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CSU Rams wideout Tory Horton drew double teams last fall. Jay Norvell’s challenge to him for 2023? Draw NFL draft scouts. ·
August 4, 2023 at 2:12 p.m.FORT COLLINS — Oh, sure, Tory Horton got calls from other places. Big places. Deep-pocket places. You don’t think tampering is a thing in this certifiably insane college football world of the present?Yet when a reporter asked CSU’s star wideout on the first day of Rams preseason camp Friday morning why he stayed put, the senior walked the convo back to three words: Coach ...
Restocked Colorado State football roster hits field to start rebound attempt in 2023 ·
Fort Collins ColoradoanThe size and numbers stood out immediately at the start of Colorado State's first official practice of the 2023 football season.The Rams ended the 2022 season with just 52 scholarship players available for games. Practices were made up of a bare-bones squad.Spring is always shorthanded, with many newcomers not on campus yet and graduated players gone.The field felt completely ...
Kiszla: Don’t expect CU’s Deion Sanders to shed tear at Pac-12’s funeral. “Everybody’s chasing a bag,” Coach Prime says. ·
PUBLISHED August 4, 2023 at 6:01 p.m. | UPDATED: August 4, 2023 at 10:23 p.m.As harsh changes in the economic climate wreak havoc on the college football landscape, Neon Deion Sanders burns hotter than the sun, chuckling as the Pac-12 Conference crumbles into the ocean.These are crazy times to be alive in the college football world.And the new CU coach was born to thrive in the madness.“What craziness ...
CU Buffs head coach Deion Sanders: ‘We’re gonna win’ ·
PUBLISHED August 4, 2023 at 4:20 p.m. | UPDATED: August 4, 2023 at 6:13 p.m.Deion Sanders apparently isn’t bilingual, but the head coach of the Colorado Buffaloes makes it very clear in English what he expects out of his team this year.“To win. To win. To win, develop, get these guys to the next level, and have them to be men, not boys,” Sanders said Friday in addressing the media for the first time ...
CU football notes: Buffs working to get backup QBs up to speed ·
August 5, 2023 at 11:19 a.m.There is no question that a healthy Shedeur Sanders will be the starting quarterback for the Colorado Buffaloes.Getting others ready and finding a top backup is a priority for the Buffs this month, however.Sanders was a star for two seasons at Jackson State before transferring to CU last winter, but behind him, the Buffs have almost no college experience.The only scholarship ...
Clemson’s Dabo Swinney reacts to latest round of college football realignment ·
UPDATED AUGUST 04, 2023 7:02 PMCLEMSONClemson football coach Dabo Swinney understands there’s a lot of “narratives” surrounding his school’s standing in the ACC and college sports at large.His message to fans: Relax.“Obviously, a lot of conversation about our league and TV contracts and things like that,” Swinney said Friday ahead of Clemson’s first 2023 fall camp practice. “And listen, those things ...
Charlotte 49ers football camp opens with key message: ‘You have to get better every day.’ ·
UPDATED AUGUST 04, 2023 4:30 PMCHARLOTTEThe first day of Charlotte football’s training camp is in the books, and one thing is for sure — familiar faces from last year’s 3-9 team are few and far between.First-year head coach Biff Poggi’s overhaul of last season’s locker room is apparent, and the new-look roster blew Poggi’s expectations out of the water.“I am so happy with today. I told them when we ...
BYU Roundup: Rex, Pay named to preseason watch lists ·
Aug 4, 2023NEW YORK — For the third straight year, BYU tight end Isaac Rex has been named to the John Mackey Award Watch List, presented annually to the nation’s most outstanding tight end.A native of San Clemente, California, Rex was also recently named to the 2023 Phil Steele Preseason All-Big 12 Fourth Team. The 6-6, 255-pound junior has played in 40 games for the Cougars over the past four seasons ...
Reed once again hoping to make the most of a comeback season ·
Aug 4, 2023BOISE — What was supposed to be Markel Reed’s comeback season in 2022 didn’t even get out of the first quarter.In the Boise State football team’s season opener at Oregon State last fall — Reed’s first game back after tearing his ACL five games into the 2021 season — the cornerback left the field early via a cart after once again suffering a knee injury.“I knew right away when it happened, ...
Which Boise State football players, coaches are in the running for national awards? ·
AUGUST 04, 2023Boise State running back George Holani is listed on the Maxwell Award and Paul Hornung Award watch lists.Boise State running back George Holani is listed on the Maxwell Award and Paul Hornung Award watch lists. DARIN OSWALD doswald@idahostatesman.comAs the 2023 college football season approaches, Boise State coaches and players are receiving recognition on annual preseason watch lists.We’ve ...
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