Colorado announced Monday that it sold out of season tickets for 2024, marking the second-straight year the Buffaloes have done so. It’s also the 10th time in program history Colorado has sold out of season tickets.

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Sanders and the Buffaloes sold out Folsom Field for the first time in 2023 since 1996 when Colorado’s seven-year stretch of doing so during the 1990-96 seasons also included a national championship in 1990.

“Selling out of season tickets for the second year in a row shows how strong our fan base is and the continued impact of and trust in Coach Prime,” Colorado athletics director Rick George stated in a release. “We are ready for an exciting 2024 season and expect a full house for every game for the second straight season.”

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The lone other season Colorado sold out its season tickets was in 1972 following a 1971 campaign in which the Buffaloes went 10-2 finishing the year ranked No. 3 and including wins over LSU and Ohio State.

According to a release, Colorado’s season ticket renewal rate finished above 98% for a second-straight year. Both the 2023 and 2024 seasons are “two of a few” that totaled over 90% renewal rates.

Colorado will return this season to the Big 12 Conference since it departed in 2010 for the Pac-12 Conference. Among the Buffaloes’ anticipated home matchups include the opener Aug. 29 against North Dakota State, which won nine Football Championship Subdivision national championships from 2011-21, and Homecoming on Sept. 21 against Baylor, which will “also be the Big 12 Homecoming game with several league activations on campus along with traditional homecoming activities,” according to a release, during the Bears’ first visit to Boulder since 2010.

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Beginning this season, the “SEC on ABC franchise” will debut with the Miami–Florida matchup Aug. 31 at 3:30 p.m., according to a release. The SEC on ABC brand will include “a new graphics package, theme music and more.”

According to a release, all special date games and ESPN’s broadcast schedule for the first three weeks of the season will be revealed May 30. The network’s Bowl Season schedule will also be unveiled June 6.

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ESPN’s College GameDay, which will welcome former Alabama head coach Nick Saban on set this fall, will begin the season in Dublin, Ireland, at noon on Aug. 24 when Florida State matches up in Week 0 with Georgia Tech. It will be the first time the show originates from outside the United States.

Saban and College GameDay will return stateside Aug. 31 from College Station where new Aggies head coach Mike Elko and Texas A&M will face Notre Dame at 7:30 p.m.

ESPN will also broadcast the Southeastern Conference debuts for Oklahoma and Texas. The Sooners will open at home Aug. 30 against Temple at 7 p.m., and Texas will host Colorado State on Aug. 31 at 3:30 p.m.

Deion Sanders and Colorado will also make their debut in the Big 12 Conference Aug. 29 when the Buffaloes host North Dakota State at 8 p.m. on ESPN.

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ESPN’s run of teams in new conferences continues in the Atlantic Coast Conference on Aug. 30 when Stanford, departing the Pac-12 Conference, plays TCU at 10:30 p.m.

ESPN will also carry Kalen DeBoer’s Alabama debut against Western Kentucky at 7 p.m. on Aug. 31.

ABC will begin its Week 1 coverage in Atlanta at Mercedes-Benz Stadium where Dabo Swinney and Clemson will take on Kirby Smart and Georgia at noon.

Here is ABC and ESPN’s Weeks 0-1 schedule.

Week 0

Florida State at Georgia Tech — Aug. 24 at noon on ESPN

Florida A&M at Norfolk State — Aug. 24 at 7:30 p.m. on ABC

Week 1

North Dakota State at Colorado — Aug. 29 at 8 p.m. on ESPN

Temple at Oklahoma — Aug. 30 at 7 p.m. on ESPN

TCU at Stanford — Aug. 30 at 10:30 p.m. on ESPN

Clemson at Georgia — Aug. 31 at noon on ABC

Miami at Florida — Aug. 31 at 3:30 p.m. on ABC

Colorado State at Texas — Aug. 31 at 3:30 p.m. on ESPN

Western Kentucky at Alabama — Aug. 31 at 7 p.m. on ESPN

Notre Dame at Texas A&M — Aug. 31 at 7:30 p.m. on ABC

USC at LSU — Sept. 1 at 7:30 p.m. on ABC

Boston College at Florida State — Sept. 2 at 7:30 p.m. on ESPN

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Colorado and Nebraska both announced Monday that their Week 2 meeting on Sept. 7 will kick off at 6:30 p.m. CDT on NBC. It will be NBC’s first time broadcasting a game from Memorial Stadium since Thanksgiving Day in 1965.

