Big 12 Notes


2025 Season Archive

Big 12 Notes

//posted 12.27.2025
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How rich schools are getting around the football spending cap … Projecting Power Four Quarterbacks – Where will departing Big 12 Quarterbacks land? Who will replace them? … The next legal battleground: Can schools recover damages when a player transfers …

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Transfer Portal Tracker

//posted 12.27.2025
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(12/27) Running back Dallan Hayden joins the list (70 carries, 326 yards one touchdown in 2025) becomes Buff No. 20 in the Transfer Portal … (12/26) DL Samuel Okunlola, who played just 33 defensive snaps in 2025, enters The Portal …

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Coaching Carousel

//posted 12.26.2025
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Michigan hires former Utah head coach Kyle Whittingham … Offensive coordinator Brenna Marion adds a Sac State coach to his staff … Coach Prime hires new running backs coach and new linebackers coach …

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A Christmas present: Joseph Peko, younger brother of CU JC commit Domata Peko, Jr., and son of CU defensive line coach Domata Peko, commits to CU … Four-star WR Xavier McDonald, who had committed to play for Sac State, commits to CU …

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All I Want for Christmas …

//posted 12.21.2025
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Spike Jones and Mariah Carey made good money from “All I want for Christmas” songs (royalties CU could certainly use) … In the meantime, Coach Prime has to stop the roster bleeding, hire good assistants, and get back to being Coach Prime …

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Iowa State quarterback Rocco Becht leaving the Cyclones … Arizona State (and former CU) wide receiver Jordyn Tyson declares for the NFL Draft … TCU’s starting quarterback to skip Alamo Bowl; enter Transfer Portal …

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Colorado Daily

//posted 12.16.2025
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Jersey patches and field logos could help offset CU’s projected budget deficit … Board of Regents unanimously approve Brennan Marion’s $1.5 million contract …

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CU only has about 60 scholarship players on its 2026 roster – and that is including the recent Recruiting Class … Still, there are as many eight returning starters on offense and five on defense – if the Buffs can hold onto them for another month …

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Utah is going all-in with a $500 million deal with Orto Capital … What are the pluses and minuses of private equity investment, and, more importantly, is this a direction CU should be going in the near future? …

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Buffs in the NFL

//posted 12.10.2025
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Other former Buffs shine in Week 14 NFL games (including Nate Landman’s second career interception) … Shedeur Sanders’ 364 yards passing Sunday against Tennessee sets a new record for the most passing yards in the NFL by a former Buff…

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Signing Day has faded in significance for CU in the Coach Prime era … Only 21 of CU’s 48 freshmen recruits have stayed with the team … Will the Brennan Marion hire change things? …

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Recruiting Class of 2027

//posted 12.5.2025
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Dolph McDonald, brother of 2026 Recruiting Class commit Xavier McDonald, commits to CU, following offensive coordinator Brennan Marion to Boulder …

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