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What does the Go-Go Offense Look Like with JuJu Lewis at QB? How Brennan Marion Utilizes a Non-Running QB

When I first heard that Brennan Marion was named offensive coordinator at CU, my first thought was that his offense seems to be a strange fit with Juju Lewis.  A key component of the Go-Go offense, after all, has been the triple option.  Juju Lewis is primarily a pocket passer.  After studying film of the Go-Go offense

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Colorado 2026 Recruiting Class Roundup: The Defense Edition

First, the bad news:  Colorado’s high school recruiting class is ranked 100th nationally.  Schools ranked higher than CU include Buffalo, Arkansas State, Kent State, Ohio, Old Dominion and Georgia State.  CU’s ranking this year is much lower than last, where the Buffs nestled in at #39 nationally (when combined with transfer rankings, CU had the #24 overall class

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Colorado 2026 Recruiting Class Roundup: The Offense Edition

National signing day is….today????? The earlier date caused it to sneak up on college football fans (and the CU coaching staff?), largely because most of the recruiting class was wrapped up before the season began.  If you’re like most CU fans and haven’t paid much attention to recruiting the last few months, the good news is

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Relevant But Broken: A Nuanced Look at the State of CU Football

CU’s football season mercifully came to an end on Saturday in a 24-14 loss to the Kansas State Wildcats.   If you read social media, you’ll see that there’s very little nuance regarding CU’s disappointing season.  Everything is sensationalized and emotionally charged.  There’s a simplification of complex issues into binary positions – Deion Sanders is God / Deion

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Happy Thanksgiving From the Most Unhinged CU Group Chat on Earth

Thanksgiving is a day for gratitude, mashed potatoes, and pretending your family isn’t one snarky comment away from reenacting the Pac-12 breakup in real time. And like every modern American family, mine expresses its love the only way we know how: by communicating entirely through a chaotic group chat, even when we’re sitting in the

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Unverified Veracity: There’s a Flaw in the Football Blueprint, Soccer Success, and Get Yourself to the Coors Event Center

CU has a roster construction problem.  You want proof? CU ranks 108th nationally in scoring offense, 107th in scoring defense, 107th in yards per play, and 108th in yards per play allowed. Woof. Is there help on the way? CU is ranked 95th nationally in high school recruiting for the 2026 class.  Georgia State, UMass, Buffalo, Toledo, etc. are all ranked higher

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The Most I’ve Felt in a Long Time…and It Wasn’t Due to CU Football

I like to think of it as self-preservation.   I don’t like to watch things that are designed to make me feel too much.  My favorite teams’ playoff games?  Can’t do it live.  The anxiety, the dread, the stomach-churning sense that everything is about to go wrong — I can’t do it.  I skip it. I wait for the final score.  If

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Unverified Veracity Unveils CU Athletic Director Hot Board Version 1.0

Rick George announced yesterday that he is retiring as Athletic Director at CU and moving into a newly invented role as AD Emeritus where he will participate in “revenue generating initiatives for the athletic department.” In big-time college sports, it’s always about the money.   George leaves behind a legacy that’s complicated.  While there were pluses and

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A Saturday Under the Smaller Lights: What I Found at a D2 Game That is Sometimes Missing in Boulder

In an era where college football head coaches are paid $10m, players wear chains that cost more than an average worker makes in a year, and young men preach loyalty from their third transfer portal stop, sometimes it’s worth reminding yourself what the game used to feel like. That’s how I found myself in Grand

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