“BuffsBlog, slow down with the clickbait headlines.” Here’s some news, friends. This isn’t a clickbait headline. The best player for CU this fall will be not be a 5-star “can’t miss” high school player that commits to CU in front of flashing lights and TV cameras. Instead, the best player for CU this fall will […]
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College athletic budgets are under unprecedented pressure. The new NCAA vs. House settlement permits athletic departments to pay players up to $20.5 million per year. Rick George has said that Colorado will fully fund this amount to players — meaning that CU now has to find an additional $20+m of revenue every year. Naming rights deals
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As Colorado pushes forward with summer football camps in Boulder, the absence of head coach Deion Sanders is no longer just a local storyline—it’s now caught the eyes of major national outlets like USA Today and ESPN. Deion Sanders, who’s been recovering at his “Country Prime” ranch in Canton, Texas, since shortly after CU’s April
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The CFP’s looming expansion to 16 teams has unleashed a format feud more confused than this author at a craps table in Las Vegas (I’m baaaaaaack baby!) Here’s the gist of the playoff structure issue from our perspective —the playoff format that will probably give the Big 12 fewer bids is better for Colorado than the playoff
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[Editor’s note: This is an excerpt from the BuffsBlog mailbag that previously posted, with some additional information added since the publishing of the mailbag. For more mailbag, including CU-related questions (!) check out the mailbag at: https://buffsblog.com/cu-football-and-lawrence-welk-its-a-buffsblog-mailbag/] MAILBAG QUESTION: “WHAT IS THE BEST STADIUM IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL?” — David in San Francisco As a lifelong
In 2005, Reggie Bush was college football’s golden child. He was electric, unstoppable, and the face of a USC dynasty that felt more Hollywood than collegiate. He was a Heisman Trophy winner. …and yet just 5 years later, after reports surfaced that Bush and his family had accepted “impermissible financial benefits” from third parties, USC
[Editor’s note: This is a series of Hello! posts breaking down Coloardo’s true freshman football players. For posts on each of the true freshman that committed to CU in 2025, see: Quentin Gibson: https://buffsblog.com/hello-maxpreps-national-player-of-the-year-quentin-gibson-welcome-to-the-black-and-gold/; Jay Gardenhire: https://buffsblog.com/hello-and-goodbye-jay-gardenhire-welcome-to-the-black-and-gold/; Quanell “X” Farrakhan Jr. https://buffsblog.com/hello-quanell-farrakhan-jr-welcome-to-the-black-and-gold/; Carde Smith: https://buffsblog.com/hello-carde-smith-welcome-to-the-black-and-gold/; Zayne DeSouza: https://buffsblog.com/hello-zayne-desouza-welcome-to-the-black-and-gold/; Mantrez Walker: https://buffsblog.com/hello-mantrez-walker-welcome-to-the-black-and-gold/; Corbin Laisure: https://buffsblog.com/hello-corbin-laisure-welcome-to-the-black-and-gold/; Chauncey Gooden: https://buffsblog.com/hello-chauncey-gooden-welcome-to-the-black-and-gold/; Antonio “TJ” Branch: https://buffsblog.com/hello-tj-branch-jr-welcome-to-the-black-and-gold/; Adrian Wilson: https://buffsblog.com/hello-adrian-wilson-welcome-to-the-black-and-gold/;
WHY JULIAN “JUJU” LEWIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT COLORADO FOOTBALL RECRUIT IN 25+ YEARS Read More »
On Monday, CU announced it will retire two jersey numbers during the spring game: Travis Hunter’s No. 12 and Shedeur Sanders’ No. 2. And when the news broke, one thought came to mind— What’s the rush? Look, I get it. Fathers are biologically wired to hype their kids. I say this as the guy in
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It’s peak off-season time and here at BuffsBlog we’re going to introduce a new alliterative recurring column: the BuffsBlog Big Bold Brainchild. It’s a chance to talk about big ideas that interest us but that we haven’t seen discussed on the latest ESPN Screaming Heads tv show or talked about on local sports radio. We’d love to get
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While Deion Sanders believes the Colorado Buffaloes defense will be better overall this upcoming season than it was last season, there is one position group that remains a question mark — inside linebacker. While this may be contrary to public opinion, the truth is that average play from CU’s inside linebackers this upcoming season will
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