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The Dead, the Buffs, and the Art of Getting High
Colorado lost 77-66 to San Diego State at the Bill Walton Classic. Barrington Hargress scored a career-high 33. Why the 1-1 Buffs are fine.
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Colorado linebacker Gideon Lampron tackles an Arizona State ball carrier at Mountain America Stadium
Escape Hatch: Nine Things I Think We Learned After Arizona State
Colorado's own sponsors wrote Deion Sanders exit clauses into their deals back in 2023. Nine things we learned from the 20-10 loss at Arizona State.
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Colorado fans storm Folsom Field after the Buffs beat Kansas State 27-24 in overtime on Halloween 2026
Pitch Invasion: Six Things I Think We Learned After Kansas State
Colorado beat Kansas State 27-24 in OT. PFF grades on CU's tight end problem, Richard Young, Isaac Wilson's rise, Blake Barnett and the field storm.
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Deion Sanders' Contract at Colorado, Explained: Salary, Buyout and the Real Cost of a Change
Deion Sanders' Colorado contract explained: $54 million through 2029, salary by year, the 75% firing buyout, what he owes if he leaves and the real cost.
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Coming Attractions: 24 of ESPN’s Top 100 Basketball Players Are on the Buffs’ Schedule This Season
ESPN ranked the top 100 men's college basketball players. Colorado could face 24 of them this season, and 14 are coming to the CU Events Center.
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What Would It Really Cost to Fire Deion Sanders?
Deion Sanders' buyout runs about $25.5 million, less per year than keeping him. The real math on a coaching change, plus five things after Oklahoma State.
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A Saturday Under the Smaller Lights: What I Found at a D2 Game That is Sometimes Missing in Boulder
A night at a Division II football game, and what small-college Saturdays still get right that big-time college football has started to lose.
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The Most I've Felt in a Long Time...and It Wasn't Due to CU Football
A personal piece about why we watch, what sports still do to us, and the thing that moved me more than anything Colorado football did this season.
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The Golden Buffalo Marching Band forms a script on the field at Folsom Field
CU Football, the Golden Buffalo Marching Band and the Magic Number
Why the Golden Buffalo Marching Band is worth getting to Folsom Field early for, and the magic number behind a great gameday atmosphere.
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On Jedis, Barry Sanders and Travis Hunter
What Luke Skywalker, Barry Sanders and Travis Hunter have in common, and why we rank the players we watch the way we do.
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Dear Fernando Lovo: 4 Fixes That Could Instantly Make CU's Gameday Experience 10X Better (And Cost Almost Nothing)
An open letter to AD Fernando Lovo: four cheap, fast fixes to Colorado's gameday experience at Folsom Field, from entry gates to the pregame fan zone.
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Pushing Toward a Great Basketball Environment: Thoughts on the CU Hoops Experience
Lessons from Iowa, Michigan and Notre Dame on building a great college basketball atmosphere, and what Colorado should copy at the CU Events Center.
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