Author: Tyler King [email protected]
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Colorado opponent preview: First trip to Cincinnati caps Buffs’ 2026 road slate
The new-look Big 12 has and will continue to provide Colorado with a mix of familiar and new road trips. Over the course of the Buffaloes’ first two seasons back in the conference, road games against fellow Pac-12 defectors felt normal, while trips to places like Lubbock, Texas, and Manhattan, Kan., for the first time…
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A Chiefs fan in Broncos Country, tight end Zach Atkins hoping for big senior season at Colorado
A tight end from the Kansas City suburbs, Zach Atkins should have an easy choice for his favorite NFL player. Travis Kelce, right? Wrong. The Olathe, Kansas, native is a Brock Bowers fan. Oh, Atkins is a big Chiefs fan. Now entering his second season at Colorado, Atkins says if he had to pick one…
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Buffs’ newcomers the key to big improvement in secondary | Colorado position breakdown
There is a real chance the Colorado defense has 11 new starters when it takes the field Sept. 3 at Georgia Tech. It would make sense, too. The Buffaloes ranked at or near the bottom of the Big 12 in most statistical defensive categories during 2025’s 3-9 campaign. Defensive coordinator Robert Livingston returned to the…
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Colorado opponent preview: Houston quickly a Big 12 contender under coach Willie Fritz
All Willie Fritz does is win, and often in a way the programs he’s at never have before. He won two junior college national championships. He led Central Missouri to its first Division II playoff appearance in 2002. He took Sam Houston State to the FCS championship game in 2011 and 2012. He won Georgia…
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West Virginia coach Rich Rodriguez makes pitch for college football super league | Big 12 notebook
FRISCO, Texas — Someone other than Deion Sanders tried to bring solutions to college football to Big 12 media days. West Virginia coach Rich Rodriguez pitched what he feels is inevitable in college football: a single, giant super league comprised of the current Power 4, where the teams all share the revenue from one media…
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Thirty years in, Big 12 remains confident in makeup, path forward on football field
FRISCO, Texas — Despite all the recent changes in college football, the biggest reason the Big 12 formed and began playing football 30 years ago — money — has never been more relevant. When the old Big Eight merged with four programs from the Southwest Conference, it was about leverage in negotiations with TV partners…
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Joey McGuire defends Texas Tech’s handling of Brendan Sorsby saga | Big 12 notebook
FRISCO, Texas — Joey McGuire is right. Nobody believes he was happy to see hundreds of media members for the first time since the Brendan Sorsby saga ended with the quarterback giving up his fight to play for Texas Tech this season. Wearing a colorful, plaid suit jacket Tuesday at Dallas Cowboys headquarters, McGuire answered…
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A year removed from cancer fight, Deion Sanders has ‘swagger back’ entering year four at Colorado
FRISCO, Texas — Deion Sanders couldn’t help but reminisce about the state of his own health this time a year ago. He couldn’t remember what color suit he had on — it was gray — but the Colorado coach vividly recalled wearing a pair of shorts and a sweatshirt underneath to disguise what became increasingly…
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Cristiano Ronaldo’s World Cup finale shows power of rivalries like Portugal-Spain
ARLINGTON, Texas — The crowd erupted when he came off the bus. They cheered when he hustled out for pregame warmups. His name drew the biggest roar when the starting lineups were announced. But after more than 90 minutes of thrilling action, tears filled Cristiano Ronaldo’s eyes as he walked off a World Cup field…
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Big 12 preseason power poll: Where do Deion Sanders and Colorado rank?
FRISCO, Texas — The Big 12 is once again declining to do a preseason media poll, but that doesn’t mean we can’t have some fun on our own, does it? The conference convenes Tuesday and Wednesday at the Dallas Cowboys headquarters’ ahead of its 30th season on the football field. Even with the Brendan Sorsby…