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 his linebackers for their presence this spring. “Our linebacker position is really, really athletic and talented,” Dorrell said.
Junior inside linebacker Jonathan Van Diest led the team on Friday with five unassisted tackles. In four games last season, Van Diest recorded 11 tackles. He said the abundance of reps during the spring helped him improve not only physically, but mentally.
Apr 8, 2021
BOULDER Karl Dorrell s 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 they re making some offensive changes as well to incorporate some new looks on coordinator Darrin Chiaverini s side of the ball.
Dorrell has said he hopes to get the basic installation of the new playbook completed on both sides by the end of the spring. He also indicated he will stress his players just a little and challenge them to absorb as much as possible in the 15 allotted practices (Friday s scrimmage will be No. 6).
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 step of progress this year,” Dorrell said. “I know the expectation was low and all that but in our building, we always felt we had some capable players to be successful and we were able to be successful.”
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 berth in the Alamo Bowl in San Antonio against the University of Texas. This marks CU’s first bowl appearance since the magical season of 2016 when the Buffs won 10 games and its first-ever Pac-12 South title before crushing losses to Washington in the Pac-12 Championship and Oklahoma State in the Alamo Bowl.