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Pat Shurmur seemed to be quoting from the original football rule book on Friday. “It’s pretty simple,” the Colorado offensive coordinator said after the Buffaloes’ fifth practice of preseason camp. “The ball is oval shaped, full of air, made of leather. We want to secure it collectively and advance it. It’s pretty clear in my brain, right, and so that’s what we’re trying to do.” Sounds like a good plan, and if the Buffaloes can secure the oval-shaped leather ball and advance it with regularity, they could be pretty good on offense this season. Tasked with making sure the Buffs can advance the ball is Shurmur, who comes into his first full season as the coordinator with rejuvenation. The 59-year-old Shurmur is a long-time NFL coach whose most recent job before coming to Boulder was as the offensive coordinator of the Denver Broncos in 2020 and 2021.

By ARNIE STAPLETON BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Maybe it’s the mountain air. Maybe it’s being around all Gen Zs. Or being away from the NFL meatgrinder. Pat Shurmur said he feels rejuvenated as he prepares for his first season as Colorado’s offensive coordinator, where he’s in charge of building an offense around star QB Shedeur Sanders, the son of Buffaloes head coach Deion Sanders. He’s designing a dynamic playbook that features more downfield action than he was accustomed to during his nearly quarter-century working in the NFL ranks, which included head coaching stints with the Browns, Eagles and Giants. Shurmur has a better backfield than his predecessor, Sean Lewis, led by Ohio State transfer Dallan Hayden, and a beefed-up offensive line featuring the kind of behemoths the Buffs trust will keep Shedeur Sanders upright and lead them to a breakout season and a bowl game in 2024. Shurmur is entering his 35th year of coaching but his first at the college level since tutoring Stanford’s offensive line in 1998. “Shoot, I feel 20 years younger working with these young people,” Shurmur said Friday.

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By LOLITA C. BALDOR and TARA COPP WASHINGTON (AP) — The U. S. will move a fighter jet squadron to the Middle East and maintain an aircraft carrier in the region, the Pentagon said Friday, beefing up the American military presence to help defend Israel from possible attacks by Iran and its proxies and safeguard U.

Attendance Did not practice: Physically Unable to Perform list — S Delarrin Turner-Yell (knee) and LB Drew Sanders (Achilles). Injured reserve — OL Quinn Bailey (ankle/leg).  Out — S Brandon Jones (hamstring), OLB Nik Bonitto (back), ILB Justin Strnad (groin), DL Zach Allen (rest), RB Audric Estime (rest), S Caden Sterns (knee/rest). Payton said that the team has hit the point in camp at which veteran players and those returning from injury are starting to get slated days off.

Family and friends of missing persons in Colorado will have a chance to connect with law enforcement, support groups and other resources at the Colorado Bureau of Investigation’s “Missing in Colorado” event on Saturday. According to CBI investigators, there are 1,278 active missing persons in Colorado. “Although this is an alarming number, we know many of these missing people will be reunited with their families within a few days, weeks and months of the dates they went missing,” CBI officials said in a news release.