Tag: heisman trophy
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Cherry Creek’s Blake Purchase ready for the big time in the SEC | College Football Insider
Nobody needs to remind Blake Purchase that the SEC is different. He’s living it every day. Compared to where Purchase has spent the majority of his life, where he is now in Oxford, Miss., might as well be a different universe. The former Cherry Creek star grew up in Denver and blossomed into a recruit…
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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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Julian Lewis gives CU Buffs a young QB worth building around | College Football Insider
BOULDER — According to Ben Finnseth, freshman quarterback Julian Lewis “hated” the veteran safety when he first showed up on Colorado’s campus. Even though he was at that time just a walk-on safety from Durango, Finneseth wasn’t going to let the five-star 17-year-old off easy in his first spring practice period. “I was on his…
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Jordyn Tyson’s return to Boulder is reminder of the one Deion Sanders, Colorado let get away | College Football Insider
Kenny Dillingham still remembers the first time he heard about Jordyn Tyson. It was back in 2022 when Dillingham was the offensive coordinator at Oregon and the Ducks were heading into a game at Colorado. Then-wide receivers coach Junior Adams, now with the Dallas Cowboys, came into the Oregon staff room and told Dillingham and…
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New Mexico can show Colorado State getting the right coach is all that matters | College Football Insider
Even in an era of college football defined by talent acquisition and how deep your boosters’ pockets are, there’s still one reliable thing that can get you wins on Saturdays. A dang good ball coach. Colorado State is going to learn that the hard way this Saturday (1 p.m., Altitude) in Albuquerque. Even though the…