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Second-year head coaches Matt Rhule of Nebraska and Deion Sanders of Colorado will meet again after the Buffaloes earned a 36-14 win in Week 2 last season in Boulder. According to Sean Callahan of HuskerOnline via On3, that game drew more than eight million viewers. This fall, they’ll face one another in the first-ever evening matchup between the two programs at Memorial Stadium.

According to a Colorado release, NBC’s broadcast will be part of the Upfront program, which is “a presentation showcasing the network’s concentrated portfolio of sports, entertainment, news and streaming platforms to advertisers,” and it will pair with the network’s Week 1 broadcast of Fresno State–Michigan in Ann Arbor. Colorado was part of Upfront last season when it opened the campaign against TCU on FOX’s Big Noon Kickoff.

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Colorado and Nebraska’s history dates back to their time together in the Big 12 Conference — which the Buffaloes will rejoin this fall.

Nebraska has a 49-21-2 advantage in the all-time series, though Colorado has won all three meetings since moving to the Pac-12 Conference following the 2010 season. They’ve split the past six games at Memorial Stadium since 2002.

Sanders and Colorado had nine games not on regional or conference networks in 2023, marking the most in program history according to a release. September’s game against the Cornhuskers will also be the first time the Buffaloes are broadcast on NBC since the Fiesta Bowl in 1995.

Rhule and Nebraska are looking to build off a 5-7 record in their first year together in 2023. Quarterback Heinrich Haarberg, who started eight games last season and led the team with 967 passing yards and seven touchdowns, and the Cornhuskers were No. 9 in the Big Ten Conference averaging 312.8 total yards per game. They also appeared in primetime on NBC last season at Wisconsin in Week 12.

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Alton McCaskill IV earned AAC Rookie of the Year and a spot on the all-conference second team with Houston in 2021 after rushing for 961 yards and 16 touchdowns and then transferred to Colorado before last season. On Thursday, he announced in a social media post his commitment to Arizona State.

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McCaskill redshirted each of the past two seasons. After his breakout freshman year, the Conroe, Texas, native tore his ACL in spring 2022 and missed the next season.

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Upon a transfer to join head coach Deion Sanders and Colorado before the 2023 campaign, McCaskill redshirted with the Buffaloes, appearing in four games with one start and rushing for 59 yards and catching 19 more.

McCaskill set Houston’s freshman rushing touchdown record in his debut season. In addition to leading all true freshmen with 16 scores on the ground, he also provided a threat in the receiving game catching 113 yards and two more touchdowns making him second on the team with 1,074 all-purpose yards.

McCaskill helped Oak Ridge High School to its first playoff win in 18 years in his final season. He earned District MVP after running for 1,141 yards and 11 touchdowns. The 6-foot-1, 200-pound running back was rated a four-star recruit by ESPN and On3 and a three-star recruit by 247 Sports and Rivals as part of the class of 2021, and he also was a member of Oak Ridge High School’s track and field team.

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Colorado running back Dylan Edwards will transfer to Kansas State ahead of the 2024 season, and he posted a photo on X of himself in a Wildcats jersey on Sunday.

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Edwards made an instant impact as a true freshman last season. He earned Colorado’s starting running back role and became the first Colorado true freshman to have the first points of the season since 2002.

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Edwards ran for 321 yards and a touchdown across 76 carries, and he’s a threat to catch a pass as he hauled in 299 yards and four touchdowns through the air. He became the first true freshman in Colorado history with more than 250 rushing and receiving yards in the same year and the ninth Buffaloe to do so.

The Derby, Kansas, native will return to his home state where he developed into a four-star recruit. Edwards earned Gatorade Kansas Player of the Year his junior year of high school when he rushed for 2,603 yards and 38 touchdowns, eclipsing the 100-yard mark in every game.

The Buffaloes will enter Year 2 under head coach Deion Sanders this fall, and they also added former Ohio State running back Dallan Hayden through the transfer portal.

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Pro Football Hall of Fame Defensive Lineman Warren Sapp joined Colorado’s coaching staff as a graduate assistant, according to a video posted on YouTube by Well Off Media.

