Colorado Daily – TCU Week


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Dorrell on quarterbacks: “We’ll watch the tape and assess both of them” … *Video: Karl Dorrell Post-Game press conference* … Dave Plati to step down as CU Sports Information Director … Buffs out to prove the naysayers wrong: “We’re happy to be in the position we’re in right now” …

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Friday Fast Facts

//posted 9.2.2022

Impress your friends with your CU knowledge … CU is 5-0-1 since 1988 when opening the season against a Power Five school … The Buffs have won six straight season openers … One stat from 2021 the CU offense would actually like to duplicate … The impressive debuts of CU’s last five offensive coordinators …

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BONUS! … R.J. Sneed II led Baylor in receiving in 2020, and was second on the team in 2021. Rather than return to the defending Big 12 champions, R.J. transferred to CU for his final season … What led RJ to Boulder? … What are his expectations, both personally, and for the team for this fall? … Let’s find out …

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TCU had one of the worst defenses in college football last season, and yet is an 11-point favorite to beat CU … Will the Buffs be able to score – or will the struggles of 2021 rear their ugly heads once again? … Will the baby Buff secondary be able to slow down Sonny Dykes’ air raid offense? … Which team has figured out how to cause turnovers? … Let’s find out …

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The Buffs are 11-point underdogs to the Horned Frogs, a team which changed coaches after going 5-7 last season … Will both teams be alternating quarterbacks? … Which has improved: CU’s lousy offense or TCU’s lousy defense? … Stats to make you smile (and stats to make you cringe) …

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Fall Camp Notes

//posted 8.28.2022

*Video: Karl Dorrell talks quarterbacks; injury updates* … Dorrell on QB’s: “We’ve decided to announce not to announce” … Buffs looking for great things from West Virginia transfer LB Josh Chandler-Semedo: “He’s a great player and a great guy” …

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Pac-12 Notes

//posted 8.27.2022

ESPN President: Network Interested in the Pac-12 “in the short term” … The Athletic Coaching Tiers: Karl Dorrell in Tier 4 …

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Colorado Daily

//posted 8.27.2022

**CU Depth Chart released (no resolution at quarterback or tailback)** … Senior WR Maurice Bell back from injury: “I’m ready to prove everybody wrong” … *Video: OL Tommy Brown and WR RJ Sneed happy to be back practicing* …

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Preseason Magazines

//posted 8.22.2022

Final preseason projections from ESPN+ and Jon Wilner: CU a three-win team in 2022 … Associated Press Preseason poll released: Half of CU’s 2022 opponents receive votes … Pro Football Focus Preseason All-Pac-12 teams … CBS Preseason 1-131: Utah No. 4 (!); USC jumps 73 spots (?) … Neill Woelk: Five Reasons for Optimism … College Football News predicts the outcome of every Pac-12 game …

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The CU defense had its moments in 2021, but was worn down by an historically bad CU offense … Is the Buff defensive line as deep as it has been for years? … Can the senior linebacker transfers (Barnes and Chandler-Semedo) be difference makers? … Can the Buff coaches devise schemes to protect their young secondary? …

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Who will be on the field for the first snaps of the 2022 season? … Will it be incumbent Brendon Lewis behind center, or challenger J.T. Shrout? … Will Alex Fontenot be the featured back? Or will it be running back by committee? … Will transfers R.J. Sneed and Tommy Brown be ready to step into the starting lineup? Or will it be “Plan B” for those positions? …

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Most pundits see CU as a three-to-four win team in 2022 … Going game-by-game through the 2022 season, Stuart, Brad and Neil try and find a path for the Buffs to get to six wins and a bowl bid …

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