2025 Schedule: CU’s Six Most Difficult Games


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Unlike past seasons, when there were clear losses on schedule, CU enters the 2025 season with no clear losses … but that doesn’t mean there won’t be challenges, with four games against teams with nine or more wins in 2024 …

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CU went 6-0 against my six “easiest” opponents last year – will the Buffs have the same luck this fall? … Delaware and Wyoming are CU’s two layup games on the 2025 calendar, but after that? …

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After being a liability for years, the Buff defensive line is a strength, which may prove necessary as CU is thin in both talent and depth at inside linebacker … CU’s defensive backfield is talented, though not as deep as during Coach Prime’s first two seasons …

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Starting quarterback is only one of the skill position player positions in question, as starting running backs and wide receivers will also be determined during Fall Camp … For the first time in years, the offensive line has both quality and depth …

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The preseason subjective narrative (“CU won’t be able to win without Travis and Shedeur”) was to be expected, but the objective numbers also show a lingering anti-CU and anti-Coach Prime bias …

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Bill McCartney’s 1990 Buffs played the nation’s most difficult schedule, but still won the national title … After two decades of wanting (needing?) to avoid challenging schedules, CU’s 2025 campaign is one of opportunity …

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Coach Prime is spending Father’s Day at home with family (including a new grandchild) … Buff fans don’t know how long we’ll have Coach Prime in Boulder, but it’s never a bad time to look at what he has already brought to CU …

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Transfer Portal Tracker

//posted 6.12.2025

(6/12) Help for the running back room, as Simeon Price (Coastal Carolina) becomes CU’s fifth scholarship back … (5/30) CU picks up linebacker Shaun Myers (North Alabama) and offensive lineman Cooper Lovelace (Northwestern) …

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Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark is advocating for a 5+11 College Football Playoff model, even though it will all but guarantee fewer Big 12 teams qualifying for the playoff … Is the 5+11 model best for the Big 12 (and CU)? …

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Kaidon Salter was once a four-star recruit heading to Tennessee, but now is in Boulder as a three-star transfer looking to prove doubters wrong … Can Salter adequately fill Shedeur Sanders’ shoes, and keep CU competitive in the Big 12? … Let’s find out …

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It’s too early for game-by-game predictions, but it’s not too early to take a game-by-game look at how the schedule shakes out, and what record Bill Connelly’s ESPN SP+ sees for your Buffs …

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100 Days Out …

//posted 5.18.2025

On Wednesday, single game tickets go on sale – and we officially hit the 100-day mark in the countdown to the Georgia Tech game … CU hasn’t left the national spotlight (as evidenced by 100-day countdown stories) – How fair are the recent narratives? …

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