The forecast for the Big 12 next season is clear: delicious, riveting, inexorable chaos. We saw that unfold last season, when the team picked last (Arizona State) finished first and the team picked first (Utah) finished 13th, and it should be the case again. The following projections will be updated after spring practice, when rosters take their final form. At that point, the … [Read more...] about Big 12 football projections for 2025: Brigham Young is the pick, followed by Texas Tech and Arizona State
CU Buffs athletics set records for revenue, expenses in 2024 fiscal year
Deion Sanders’ first year as head football coach of the Colorado Buffaloes brought in record numbers for ticket and merchandise sales, helping CU post a record amount of revenue — and expenses — for the 2024 fiscal year. CU athletics also received a higher-than-usual amount of financial support from the campus for the second consecutive year to help balance the budget as it … [Read more...] about CU Buffs athletics set records for revenue, expenses in 2024 fiscal year
Keeler: Coach Prime is new face of university that can’t afford to lose him
Why should you give a dime about Coach Prime? Four words: Pat Shurmur, CU interim. The best Buffs will be running a 40-yard dash to the transfer portal in about 4.2 flat. Next thing you know, the best Buffs on the roster have Buckeye leaves on their helmets. “I hope we can bring in another great coach who can keep the kids around,” former CU wideout Blake Anderson, one of the … [Read more...] about Keeler: Coach Prime is new face of university that can’t afford to lose him
Keeler: CU Buffs players, staff gave standing ovation at legendary coach Bill McCartney’s memorial service. It was for Peach Pagano, Mac’s friend to the end
BOULDER — If they handed out Heismans for selfless hearts, Archie Griffin would be eating Peach Pagano’s dust. “I was bawling down there,” Pagano told me Wednesday, not long after the last chords of the public memorial service to honor the late, great CU icon Bill McCartney had faded into the Events Center rafters. “I had no idea they were going to honor me. I was just like, … [Read more...] about Keeler: CU Buffs players, staff gave standing ovation at legendary coach Bill McCartney’s memorial service. It was for Peach Pagano, Mac’s friend to the end
CU Buffs family gathers to celebrate life of Bill McCartney
Members of the McCartney family knew the day was coming. Bill McCartney died on Jan. 10 at the age of 84 after a long battle with dementia and his son, Mike, said this week, “I thought I was ready, because we knew he was dying.” Who can really be ready, though, to say goodbye to a man who meant so much? “It hit me a lot harder than I expected,” Mike said, “and I got really … [Read more...] about CU Buffs family gathers to celebrate life of Bill McCartney