Big 12 Notes


2024 Season Archive

Big 12 Notes

//posted 2.21.2025
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Rhule’s Rules: Drop Tennessee from non-conference to set up 3-0 starts to the 2026 and 2027 seasons … Texas, Ohio State and USC cancel spring games … Coach Prime’s non-visit recruiting policy gaining acceptance – CBS: “His approach isn’t wrong” …

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Awards and Rewards

//posted 2.19.2025
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Travis Hunter a Semi-Finalist for the AAU Sullivan Award (and you can vote for Travis) … Travis Hunter named Academic All-American Team Member of the Year … Jordan Seaton CU’s fifth-ever Freshman All-American (first on offense) …

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Coaching Carousel

//posted 2.19.2025
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CU hires former NFL star Domata Peko to coach the defensive line … Stewart Mandel: Scott Frost hire gets a “D” grade: “This was so weird” … CBS: Grading Big 12 Hires: West Virginia gets an “A+” … Buffs lose defensive line coach Damione Lewis to his alma mater, Miami …

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Colorado Basketball

//posted 2.19.2025
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Buffs not competitive in 79-65 loss to No. 8 Iowa State – Tad Boyle: “They were the better team tonight” … Buffs break 13-game losing streak with 76-63 win over Central Florida …

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Mock Drafts

//posted 2.16.2025
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CBS Sports Mock Drafts: Raiders trade up to take Shedeur No. 1 in one; Travis to Raiders at No. 6 in another … NFL Executives poll: Is Shedeur QB1? Is Travis the No. 1 pick overall? … The Sporting News: Travis at No. 3; Shedeur drops out of Top Ten …

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With the additions of Marshall Faulk and Andre Gurode to the staff, one national analyst has CU’s coaching staff as one of the best in the nation … Now, if we could just get Coach Prime’s contract extension signed …

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CU has 75 players on its current roster … Fans would like to fill out the roster with ten four-star transfers, but that’s not realistic (or financially possible) … If you had a budget of $2 million, with P4 transfers at $300K, how would you spend your money? …

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CU gets seven home games for the first time since 1982 … No back-to-back home games … Buffs also get former Pac-12 rivals Utah and Arizona State after a bye, and have a schedule set up for a Big 12 run …

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The hiring of Coach Prime brought about a sea change at CU … Neill Woelk, longtime sportswriter for the Daily Camera and the CUBuffs.com website, shares his perspective on the Coach Prime era, and CU’s chances of survival as a player on the national stage of collegiate athletics …

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Has CU’s defensive line gone from a weakness to a strength? … Has the secondary gone from a strength to a weakness? … Are there linebackers who will be able to take over for LaVonta Bentley and Nikhai Hill-Green? … Let’s find out …

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From his very first day on campus (the “Louis” speech), Coach Prime has had detractors wanting CU to fail … Buff fans have had decades of experience being “lovable losers”, but now it’s time to bask in the glow of being disliked …

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Moving the Goalposts

//posted 1.26.2025
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The pundits said Coach Prime couldn’t coach at the collegiate level … Then they said he couldn’t coach at the Power Five level … Now they are saying he can’t coach without Travis and Shedeur … Anyone want to bet against him? …

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