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BUFFSBLOG BITES: BIG RECRUITING WEEKEND, NEW TRANSFER, AND HOOPS NOTES

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Biggest High School Recruiting Weekend This Decade? For those that read my most recent recruiting updates, you’ll know that I’ve been bullish on early recruiting results. For more, check out: https://buffsblog.com/colorado-buffaloes-high-school-recruiting-board-defense-version-one/ for the defensive board and https://buffsblog.com/cu-buffs-high-school-offensive-recruiting-hot-board-version-2-0/ for the offensive board. We’ll get these posts updated in coming weeks. But my optimism seems to be […]

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GRADING THE DEFENSE AND SPECIAL TEAMS UNITS AFTER THE SPRING GAME – AN Xs AND Os BREAKDOWN

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[Editor’s note: After writing this post, and immediately prior to the closing of the spring transfer portal for non-graduates, CB Colton Hood and his brother, RB Brendon Hood, entered the transfer portal. Inexplicably, sources have told me that Brandon Hood was asked to leave and so he and his brother, Colton, both jumped into the

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BUFFSBLOG BITES: NEXT MAN UP AFTER ZACK OWENS DEPARTURE AND BASKETBALL NOTES

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#75 Zack Owens is hitting the transfer portal. I audibly groaned when reading the news that offensive guard Zack Owens is entering the transfer portal. The former 4-star Clemson recruit, now 345 pounds (down from 375), was a star in the spring game.  He was a devastating run blocker and surprised with his ability to get

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HELLO! [….and goodbye…..] JAY GARDENHIRE – WELCOME TO THE BLACK AND GOLD!

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[Editor’s note: This post was going to run on Monday. However, after the Spring Game this afternoon, Jay Gardenhire announced that he was going to enter the tranfser portal. Gardenhire must have heard that this post was going to run and so he decided to transfer so that we wouldn’t publish the post and he

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THE SPRING TRANSFER PORTAL GIVETH AND THE SPRING TRANSFER PORTAL TAKETH

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Xavier Hill was on the Outland Trophy watch list last season. This past week I published “What We’re Hearing About the Offense” and “What We’re Hearing About the Defense” to detail how the team is looking in spring practice.  Those posts are going to be obsolete in another month or two. Deion Sanders, Transfer Portal Savant,

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COLORADO SPRING FOOTBALL 2025: WHAT WE’RE HEARING ABOUT THE DEFENSE

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This is a follow-up to our earlier article about what we’re hearing about the offense this spring.  For that article, check out: Under the Deion Sanders regime, there’s a tight lid on information out of the Champions Center.   One source of information is the “CU Sponsored State Media,” ie Well-Off Media, Reach the People Media and Uncle

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