Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images How are the Buffs looking going into 2024? It’s that time of year again. As CU’s students wrap up their final exams, we at Ralphie Report are going to issue one extra report card. How did each position group fair after the heavy roster churn of the spring football period? Let’s grade each group to see how they’re looking ahead of the 2024 season. Quarterback: A All the Buffs really had to do to stay in the A range was keep Shedeur Sanders in Boulder for one more season and they did just that. Along with Sanders, the Buffs retained backup Ryan Staub, who st ..read more

Jeremy Brevard-USA TODAY Sports Tad Boyle is adding a college basketball legend to his staff. As if there wasn’t enough nostalgia in their return to the Big 12, the Colorado Buffaloes will have a rekindling of old friends. Head coach Tad Boyle has found his new assistant coach. It’s his former Kansas teammate, Danny Manning, an NCAA Champion, Naismith Player of the Year, NBA All-Star and college basketball head coach. Manning will replace Rick Ray, the former assistant who joined Mark Byington’s staff at Vanderbilt after four seasons in Boulder. Ray was a valuable member of the staff, but Mann ..read more

Andrej Jakimovski (23) and Bangot Dak (12) will compete for minutes on the 2024-25 Buffs. | Stephen R. Sylvanie-USA TODAY Sports The Buffs have had a busy April. While all eyes have been on Coach Prime and the Colorado Buffaloes football team, Tad Boyle’s staff has quickly rebuilt a roster that lost six of its seven leading scorers to the NBA Draft and transfer portal. In April alone, the coaching staff has recruited and signed three legit starters to go along with six returning players and three highly touted freshmen. The Buffs aren’t done — they’re looking for one more impact transfer — but ..read more

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images There’s a lot of fresh faces in Boulder. Colorado’s spring game is less than a week away, which means it’s time to talk roster composition. Keeping up with Colorado’s current roster is no easy task with the revolving door that is the transfer portal, so we’re gonna do you all a favor. A lot of fans (including myself) could use a little reminder of who is even on the team after a hectic spring portal period, so allow us to break down and speculate what the Buffaloes’ current depth chart looks like. Offense Quarterback Starter: Shedeur Sanders Backup: Ryan ..read more

Photo by RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images The Buffs now have a spot in the secondary to fill So far this offseason, Colorado’s defense has been relatively unharmed by the transfer portal. Other than the departures of Cormani McClain and Myles Slusher, most of CU’s top-end talent from last season has decided to stick around for 2024. That’s unfortunately not the case anymore, as starting cornerback Omarion Cooper announced his departure via the transfer portal earlier this week. After coming to Boulder from Florida State in 2023, Cooper played in nine games for the B ..read more

Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images This is part of the deal with Coach Prime on the sidelines. It’s almost cringey how stuffed with metaphors Colorado’s spring game was. Here was everyone’s first look at the new-and-improved Buffs, reforged in the fires of the transfer portal and ready to show the Big 12 that they’re worth taking at least somewhat seriously. Their spring game promised overwhelming amounts of both on- and off-field entertainment and was marketed with the full force of Nike’s sponsorship budget; this was going to be the first must-see event in a season that promises to be fu ..read more

Two thumbs up! | Trevor Ruszkowski-USA TODAY Sports The Buffs will be competitive in the Big 12. After losing six of their seven leading scorers, Tad Boyle has done an admirable job retooling the Colorado Buffaloes. First it was Trevor Baskin from Colorado Mesa, then Andrej Jakimovski from Washington State. Now, it’s Elijah Moore, a highly touted big man from Grace College. Colorado doesn’t often recruit NAIA players, but Malone is different. He was the best player in the league the last two seasons and only stayed there — despite having very real D-I offers — out of loyalty to the coaching st ..read more

Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports The rebuilding is still not done The Colorado Buffaloes got better this week and last through the transfer portal as they seem to do every cycle of the transfer portal. Ryland has the goods on some of the most recent commitments from the spring game, but there are still plenty of impact players that the Buffs need to close on to hit some of their goals this year. These players have all visited in the last two weeks: LB Elijah Herring, Tennessee: The Volunteers’ leading tackler last year entered the transfer portal after being recruited over. He had 79 tackles last ..read more

Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images Coach Prime is adding some young talent to prepare for the future With all the effort that went into Colorado’s Black and Gold spring game, you’d think that Coach Prime would have less time to recruit some fresh talent. However, that clearly wasn't the case. Colorado’s staff managed to snag four key transfers last weekend, all of which largely flew under the radar. Allow us to break down who the newest Buffs are: Clemson OL Zechariah Owens This dude’s nickname is Flapjack and you don’t get the nickname Flapjack for no reason. That’s pretty much all you ne ..read more

Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports Colorado has a potentially game changing new weapon in the slot After an eventful month, Colorado’s spring football session has come to a close with conclusion of the Black and Gold spring game. Despite the dreary and miserable weather in Boulder on Saturday, the fans who endured the rain were treated to their first glimpse of what the 2024 Buffaloes may look like. Here are our biggest takeaways from the abbreviated spring game: LaJohntay Wester is an absolutely beast in the slot This doesn’t really come as a surprise to anyone who watched Wester’s FAU tape, but Col ..read more