BOULDER — Call it the Alfano Effect.
“My experience in recruiting,” CU Buffs football coach Mel Tucker said Tuesday during his weekly mid-day news conference, “is (that) momentum does play a factor.”
The Buffs think they found that momentum in a big way, when Tucker tweeted late Monday night that Antonio Alfano, a freshman Alabama defensive end and former five-star recruit, was transferring to CU.
And the first-year Buffs coach admitted Tuesday that he hopes the addition of the top defensive end prospect in the nation in the Class of 2019, according to 247Sports.