Darrell Scott News

Colorado's fan base might be upset that Darrell Scott, the most high profile recruit of the Dan Hawkins era, abandoned ship last week and informed the coaching staff that he wanted to transfer to UCLA.

Kent Riddle knew he had some explaining to do. It comes with the territory as the special teams coach.

Share + Nov 7, 2009 3:39 pm US/Mountain BOULDER, Colo. Tyler Hansen overcame his second-straight eight-sack game to lead Colorado to a 35-34 win over the Texas A&M Aggies on Saturday.

Darrell Scott's departure from the University of Colorado will probably be felt more on the recruiting trail than on the football field.

Von Miller is a one-man "Wrecking Crew." Texas A&M won't be bringing one of its vintage defenses into Folsom Field this Saturday -- the Aggies are allowing 30 points per game -- but Miller is sacking the competition at a historic pace.

BOULDER - The day after Darrell Scott announced his plan to leave Colorado and its football program, the fuss hadn't subsided.

Darrell Scott views the field during the Sept. 1 matchup against CSU. Scott announced Tuesday that he is leaving the CU football program.

The University of Colorado football team announced news Tuesday that was about as predictable as one of their recent Saturday beat downs in Boulder.

Posted by ESPN.com's Tim Griffin We say goodbye today to Darrell Scott, who was thought to be the missing piece in returning the Colorado program back into North Division title contention.

Sophomore tailback Darrell Scott, the biggest recruiting prize in coach Dan Hawkins' four-year tenure at Colorado, is leaving the program.Hawkins said Tuesday that Scott is leaving for "assorted personal reasons" and thought he would be transferring closer to his Southern California home.Before this season, Scott's uncle, wide receiver Josh Smith, ...

CU defensive end Nick Kasa at preseason practice. An undisclosed illness that will keep Colorado freshman defensive end Nick Kasa off the playing field for the remainder of the season continued a string of bad luck that has befallen one of the Buffaloes' highest-profile signees.

Does Colorado still want to use back-up quarterback Cody Hawkins to run its 2-minute offense Saturday when the Buffs host Missouri? 'Not really,' head coach Dan Hawkins said Tuesday.

On Dec. 15, 2005, everybody at Colorado -- from the university president to the athletic department to the fan base -- was ready to embrace "Hawk Love." The Buffs had just gone through an ugly recruiting scandal and a 70-3 humiliation in the Big 12 championship game.

Missouri at Colorado , Saturday, 11:40 a.m. MDT Line: Missouri by 4. Series Record: Missouri leads, 39-31-3. What's at Stake Missouri will attempt to snap a three-game skid, while the Buffaloes try to rebound from a 20-6 loss at Kansas State.

Another two-sport recruit 10:14 p.m. Curtis Carter of Stonewall, La., accepted a Nebraska scholarship offer tonight, the 10th prospect to say he'll sign with the Huskers in February.

Another two-sport recruit 10:14 p.m. Curtis Carter of Stonewall, La., accepted a Nebraska scholarship offer tonight, the 10th prospect to say he'll sign with the Huskers in February.

It's not often in the Big 12 Conference these days when not just one, but two coaching staffs enter the same game with the mindset of forcing the opposing quarterback to be the difference maker.

Colorado special teams units are only two weeks removed from a disaster at Texas that might have cost the team an upset win over a top-five team.

Years ago, when Bill McCartney was in the midst of the monumental task of rebuilding Colorado football, he hit a key juncture of the process.

Colorado coach Dan Hawkins is hoping that sophomore quarterback Tyler Hansen can give the Buffaloes stagnant offense a spark.