Tag: cu buffs
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NFL draft: Why no CU Buffs, CSU Rams expected to be picked in 2026
The Buffaloes and Rams are missing the NFL draft party. Blame it on a turbulent stretch of college football in our state. CU is 16-21 over three seasons under head coach Deion Sanders. CSU fired head coach Jay Norvell in October after a 2-5 start last year. It seems that instability impacted player development at…
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Deion? Payton? Bednar? Which Colorado coach is under most pressure to win? | Friday Faceoff
Friday Faceoff: Deion Sanders? Sean Payton? Jared Bednar? Which Colorado coach has the most pressure to win? Chris Schmaedeke, digital sports editor Answer: Avalanche coach Jared Bednar Avalanche coach Jared Bednar has the best team in the NHL, and anything less than the Stanley Cup will be considered a letdown. That’s the definition of pressure…
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Kickin’ It with Kiz: Tiger Woods should put driver in bag and hire a chauffeur
Tiger Woods obviously has more money than sense at this point. He can afford to hire an Uber or a personal chauffeur, yet he continues to make poor choices behind the wheel and puts others at risk. It’s become a pattern. — Allison, doesn’t sugarcoat it Kiz: In a span of a little more than…
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Kickin’ It with Kiz: Was Buffs legend Christian Fauria wrong to pancake Coach Prime with criticism?
Hey, Kiz! I know you’re at the Winter Olympics in Italy. But did you see former CU Buffs football star Christian Fauria unload on Coach Prime with criticism? Just want to say: Thumbs up to Mr. Fauria! – J.G., honeymoon’s over Kiz: Welp, that was a bruising pancake block Fauria put on Deion Sanders. Fauria,…
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Kickin’ It with Kiz: After ditching Buffs, did Jordan Seaton leave his heart (award) in Boulder?
All the departure of offensive tackle Jordan Seaton in the transfer portal says about the CU football team is the Buffaloes don’t have the money Seaton will get somewhere else. Nothing more. – G.B.L., got no beef Kiz: Seaton is the face of a sport that’s broken. A guy the Buffs naively called “The Franchise”…
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Kickin’ It with Kiz: We comin’? They leaving. CU stars dump Coach Prime for greener pastures
These young men leaving the CU football program want wins. Wins equal NIL money. – Joe, ninja-like tendencies Kiz: Maybe it was Deion Sanders’ magnetic personality that attracted wide receiver Omarion Miller and safety Tawfiq Byard to Boulder. But they’re both hitting the transfer portal, because, as it turns out, the Buffs’ top offensive playmaker…
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Kickin’ It with Kiz: Curt Cignetti is the football coach Deion Sanders should want to be if Prime ever grows up
Put some respect on Indiana’s name in the college football playoffs. – J.C., rocks on Kiz: The Hoosiers are the Cinderella football story that CU Buffs faithful only wish they could tell. Deion Sanders and Curt Cignetti were hired less than a year apart to revitalize two of the most inept programs in major college…
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Kickin’ It with Kiz: Maybe Deion Sanders should pack his Louis Vuitton and move Buffs to the Sun Belt Conference
While I think the boost in attendance and revenue to the CU football program is great, the performance is the same as in years past. I don’t see us improving much as long as this Deion Sanders staff is coaching in Boulder. – Jeremie, adventurer Kiz: When the Buffs hired Sanders, he had CU faithful…
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Mark Kiszla: Deion Sanders can’t buy CU players’ heartfelt passion to fight when going gets tough for Buffs
BOULDER — Instead of building a band of CU brothers who fight shoulder to shoulder and never give in, Coach Prime hired a bunch of football mercenaries, treated them like children and expected it to work when adversity struck. That is how the mess of 105-24 happens. In the wake of two losses by Colorado…
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Mark Kiszla: Why Coach Prime has been good for CU but bad for college football
CU coach Deion Sanders is a Prime example of everything that’s gone wrong with college football. The game has sold its soul to the highest bidder. You want to cling to the old-school values of loyalty, patience and character building through sports? Well, bless your ever-lovin’ heart. But in this pay-for-play era, there’s only one…