CBS Post-season picks: Big 12 doesn’t get a CFP bye; Oklahoma State goes from 1-11 to a bowl … ESPN: Ranking the off-season – CU (a surprisingly high) 9th in the Big 12 … CBS Sports Post-spring Top 25: Big 12 Down to Three Ranked Teams …
Jordan Seaton’s path to becoming the highest-paid offensive lineman in the nation … American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) votes in favor of 24-team playoff; elimination of conference title games … OC Brennan Marion: “I’m very excited about what we can do with the guys that we have now here” …
It’s good to be the king: Big Ten fans weigh in on whether their conference has surpassed the SEC … Big Ten distributed $1.37 billion to its members, most receiving $76-$79 million (Big 12’s overall revenue: $460 million) … National Transfer Portal numbers: 88% found new homes …
CU to host first two rounds of the NCAA Lacrosse Tournament (CU v. Jacksonville, Friday, 4:00 p.m., MT, ESPN+) … No. 10 CU women’s Lacrosse upsets No. 4 Florida, 8-6, to win first Big 12 Championship …
The Big 12 has entered into a five-year partnership with Redbird, which contains as one of its elements an offer of a $30 million loan to Big 12 members … Should CU partake in what some call a “payday loan”? … Can CU afford not to? …
This weekend, Jordyn Tyson and Colton Hood joined the Club of former Buffs selected in the NFL Draft (as players from other schools) … With the transient nature of collegiate athletics, who in 20 years will still consider themselves “Forever Buffs”? …
Shut out of the Draft, former Buffs hit the Undrafted Free Agent market … Six Big 12 players – including former Buff Jordyn Tyson – taken in the first round of the NFL Draft … Longest Active Droughts without an NFL First Round pick …
(4/24) CU’s third commitment comes from three-star defensive lineman Kenny Fairley from Fairburn, Georgia … (4/14) Four-star quarterback Andre Adams becomes the foundation for CU’s Recruiting Class …
A spring of positive energy … “As a running back, if you’re not excited, I don’t know what to tell you” … “Everybody that is in the WR room is a dawg” … “We are going to make it better. I like where we are” …
NFL Mock Drafts: Buffs on the outside looking in … The Athletic: CU has two of the top 20 wide receiver transfers in the country … Bowl games to maintain historic tie-ins – CU and the Pac-12’s bowl tie-ins remain … Crawford Family Foundation donates $6 million to CU athletics …
Spring brings about renewal … Not just renewed hope, but renewed rosters … CU’s Spring Game may have been “vanilla”, but the Buff Nation’s hope for the 2026 season is rising from the ashes of the 2025 debacle ….
Big 12 Friday night games: CU home game against Houston moved to a Friday night … NCAA proposing age limits for eligibility (five years from 19th birthday) … Bill Connolly’s Favorite Transfer Classes includes (surprise!) Colorado (at No. 3) …