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Big 12 looking west, Pac-12 looking for TV deal: What we’re hearing about the realignment

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This past July, weeks after the stunning Big Ten announcement of USC and UCLA, Pac-12 Commissioner George Klyafkov made a bold realignment prediction: “No Pac-12 school is going to the Big 12.” After eight months, we may finally learn whether his confidence was warranted or a feigned bravado. Kliavkoff is under pressure to offer its members a new media rights deal by the end of the month. If the dollar numbers or the details disappoint, March could be the moment when the Big 12 finally hits. Sources familiar with the…

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Charles Kelly of Alabama officially joins Deion Sanders’ Colorado squad as capital

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Deon Sanders officially announced his Colorado coaching staff for the upcoming season on Tuesday, which includes Alabama assistant defensive coordinator Charles Kelly as the Buffaloes’ next defensive coordinator and safety coach. Here’s what you need to know: Welcome to Boulder, @employee. He officially joins the Coach Prime staff as defensive coordinator and safety coach. pic.twitter.com/62oQ2maxaD – Colorado Buffaloes Football (CUBuffsFootball) December 21, 2022 the background Kelly, 55, joined the Crimson Tide staff after one season as the special teams coordinator and safety coach at Tennessee, and has spent the previous…

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College football recruiting ideas: 10 stories to keep track of as signing day approaches

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There is no need to explain the importance of this week, as the accumulation of talent is the most important in this sport. After all, the stars are important. Here are 10 interesting stories to keep track of as we approach the most exciting few days in the college football calendar – the start of the early signing period. 1. How will Colorado finish this season? For the average coach hired in December – just weeks before the early signing period – it’s unrealistic to see a massive amount of…

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Colorado’s Deion Sanders flips 4-star RB Dylan Edwards from Notre Dame

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Dylan Edwards of Division 4 Derby (Kansas) returned to Colorado on Saturday night. Here’s what you need to know: Edwards is ranked as the 192nd overall player and 10th in the class of 2023, according to 247Sports Composite. Edwards initially pledged to Kansas State, but resigned from the Wildcats on July 29. A week later, Notre Dame committed. And Edwards reneged on his pledge to the Fighting Irish on Thursday by simply offering coach Deion Sanders and Colorado. This is the first commitment from a four-star prospect who has arrived…

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Mandel: With Deion Sanders in Colorado, anything seems possible

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When Colorado athletic director Rick George fired another losing football coach, Carl Durrell, five games into the season, it became a common question throughout the career: Who wants that job? Someone wanted it, and it was the most exciting staff a school could make. Deion Sanders is coming to Boulder. It hardly looks real. Of all people, the former NFL and Major League Baseball star, the man in AFLAC commercials, really wants to take charge of the most beleaguered football program in the Pac-12. Coach Prime, who is 23-2 at…

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