Picking on the Preseason Picks


2025 Season Archive

The preseason subjective narrative (“CU won’t be able to win without Travis and Shedeur”) was to be expected, but the objective numbers also show a lingering anti-CU and anti-Coach Prime bias …

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Bill McCartney’s 1990 Buffs played the nation’s most difficult schedule, but still won the national title … After two decades of wanting (needing?) to avoid challenging schedules, CU’s 2025 campaign is one of opportunity …

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Coach Prime is spending Father’s Day at home with family (including a new grandchild) … Buff fans don’t know how long we’ll have Coach Prime in Boulder, but it’s never a bad time to look at what he has already brought to CU …

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Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark is advocating for a 5+11 College Football Playoff model, even though it will all but guarantee fewer Big 12 teams qualifying for the playoff … Is the 5+11 model best for the Big 12 (and CU)? …

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Kaidon Salter was once a four-star recruit heading to Tennessee, but now is in Boulder as a three-star transfer looking to prove doubters wrong … Can Salter adequately fill Shedeur Sanders’ shoes, and keep CU competitive in the Big 12? … Let’s find out …

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It’s too early for game-by-game predictions, but it’s not too early to take a game-by-game look at how the schedule shakes out, and what record Bill Connelly’s ESPN SP+ sees for your Buffs …

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100 Days Out …

//posted 5.18.2025

On Wednesday, single game tickets go on sale – and we officially hit the 100-day mark in the countdown to the Georgia Tech game … CU hasn’t left the national spotlight (as evidenced by 100-day countdown stories) – How fair are the recent narratives? …

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The narratives: CU’s running backs are second-rate … CU’s offensive line can’t protect and can’t open holes … CU lost its only two good linebackers, and hasn’t found any replacements … Which are true and which are overreactions? …

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Guest article from CU at the Gamer Gus M. … Intangibles used by the NFL to grade quarterbacks … Why the Josh Rosen experience may have worked against Shedeur … Shedeur taking the Drew Brees path to success …

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Caught Up in the Draft

//posted 4.27.2025

With Travis Hunter taken with the second overall pick, the 2025 NFL Draft got off to a great start for the Buff Nation … Then it all went sideways for two days before CU closed on a positive note …

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CU at the NFL Draft

//posted 4.26.2025

Four Buffs sign NFL free agent contracts … WR Jimmy Horn taken in the sixth round by the Carolina Panthers … WR LaJohntay Wester taken in the sixth round by the Baltimore Ravens … Shedeur Sanders becomes the first Buff QB drafted since 1997 …

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What notes and quotes coming out of the Spring Game are most significant for CU’s upcoming season? … Should CU have held off on retiring jerseys No. 2 and No. 12? … What will the CU haters have to complain about this summer? … Let’s find out …

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