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According to Pat Graham of The Associated Press, Sapp will join Deion Sanders for Sanders’ second season with the Buffaloes.

Sapp played college football at Miami where he was a consensus All-American before becoming a first round NFL Draft pick by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Sapp will join Sanders and Colorado in time for the Buffaloes’ move to the Big 12 Conference.

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Sapp said he’s “been a Deion Sanders fan since I was 12 years old,” according to the AP.

Sapp completed a background check through Colorado, according to the AP. He took a plea deal in 2015 after he “pleaded no contest in Las Vegas justice Court to one misdemeanor domestic violence charge” after “a scuffle with his former girlfriend,” according to ESPN, and he also was arrested for “assaulting and soliciting a prostitute” which he pleaded guilty to both charges and he completed a diversion program which dropped the solicitation charge, according to the AP.

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According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, Livingston is “expected” to join Deion Sanders’ coaching staff after nine years with the Bengals.

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Livingston has a long history with the Bengals. He’s spent eight seasons as secondary coach and six with the team’s safeties.

Prior to his role as secondary coach Livingston was a Bengals scout covering the southeast and Atlantic Coast and Southeastern conferences.

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The Hendersonville, North Carolina, native also coached at Vanderbilt in 2011 as a defensive quality control coach.

Livingston also coached in 2010 at Furman working primarily with safeties.

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Former Arizona State defensive lineman B.J. Green will transfer to Colorado, he announced Monday on Instagram.

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Green totaled a career-high 39 tackles and six sacks last season for the Sun Devils. He played in all 12 games, as he has in each of his three seasons amassing 60 tackles, 21 tackles for loss and 13.5 sacks.

Green became one of four Sun Devils to lead the program in sacks with five as a true freshman in 2021.

Green, a native of Atlanta, originally walked on at Arizona State. When he entered the transfer portal after last season, he first decided on Washington before Kalen DeBoer departed for the head coaching position at Alabama.

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Colorado head coach Deion Sanders tweeted in December 2023 that the Buffaloes were in search of players through the transfer portal, notably a defensive tackle, cornerback, linebacker and “1 more Pass Rusher.”

Sanders appears to have landed one defensive lineman to add to Colorado’s program. The Buffaloes went 4-8 in Sanders’ first season as head coach after going 1-11 in 2022.

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After a 4-8 season during his first year at the helm of the program, including a 3-0 start to the season, Sanders listed four positions he’d like Santa Claus, or the transfer portal, to leave him ahead of next season.

“Dang, i the portal doing the bank-head bounce,” Sanders stated. “Just when I thought Santa was on his way back to the North Pole he dipped off. Santa please drop another DT, CB ,LB & 1 more Pass Rusher to Boulder. I BELIEVE Santa I BELIEVE !”

Sanders listed defensive tackle, cornerback, linebacker and a defensive end or edge rusher among the positions he’d like to improve going into the 2024 season.

The Buffaloes finished tied for sixth in the Pac-12 Conference with 27 sacks this season. They also finished sixth with 10 interceptions, near the middle of the pack.

Colorado’s leading tackler this season was defensive back Shilo Sanders, and linebacker LaVonta Bentley was close behind.

The belief was strong in Boulder this year. The Buffaloes improved on an 1-11 season in 2022 during the first year of Sanders’ tutelage.

Now, Sanders and Colorado hope to continue their growth and impact in the Pac-12 going into Year 2.

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Through more than a dozen weeks and three-plus months of competition, only four programs stood remaining as undefeated come bowl season. 

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The unbeaten teams include No. 1 Michigan, No. 2 Washington, No. 5 Florida State and No. 23 Liberty. 

Two of those programs are playing in the College Football Playoff for college football’s biggest prize, a national championship, in the Wolverines and Huskies. 

However, the CFP Selection Committee did something unprecedented: it left an unbeaten Power 5 conference champion out of the Playoff. 

Here are some noteworthy quotes as focus turns from Week 14 to bowl season. 

Bo Nix, Oregon 

No. 8 Oregon had a chance at redemption against Washington going into the Pac-12 Championship game last weekend. 

