Pac-12 Notes – Spring/Summer


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College Football Playoff Expansion Talk Back on the Table … Preseason Media All-Pac-12 Team Released (CU only team with no representatives on first- or second-teams) … UCLA’s “messy situation” could get much worse …

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Well-regarded CU Contributing Editor Neill Woelk has laid out his five reasons for Buff fans to be optimistic heading into the 2022 season … Neill is inside the Champions Center, so have Buff fans been given a template for the Buffs’ 2022 campaign? …

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Karl Dorrell at Pac-12 Media Day: “I believe you are going to see a quality team this year” … Alex Fontenot on running backs room: “I know we can get it done. That’s the confidence I have in our room. … The talent is still there” … Defensive Line: From Weakness to Strength? …

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CU’s conference affiliation for the 2024 season may be unknown, but we do know that the Buffs will be playing in the Pac-12 this fall … Brad and Neil are back, with a team-by-team preview, together with a look at how CU is being treated by the nation’s press this preseason …

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CU athletic director Rick George: “We’re not going to have boosters involved in the recruiting process and other areas” … CU has largely taken a pass on engaging its fan base in the new age of NIL. Is taking the high road the right road? Or a road which leads to lost recruits, lost games and demotion? …

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There are three sure things in life: Death; taxes; and the inability of the remaining teams in the “Pac-10” to be viable in the new world of college football … So, what happens nex for CU? Expansion of the Pac-12? A merger with the Big 12? A joint move with Utah and the Arizona schools to the Big 12? Let’s find out …

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A guest editorial by a CU at the Gamer takes a look at how we got to where we are in realignment, and what options are ahead … (How can you not like an Essay which quotes Mad Men, Charles Darwin, Socrates, and Bill Murray?) …

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All in all done … With this Sunday’s posting of the interview with redshirt freshman tight end Caleb Fauria, the 20 NIL podcast interviews have been conducted … Thanks to you, and your donation of $10,000 in three days in February, it has been a great opportunity to get to better know your Buffs …

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CU Olympic Sports

//posted 6.26.2022

Emma Coburn wins the 3,000-meter steeplechase national championship … Taylor Kornieck scores in her debut with the U.S. women’s national soccer team … CU women finish 9th in NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships (tied for second-best finish by the team in CU history) …

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It’s been another tough June for the CU fan base, with the Buff chances being panned by almost every national publication … An anonymous Pac-12 coach: “Coaches talk in this league, and there’s a rep out there that they’re not interested in pressing to be great again” (ouch) … Can CU defy expectations? …

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Caleb Fauria is a CU legacy, with his father, Christian Fauria (1991-94) a CU legend … Caleb, though, wants his own legacy, having been recruited by Power Five schools across the nation … What does Caleb think of his new position coach (and passing game coordinator) Clay Patterson? … Let’s find out …

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With the defection of starters through the Transfer Portal, and the lack of the formation of a CU collective to lure and retain top talent, the Buff Nation is faced with not only the prospects of another losing season, but the likelihood of it not getting any better … Are you as apathetic as I was in 1981? … 2006? … 2009? … 2012? …

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