Remember the flak CU head coach Dan Hawkins was catching because he hadn’t named a starting quarterback two weeks before the season opener? You have to wonder if Nebraska’s Bo Pelini is catching the same kind of grief. Pelini told reporters after Saturday’s practice that he has a plan for the position, but he’s still [...]

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Yes, you read that right. Darian Hagan, son of the former Colorado standout quarterback and current running backs coach, was listed at No. 1 on the depth chart at cornerback for Cal when the Bears released their depth chart on Thursday. The younger Hagan is listed at 6-0, 178. He started four games last year [...]

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Two running backs the Colorado Buffaloes might see this year are currently facing off-the-field issues that could affect their status. Georgia RB Washaun Ealey, the team’s leading rusher a year ago, was arrested early Friday and charged with hit and run and driving on a suspended license. UGA police chief Jimmy Williamson said Ealey hit [...]

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Sometimes, truth is indeed stranger than fiction. This from the Associated Press: An Oregon State University offensive lineman has been dismissed from the team after police say they found him naked and intoxicated in a stranger’s home and had to use stun guns to take him into custody. Corvallis police say they received the call [...]

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Jake Trotter, who covers OU for the Oklahoman, doesn’t give the Buffs much of a chance against the Sooners this year. Trotter says “The worst team in the Big 12 could be Colorado,” and he puts the chances of an OU win over the Buffs on Oct. 30 at 96 percent. According to Trotter, the [...]

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Have been spending some time recently catching up with members of the 1990 national champion team. Fun assignment, I must admit. Talked last week with consensus All-American lineman Joe Garten, who now lives in California. After spending a few years playing on Sundays, Joe retired and began what was a very successful custom cabinet company. [...]

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From the Pueblo Chieftain: Former University of Colorado head football coach Gary Barnett, Colorado State-Pueblo coach John Wristen’s mentor in the profession, attended practice Monday and Tuesday. He addressed the team Tuesday night and his talk focused on this year’s theme of “Pump It.”

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It’s been interesting to watch the reaction of Buff fans to the Dan Hawkins era over the past four years. They’re not happy, and with good reason. The Buffs have been bad. But for those of us who have been around a while — and those of us who don’t erase history as if it [...]

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The bad news can’t seem to stop flowing out of Southern Cal. Thursday, it was the revelation that cornerback T.J. Bryant had surgery on his left cheekbone after suffering an injury in a fight with teammate Stanley Havili. Seems Havili, a senior, didn’t appreciate Bryant’s effort in a conditioning workout last week. Words flew, and [...]

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