The Ducks sought to right their only wrong of the season which came in Week 6 when they fell 33-30 to the Huskies, and Washington beat Oregon a second time, this time 36-33, and claimed the conference title. 

Oregon quarterback Bo Nix is out of eligibility. He’s a contender for the Heisman Trophy, given to the most outstanding player in college football. 

Nix leads the country with a 77.2% completion and is tied for most passing touchdowns with LSU’s Jayden Daniels who also has 40. 

Nix gave an ode to his college football career after Oregon’s loss on Saturday. He reflected on a number of college football staples and traditions that meant the most to him. 

“I’m going to miss college football. I know it was my goal my whole entire life to be a college quarterback and to play and to win a national championship, and even though that may be off the table and it’s not necessarily something that can be obtained anymore, it was still a goal and I still worked for it every day,” Nix said. “As crazy as it sounds, I’m going to enjoy this plane ride home around the guys because I’ve had many of them before, but not sure how many I’m going to have in front of me and, I don’t know, it’s just a lot of emotions, a lot going on that, man, you wish you could change, like, you wish you could go back and do so many different things. But, I mean, they’re over there on the same side, you know, they wanted to win too, and that’s what is the good and bad thing about any kind of competition, any kind of sports is there has to be a loser and as bad as it feels, that’s why you play the game.” 

Mike Norvell, Florida State 

As mentioned earlier, the Seminoles got the shorter end of the stick when it came to the CFP. 

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Unbeaten all season and atop the Atlantic Coast Conference, Florida State was left out of the Playoff based on it seems a couple factors. 

The Seminoles won three of their last four games by 10 points or fewer. But they still won the games. 

Florida State also lost starting quarterback Jordan Travis due to a horrific left leg injury in Week 12. But the Seminoles still won their final three games with backups Tate Rodemaker and Brock Glenn. 

It seems the CFP Selection Committee penalized Florida State for its loss of Travis among other factors. The committee does take into account which players are available for a team when making its decision, and it went with No. 4 Alabama which beat then-No. 1 Georgia 27-24 in the Southeastern Conference Championship game over the Seminoles. 

Florida State head coach Mike Norvell released an emotional statement on Sunday, giving his opinion on the Seminoles being left out of the Playoff which left him “disgusted and infuriated.” 

“I am disgusted and infuriated with the committee’s decision (Sunday) to have what was earned on the field taken away because a small group of people decided they knew better than the results of the games,” Norvell stated. “What is the point of playing games? Do you tell players it is okay to quit if someone goes down? Do you not play a senior on Senior Day for fear of injury? Where is the motivation to schedule challenging non-conference games? We are not only an undefeated P5 conference champion, but we also played two P5 non-conference games away from home and won both of them. I don’t understand how we are supposed to think this is an acceptable way to evaluate a team. I’m hurting for our players who have displayed a tremendous amount of resilience and response this season. What happened (Sunday) goes against everything that is true and right in college football. A team that overcame tremendous adversity and found a way to win doing whatever it took on the field was cheated (Sunday). It’s a sad day for college football. I’m proud of the work we have put in and the players I have the privilege to coach. We have one more opportunity to define this 2023 team in the Orange Bowl, and I believe in how our team will respond.” 

Deion Sanders, Colorado 

The college football world went ablaze over the weekend and into the week after Florida State was left out of the Playoff. 

Many voiced their opinion on the Seminoles missing the CFP on social media, and many voiced displeasure about it. 

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This season is the final year of the four-team Playoff. Next year, it will expand to include 12 teams, allowing the six highest seeded conference champions a spot in the CFP. 

Colorado head coach Deion Sanders is an alum of Florida State, playing there from 1985-88 across three sports. 

Sanders shared his stance on whether Florida State didn’t receive a fair shot at the Playoff, and while he gave his opinion, he also talked up the 12-team Playoff — and how he and the Buffaloes plan to be in it. 

“First and foremost, I want their problem. Can I have that problem? Can I have those problems please? I want those problems,” Sanders said. “Thank God the committee got it right next year when there’s a bigger gate and open for a plethora of schools having an opportunity to go to the playoffs — and we plan on being one of them. There’s no way that you’re going to leave coach Saban and Alabama out of a playoff and Georgia. No, you’re not going to leave Georgia and Alabama out. It ain’t no playoff if you do that. I’m happy man, I’m not happy. I don’t know how I would have handled that. I think coach Norvell did a wonderful job articulating himself speaking his truth and the players supporting him as well. That’s a tough one man. I would love to be in that situation. Unfortunately, we’re not but we plan on being in that situation. But that’s a tough one. But they’re going to always go with the business. See, people think it’s just football man. You got to understand this is a business as well.” 

