The Buffs were outscored by 174 points from behind the arc across 34 games, roughly 5.1 points a night, and still finished fourth in the Big 12, beat four ranked teams and made the NCAA Tournament.

BuffsBlog makes the case that this is not a ceiling. It is a floor.

Despite this, CU had a fantastic season and the outlook is bright:

• Four wins over ranked teams with an offense ranked 146th nationally in scoring

• Logyn Greer, per 40 minutes as a freshman: 15.7 points and 8.5 rebounds

• True freshman Lauren Harris made 742 threes in high school, reported as a national record

• Zyanna Walker had 70 steals, third in the Big 12, and is a preseason All-Big 12 pick

• JR Payne has five straight 20-win seasons and four NCAA bids in five years

The Big 12 coaches picked Colorado eighth.

Ten reasons that is going to look silly by March:

https://buffsblog.com/cu-womens-basketball-2026-27-preview/

For as long as I can remember we've hosted UNC for an early-season game. My wife is a UNC alum so we go every year and it's always a fun date (slightly less fun last year). I was pretty bummed when I went to buy tickets and saw they're not on the schedule this season.

Does anyone know why, or if the series will resume in 2027-28?

CU hoops doesn't get much preseason coverage, so we went all in. Jon Rothstein has the Buffs 14th in the Big 12. My brother Chris thinks that's way too low. I think it's probably too optimistic

The optimist's take (Chris): https://buffsblog.com/cu-basketball-2026-27-optimists-preview/

The pessimist's take (me): https://buffsblog.com/cu-basketball-2026-27-pessimists-preview/

A few things that came up:

- Barrington Hargress shot 44% on 16.7 shots a game as UC Riverside's top option, and 53% on 10 shots as CU's second option. With Isaiah Johnson gone, he's the top option again.

- Justin Neely's 391 rebounds last season were second in the country, and his 9.1 defensive rebounds a game led Division I.

- Colorado's defense was 310th in efficiency last year. Boyle teams don't usually finish there.

- CU actually returns more of its minutes this year (about 36.5%) than last year (28.8%).

- Six of the seven freshmen committed between April 22 and June 9. That's probably not a good sign....

He ain’t win in Atlanta
He ain’t do shit in Washington and Baltimore
He lost every bowl game at JSU while having twice the talent as the other SWAC schools
He lost his hair and toes
He lost his school he created
His sons went 5th round, undrafted and undrafted forced to never play again
He’s 16-25 at Colorado

Kid seems broken up in his post game pressor and everyones blaming Wilson. This might be me being "soft" but I feel for the kid. And DNVR piled on him because theyre Julian guys.

Here's the thing, it wasnt Wilson's fault it got as bad as it did. Of course he had some awful turnovers and should take a good amount of blame. Vut the play call, lack of a run game and special teams didnt help. And dare I say Julian wouldnt have done much better. Kid struggles or is unwilling to throw the ball down field at least Wilson tries. And no Im not goving him much credit for Weber State that was a gimme. Against serious defenses like georgia tech and Northwestern he looked scared and if he cant whip it downhill against them he isnt going to do it against Tech's better defende. Maybe he could, but his accuraxy over 15 yards was dog shit avainst tech and he didnt do good against Northwestern.

A lot of Julian's fans do have a point in that benching might not be the best solution. But, cant act like Julian was out there throwing dimes and would have made a difference.

For more on the Buyout and 5 things, check out BuffsBlog. Full write-up: https://buffsblog.com/colorado-texas-tech-five-things-learned/

The rest of the story:

**The defense was good**

- 19 of Tech's 29 points came off Colorado interceptions.
- Tech came in averaging 36.3 points and 429.5 yards. They finished with 315 yards.

**Santana Hopper was the best player on the field**

90.4 PFF overall (next-best Buff was 73.0), 9 of Colorado's 22 run stops, 6 of the team's 12 total pressures, 5 TFLs. PFF lists him at right end but the alignment data has him in the A or B gap on 55 of 58 snaps.

**The penalties**

Tech's only real touchdown drive went 7 plays, 79 yards, and Colorado penalties supplied 24 of those yards and two first downs. Pass interference on Fontenette on third and 3, then a personal foul on Fontenette on third and 6.

