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Intense offseason has CU Buffs geared up for spring football

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Like just about everyone else on the Colorado football staff last season, Drew Wilson had moments of uncertainty about his future after head coach Mike MacIntyre was fired in November.

A vote of confidence from athletic director Rick George, however, was backed up by an instant connection with new head coach Mel Tucker, who was hired in December, and it has led to a new level of intensity this offseason in the weight room.

"I told the (players) I've prayed for a coach like Tucker and they kind of laughed," Wilson, going into his fourth season as CU's director of football strength and conditioning, said in a recent conversation with BuffZone.