Author: Tyler King tyler.king@gazette.com
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5 storylines to watch as Colorado opens fall camp for 4th time under Deion Sanders
Football is back in Boulder. Well, technically for Colorado the 2026 season begins in just over one month at Georgia Tech, but the preparation on the field for Deion Sanders’ Buffaloes officially starts this week. CU players reported back to campus this weekend ahead of the team’s trip down south to Colorado Springs, where the…
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Is Bo Nix guaranteed to become a $50 million man for the Broncos? | Friday Faceoff
Mark Kiszla, sports columnist Answer: No There’s a $50 million question hovering over this Broncos’ season. Is Bo Nix a quarterback who can win the Super Bowl for Denver and punch coach Sean Payton’s ticket to the Pro Football Hall of Fame? I hope the answers are: Yes! But $50 million is a whole lotta…
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CU Buffs to spend first week of preseason camp in Colorado Springs
Deion Sanders and his Colorado team are road tripping down Interstate 25. Colorado said Thursday the Buffaloes’ preseason training camp will begin Aug. 2 with the entire first week to take place in Colorado Springs. The team will stay on the sister campus at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs (UCCS) and practice each day at…
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Colorado opponent preview: Regular season concludes with visit from UCF
When the regular season reaches its final week, there will be prayers for bad weather in Boulder. Deion Sanders and Colorado hope to have a bowl game already secured when Central Florida visits Nov. 28. If the Buffaloes don’t, a wintry mix and temperatures below 40 degrees would be ideal as the team from Orlando…
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Colorado’s Ben Finneseth enters final season aiming to secure legacy that extends beyond time in Boulder
It’s a tale Ben Finneseth probably has told dozens of times, but that doesn’t mean it gets old. It’s the defining story of how he got to where he is now: a key leader of the Colorado Buffaloes heading into his sixth and final season of college football. As the story goes, it was the…
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Colorado position breakdown: Punter Damon Greaves headlines group of specialists
For the third straight year, Colorado is hoping for improved special teams play with fall camp right around the corner. That phase of the game has yet to be a strength under Deion Sanders and the Buffaloes enter the 2026 season without a dedicated special-teams coach with the staff planning to split duties. Despite having…
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Colorado opponent preview: First trip to Cincinnati caps Buffs’ 2026 road slate
The new-look Big 12 has and will continue to provide Colorado with a mix of familiar and new road trips. Over the course of the Buffaloes’ first two seasons back in the conference, road games against fellow Pac-12 defectors felt normal, while trips to places like Lubbock, Texas, and Manhattan, Kan., for the first time…
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A Chiefs fan in Broncos Country, tight end Zach Atkins hoping for big senior season at Colorado
A tight end from the Kansas City suburbs, Zach Atkins should have an easy choice for his favorite NFL player. Travis Kelce, right? Wrong. The Olathe, Kansas, native is a Brock Bowers fan. Oh, Atkins is a big Chiefs fan. Now entering his second season at Colorado, Atkins says if he had to pick one…
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Buffs’ newcomers the key to big improvement in secondary | Colorado position breakdown
There is a real chance the Colorado defense has 11 new starters when it takes the field Sept. 3 at Georgia Tech. It would make sense, too. The Buffaloes ranked at or near the bottom of the Big 12 in most statistical defensive categories during 2025’s 3-9 campaign. Defensive coordinator Robert Livingston returned to the…
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Colorado opponent preview: Houston quickly a Big 12 contender under coach Willie Fritz
All Willie Fritz does is win, and often in a way the programs he’s at never have before. He won two junior college national championships. He led Central Missouri to its first Division II playoff appearance in 2002. He took Sam Houston State to the FCS championship game in 2011 and 2012. He won Georgia…