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The Buckeyes are followed in the CFP rankings by No. 2 Georgia, No. 3 Michigan and No. 4 Florida State. No. 5 Washington and No. 6 Oregon are right behind. 

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In somewhat of a surprise in the rankings, Oklahoma is No. 9 after suffering its first defeat of the season last week to No. 20 Kansas. The Sooners are behind No. 7 Texas, which they beat earlier this season. 

Also, Missouri checked in at No. 12, its highest CFP ranking since 2014. The Tigers were placed ahead of No. 14 LSU despite the Bayou Tigers having beaten Missouri already this season on the road. 

Here are several players and notes to keep a tab on in this week’s Big Board. 

Looking at the Big 12 Conference title picture 

The conference championship picture is coming into focus, albeit some are more clear than others. 

In the Big 12, there are five teams currently tied atop the standings: Iowa State, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Texas. 

All five teams have a 4-1 record in conference play. The Beavers have the longest current winning streak at four games. 

No. 25 Kansas State and No. 7 Texas will meet on Saturday in a ranked showdown that will have big Big 12 conference title implications. Both enter on winning streaks of multiple games. And Texas has the edge with a 7-1 overall record to the Wildcats’ 6-2 mark. 

Conference records will matter when it comes to which teams will match up in the Big 12 title game. As it stands, Iowa State has a 5-3 record while each of the four teams it is tied with own better records. 

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Oklahoma and Texas could meet in a rematch come the end of the season. The Sooners topped the Longhorns 34-30 in Week 6. 

But the Sooners stumbled for the first time last week. They lost to a hot Kansas team that ran for four touchdowns, and the Jayhawks are bowl eligible for the second-straight season. 

There is still plenty to sort out with the Big 12 title picture, and the scene will get clearer this week. 

An update on the Michigan sign stealing investigation 

It appears there is still a long way to go in the alleged Michigan sign stealing investigation by the NCAA. 

According to Adam Rittenberg and Pete Thamel of ESPN, Central Michigan is “investigating photos that show a man resembling Michigan Wolverines staff member Connor Stalions on its sideline for the Sept. 1 opener at Michigan State.” 

Reports had surfaced whether or not Harbaugh had been offered an extension recently. According to Andrew Beaton and Rachel Bachman of the Wall Street Journal, “The University of Michigan has rescinded a new contract offer for head football coach Jim Harbaugh in the wake of a sign-stealing scandal.”  

Harbaugh said on Monday that it’s not accurate that Michigan rescinded a contract extension offer. 

Last week, head coaches around college football spoke on the topic of sign stealing and how prevalent it happens in the game. Some coaches, like Colorado’s Deion Sanders, said teams still have to stop opposing teams on the field of play even if the suspicion of stolen signs is there, and others, like Nebraska’s Matt Rhule, said sign stealing happens “every game” and he advocated for increased technology on the sidelines. 

Jordan Travis, Florida State 

An early season Heisman Trophy hopeful, Florida State’s Jordan Travis is seemingly clicking at just the right time for the Seminoles. 

Travis set new season-highs in a number of categories last week against Wake Forest. The fifth-year quarterback threw 359 yards including an 80-yard heave against the Demon Deacons. 

In the second quarter alone, Travis tossed three touchdown passes of at least 14 yards. He finished completing 62.9% of his passes, the fourth-best mark of the season for him. 

Travis currently has 2,109 passing yards and 18 passing touchdowns. His legs also serve as a valuable and dangerous weapon as he has 205 rushing yards and six touchdowns, and the latter is second-most at Florida State. 

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The Seminoles are riding a 14-game winning streak dating back to last season, and they’ve done so largely thanks to their quarterback Travis. They have several more tests this season coming particularly against Miami and Florida to round out the regular season. 

Travis’ current Heisman odds are +750, which are the fifth-best odds according to FanDuel Sportsbook. 

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