Saturday Links

Sorry for the quiet boards over the past couple of days. It was all for good reason and you will all understand why shortly as big news is coming to the Ralphie Report shortly. For now, here is some news.

-TE Riar Geer is one happy Buff. After spending 36 hours in jail this summer, I am guessing two-a-days in the heat of summer seem like a breeze. Like we said on our old site, Riar Geer far and away looks like the real deal and the other TE's on the roster don't even seem close. I think Geer can sneak in the mix with Gresham, Coffman and Pettigrew as the top TE's in the Big 12. Good thing for the Buffs is that he still has another year.

-Like I said in the opener, it has been like a monsoon in the Denver Metro area. The Buffs have been braving the weather and getting some good experience practicing with a wet ball and sloppy conditions as cubuffs.com reports. You could easily see the game in Jacksonville versus Florida State turning into a muggy, wet weather battle. Having a couple of days of practice in inclement weather should only help the Buffs for the season.

-Good story about potential starting guard Devin Head from the Daily Camera. There is a good reason he looks like he hasn't bathed in what looks like 8 years. The Buffs need Head to step up. I think Bryce Givens, Shawn Daniels and Max Tuioti-Mariner are capable of being excellent college football players but Head has experience and the Buffs have the ability to be very potent with a strong offensive line.

-Not to jump on Kansas but they released their schedule for the 2009 season and well, it looks a lot like the 2007 schedule. All we heard from the Kansas coaches last year and even this year was them calling out the media for questioning their schedule. Kansas is a good team, they beat Virginia Tech and deserved all the accolades but until they start scheduling quality non-conference teams, they are going to continue to get called out. How are they going to rationalize Northern Colorado, UTEP, Duke and Southern Mississippi. Luckily, they are going to have their hands full with @Colorado, Oklahoma, @Texas Tech, Nebraska, Missouri and @Texas in the conference slate.

-Check out this Big 12 Quarterback Ranker on ESPN.com. Vote and then you will see how delusional Texas A&M fans are in voting McGee the 7th best quarterback in the conference. Surprised Nebraska nation doesn't have Ganz #1.

-Tim Griffin of ESPN.com discusses the transition from the power Big 8 to the explosive Big 12.

-The trifecta of pre-season rankings has been completed. The AP has released their Top 25 and Georgia is now the official choice of the "experts" to win the National Championship.

-CollegeFootballNews.com has released their Colorado Buffaloes 2008 Football preview. They have the Buffs pegged at 6 - 6 going 6 -1 at home and not winning one single away game. They have CU beating Texas and losing to Texas A&M and Nebraska.