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Preston Hodge gets an extra year due to Pavia’s lawsuit, so Coach Liv is feeling thankful.

Thanksgiving is 261 days away from the start of spring practice for the Colorado Buffaloes, but defensive coordinator Robert Livingston is already in a thankful mood. Coach Liv offered a sincere thank you to a player during his media availability on Tuesday, but it might not be one you’d expect.

Livingston didn’t thank a player on his defense. In fact, he didn’t even thank a player on his own team. Instead, he offered thanks to Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia during his presser.

“Shoutout to Diego Pavia,” said Livingston. “Forever grateful to you. If I ever make it to Nashville, first drink’s on me.”

Why is Colorado’s DC thanking Vanderbilt’s quarterback? There’s an easy answer: lawsuits.

No, seriously. Livingston is thanking Pavia because he sued the NCAA and won that lawsuit.

Pavia, who played two seasons of junior college football at New Mexico Military Institute before finding his way to Vandy, took the governing body of college athletics to court to argue that JUCO ball shouldn’t count against eligibility, and the judges agreed with him. As a result, anyone who played in junior college will be granted an additional year of eligibility.

The Buffs are beneficiaries of that ruling, as they get their star nickleback for an additional season. Preston Hodge, who played his freshman year in 2021 at Navarro College in Texas, will return for one more year.

Hodge was a difference maker in Boulder during the 2024 season, snagging two picks and netting seven pass breakups. Getting Hodge back for an extra year will be a boon for the Buffaloes, according to Livingston.

“To get Preston back is key,” Livingston said. “He’s a really good player. The way we play, Preston stirs the drink.”

Thanks to Pavia, Buffs fans will be treated to more of Preston Hodge at Folsom Field during CU’s Spring Game on April 19.

For more CU spring football updates, make sure to stay up date with Ralphie Report on our website and Twitter/X.

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Join us for the Colorado Buffaloes - TCU Horned Frogs game today at 1:00 p.m. MT in Kansas City, Missouri.

March 11th, 2025

Who: Colorado Buffaloes vs. TCU Horned Frogs

Where: T-Mobile Arena - Kansas City, Missouri

When: 1:00 p.m. MST

TV: ESPN+

Radio: AM 850 KOA

TCU Blog: Frogs ‘O War

Line: Colorado +2.5

Welcome to the Ralphie Report as the Colorado Buffaloes get ready to take on the TCU Horned Frogs in Kansas City, Missouri for the first game of the Big 12 Tournament.

No need to go anywhere else today, The Ralphie Report has everything you need and we welcome you to weigh in with your live game analysis, critiques, observations and predictions.

Check out the old game thread from the Hawaii game to see how it works. Throw all your comments about the game below and let’s get this thing rolling. If you don’t have an account, sign up here for free and enjoy all that our site has to offer.

Make sure to follow us on BlueSky, X and Facebook. Go Buffs!

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JR Payne’s team remains on the bubble.

Following consecutive Sweet Sixteen appearances, JR Payne and the Colorado Buffaloes are hoping for another berth in the NCAA Tournament.

Hoping is all they can do after the Big 12 Tournament concluded with TCU cutting down the nets. The Buffs did well in Kansas City as they beat up a bad Houston team, popped the bubbly Arizona Wildcats, and then nearly upset the top-ranked Horned Frogs.

Colorado’s resume would look a lot different if they had beat TCU. The Fort Worth bunch are one of the top 10 teams in the country and that would have been an emphatic win. Payne has a history of season-defining upset wins, but that hasn’t happened this season. It’s the one thing missing from CU’s resume.

Part of that is the Big 12 schedule is a step down from the brutal Pac-12. Another is that the Buffs have been hit hard with injuries, as Frida Formann has missed weeks while Kindyll Wetta and Lior Garzon picked up injuries down the stretch. Even when healthy, this team isn’t as good as it was before — no slight to the women, it’s just the reality when you have to replace three all-conference-level players.

Colorado’s final resume: 20 wins and 12 losses, 2-8 against Quad 1 and 2-2 against Quad 2, 67th in the RPI.

The Buffs are on the fringes of the bubble and there’s nothing more they can do. They needed another big win, or a few more mid-tier wins. Baylor at home, Texas Tech on the road, TCU in KC — they needed one or two of them to build the momentum needed for an at-large bid.

None of this is to point this season as a disappointment. To the contrary, reaching the NIT is a great outcome for this transition season. Payne had to replace Jaylyn Sherrod, Quay Miller and Aaronette Vonleh, as well as veterans Charlotte Whittaker and Tameiya Sadler. Those Sweet Sixteen teams were truly special in their togetherness and fighting spirit. They spent much of this season re-establishing that identity and winning culture that took years for those women to build.

Celebrate this season and these women while they’re here. The Buffs will likely host one or two NIT games those games need to be sold out and raucous. Formann, Wetta and Smith deserve the send off, while Payne and the underclassmen need to roll that momentum into next season and the years beyond.

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