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Colorado's top-14 portal class signals Big 12 shift.
Colorado's top-3 Big 12 portal class arrives with just 7% production returning — Sanders' third straight extreme rebuild, now restocking DL and WR after losing Tyrecus Davis.
Colorado
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Big 12 · Deion Sanders, year 4 (18-21) · Folsom Field · 50,183 · 49,363 avg in 2026
The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The model#123 CFB ZeitgeistSP+ #64 (+2.1) · FPI #50
The marketNorthwestern by 3.5at Northwestern · our model 9% Colorado · a number, not a pick
LastW 52–21 vs Weber State · Sat Sep 12 · Julian Lewis 366 pass yds, 4 TD, 1 TD
Nextat Northwestern · Sat Sep 19 · 7:30 pm ET · Lanny and Sharon Martin Stadium · Northwestern by 3.5 · series 1-1 · Game preview
Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2
No consensus around Colorado right now — the fanbase is genuinely divided.
Deion Sanders's year 4 (2026): 2-0, behind Mike Sanford Jr.'s 3-9 in the same spot.
Most Colorado fans liked what they saw — but a real minority isn't convinced.
What the hell was with Georgia Tech calling that timeout when we were trying to spike it after the big run? Thanks I guess. Let us set up the game winning TD play
The most exciting part of the season right here, right before everything all goes to shit
belief held flatvs prior week
Fanbase belief
Mixed
50/100 · 281 mentions
~ our readThe model
#123
CFB Zeitgeist · -5.3
✓ measured2The Pulse on Colorado
50
Δ +0.2 vs last wk
281
mentions this week · conversation velocity
What moved it — last 14 days
—
Awaiting next signal window
"Go Buffs"
— Colorado fanbase · recurring line
85 mentions · sample growing
The Fever Year
Position = mood · width = volume · color = the kind of feeling
Inside the fanbase — all 12 corners
Cr/CFB
GGoogle News
LLocked On
MMountain West Connection
RThe Ralphie Report
CCampus paper
BBluesky
YYouTube
The split, staged
Warmest corner+0.00
Boomers & Gen X
most bought-in cohort our read
vs
Coldest corner−0.00
Bettors
coolest cohort our read
How Colorado fans actually talk real · top-upvoted
Rr/CFBthe room
You might say we've hit... (starting to put sunglasses on) low -- (a seagull smashes me in the face)
▲ 925 ▼open ↗
The crowd’s loudest take by upvotes — read for mood, not as a side. The cohort read is the measured part.
Loudest in the room this week real · by engagement
All 12 corners of the fanbase
skeptical
buying in
Boomers & Gen X+0.13
Bettors+0.03
Cohort sentiment is a source-weighted model read — never a quote pinned to a person.
What this fanbase keeps coming back to our read · topic model
Topics are model-labeled from Reddit — a rough signal of what this fanbase is circling right now.
717 mentions · 8 sources · week 2026-02. Counts, sources and the divergence rank are measured (fact). Cohort labels and sentiment are a source-weighted model read (our read) — never a quote attributed to a person.
Belief checkmiddle of the pack
~ our readColorado fans are down on the program, and they're backing it with about as much hard evidence as anyone.
backed by facts
the mood
✓ counted We read 281 posts from Colorado fans this week.
Press Pulse
18 quotes collected this season
What the beat said, in their own words.
We took six times the amount of bets on Michigan moneyline compared with Western Michigan
Customers found the most success with LSU-Clemson, Wisconsin-Notre Dame, Texas State-Texas and pretty much every other big favorite easily covering
Bettors had the most difficulties with Washington State vs. Washington, Colorado vs. Georgia Tech, Oregon vs. Boise State and Baylor vs. Auburn
Five Lenses
What people are saying right now
Radio, beat writers & editorial10 posts
News & campus coverage11 posts
CFB analyst takes5 posts
Bluesky · @sickoscommittee.org
2d ago
Fanbase health · Colorado
Fanbase health · ColoradoColorado's fanbase is growing — 61 of 100.
Audible (85 weighted voices in the latest week) and middling on the field (3-9 last season, 2-0 so far).
61
On the field — 3-9 last season, 2-0 so far52
How loud — 85 weighted voices in the latest week69
2 of 3 signals · on-field reading uses last season until 4 games are in · 0–100, bands at 26 / 51 / 76
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Arguments
What fans are saying
Fan claims · every quote verified verbatim
job securityOne fan's take
One fan thinks Deion Sanders is being criticized more than other coaches for similar actions
Let's be honest we can all name several coaches and Universities who are terrible..But to just focus on Deion and Colorado shows me something about you... Colorado is much better. They were 1-11... has he been 4 years yet? We give other coaches time but for some reason we don't give it to him.
Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Jul 11, 2026 · via ESPN College Football
coaching decisionOne fan's take that season
One fan believes the coaching staff is making poor in-game decisions
this dumbass coaching staff has genuinely made me lose brain cells. what in the fuck was that timeout
Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Nov 8, 2025 · via CFB
coaching decisionOne fan's take that season
One fan believes the team's offensive line is poorly managed
The coaching isn't great right now, but all of the other position groups are playing well enough to win these games. It really is pretty much squarely on the quarterback.
Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Oct 5, 2025 · via CFB
player roleOne fan's take that season
One fan argues they should be lined up differently
Whatever youth coach put miller as a wide receiver did us an injustice
Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Sep 28, 2025 · via CFB
Show all 5
coaching decisionOne fan's take that season
One fan criticizes Deion for running out the clock too early
Deion's clock management is still a fucking nightmare 3 seasons in. This was inexcusable at the start of last season. Actually insane it has not improved at all
Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Aug 30, 2025 · via CFB
Podcasts
From the booth
The obsession
Rent free · r/cfb fan posts, last season
Colorado lives rent-free in
share of each rival fanbase’s football posts that bring up Colorado
Voice profile
Fanbase Voice
1,612 fan mentions
Believers
vs the 94 highest-volume fanbases - 2026 season
Vocabulary by era
Season Vocabulary
2026CLOCK
clocklsucoachprimegeorgiatech
2025PLEASE
pleasegoodseenarizonakeepsalter
Just hold em to a field goal here please
Defining terms
Words of the season
how the conversation changed, year to year
2026
clock×5.8lsu×14.5coach×2.3prime×4.8georgia×2.8
2025
please×8.7good×2.2seen×8.1arizona×5.8keep×3.2
Fanbase cluster
Your Vocabulary Clustercluster 0with 63 other fanbases
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