Tag: Ben Finneseth
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CU Buffs believe trip to Colorado Springs was exactly what they need ahead of 2026 season | College Football Insider
FOUNTAIN — Deion Sanders came face to face with a deer. His players put their phones away and spent a few days roughing it in dorm rooms with no air conditioning. Only time will tell if Colorado’s week spent down in the Colorado Springs area will bring together the 2026 Buffaloes in a way that…
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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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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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A year removed from cancer fight, Deion Sanders has ‘swagger back’ entering year four at Colorado
FRISCO, Texas — Deion Sanders couldn’t help but reminisce about the state of his own health this time a year ago. He couldn’t remember what color suit he had on — it was gray — but the Colorado coach vividly recalled wearing a pair of shorts and a sweatshirt underneath to disguise what became increasingly…
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Colorado football: Inside the CU Buffs’ player-led culture shift for 2026
BOULDER — As Ben Finneseth watched Indiana do what the college football world thought for decades was unthinkable — win a national championship — a thought popped into his head. “Why can’t that happen here?” The unequivocal leader of the Colorado football team, Finneseth is entering his sixth season as a former walk-on safety out…
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Colorado players, coaches remember late QB Dominiq Ponder as friend, leader and hard worker
BOULDER — There was only one way the Colorado football team could break the huddle before Monday’s practice. “Dom on three. 1, 2, 3 … Dom!” the Buffaloes yelled before the first practice of the spring. The Colorado team took the field less than 24 hours after learning their teammate, rising junior quarterback Dominiq Ponder,…
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Deion Sanders, Colorado not preparing for Utah backup quarterback — yet | Buffs notebook
Coach Prime isn’t taking the bait — for now. In what could’ve been a plot to give the Colorado coaching staff something else to think about this week, Utah coach Kyle Whittingham said Monday there is a “distinct chance” starting quarterback Devon Dampier could miss Saturday’s game (8:15 p.m. ESPN) against the Buffaloes in Salt…