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Inside the Big 10 Power Play that Could Impact CU’s Next 20 Years

CU’s biggest problem isn’t a lack of high school recruiting or the offensive coordinator.  It’s the conference that it plays in. As college football continues to morph into a three-tier economy with the Big 10 and SEC on top, followed by the Big 12 and the ACC, and then the Group of 6, the Buffs currently […]

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JR Payne Reloads: Why CU Women’s Hoops is Built to Dance in 2025-26

The good news? JR Payne cooked in the transfer portal this off-season, as the Buffs welcomed several high-level transfers into the program.  The bad news? JR Payne needed to cook, because there are only 2 returning players that saw material minutes last year.    Thankfully, however, one of the returning players is post Jade Masogayo.  Masogayo was

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Why This CU Basketball Roster is Better than You Think — Inside Tad Boyle’s Makeover of CU basketball

I’m much, much more optimistic about the men’s basketball team at CU than I thought I’d be in January.  Why?  3 primary reasons.   First, CU has seen surprising growth by Sebastien Rancik, who is now up to 6’11”.  Rancik is now good enough to be labeled the “next” NBA player out of Boulder.  He’s now taller than Tristan de

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CU Beats Iowa State: Coaching and Schemes Deep Dive and Player Analysis

The Buffs won on Saturday against a ranked opponent for the first time this season.    It was the 2nd win over a ranked opponent under the Deion Sanders regime, and the first since last year’s season opener against TCU.  It was much needed particularly as the Buffs now enter the bye week in position to fight for bowl

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Deion Sanders One of Several Inductees Into BuffsBlog’s All-Grit Hall of Fame

Deion Sanders’ toughness isn’t human. So we decided to build the All Grit Hall of Fame in his honor. Read below for information on Sanders’ induction as well as the bios of the other inductees into the GHOF. Deion Sanders Sanders announced in his press conference on Tuesday that he’s undergoing a 4-hour surgery later Tuesday that’s

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Inside Juju Lewis’ Recruiting Ranking — and the Honest Truth about What to Expect if He’s QB1 for the Rest of the Season

Setting the Record Straight on Lewis’ Recruiting Ranking In many of my interactions with CU fans, I’m told that Lewis was a 5-star “can’t miss” recruit. This is incorrect.  Lewis was not a 5-star QB coming out of high school.  Was he considered he a high-level recruit?  Definitely.  But we need to dig a bit deeper if we’re going

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Unverified Veracity Looks at CU’s Team Culture, Football Standouts, and Coaching Issues

Leadership and Culture Issues I think CU is suffering from a leadership and culture problem that is caused by the large number of transfers. Transfers are often (understandably) concerned with individual branding and short-term urgency (ie, “get yourself to the NFL”) instead of having program-related concerns. This directly impacts the succcess of the team. CU

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Unverified Veracity Looks at 5 Questions – Including is there a Big Time Silent Commitment?, How Good is Salter Really?, and is CU as Good as it Looked Against Wyoming? 

Did CU receive a big time silent commitment on Saturday? Eagle-eyed CU fans may have noticed that there are several different photo backgrounds that CU uses with high school players on their recruiting trips. There is one background that is particularly noteworthy…..the WE COMING background. Many of those players that take a photo with Deion

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Hello!  Ryan Staub!  Welcome to the Black and Gold……(again)…..16 Things You Need to Know About CU’s New (Old) Quarterback

BuffsBlog has a tradition of making a Hello! post for all new recruits/commits to the football program.  Given the rather unique path of CU’s (former?) 3rd string QB, we’ve decided to take a staub at a Hello! post for CU’s new (old) quarterback, Ryan Staub.   A couple of preliminary matters before we jump in. First, there seems

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