August 2021 – CU At the Game

Colorado Daily

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In Karl We Trust: “I like how honest he is, I like how serious he is” … Neill Woelk Previews Inside Linebackers: Nothing to Suggest Nate Landman won’t be a Full Speed … Safety Isaiah Lewis has gone from backup to leader: “I’m helping in getting the young guys going” … ESPN: CU will go bowling in 2021 …

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Pac-12 Notes

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Scott Frost on Nebraska’s 30-22 loss to Illinois: “It looked like the same movie” … Texas A&M senior defensive end arrested; suspended … Kliavkoff: Pac-12 could move to eight-game conference schedule as early as next year … Former CU President Gordon Gee: Playoff Expansion DOA …

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Fall Camp Notes

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Jonathan Van Diest ready for his opportunity: “Each day we’re getting better” … Video: Karl Dorrell Friday post-practice comments: “It’s going to seem like an unscouted game” … Neill Woelk DB Preview: Every position has an experienced starter … **Video: Mark Johnson interviews Christian Gonzalez and Isaiah Lewis** …

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Realignment News (and Rumors)

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Big 12 Commissioner: “The Big 12 has every expectation that we will continue to compete at the highest levels” … What does the Alliance mean? Stability and delaying playoff expansion … **Pac-12 Press Release: Pac-12/Big Ten/ACC announce historic Alliance** …

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Preseason Magazines

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Wilner picks the Pac-12 – CU to upset Washington (but that’s it) … Associated Press Preseason Top 25 released: Five Pac-12 teams ranked … CBS Sports: CU a candidate to be one of college football’s “chaos” teams … USA Today/Coaches Preseason Poll Released, with eight Pac-12 teams receiving votes …

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Drinking the Karl Dorrell Kool-Aid?

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CU is in a virtual tie with ASU for the third-best record in the Pac-12 South over the past five years, and has the reigning Pac-12 Coach-of-the-Year and Offensive Player-of-the-Year, but gets no respect nationally … Dorrell: “I want to change the perception” – The question is: Can he? …

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CUATG Podcast – Fall Preview: CU Defense / Plus: CU’s Alignment Future

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Can Chris Wilson, as DC and defensive line coach, develop the line into a strength instead of a liability? … Will Nate Landman be Nate Landman in 2021? (and do the Buffs need him to be?) … Will the transfers live up to expectations? … Is CU really three-deep at both cornerback positions? …

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Fall Camp Roster Review – Special Teams

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Josh Watts is established as punter (with no competition), but the kicking job is up for grabs, with incumbent Evan Price facing incoming scholarship freshman Cole Becker … Last season’s leading kick returner, Maurice Bell, is out for the season … Is it up to Dimitri Stanley and/or Brenden Rice to make names for themselves? …

Fall Camp Roster Review – Secondary

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Mekhi Blackmon and Isaiah Lewis have All-Pac-12 honors on their resumes, but Christian Gonzalez may be the best player in the defensive backfield … Can Chris Miller stay healthy long enough to be effective? Will the newcomers who will be thrust into the fray be ready to contribute? …

Fall Camp Roster Review – Inside Linebackers

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It begins and ends with Nate Landman: “I’m doing everything that the team is doing – I trust by rehab and everything so well” … but for CU to be successful, Landman will need help: “Hopefully with continuity and in making this (defense) a little more player-friendly, they’ll excel” …

CUATG Podcast – Fall Preview: CU Offense / Plus: CU and Realignment

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Who will start at QB v. Northern Colorado? (and will it be the same QB v. Texas A&M?) … Broussard the workhorse, or RB by committee? … Who will be the breakout WR? … Is THIS the year of the tight end at CU? … Is this CU’s best offensive line in 20 years? …

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Fall Camp Roster Review – Outside Linebackers

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Carson Wells led the nation last year in tackles for loss, but was only Pac-12 honorable mention … What to make of CU’s linebackers? Phil Steele’s has the Buffs as the No. 7 linebacker unit in the nation, while Athlon rates the Buff linebacker unit 7th … in the Pac-12 …

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