Six months from today is Christmas Day … Will the Buff Nation be celebrating Coach Prime’s first season with full stockings? … Or are there more lumps of coal than presents? … A month-by-month look at CU’s schedule, as the “Search for Six” will begin in earnest soon …

Will San Diego State be a member of the Pac-12 in 2024? … Will Shedeur Sanders break CU’s single season records for passing yards and touchdowns? … Will the Buff defense surpass last season’s sack total (9) in the first four games? … Will CU’s Recruiting Class of 2024 finish in the Top 30? … Let’s find out …

Coach Prime has given CU fans plenty of quotable quotes since his hiring … Here are the videos (and best quotes) from his introductory press conference … his Signing Day press conference … the Spring Game press conference … and the Joel Klatt podcast interview …

With an agreement on revenue sharing, the Pac-12 media revenue contracts are close to being done, aren’t they? … With uncertainty surrounding the Pac-12, what would it take for it to make sense for CU to return to the Big 12? … What does CU need to do to be in the best position for the next round of realignment? … Let’s find out …

Some 70% of the players sent packing by Coach Prime and his staff have found homes with new schools … but only about 20% have landed at Power Five conference schools … A breakdown of where CU’s 2022 roster will be playing in 2023 …

Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi: “I didn’t kick anybody off when I came to Pitt. Zero. Those are your guys. When you become a head coach you inherit that team and you coach that team”… Could Narduzzi have constructed a team at CU on that theory? (No surprise: the numbers aren’t on Narduzzi’s side) …

What would be a “successful” September record for CU? … If an experienced QB backup isn’t in the cards, what are CU’s options? … Did CU make a mistake by raising single game ticket prices for the Nebraska game? … What will the Pac-12’s media contracts ultimately look like? … Let’s find out …

Has CU found its run-stopping defensive linemen? … Has CU, last in the nation in sacks last season, found its edge rushers? … Are the inside linebackers and safeties good enough to keep opposing defenses at bay? … Will Travis Hunter and Cormani McClain form the lock-down corner tandem we expect? … Let’s find out …

Not-so-bold prediction: Shedeur Sanders will be CU’s starting quarterback on Sept. 2nd v. TCU … The other ten starters? There are some likely candidates at wide receiver and the offensive line, but you never know … My Way-too-early starting lineup projections …

CU men’s golf finishes third at NCAA regionals; advance to NCAA finals for the first time in 21 years … CU women’s basketball fares well at annual CUSPY Awards, including “Sports Moment of the Year” …