CU added 9 transfers this weekend… and still needs ~40 more. The approach is smarter (production > hype), but the roster math is still absurd in Deion’s Year 4. New commits + remaining holes + target board in one place.
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The college football transfer portal is, as of today, officially open. It’s now silly season, folks. By latest count there are north of 3,500 FBS/FCS entries swirling around the carousel. Colorado needs to grab —- deep breath, John — about 40–45 of them. Yes, that’s an entire side of the ball plus a special teams
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After hiring Fernando Lovo, CU
fans want to know one thing:
What’s going to change on gameday — the stuff we actually live through — and how quickly?
Based on what Lovo actually rolled out at New Mexico in 2025, his early priorities tend to be: reduce friction, increase energy, and make fans feel like they got value.
If your team is 70% new every year, you’re not building a culture—you’re running a temp agency.
This is how to fix the probelm.
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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
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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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
Relevant But Broken: A Nuanced Look at the State of CU Football Read More »
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
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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[Editor’s Note: Bruno Sammartino is stepping in with our Monday game post-mortem. I’ve been in Grand Junction this weekend for a D2 football game, and will have a piece on D2 football later this week.] On Saturday, a depleted Buffaloes squad — starting a true freshman at quarterback and missing two starting tackles and two
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