College football had been gone for three months at that point and every Power 4 program's spring game was basically like an oasis in a desert when it came to the cravings of the fans.At that time, the Buffs were making headlines for the physical makeup of their team, and since no one else had anything to talk about, the mighty mites of Boulder got the microscope put squarely on them.OKLAHOMA SOONERS QUARTERBACK JOHN MATEER LOOKS ABSOLUTELY JACKED JUST IN TIME FOR FALL CAMPLaJohntay Wester #10 of the Colorado Buffaloes celebrates with Travis Hunter #12 and Shedeur Sanders #2 after his first quarter touchdown against the Oklahoma State Cowboys at Folsom Field on November 29, 2024 in Boulder, Colorado.(Dustin Bradford/Getty Images)Folks on the internet picked Colorado apart for their lack of size, comparing them to a high school football team.Now, summer workouts have concluded and fall camp is in full session, so let's check in on the Buffaloes and see what they've been doing in the weight room all offseason.Surely Coach Prime had his guys in the lab getting jacked all summer long, right?Hmm, that's weird.
Why would the Colorado football official X account post a video of a local Denver-area Pop Warner team running passing drills?MICHIGAN STATE'S SPRING GAME SHENANIGANS ARE A CRIME AGAINST HUMANITYOh, wait, I've just received an urgent update that says this is, in fact, the actual Colorado Buffaloes football team practicing for the 2026 season.How awkward.Nov 23, 2024; Kansas City, Missouri, USA; Colorado head coach Deion Sanders watches his players warmup prior to the game between the Kansas Jayhawks and the Colorado Buffaloes at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium.(Nick Tre.
Smith-Imagn Images)What exactly does the strength and conditioning coach do at Colorado, anyway?It's not just me being a jerk, either.The comments section under the post is filled with people who are questioning why a Power 4 football team looks like a solid 6A high school program from Texas.I was...