Shawn Drotar and Mat Smith are LIVE from Peckish on The Hill in Boulder ahead of CU's first game of the season against Georgia Tech on Friday night.

CB DJ McKinney and OL Jordan Seaton received preseason honors. McKinney was named to the preseason All-Big 12 team, and Seaton named preseason All-American (2nd team). Other players returning alongside McKinney in the Colorado secondary have familiarity and playmaking ability to slow down opposing passing attacks. Transfers on the offensive and defensive lines can make considerable impact in both running the ball and stopping the run. Colorado's run game is one of the biggest question marks heading into the season, but Coach Prime has done all he can to bolster the trenches.

Coach Prime and his medical team announced this week that he had surgery to remove his bladder and he is cancer free and ready to coach this fall. As he usually does, Deion Sanders approached the whole situation with positivity and a sense of humor. Charlie Offerdahl is medically retiring from football, and will pursue a degree in dentistry. After the Buffs' struggles in the run game the last couple seasons, can they become a more balanced offense with new QBs Kaidon Salter and Julian Lewis?

Shawn Drotar and Danny Bailey preview the upcoming Colorado Buffaloes season LIVE at Peckish in the DTC. Did the roster get deeper despite big time stars departing for the NFL and transfer portal? What will the quarterback competition be like between Kaidon Salter and Julian Lewis?

The Colorado Buffaloes' spring game showed that the quarterback competition between Kaidon Salter and Julian Lewis will be ongoing through the spring and summer. Also, the transfer portal additions Coach Prime brought in on defense, like Martavius French and Tawfiq Byard, are ready to make an impact.

Shedeur Sanders and Travis Hunter's jersey retirement left a little to be desired, but now they are on to the next stage of their careers. How high will Travis Hunter be selected in Thursday's NFL Draft? And what is the best fit for Shedeur Sanders among teams that are looking to draft a quarterback?

The Colorado Buffaloes announced that they will be retiring Travis Hunter and Shedeur Sanders' jerseys at Black and Gold Day on Saturday. Chase Howell and Shawn Drotar react to the news and discuss jersey retirements in sports in general. Transfer portal updates as the Buffs land WR Sincere Brown and OL Xavier Hill. Also, what do the departures of RB Isaiah Augustave and DE Taje McCoy mean for Coach Prime's squad. Players to watch and what we're hoping to see at the spring game Saturday up in Boulder.

There is no other coaching staff in college football like Deion Sanders' group in Boulder. Shawn and Chase discuss the latest addition to Coach Prime's NFL-experience rich coaching staff at Colorado: Byron Leftwich. Coach Prime's recruiting pitch has been, and continues to be, NFL not NIL. The benefits of a consistent message throughout Deion's coaching staff stacked with Hall of Fame experience.

Could there be another Gold Jacket joining Coach Prime on the sideline this season? Also, how does the addition of Marshall Faulk improve a running back room returning three talented rushers who didn't get a big chance to shine last season? And with a senior transfer quarterback and the #1 high school QB joining the Buffs, Pat Shurmer has even more of an opportunity to be creative with CU's offense.

Colorado and Syracuse are waiting on a decision from the NCAA regarding a combined spring game in a proposal that demonstrates yet again how Coach Prime is bringing NFL principles to CU. If the Buffs and Orange can set this new trend, everybody wins from players and coaches to media outlets, the NCAA, and fans.

Spring ball is critical for the development of underclassmen as well as the integration of incoming transfers. What are we watching for in the Buffs' spring practices? O-Line improvement and a more dynamic run game. Also, last year's RB trio of Augustave-Welch-Hayden returning for Colorado will allow Pat Shurmur to be more creative on offense without Shedeur Sanders and last year's wealth of weapons at WR.