Countdown to Spring Practices – Quarterbacks and Running Backs


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At quarterback, CU has transfer Shedeur Sanders – and three scholarship quarterbacks with one collegiate pass between them … Meanwhile, at running back, there is plenty of experience, but perhaps not enough quality experience, considering the two new backs Coach Prime & Co. have brought in this off-season …

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CU Recruiting Renaissance

//posted 2.5.2023

When critics claim that CU’s highly-rated Recruiting Class is all about the volume of recruits, don’t buy in … CU’s Class is more about quality than quantity, with more blue-chip recruits, more Top 500 players, and more diversity than almost all of the best of CU’s Recruiting Classes in the Pac-12 era (combined!) …

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CU signed 42 scholarship players – almost half a team – in the past two months … A look at the record-setting numbers set by the Class of 2023, along with an in-depth discussion of Coach Prime’s press conference … Can CU compete for recruits without NIL “bags”? … Can Coach Prime turn “hope in the house” into victories on the field? … Let’s find out …

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Recruiting Class of 2023

//posted 2.1.2023

**It’s official** … CU picks up its first five-star high school prospect in 15 years, as cornerback Cormani McClain, one of the top 15 prospects in the nation (consensus Top ten before committing to CU) has sent in his Letter of Intent …

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The Buffs opened the new year with a pair of dominating wins over the Oregon schools, but that proved to be the highlight, as the men would only win one more game the rest of the month, including road sweeps by the Los Angeles and Oregon schools … The best news of the month? The signing of prep All-American, one of the highest-rated recruits in CU history … The CU women, meanwhile, had a strong month, re-entering the national polls on a 6-2 month, a January which included a buzzer-beating three-pointer to defeat No. 8 UCLA, 73-70 …

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Coach Prime all day every day … Coach Prime’s press conference after Signing Day II … Article from The Athletic going behind the scenes on the hiring of Coach Prime … Video introductions of Defensive Coordinator Charles Kelly and Offensive Coordinator Sean Lewis … Coach Prime at the National Championship game: “We gotta get here” …

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Less than two months from “winning” the national title for being the worst team in football, Colorado has skyrocketed to national relevance … Some see CU as moving too quickly; some see Coach Prime is getting too much credit for turning around a program still waiting to play its first game under Coach Prime … True or untrue? …

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CU’ opponents for the 2023 season have been known for years, but the schedule for those games was released just this week … The Buffs will open with a September against three ten-win teams … Can CU run the September gauntlet in tact, giving the Buffs a chance for a run to the post-season in the second half? … Let’s find out …

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What does McClain’s commitment mean to CU’s 2023 roster? To CU’s national perception? To CU’s future recruiting Classes? … Can Coach Prime keep the locker room from fracturing into and “us v. them” mentality? … Does CU’s Pac-12 schedule represent opportunities … Or a Bataan Death March? …

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Relegating Relegation

//posted 1.15.2023

State legislators in Washington are seeking to bind the Huskies and the Cougars to the same conference, trying to keep Washington from bolting to the Big Ten … With the Pac-12 gaining in national relevance, and Colorado under Coach Prime regaining its brand, CU’s chance of avoiding relegation have certainly been enhanced …

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CU in The Spotlight

//posted 1.14.2023

From ESPN GameDay to CBS This Morning to GQ, Coach Prime is everywhere … The spotlight has been turned on the CU program like at no time in recent memory, which is great for the CU brand, though it also brings with it negative stories … CU has yet to win a game under Coach Sanders, but CU is undeniably winning the off-season …

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The CU coaching staff is in place for the 2023 season: Is having five assistants from Jackson State too many? What schemes will CU employ? … Plus: CU is now well over the 85- man scholarship limit – Which units will see will future additions (and subtractions) between now and Fall Camp? …

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