sports grade 88; Rivals grade 5.8. 19th PFF for Guards in the country. Solid starter.
C - Yakiri Walker: 6'1" 267lbs: PFF 65.1 - 247Sports grade 88; no Rivals grade. PFF not impressive to me. Not as good as Wells.

Still hoping for a couple more portal guys and a flip from JacQawn McRoy.

BZ: FB - Football recruiting: CU Buffs get commitment from Houston NT Chidozie Nwankwo, lose OL transfer (Former Indiana guard Matthew Bedford backs out of commitment to Colorado, to play at Oregon instead)

Video: Analyzing CU Buffs’ transfer portal additions

BZ: MBB - Strong first semester finish in sight for CU Buffs men’s basketball

BZ: Rooney: CU Buffs 3 extra points (Dec. 18, 2023)

BZ: WBB - Women’s basketball: CU Buffs challenging freshman duo to get up to speed

CU AD: TEN - Buffs Add Graduate Transfer Alexandra Abyasova To Tennis Roster

CUATG Blog: MBB/WBB - CU men “fall” to No. 28 in AP poll; CU women remain at No. 8

CUATG Blog: FB - Transfer Portal Tracker - Chidozie Nwankwo – DL (Committed December 18th) + Matthew Bedford – OL (De-committed December 18th)

CUATG Blog: FB - Colorado Recruiting Class of 2024 - Issiah Walker – OL – (JC)(De-committed December 18th)

CUATG Blog: FB - The Athletic: CU one of six teams to win the weekend in the Transfer Portal

CUATG Blog: FB - Oregon State and Washington State (still) believe they have a path to the Playoffs

Athlon Sports: FB - Dan Lanning And Oregon Snatch Away Transfer From Deion Sanders And Colorado

ESPN: FB - Colorado QB Shedeur Sanders expected to play spring ball

Newsday: FB - Deion Sanders lures offensive linemen to Colorado to protect QB son. Now those blockers need to gel

Denver Gazette: FB - Colorado Buffaloes finding plenty of SEC talent in transfer portal

Buffs Wire: FB - Colorado beefs up D-line with commitment from Houston transfer Chidozie Nwankwo

Buffs Wire: FB - Behind the Scenes with 'Coach Prime' showrunner and director Micah Brown

Cheers!

Looks like he was recruited over. Probably a better landing spot for the kid. If he proves himself he can always transfer up next offseason!

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Definitely won’t do well in tbe BIg X as they aren’t one of the top PaC team. 😂😂😂😂😂

Hmmmm. Someone must really be offering big money or someone big is coming in the portal

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DL Anqiun Barnes commits to CU. He was recruited by Charles Kelly back at Alabama. He’s listed at 6-foot-4 and 315 pounds.

Just read this. So young


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TCU freshman receiver Cordale Russell is Colorado's latest transfer addition after his weekend visit to Boulder. The 6-foot-4, 210-pound wideout from Mesquite, Texas played in three games a freshman with the Horned Frogs but didn't record any stats. He will have four years of eligibility left with the Buffs.

He signed as a member of the 2023 class with TCU and was rated as a four-star prospect and the 19th-best receiver in the class by Rivals. He was rated No. 130 overall in the Rivals250 for 2023.

BZ: FB - Football recruiting: CU Buffs add QB, three former 4-star recruits as transfers

BZ: MBB - Men’s basketball: Luke O’Brien finding the range for CU Buffs

BZ: FB - Former CU Buffs player, coach Darrin Chiaverini lands Division II head coaching job (Chiaverini to be head coach at Northeastern State University)

CUATG Blog: FB - Transfer Portal Tracker - Anquin Barnes – DL + Walter Taylor – QB + Quency Wiggins – DL + Cordale Russell – WR

CUATG Blog: FB - Will He Stay or Will He Go?

Ralphie Report: FB - Podcast: Coach Prime hits the recruiting trail, Tad Boyle gets a big win (Things are looking up in Boulder.)

AL.COM: Alabama DL transfers to Colorado, joins Deion Sanders and former coach

Clutch Points: FB - Colorado football's Deion Sanders strikes again in transfer portal with ex-Vanderbilt QB (Who will be the new backup quarterback to Heisman hopeful Shedeur Sanders?)

Clutch Points: FB - Colorado football's Deion Sanders lands former stud LSU recruit in transfer portal (Colorado football lands LSU transfer Quency Wiggins, with Deion Sanders making it his mission to bulk up the trenches)

Cheers!

I know this day applies more to HS signings and I have no inside information, but I also realize how much CP stage-manages the whole process . My gut tells me there will be some shocking commitments/signings between now and the 20th. Could also just be the green chile. What say you?

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Some quarterback depth for the Buffs as Vanderbilt quarterback Walter Taylor has announced his transfer commitment to Colorado following a visit to Boulder. Taylor checks in at 6-foot-7 and 235 pounds and will have three seasons to play at CU. He redshirted in 2022 as a freshman and played in five games this season mostly as a running threat. He rushed for 103 yards and a touchdown this year.

As a passer, he went 5 for 15 for 44 yards an an interception.

Taylor is the 14th commitment for the Buffs through the transfer portal and the second addition from Vandy alongside receiver Will Sheppard.

Anybody know who might be visiting this weekend? Hopefully 4 defensive linemen, 3 linebackers, another tight end, another QB and 2 edge rushers. Fingers crossed.