Colorado Basketball – December, 2021

Glass half full: CU signed the fourth-highest rated Recruiting Class in the Pac-12 … Glass half-empty: CU didn’t land a single consensus four-star prospect … Will this Class lead CU to sustained success – or continued mediocrity? … Let’s find out …

By the numbers: Most signees from Texas since the Class of 2002 … Quotable: Dorrell – “We feel like we’re off to a great start” … Grading the Class: Woelk – “Might be overall as solid of a group as CU has signed in years” …

2:45 p.m. … Jaydn Ott, a four-star running back who had CU on his list, opted for Cal … 2:00 p.m. … From the Class of 2022, six signees: OT Travis Gray, OLB Eoghan Kerry, P Ashton Logan, WR Grant Page, ATH Oakie Salave’a and CB Joshua Wiggins will enroll at CU next month for the spring semester …

Update: Texas NIL to pay every scholarship offensive lineman $50,000/year … CU announced Wednesday the creation of two $20,000 scholarships … On the same day, Texas announced the creation of a $10 million NIL slush fund to pay its athletes …

The Buffs may not be able to offer pay-for-play like other schools, but the 85-scholarship limit, and the glut of names in the Transfer Portal may offer CU the opportunity to compete in the brave new world of college football …