BOULDER — A 4-8 coach gave a 3-9 news conference. This was Deposition Deion, a cornered and condescending man, the perennial victim who ain’t got time for mere mortals. This was the Deion Sanders we’d read about for years, disdain boiling like broth behind shades too cool for the room. Coach Prime sat down Friday, made a joke about the Honey Buns sitting on the table in front … [Read more...] about Keeler: Deion Sanders, 4-8 coach, gave a 3-9 news conference. Coach Prime showed CU Buffs fans a four-letter side they hadn’t seen before: Fear
CU Buffs’ Shane Cokes aiming for strong senior season
Colorado defensive lineman Shane Cokes walks to the football practice field on July 31, 2024, in Boulder, Colo. (CU Athletics) Shane Cokes was a bit star struck last year when Hall of Fame defensive tackle Warren Sapp showed up to the Colorado campus to visit with the Buffaloes. Now that Sapp is on the CU staff, hired by head coach Deion Sanders this offseason as a graduate … [Read more...] about CU Buffs’ Shane Cokes aiming for strong senior season
Keeler: CU Buffs tackle Jordan Seaton won’t back down from Nebraska, CSU, or expectations. “This is a brotherhood. Brothers fight.”
BOULDER — I mean, sure, you could start a fight with Jordan Seaton. I’m just not sure you’d finish it. Not in one piece, at any rate. “Are the older guys … cool with you?” I asked the best lineman to sign with the Buffs out of high school since Jake Moretti as we kibitzed outside the Champions Center on Monday. “Yes,” Seaton, CU’s five-star true freshman tackle replied. “So no … [Read more...] about Keeler: CU Buffs tackle Jordan Seaton won’t back down from Nebraska, CSU, or expectations. “This is a brotherhood. Brothers fight.”
Keeler: Why CSU Rams star Tory Horton turned down Corvette summer in SEC Country for one more ride in FoCo
FORT COLLINS — In a Maybach world, Tory Horton drives a Buick Envision. While the cool kids park custom pickups and Rolls-Royces, the safest hands in the Mountain West are happy steering a grocery-getter around Pitkin Street. “When people see the Buick, they say it’s like an ‘old man’ or a ‘grandma’ car,” the CSU Rams’ star wide receiver told me Saturday after preseason … [Read more...] about Keeler: Why CSU Rams star Tory Horton turned down Corvette summer in SEC Country for one more ride in FoCo
Ex-CSU Rams coach Steve Addazio joins ESPN as analyst
The Daz is joining the Disney family. Former CSU Rams football coach Steve Addazio, whose Fort Collins tenure was short and tempestuous, is transitioning to television. ESPN announced that Addazio has joined the network as a college football analyst and will start calling games later this month. Addazio posted a 4-12 record at CSU from 2020-21 and had a 61-67 career record as a … [Read more...] about Ex-CSU Rams coach Steve Addazio joins ESPN as analyst