Coach Prime Living in Matt Rhule’s Head


2023 Season Archive

Nebraska head coach Matt Rhule has been none too pleased at the national attention Coach Prime has been receiving … Rhule (and the Big Red faithful) have been taking pot shots at CU and its new head coach, with the Big Red envy making this off-season all the more enjoyable …

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A sold-out Spring Game with a huge ESPN audience was quickly overshadowed by the dozens of Buffs who thereafter entered the Transfer Portal … How big a boon was the Spring Game to CU’s image? … Has it since been tarnished by the roster overhaul? … Will CU fans be amazed by the replacements? … Let’s find out …

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A crowd of 47,277 braved the snow and cold to bear witness to the start of the Coach Prime era at Folsom Field … Notes and quotes from the Spring game, with a primer on the busy Transfer Portal news to come in the next few days …

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A sell-out crowd of 45,000 and a national television audience on ESPN will watch the debut of Coach Prime in Folsom Field … Some historic notes from CU’s Spring game history: the Spring game played in Denver; the emotional Sal Aunese Spring game; Coach Mac calling on the Buff Nation to “Fill Folsom” in 2008 …

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LB coach Andre Hart: “We’re never satisfied because we’re putting so much in because we’re trying to put competition on the mental state, as well as the physical” … Clemson transfer LB LaVonta Bentley: “I’m just blessed just to be here and get this bigger role because I know I’ve got it in me and I know I can show the world what I can do” …

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The most anticipated (and best attended) Spring Game in CU history will be played before a sold out Folsom Field and a national television audience … Will Coach Prime’s premier be a showcase for Shedeur Sanders and Travis Hunter? … Will the Buff defense make fans forget the debacle which was the 2022 season? … Let’s find out …

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After years of living in an information desert, Buff fans have been inundated with press conferences, videos, and unprecedented media access to spring practices … Here is a unit-by-unit look at quotable quotes from the first half of spring practices …

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The time frame between the hiring of Coach Prime and the Buffs’ first game of the Prime era is almost exactly nine months … How is the “gestation” period for the Buffs going? … What are the three “ultrasound” tests the Buffs must still undergo before their “birthday” on September 2nd? …

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Three months into the Coach Prime Era at CU, Buff fans are still trying to believe it is all real … Quotable quotes about Spring Ball from Coach Prime; OC Sean Lewis; and DC Charles Kelly … What have we learned, and what can we expect, as CU approaches its sold out Spring Game? … Let’s find out …

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CU, a 1-11 team, had a front page story on both ESPN and The Athletic this week … Coach Prime has never backed off on his expectations to win in 2023, but is it realistic? Will the national media coverage turn against him if CU’s brutal 2023 schedule proves too daunting? Will recruits? … Let’s find out …

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Will CU be a Top 25 team in 2023? Or does CU continue have the worst roster in the Pac-12? … The first practice of Spring ball is Sunday, and questions about the Buffs – and Coach Prime’s ability to coach at the Power Five level – will begin to be answered …

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Are you ready for some football? This podcast gives you a unit-by-unit preview of CU spring practices … Who are the names CU fans should be listening for when the coaches talk with the press? Which questions about the roster and depth chart should the Buff Nation expect to be answered this spring? … Let’s find out …

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