Postseason

Travis Hunter signs NIL deal with Phil Long Ford (Hunter ranks No. 3 nationally in NIL valuation) … Buffs4Life to provide $2,000 NIL deals to football non-scholarship student-athletes …

Coach Prime all day every day … Coach Prime’s press conference after Signing Day II … Article from The Athletic going behind the scenes on the hiring of Coach Prime … Video introductions of Defensive Coordinator Charles Kelly and Offensive Coordinator Sean Lewis … Coach Prime at the National Championship game: “We gotta get here” …

Less than two months from “winning” the national title for being the worst team in football, Colorado has skyrocketed to national relevance … Some see CU as moving too quickly; some see Coach Prime is getting too much credit for turning around a program still waiting to play its first game under Coach Prime … True or untrue? …

CU’ opponents for the 2023 season have been known for years, but the schedule for those games was released just this week … The Buffs will open with a September against three ten-win teams … Can CU run the September gauntlet in tact, giving the Buffs a chance for a run to the post-season in the second half? … Let’s find out …

What does McClain’s commitment mean to CU’s 2023 roster? To CU’s national perception? To CU’s future recruiting Classes? … Can Coach Prime keep the locker room from fracturing into and “us v. them” mentality? … Does CU’s Pac-12 schedule represent opportunities … Or a Bataan Death March? …

State legislators in Washington are seeking to bind the Huskies and the Cougars to the same conference, trying to keep Washington from bolting to the Big Ten … With the Pac-12 gaining in national relevance, and Colorado under Coach Prime regaining its brand, CU’s chance of avoiding relegation have certainly been enhanced …

The CU coaching staff is in place for the 2023 season: Is having five assistants from Jackson State too many? What schemes will CU employ? … Plus: CU is now well over the 85- man scholarship limit – Which units will see will future additions (and subtractions) between now and Fall Camp? …

CU was 130th in the nation in total defense in 2022, and last (131st) in scoring defense … So, the task to rebuild the roster, with only five returning starters, is going to be tough … Inroads have been made, but which units remain in most dire need of an upgrade between now and August 1st? … Let’s find out …

There is no logical reason to try and project CU’s starting lineup eight months in advance of the September 2nd opener against TCU, but let’s do it anyway … Who will be Shedeur Sanders’ primary backup? … Does CU need another RB (or two)? … Will the influx of transfer OL be enough to make the “Flash Fast” offense go? … Let’s find out …

For the first time in recent memory, Buff fans are excited about the upcoming year … The 85-man roster already has 35 new faces, with more to come, but the best way to see how much better the lineup will be is to compare the “Dorrell Dozen” (CU’s decommits) with the high school stars who replaced them on Signing Day …