Tag: Kaidon Salter
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QB Kaidon Salter reflects on up-and-down season at Colorado | Buffs Notebook
MANHATTAN, Kan. — Kaidon Salter always expected to be Colorado’s starting quarterback at the beginning and end of the 2025 season. He just didn’t expect everything in between to happen the way it did. “It was difficult football-wise, but just off-the-field wise, I’ve got a very supportive family that really loves me, so that made…
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Kickin’ It with Kiz: Maybe Deion Sanders should pack his Louis Vuitton and move Buffs to the Sun Belt Conference
While I think the boost in attendance and revenue to the CU football program is great, the performance is the same as in years past. I don’t see us improving much as long as this Deion Sanders staff is coaching in Boulder. – Jeremie, adventurer Kiz: When the Buffs hired Sanders, he had CU faithful…
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Colorado loses 24-14 at Kansas State to close forgettable 2025 season | 3 Takeaways
MANHATTAN, Kan. — A miserable third season under Deion Sanders mercifully ended on a miserable day on the plains. With a wind chill below freezing under cloudy skies, Colorado (3-9, 1-8 Big 12) fell in the 2025 season finale by a final of 24-14 at Kansas State (6-6, 5-4) in the program’s first game at…
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Colorado will preserve Julian Lewis’ redshirt, start Kaidon Salter at QB vs. Kansas State
BOULDER — Julian Lewis’ freshman season is over. Colorado coach Deion Sanders said Tuesday veteran quarterback Kaidon Salter will start Saturday (10 a.m. FS1) at Kansas State in an effort to preserve Lewis’ redshirt as he has already played in the maximum four games allowed. “That’s my decision,” Coach Prime said. “I want what’s best…
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Colorado freshman QB Julian ‘JuJu’ Lewis will make first career start at West Virginia
BOULDER — The reason Deion Sanders put Julian Lewis in the game last Saturday night is the same reason the five-star freshman quarterback will make his first career start this week. “Common sense,” Coach Prime said Tuesday when he confirmed the Buffaloes will turn to “JuJu” Lewis at West Virginia on Saturday (10 a.m. TNT).…
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CU Buffs vs. Arizona | 3 takeaways from a second straight blowout loss for Coach Prime, Colorado
BOULDER — The Deion Sanders era has reached a new low. The over 48,000 people who attended Colorado’s homecoming game against Arizona on Saturday night at Folsom Field should ask for their money back. A week after an embarrassing, 53-7 loss at Utah — the worst loss since Coach Prime took over — the Buffaloes…
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Coach Prime, Colorado pass torch to Julian ‘JuJu’ Lewis during embarrassing loss to Arizona
BOULDER — The biggest cheer of the night came when a fan dressed as Andy Reid took his shirt off. But the second biggest cheer? That was reserved for the moment freshman phenom Julian “JuJu” Lewis entered the game at quarterback. Granted, there wasn’t much to cheer about on Saturday night as Colorado (3-6, 1-5…
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5 storylines to watch as Colorado hosts Arizona following blowout loss | Buffs Gameday
Deion Sanders will learn about his team this weekend. Despite suffering the biggest loss of the Coach Prime era last week in Utah, Colorado still has a lot to play for as we enter the final month of the regular season. Starting with Arizona at Folsom Field Saturday night (5 p.m. FS1), the Buffaloes need…
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Coach Prime’s third season with CU Buffs shows volatility of transfer portal | College Football Insider
BOULDER — Any time you lose by 46 points, you evaluate everything. That’s what Deion Sanders has been doing this week after his Colorado team suffered its biggest defeat of his tenure. “You check everything in the house,” Sanders said. “You start off with yourself, to make sure you’re putting in the time and the…
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5 storylines to watch as Colorado gets set to face dominant Utah rushing attack | Buffs Gameday
The Big 12’s best rushing attack meets the conference’s second-worst rushing defense. Colorado will have its hands full this week as it travels west to face Utah on Saturday night (8:15 p.m. ESPN) at Rice-Eccles Stadium. While the win two weeks ago over then-No. 22 Iowa State was one of the best of the Deion…