CUATG Podcast – Completing the CU Roster


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Can CU get by with Shedeur Sanders and two freshmen quarterbacks? … Has the offensive line (with five transfers with zero Power Five offers) really been upgraded? … Has the recent influx of defensive line commitments given the unit enough talent (and depth) to compete in the Pac-12? … Let’s find out …

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By the Numbers – Defense

//posted 5.14.2023

Past experience (or ratings out of high school) no guarantee of future success, but bringing in three five-star prospects and eight four-star prospects (while losing zero four- and five-star defensive prospects) can’t hurt … Overall, CU’s is welcoming four five-star players and 11 four-star players – while losing none …

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By The Numbers – Offense

//posted 5.12.2023

Anonymous Big 12 Director of Player Personnel: “It is just absolutely unreasonable to think you can sign 25 players out of the spring transfer portal and make your team better” … Except the numbers don’t bear that out … A unit-by-unit look at the ratings and Power Five offers of the Buffs coming in and the Buffs who left …

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Last December, Coach Prime said the roster cuts were coming … Before and after the Spring Game, Coach Prime said the cuts were coming … Still, the unprecedented overhaul of the roster has been met with criticism and ridicule … Overreactions? Or cause for concern? …

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Nebraska head coach Matt Rhule has been none too pleased at the national attention Coach Prime has been receiving … Rhule (and the Big Red faithful) have been taking pot shots at CU and its new head coach, with the Big Red envy making this off-season all the more enjoyable …

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NIL News and Notes

//posted 4.29.2023

Travis Hunter signs NIL deal with Phil Long Ford (Hunter ranks No. 3 nationally in NIL valuation) … Buffs4Life to provide $2,000 NIL deals to football non-scholarship student-athletes …

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A sold-out Spring Game with a huge ESPN audience was quickly overshadowed by the dozens of Buffs who thereafter entered the Transfer Portal … How big a boon was the Spring Game to CU’s image? … Has it since been tarnished by the roster overhaul? … Will CU fans be amazed by the replacements? … Let’s find out …

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A crowd of 47,277 braved the snow and cold to bear witness to the start of the Coach Prime era at Folsom Field … Notes and quotes from the Spring game, with a primer on the busy Transfer Portal news to come in the next few days …

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A sell-out crowd of 45,000 and a national television audience on ESPN will watch the debut of Coach Prime in Folsom Field … Some historic notes from CU’s Spring game history: the Spring game played in Denver; the emotional Sal Aunese Spring game; Coach Mac calling on the Buff Nation to “Fill Folsom” in 2008 …

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LB coach Andre Hart: “We’re never satisfied because we’re putting so much in because we’re trying to put competition on the mental state, as well as the physical” … Clemson transfer LB LaVonta Bentley: “I’m just blessed just to be here and get this bigger role because I know I’ve got it in me and I know I can show the world what I can do” …

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The most anticipated (and best attended) Spring Game in CU history will be played before a sold out Folsom Field and a national television audience … Will Coach Prime’s premier be a showcase for Shedeur Sanders and Travis Hunter? … Will the Buff defense make fans forget the debacle which was the 2022 season? … Let’s find out …

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After years of living in an information desert, Buff fans have been inundated with press conferences, videos, and unprecedented media access to spring practices … Here is a unit-by-unit look at quotable quotes from the first half of spring practices …

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