These young men leaving the CU football program want wins. Wins equal NIL money. – Joe, ninja-like tendencies Kiz: Maybe it was Deion Sanders’ magnetic personality that attracted wide receiver Omarion Miller and safety Tawfig Byard to Boulder. But they’re both hitting the transfer portal , because, as it turns out, the Buffs’ top offensive playmaker and most impactful defender from a wretched 3-9 CU team find money more attractive than Coach Prime. We comin’? They leavin’. Louis Vuitton cuts both ways, eh?  Maybe it’s not such a doom-and-gloom situation with Sanders and the Buffs if other football programs are getting hit by the transfer portal in the same way. – S.D., Buffs fan Kiz: Can you handle the truth? Sanders came to Boulder to make the CU football program a pro showcase for his son and Travis Hunter. Coach Prime also got his bag. More power to him. But CU was so busy countin’ the money from the increased attention that athletic director Rick George was blind to what’s painfully obvious now. The University of Colorado is not a serious football program. As a coach, is Prime ready to get serious about becoming something more than an Aflac pitchman? We’re fixing to find out. The NIL mess has ruined college football, Kiz. – Allison, chasing the sun Kiz: I am all for an athlete at a big-time football school getting paid, because it’s a strenuous and pressurized job. Always has been. But college football has become a game without any semblance of financial rules, loyalty or ethics. That’s not sport, it’s chaos. College football is my first love. So, this mess not only hurts my heart, but it also gives the Buffs next to no shot at winning another national championship. The college football system is a wreck. So much is wrong that I wonder how you begin to fix it. The question isn’t: What would you do to fix it? In a practical sense, it’s more like how do you convince people to make the necessary changes? – Z., Denver Kiz: ESPN should replace its happy little charade of bowl week with more meaningful programming and call it tampering week. Texas-San Antonio playing Florida International in a bowl on the day after Christmas is a complete waste of everybody’s time, especially when you consider UTSA coach Jeff Traylor expects 20 of his players to opt out of their last dance with teammates. “I hate what’s going on in college football,” Traylor said. “It’s sad, it really is sad. I never thought we’d be punished for making a bowl game by being leveraged, that if you don’t give (players) a certain number, they’re not going to play in a bowl.” Nothing short of a collective bargaining agreement, with binding contracts between players and college teams, is going to fix this mess. And today’s parting shot warns the Broncos to not start taking their football magic for granted. Beware the Jags. The Broncos will be facing a tough test. Denver needs to keep its edge. Jacksonville quarterback Trevor Lawrence is playing at a high level.. Fingers and toes crossed. – Z.G., true Bo-liever ...read more read less