BOULDER — Twenty-five.
That's the magic number for Colorado Buffaloes head coach Karl Dorrell — and every other Pac-12 coach — as the conference prepares for the opening of its football season the weekend of Nov. 7.
The Buffs are scheduled to report for training camp on Thursday and hopefully begin practice Friday (depending, of course, on Boulder County Health Department mandates). They will then have 25 practices to prepare for their Nov. 7 home opener against UCLA at Folsom Field.
For Dorrell, who has yet to have the opportunity to conduct an actual on-field practice as the Buffs' head coach, it is by no means perfect — but it is an opportunity to actually get ready to play a game.