The Buffzone Blog

Grossnickle wins another state title

Colorado place-kicker/punter recruit Zach Grossnickle helped his Denver East High School soccer team win the state championship last fall, and he just helped the Angels win another state crown in a nontraditional sport. Turns out Grossnickle played on the Ultimate Frisbee team at East this spring for fun and to spend time with friends and the team recently beat Lakewood High School for the state title. Apparently, ultimate frisbee is big on the CU campus as [+]

Lot F changes not final

Thanks to everyone who contacted me regarding CU's proposed changes to parking in Lot F.It's a story I will continue to follow and I will appreciate you keeping me updated. I just talked with athletic director Mike Bohn about it, and he tells me nothing about this situation has been finalized. He said they plan to meet with folks who are really upset about the changes and see if there are some answers that can satisfy [+]

A look at the 2009-10 bowl schedule

Bowl Site Date Time (ET) Network Matchup Allstate Sugar New Orleans Jan. 1, 2010 8:30 p.m. FOX BCS at-large vs. BCS at-large AT&T Cotton Arlington, Texas Jan. 2, 2010 2 p.m. FOX Big 12 vs. SEC Autozone Liberty Memphis Jan. 2, 2010 5:30 p.m. ESPN C-USA vs. SEC BCS National Championship Game Pasadena, Calif. Jan. 7, 2010 8 p.m. FOX BCS #1 vs. BCS #2 Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Ft. Worth, Texas Dec. 31, 2009 TBD ESPN MWC vs. C-USA Brut Sun El Paso, Texas Dec. 31, 2009 Noon CBS Pac-10 vs. Big East/Big 12 Capital One Orlando Jan. 1, 2010 1 p.m. ABC Big Ten vs. SEC Champs Sports Orlando Dec. 29, 2009 8 p.m. ESPN ACC vs. Big Ten Chick Fil-a Atlanta Dec. 31, 2009 7:30 p.m. ESPN ACC vs. SEC EagleBank Washington, [+]

Time to sign another running back

Looking at the Colorado roster, it's easy to spot a few holes coaches will obviously be trying to fill in the 2010 recruiting cycle. One of them is at running back. The Buffs are solid at the position for the next few years with a junior in Demetrius Sumler and three sophomores in Darrell Scott, Brian Lockridge and Rodney Stewart. But coaches will probably want to have a freshman to add to the mix in August [+]

Paul Vigo makes a move

Freshman Paul Vigo was the only member of the 2008 recruiting class to greyshirt, delaying his enrollment at Colorado until this spring. He began spring ball as a safety but has moved to cornerback, where he might stay. Vigo missed a large chunk of his first spring in the program standing on the sidelines with a bad hamstring. We talked to him about all this after the 13th practice of spring ball Tuesday, April 21. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odxAFC0GRjw[/youtube] [+]

First depth chart coming

Longtime Colorado sports information director Dave Plati spent time with several assistant coaches after today's practice going over where guys might fit into the first depth chart released this spring. No word on how soon it will be released. They could wait until after the spring game, but it will be interesting to see where guys are slotted as we roll into summer and look ahead to fall camp. To tell the truth, I'm not expecting a [+]

Good news for Ballenger

I saw former Colorado quarterback Matt Ballenger in the Dal Ward Center today and he had a big friendly smile on his face as usual. He had good reason to be in such a good mood. Ballenger learned this week he won't have to sit out a year when he transfers this summer to another school to play basketball. The NCAA normally requires student-athletes who transfer to sit out a year, but there are a small number [+]

Ray Polk watching and learning

It's questionable at this point whether Colorado redshirt freshman Ray Polk will be able to earn any significant playing time next fall on defense. Polk, a highly rated recruit at running back in 2008, sat out last season and decided to make the switch to safety during the winter. He also needed a pair of shoulder surgeries in the offseason and the rehabilitation has rob him of spring ball when he would have received valuable reps [+]