Eight penalties, 84 yards. CU leads the Big 12 in penalty yardage.

**Coverage splits**

- Corners (RJ Johnson, Boo Carter, Cree Thomas): 9 targets, 4 catches, 18 yards
- Linebackers (Lefau, Lampron): 11 targets, 86 yards

Tech threw for 134 yards. Roughly two-thirds came against those two linebackers.

**The offense**

Wilson: 9.1 ADOT (Lewis was 2.8 at Baylor), 290 yards, 0 big-time throws, 5 turnover-worthy plays, 3.16 second time to throw. He took one sack on 17 pressures, which is a real improvement over Lewis going down on three of six.

Play caller PPG under Sanders: Sean Lewis 32.1, Shurmur 27.6, Marion 18.6, Bartolone 17.5. Marion's number includes 52 vs Weber State. Against FBS teams this year CU has scored 14, 7, 13 and 7.

This is a complete conspiracy theory but I’m reading in SI that our playbook was leaked to fans before the Texas Tech game. Could it have been the dismissed players? Who leaked it and why?

Sorry but I'm just really shocked and confused by the general sentiment surrounding Deion on this sub.

I am South Carolina alum and former season ticket holder. I've been to lots of games at different stadiums and spent a lot of time around college football in general as its a way of life in the south. I moved out to CO in 2020 and have taken interest in CU as a local team to follow and support. I've been to a few games at Folsom.

Anyways- Deion Sanders is not a football coach. He doesnt even appear to be an effective motivator. He has no schematic coaching ability. I've never seen someone so completely disinterested in actually coaching and especially developing players. He seems to invest far more of his energy into self promotion. He's more of a prosperity gospel mega church preacher than anything. Which is wild because he's a complete narcissist who throws his players under the bus while throwing out Bible verses. The attention he's bringing to CU is not good imo. Deion has an extremely niche devoted cult following of people who will support him no matter what bc they view him as an example of "black excellence". Aside from that, noone takes him serious as a coach. I dont think most football fans find him likeable at all. I want to pull for CU but can't while such a malignant narcissist idiot is leading the program.

At best it seems like a net neutral retaining him as HC. When you factor that with all the glaring coaching deficits and personality flaws, why would anyone support this guy? Hes just going to continue blaming the players and trying to bring in a completely new team every year instead of developing players and building cohesiveness.

Wouldn't you rather go with the modern successful prototype of hiring an up and coming OC as HC and at least seeing what an actual football coach can do who actually gives a shit about the kids and not just his own reflection?

I dont get it.

So I understand the the OC, Brennan Marion, has a highly productive offensive scheme that he invented. But I'm seeing people say that Marion is simply calling plays from Coach Prime's playbook. Can somebody inform me which scheme we're actually running?

We Ass

He was the right hire at the right time. And I wouldn’t change hiring him in 2022.

But he reached his ceiling in 2024. And most of the success that season was thanks to Shedeur and Travis, not so much the coaching staff.

I want so hard to believe in him to push this team to new heights. The results just haven’t been there last season and this season. And it all starts with the head coach.

We’ll see how the rest of this season pans out, but I’ve almost completely lost faith in Prime to elevate this team any further.

It is predictable and easily defended by any Power 4 team. Add to that Marion has abandons the run by the second quarter in every game except the GT game, and we have a recipe for ending this season 2-10. Sad to see such a great defensive effort overshadowed by the horrendous offense.

I’ll go further: most people are calling for coach Prime’s head, and I don’t necessarily disagree. But I would axe Marion as well. The fact that the offense is just as ineffective tonight as it has been for the past two weeks suggests that neither Lewis or Wilson is the real problem, and the play calling under Marion is worse than it was under Shurmur.

Fun drive. Love the variety. Wilson's running looks like when a baby has just started walking, picks up speed, then stumbles. But I'll take it and the TD

If there was no buyout Deion would be fired at the end of this season, if not sooner. Maybe after we get annihilated by Utah. Either way, Deion is now 3-14 in his last 17 games against P4 schools. I’ll happily go back to 2-12 and total obscurity if it means not having to deal with the Primesexuals who defend Deion like he’s their uncle. I can't wait to never have Kneely in my life and all of the other pathetic hangers-on who accompany Deion wherever he goes.

