Post-Season

Transfer Portal Report Card: 88% of Power Five Transfers Find New Homes (But Only 32% at Another Power Five School) … The Athletic: Pac-12 Transfer Portal Winners and Losers (CU at least not a “loser”) … Interview: Andy Wang, CU assistant director of player personnel, talks about recruiting and roster management in the new age …

… CU makes it official: Gerald Chatman introduced as CU’s new defensive line coach … Nate Landman NFL Combine stats: “Good instincts and awareness” …

Report: CU has found its new defensive line coach, Gerald Chatman … Added: Chatman’s coaching history … Eric Bieniemy to sign a one-year contract with the Kansas City Chiefs … ASU president inexplicably defends Herm Edwards: “These are not things he was a part of” …

We’ve groused for months about there not being a means for CU fans to contribute to a NIL campaign … Well, here it is! … CU at the Game has been approved to have access to Buff players for NIL opportunities … Here’s how you can help (and benefit) from the CU at the Game NIL program …

Another good semester for CU in the classroom … Nate Landman invited to the NFL Combine … CU’s $18 million deficit “a success story for as much as you can call it that” … CU announces “Buffs NIL Exchange” … CU: 700 employees/600 students affected by Superior fires …

West Coast Football Pac-12 2022 Power Rankings – Not much expected of CU … Report: NCAA ASU investigation shifts to head coach Herm Edwards … For Fun: Quotable Quotes from the 2021 season … Big Ten discussing elimination of divisions; eight-game conference schedule … Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff proposes a bold (and common sense) scheduling plan …

ASU breaks recruiting rules, but keeps its coach … A&M head coach Jimbo Fisher has boosters donating millions to lure recruits – and then complains that NIL is now legal … Oregon is under NCAA investigation for NIL violations, but clearly doesn’t care … Can CU compete doing things “the right way”? …

There has been a 60% overall of the coaching staff – An upgrade, or is there still cause for concern? … The 2022 roster is taking shape – Which position groups are still in need of an infusion of talent? … The “Buffs NIL Exchange” is up and running – A panacea, or too little, too late? …

There has been much hand-wringing in the Buff Nation over the 20+ Buffs added to the Transfer Portal, but, here’s the thing … The reality is that CU was going to have to rid itself of over two dozen scholarship players this offseason – regardless …

CU has added three new (quality) assistants in the past two weeks, but that news has been overshadowed by the loss of several starters from the 2021 roster … Can CU compete in the new age of NIL and the Transfer Portal? Will the Buff Nation step up? … Let’s find out …

Update (1/17): Tweet from CU AD Rick George: “We have some positive changes we will be announcing this week” … Instead of being a leader in the age of NIL and the Transfer Portal, CU is “looking into” how to address new options …

Fans from the lowest high school division to the SEC have dreams of competing for a championship, but with the way things are going for CU now, dreams are becoming even more elusive … Perhaps the creation of split FBS divisions (FBS1-A and FBS1-AA) is an answer …

CU lost one of its top assistants (and one of its top recruiters), along with two top defensive backs … Will those losses be offset by the addition of new assistant coaches? … Plus: A look back at our favorite plays, favorite players, and favorite games of 2021 …

The final week of 2021 was a good one for the CU football program, with Karl Dorrell making exciting additions to the coaching staff … What if the momentum continued, with great additions from the Transfer Portal? A summer of NIL and stadium naming rights? … Oh, and a run to the Pac-12 title game? …

New CU offensive coordinator Mike Sanford has a resume which includes multiple years as an OC and as a recruiting coordinator … Sanford also brings to Boulder some negative stats from his last stint as the OC at Minnesota … What are the positives – and the negatives – of this hire? …

Half of the division changed coaches … Oregon? A 35-year old defensive coordinator with no head coaching experience … Washington? The Fresno State head coach with a 12-6 record … Washington State? Promoting the interim coach with no previous head coaching experience … Grades for all six teams …

There has been only one official change of head coaches in the Pac-12 South, but that doesn’t mean that the situation is static … Arizona and CU aren’t changing coaches, but Arizona State might have to, and who knows what Kyle Whittingham might do after the Rose Bowl? …

CU falls to No. 16 Utah – looking back at the finale and CU’s 4-8 season … The firing of OC Darrin Chiaverini was all but inevitable, but who will Dorrell hire as a replacement? … USC makes a splash hire, while Washington and Washington State make “quieter” choices – What impact will Lincoln Riley have on the Pac-12? …