Danny Scudero made certain to soak within the environment Saturday afternoon at Folsom Field.
“I truly thank God every day that I’m here because it’s truly a blessing to be a part of such a fun culture and in a beautiful place,” the Colorado receiver mentioned after the Buffaloes’ annual Black & Gold Day at Folsom Field. “Colorado is a fantastic place, and Folsom Field is … I couldn’t get sufficient.
“I had to take a moment and just kind of look around and kind of be proud of myself for where I was and where my feet were. So, it was definitely a blessing to be here.”
A senior switch from San Jose State, Scudero offered one of many few highlights in a spring game that was vanilla by design. His 13-yard landing reception from quarterback JuJu Lewis was the one landing of the abbreviated scrimmage, received by the Gold staff, 7-6.
It was a scrimmage, nevertheless, that acquired the job executed, by way of finishing a session of 15 spring exercises that units the desk for the 2026 Buffs.
“You accomplish things, and we need to better ourselves in a multitude of aspects,” CU head coach Deion Sanders mentioned. “We got some good things going on. I think you can see the fruit thereof.”
Offensively, there weren’t many fireworks, aside from Lewis’ sensational cross to Scudero for the lone landing, however there have been some environment friendly and productive performs.
Lewis, projected because the starter at quarterback, unofficially accomplished 6-of-11 passes for 60 yards. The redshirt freshman regarded extra snug than he did in final yr’s spring game.
“He was a lot better,” Sanders mentioned. “And I think that’s very easy to obtain when you got Danny Scudero on your side. He is a dawg, and having a comfort level with the playbook and the way (offensive coordinator Brennan) Marion communicates on the set. You gotta understand that was the first time that all the coaches got an opportunity to communicate (on the headsets).”
Isaac Wilson, who’s competing for the job as properly, was unofficially 6-for-12 for 65 yards and was intercepted by freshman cornerback Mojo Williams Jr. on the final play.
Scudero had two catches for 25 yards, working again Damian Henderson had 39 dashing yards on 5 carries, and Quentin Gibson caught 4 passes for 38 yards.
Defensively, finish Toby Anene had a sack and batted down a cross, defensive sort out Santana Hopper made a number of performs on the line of scrimmage and defensive again Boo Carter was energetic all day.
“The hardest thing to measure when you’re measuring the spring game is if the offense does well, that means the defense is not doing well. And vice versa,” Sanders mentioned. “You hope to see the quarterbacks not throw interceptions like we did on the final play. You hope that they transfer the ball down the sector. You hope that defensive backs are aggressive and bodily.
“It’s a multitude of things, but the main thing is you don’t want to get anybody hurt.”
Sanders mentioned two gamers suffered “strained MCLs,” however not tears, so he mentioned, “We’re going to be OK with that.”
Coming off a disappointing 3-9 season in 2025 and rebuilding with 59 new gamers this spring, CU didn’t draw lots of buzz for this yr’s spring game.
It was the primary of Sanders’ 4 spring video games to not be televised, though it was streamed on YouTube.
Unlike the earlier three years, CU didn’t cost for tickets. Officially, 27,772 tickets have been claimed, which might make it the third-most “attended” spring game in CU historical past, behind the 2023 and 2024 video games. However, BuffZone estimates that roughly 10,000 tickets have been used.
Around the nation, many applications have cancelled spring video games and Sanders mentioned that performs a job within the decreased curiosity in CU’s game.
“No one’s valuing spring anymore,” he mentioned. “The only thing that would bring that back is we compete against another school, and I’ve been saying that for the last several years.”
CU’s disappointing season in 2025 performed a job, too, although.
“Winning also helps increase that, but people get tired of the same old, same old at a certain point and you want more,” he mentioned.
He additionally acknowledged it’s powerful for followers to get to know gamers when there’s a lot motion within the switch portal yearly. Yet, he was appreciative of the hundreds of followers who did present as much as watch and luxuriate in Black & Gold Day.
“I understand (the other factors) wholeheartedly, but we have a tremendous fan base,” he mentioned. “We have a tremendous student body and we still have a lot of people out there that’s crazy about CU football. And I’m excited about that.”
