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Linebackers shine in CU Buffs Spring Showcase May 1, 2021 Junior inside linebacker Jonathan Van Diest waits for the play to be called at Folsom Field on April 30, 2021. (Kara Wagenknecht/CU Independent) With 2020 team-leading tackler senior inside linebacker Nate Landman recovering from an injury, a slew of less-experienced linebackers have stepped up this spring for the University of Colorado football team. Following Friday’s Spring Showcase at Folsom Field, head coach Karl Dorrell commended...

Spring Showcase highlighted by fans, special moment for two walk-ons April 30, 2021 Coaches and players embrace junior safety Curtis Appleton II after Appleton was awarded a scholarship at the beginning of the spring football showcase at Folsom Field on April 30, 2021. (Kara Wagenknecht/CU Independent) For the final day of spring practice on Friday, the University of Colorado football team completed a Spring Showcase scrimmage. About 1,000 fans at Folsom Field witnessed a high tempo controlled ...

Dorrell leads CU through first spring scrimmage April 11, 2021 Junior linebacker Jonathan Van Diest prepares for a snap during a spring scrimmage on April 9. (Photo Courtesy of CU Athletics) As the University of Colorado Buffaloes football team fell short to the Texas Longhorns in the 2020 Alamo Bowl, Colorado looks to prepare itself for a redemption year. On Friday, the Buffaloes held an intrasquad scrimmage for the first time during the spring practice season. Prior to the scrimmage, head coa...

Apr 8, 2021 BOULDER — Karl Dorrells Colorado Buffaloes will conduct their first scrimmage of the spring Friday, a workout that should provide at least a glimpse of some of the changes on both sides of the ball. The Buffs are installing a new defensive scheme under new coordinator Chris Wilson, and theyre making some offensive changes as well to incorporate some new looks on coordinator Darrin Chiaverinis side of the ball. Dorrell has said he hopes to get the basic installation of the new play...

Shorthanded Buffs cherish Alamo Bowl opportunity December 28, 2020 Sophomore running back Jarek Broussard looks to evade Aztec defenders during the second quarter of play at Folsom Field. Nov. 28, 2020 (Nigel Amstock/CU Independent) Heading into the program’s first bowl game in four years, the CU Buffs football team is not taking the experience for granted. Head coach Karl Dorrell flew past expectations in 2020 but the first-year Colorado head coach has bigger goals in mind. “We made a good...

What to watch for: Colorado vs No. 20 Texas in the Alamo Bowl December 28, 2020 Freshman receiver Brenden Rice evades a Ute defender during the waning seconds of the second quarter of play at Folsom Field. Dec. 12, 2020 (Nigel Amstock/CU Independent) Valero Alamo Bowl 12/29/20, 8pm CT/7pm MT Alamodome - San Antonio, TX Line: Texas -7.0 Four years and three head coaches later, the University of Colorado Buffaloes have returned to postseason play in the first year of the Karl Dorrell era with a b...