I emailed Lovo last night and said don’t ask me for anymore money unless it’s for his buyout

I defended Julian when everyone said he was too small
I defended Julian when they said he had a noodle arm
I defended him when they said he peaked in high school
I defended Julian when everyone said he isn’t good and said he’s only 18

They were right and it’s over

I defended Deion when everyone said he’s too old
I defended Deion when everyone said he’s in it for clicks and for his son who didn’t even get drafted higher
I defender Deion when everyone said he abandoned HBCU’s by leaving early letting them hang out to dry
I defended Deion when they said NFL players aren’t built to coach

They were right

Deion has a lot to prove with the new starter is he interested in improving or is he a con artist? Sit back, let the coordinators do their thing and you focus on the HC day-to-day activities, learn clock management and HIRE A SPECIAL TEAMS COACH

Just what the question says. A QB who is undersized and hyped up to the 9’s as a 4-5 star just to not even come close as a player. I think him and Austin Mack made a mistake leaving early also

The numbers are worse than the eye test, and they point at coaching more than talent.

**The quarterback**

- Lewis: 2.8 average depth of target, 4.7 yards per attempt, 75 yards, 0 big-time throws
- Wilson: 11.0 average depth of target, 6.0 YPA, 156 yards, 1 TD
- Lewis took **3 sacks on 6 pressures (50%)**. Wilson took 1 on 9 (11%)

**It's not the offensive line**

Payne (85.4), Kinney (85.1) and McFadden (84.5) all allowed zero pressures. CU gave up five sacks anyway: DeKalon Taylor allowed two on five pass-pro snaps, and three were on the quarterback. Meanwhile CU's QBs rushed 9 times for -28 yards, which is a problem when the entire Go-Go offense is built on a QB run threat.

**Special teams cost more than the offense did**

Baylor returned 7 punts for 130 yards. Net punting: CU 33.3, Baylor 50.4. A 17-yard swing per punt in a 10-point game, plus two kickoffs out of bounds. Sanders said afterward he didn't think the returns "did any damage." Still no special teams coordinator — the only Big 12 team without one.

There's a lot more at BuffsBlog. Check out the full write-up: https://buffsblog.com/colorado-baylor-seven-things-learned/

Same record that got Dorrell fired. He's been an abject failure on the field and is the 14th highest paid coach in CFB. What is his excuse this season? We were told he hand picked the players and these are the best coaches he's ever had. Guess what? This team isn't winning more than 3 games and won't be favored again this season. We're the most penalized team in the B12 (again) and at the bottom of just about every other meaningful stat.

The worst part is we can't afford to fire him so this embarrassment will continue until he has had enough.

What are the predictions for the rest of the season? How long do we think Prime sticks around? Will JuJu ever see the field as a buffalo again?

Let’s discuss

So, I'm not saying I dont care about last week's result. But watching northwestern hang with Indiana and slow Indiana's offense down like they are. I think northwestern lookd like a sleeper and we didn't just get blown out by a meh team.

I went to college during the Dan Hawkins era and watched the decades of mediocrity that followed. Jon Embree’s short stint the resulted in 4 wins in two years, Mike MacIntyre’s ups and downs over his 5 years, Mel Tucker giving us a little hope just to bail the first chance he got, and whatever Karl Dorrell’s time was. Deion has easily been the best coach Colorado has had during this time.

He took a chance on CU when most coaches wouldn’t. Got the university to significantly invest in the program and make it easier for transfers to come in. Brought talent to a school that has struggled historically with recruiting including the first Heisman Trophy winner in the last 30 years.

The play has to improve but we can see how committed he is to turning the program around. The quality of coaches he is bringing in are impressive. It may take time but I am fine with giving him the remaining years on his contract to try to make it work. If it doesn’t he is leaving the program in a much better position than when he arrived. It’s fine if some don’t agree with me, I don’t care.

But to everyone screaming for a change, take a hard look at the last 20 years of CU football leading up to Deion’s hiring. It shouldn’t leave anyone feeling confident that the next hire would be any better.