Colorado Daily – Spring Practices


CU one of only 15 FBS teams without an FCS team on its 2019 schedule … CBS Top 100 players for 2020 NFL Draft includes three Buffs … Defensive coordinator Tyson Summers on Spring game: “Too many points … we’ll figure it out” …

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CU at the NFL Draft

//posted 4.29.2019

Early 2020 NFL mock Draft – Laviska Shenault No. 6 overall pick … Jon Wilner: Pac-12 winners and losers from NFL Draft (Washington has more picks than L.A. schools combined) … Five Buffs sign as free agents … WR Juwann Winfree goes to the Denver Broncos in the sixth round …

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Steven Montez on Steven Montez: “Not God-awful, but not really good” … It’s Nate Landman’s world, we just get to live in it … Laviska Shenault was last spring’s breakout star – which young Buff made a name for himself in the 2091 Spring game? …

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Spring Practice Notes

//posted 4.27.2019

Spring Game: Gold 55, Black 27 – Mel Tucker: “I wanted to see guys compete, I wanted to see guys finish, I wanted to see guys strain, I wanted to see guys execute. We got that today” … Team and individual statistics … Rosters for Spring game – Montez v. Noyer/Lytle …

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Game Day!! … Ten Questions for the CU Spring game, including: Does Steven Montez have a clear command of the Jay Johnson offense?; and, Who are No. 10, No. 13, No. 14, and No. 22? … ADDED: “Neill Woelk: What To Watch In Saturday’s Buffs Spring Finale” …

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Compare: Neill Woelk’s Five Takeaways from Second Spring Scrimmage … According to head coach Mel Tucker, the Buffs “put some money in the bank” on Friday at CU’s second spring scrimmage … A unit-by-unit review of the numbers show a number of positives (and a few negatives) …

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You can make an argument that CU will have four returning starters along the offensive line next fall, supplemented by a graduate transfer … You can also make an argument that CU only has one returning starter (and a sophomore at that), with the line in a dangerous state of flux …

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First spring scrimmage edition, with a unit-by-unit review … Mel Tucker: “We’re still not playing as fast and as physical as we need to, but I thought we made a step today … Guys were focusing throughout from start to finish. I thought the execution was solid” …

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Virginia went from bums to kings in one year, winning their first national championship a year after becoming the first No. 1 seed to lose to a No. 16 seed … What is it like to win a title? It’s been a long wait for my teams …

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What do Tasseography and Beau Bisharat have in common? … Will CU’s run in the Pac-12 tournament and the NIT act as a springboard for the 2019-2020 season? … Archived Games: Week Three in 1994 – that would be the “Miracle at Michigan” …

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CU’s 2018 starting safeties graduated, and two potential replacements are out this spring with injuries … Will DC Tyson Summers be left with a starting lineup at safety consisting of a converted wide receiver, a converted cornerback … and an outside linebacker? …

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After a tough January and a strong February, the Buffs put together a strong run in March … CU takes down Utah and the L.A. schools to close out the regular season before making a run to the Pac-12 tournament semi-finals … Earning an NIT bid, the Buffs take down Dayton and Norfolk State at home before falling to Texas on the road in the third round … The Buffs finish with a 23-12 record, tied for the third-most wins in school history, with McKinley Wright and Tyler Bey earning first-team All-Pac-12 honors …

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