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Ralphie Report: Travis Hunter wins Paul Hornung Award...again

NCAA Football: Oklahoma State at Colorado

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Hopefully one of many trophies

Paul Hornung is an All-American story. During his years at Notre Dame, 1953 - 1957, he played fullback, halfback (those were bigger deals in the 50s), defensive back, quarterback and pretty much everything else. His claim to fame is the 1956 season, when Hornung led Notre Dame in rushing yards, passing yards and also punted. He was 1st in passes defended and second in tackles.

Notre Dame went 2-8 (who says the Heisman goes to the best team).

Now, Travis Hunter has become the only player in the 70ish years since to win the award in back to back seasons. It’s easy to why. Now that we have modern roster sizes, it’s pretty much unheard of for players to play full time on both sides of the ball. Hunter does so. Not only does he play both sides of the ball, he is the best player on the field on both sides of the ball.

That has literally not happened in modern college football. Ever.

He is one of one. Well, I guess with two Hornung awards, he’s two of two.



college football's most versatile player

TRAVIS HUNTER.

Help us congratulate 12 on becoming the first ever BACK TO BACK Paul Hornung Award Winner@TravisHunterJr x #HE12MAN pic.twitter.com/4rlXNze5g2

— Colorado Buffaloes Football (@CUBuffsFootball) December 11, 2024

Congratulations, Travis!

by Jack Barsch
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Ralphie Report: Buffaloes land five-star kicker from Class of 2025

Oklahoma State v Colorado

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Colorado’s kicking woes will be no more.

After a tough year for the Buffaloes’ kicking unit, Coach Prime is beginning to revamp CU’s kickers rooms completely.

To get things started, Prime is bringing in Tennessee recruit Elliott Arnold, one of the top kickers from the Class of 2025.


Arnold is headed to Boulder from McCallie High School in Chatanooga, where he drew significant interest from Colorado, TCU and Josh Heupel’s staff in Tennessee. Rated as a five-star recruit from Kohl’s Kicking Camps, Arnold is bringing his cannon for a leg to Boulder.

Colorado still has kickers Alejandro Mata and Jace Feely for another year of eligibility, but adding a kicker like Arnold to the team would help fix up Colorado’s kickoff unit. Mata doesn’t place kick and Feely and Colorado’s other kickers have had trouble kicking the ball into the endzone for touchbacks for the last two seasons.

“We’ll have touchbacks next year, I’ll promise you that,” Sanders told the media after CU’s 52-0 win over Oklahoma State.

With the help of Arnold, Prime’s promise is one step closer to fact. At Kohl’s Kicking Camp, Arnold kicked multiple balls through the back of the endzone, including a 67-yard kick with 3.4 seconds of hang time.

Expect Colorado to bring in more kickers throughout the offseason, both through the transfer portal or high school recruiting ranks. For now, Arnold is a good start and a great piece for the future of the Buffs.

by RylandScholes
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Ralphie Report: Colorado DE Dayon Hayes enters transfer portal

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: AUG 29 North Dakota State at Colorado

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One of Colorado most productive men in the trenches is hitting the portal

It took a full 48 hours after the official opening of the transfer portal for the Colorado Buffaloes to lose a key player. Defensive end Dayon Hayes has entered the portal and will play elsewhere next season, as reported by On3 Sports on Twitter.

Hayes came to Boulder from Pitt in 2024, playing in all of CU’s first four games before suffering an undisclosed injury ahead of the Buffs’ matchup with UCF in Orlando and sitting for the remainder of the season.

In Hayes’ four games as a Buffaloes, he started all four, tallying 16 total tackles, 3.5 TFLs and 2 sacks.

Hayes was instrumental in Colorado’s defensive line emerging as one of the most underrated units in the nation, especially early in the season. Colorado will once again need to hit the portal, much like they did last season, to find some established pass rusher to reload for 2025.

Best of luck wherever you land, Dayon!

by RylandScholes
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Ralphie Report: Travis Hunter officially named Heisman finalist

Oklahoma State v Colorado

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It’s official!

What we’ve all known for the last three months is now official. Colorado WR/CB Travis Hunter is one of the four finalists in the race for the Heisman Trophy.

Hunter will sit alongside Boise State running back Ashton Jeanty, Miami quarterback Cam Ward and Oregon QB Dillon Gabriel at the Downtown Athletic Club in Manhattan, where one will be awarded the most prestigious individual award in all of college football.

Hunter’s inclusion in the top four is anything but a shocker, as sportsbooks currently have him as a hefty favorite to run away with the Heisman. According to FanDuel, Hunter’s odds to win the award sit at -4000, while Jeanty sits in second place with odds of +1100. In other words, this race is essentially over and the Heisman is more than likely coming back to the Champions Center at Folsom Field.

The biggest question of the Heisman finalist announcement wasn’t if Hunter would be included. Instead, Colorado fans anxiously awaited to see if QB Shedeur Sanders would be a finalist as well. Sanders has thrown for 3.9k yards and 35 touchdowns with only 8 picks this season, winning the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award for 2024, given to college football’s best upperclassman quarterback.

Perhaps due to Hunter’s heroics or media bias, Sanders was not named a Heisman finalist. Throughout the season, Sanders has been adamant that the most important thing to him is Hunter winning the trophy, so all is well that ends well.

Hunter is only the fourth Buff to go to New York as a Heisman finalist, with Bryon “Whizzer” White in 1937, Eric Bieniemy in 1990 and Rashaan Salaam in 1994 being the other three players. Salaam is currently the only Buffalo to win the Heisman Trophy for his heroics at running back in 1994, but it’s looking like Hunter will bring a second statue back to Boulder.

It’s an exciting time to be a Buff and there’s no better time to check the Ralphie Report! We’ll be providing Heisman content all week long, so be sure to keep up and tune in!

by RylandScholes
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CU At The Game: Transfer Portal News

Coach Prime's message to players entering the Transfer Portal ... No. 1 defensive player in the Portal sets up official CU visit ... Former CU quarterback Brendon Lewis enters the Portal ...

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