Spring Quotes – Defense


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Spring Quotes – Defense

//posted 4.22.2022

“(The 4-3 defense) a natural fit for the guys that we have on our team. It fits our strengths of what we do” … LB Guy Thomas: “I think I’m just as fast. I believe that my speed didn’t go anywhere. I’m only getting better” … Rod Chance on CB’s: “It’s good to see those guys and the best thing about them, they show up with a growth mindset each day – hungry for coaching, never turn it away” …

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Spring Quotes – Offense

//posted 4.22.2022

A compilation of notes and quotes from each unit on the offense … “Brendon Lewis is playing at a really high level right now” … RB Deion Smith: “It’s my turn and it’s my turn to show y’all that I’m next” … OC Mike Sanford: “I think the area that I’m really, really pleased with has been the receiver growth” …

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Enjoy It While It Lasts

//posted 4.17.2022

CU’s Recruiting Class of 2023 is currently the highest-ranked in the Pac-12, and in the Top Ten in the nation … But … based on any realistic metric, we know that this Class is not a Top Ten Class … Which begs the questions: In the current state of college football, why isn’t CU Recruiting better? Why isn’t CU doing better in the Transfer Portal? …

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Senior WR Jaylon Jackson has overcome four season-ending injuries since high school to be named an All-Pac-12 Special Teams performer and a team captain … Hear his insights on CU’s wide receiver room, and how he gushes about the new OC Mike Sanford: “I wish they had been here 2-3 years ago” …

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There had been only three CU women’s basketball players to make the Pac-12 All-Defensive team, and only three Buffs to make the Pac-12 All-Freshman team, but in the 2021-22 season, Kindyll Wetta joined both of those lists … What was it like being an integral part of CU’s first NCAA team since 2013? … Let’s find out …

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CU at the Masters

//posted 4.7.2022

This week, I am completing my personal trifecta for golf tournaments, adding Augusta National to my trips to St. Andrews and Pebble Beach … From the pimento sandwiches to the potential $8,500 “fine” for losing a badge, it’s been a memorable trip to the hallowed grounds of The Masters …

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CU ranked 90th or worse nationally in almost every major defensive category, and has lost six starters … Can the five senior defensive linemen make a difference? … Can Quinn Perry and Robert Barnes become CU’s next dominant linebackers? … Will CU need the Transfer Portal to fill holes in the secondary? … Let’s find out …

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The CU secondary was supposed to be a strength in 2022, with all four starters back … but three starters left, leaving senior safety Isaiah Lewis, CU’s leading tackler in 2021, to lead a group of talented – but inexperienced – defensive backs … What is like to be the last man standing? … Let’s find out …

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The CU offense in 2021 was better than 100th nationally in only one major category (and that was 98th in rushing) … Is Brendon Lewis the presumptive 2022 starter? … Can the RB and WR rooms overcome Transfer Portal defections? … Can new OL coach Kyle DeVan piece together a respectable offensive line? … Let’s find out …

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Fresh off of a huge upset of No. 2 Arizona, the Buffs opened March with a renewed sense of optimism … After taking out Utah to end the regular season, the fourth-seeded Buffs opened the Pac-12 tournament with an 80-69 win over No. 5 seed Oregon … The Buffs fell to No. 1 seed Arizona in the semi-finals, landing in the NIT, where CU fell at home to St. Bonaventure … The CU women, meanwhile, earned their first NCAA bid since 2013, but fell to Creighton in the first round of the Big Dance …

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CU has put all of its special teams eggs into one basket, with only one scholarship kicker and one scholarship punter … With no position battles (other than returners, which will likely not be determined until Fall Camp), will special teams receive the attention they deserve this spring? …

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If Gonzalez, Perry and Blackmon had returned, CU’s defensive backfield would have been a strength … Instead, it’s Isaiah Lewis and a bunch of question marks … Will CU’s talented – but inexperienced – defensive backs make a statement, or will CU be forced to rely on post-spring transfers to fill the void? …

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