Elian Oliva’s rise to high school football stardom started with getting kicked off the field. It was the summer before his sophomore season, and the Northfield linebacker was at the CSU Pueblo camp with his team. He was playing on a side field in a junior varsity scrimmage — until camp directors quickly quashed that. “His physicality and level of play was so intense that the … [Read more...] about Northfield’s Elian Oliva wins 2025 Gold Helmet Award with physicality, speed and glizty 5.02 GPA
Grading The Week: Deion Sanders’ hire of Brennan Marion as CU Buffs OC reminds us of Sean Lewis. That’s a good thing.
Team Grading The Week is officially gaga over the Go-Go. As in The “Go-Go” offense, which is a term Front Range fans would be wise to get hip to. Because it’s about to become the base offensive scheme of Deion Sanders’ CU Buffs’ football program. Take a bow, Coach Prime. The Buffs are sort of circling back to where they started at offensive coordinator three years ago. And that … [Read more...] about Grading The Week: Deion Sanders’ hire of Brennan Marion as CU Buffs OC reminds us of Sean Lewis. That’s a good thing.
Keeler: If Deion Sanders won’t change how he recruits, CU Buffs football won’t progress, experts say. ‘Portal reliance is dangerous.’
Deion Sanders needs more face time. Just not the kind on his phone. “It sure helped CU when he first got the job,” Brandon Huffman, national recruiting editor at 247Sports.com, told me Tuesday. “But reliance on the transfer portal is dangerous.” And in Boulder, three years into The Coach Prime Era, the Buffs are still living dangerously on the recruiting front. The early prep … [Read more...] about Keeler: If Deion Sanders won’t change how he recruits, CU Buffs football won’t progress, experts say. ‘Portal reliance is dangerous.’
Keeler: CSU Rams? Playoffs? Jim Mora isn’t kidding when he sees College Football Playoff in Fort Collins.
FORT COLLINS — Playoffs? You kidding me? Jim Mora’s talking about playoffs? At CSU? “Yes. 100%,” Rams athletic director John Weber told me with a straight face Monday. “If other programs out of the Mountain West and the Pac-12 can do it, CSU can and will do it.” “You’re convinced Jim will get you there?” I asked. “Yes,” Weber replied. “Absolutely.” Didn’t blink. Didn’t … [Read more...] about Keeler: CSU Rams? Playoffs? Jim Mora isn’t kidding when he sees College Football Playoff in Fort Collins.
Keeler: CU Buffs’ 3-9 record proves Deion Sanders needs better coaches in his ear or another Shedeur on the field
He’s an NFL general manager cosplaying as a college football coach. Deion Sanders can see the big picture better than most of us, clear as day. He needs a game-manager on the field, a Shedeur Sanders to be his eyes and ears between the hash marks. He needs a game-manager on the headset. Nick Saban had Steve Sarkisian. And Lane Kiffin. And Bill O’Brien. And Jim McElwain. Coach … [Read more...] about Keeler: CU Buffs’ 3-9 record proves Deion Sanders needs better coaches in his ear or another Shedeur on the field