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Knight stops 20 shots, Florida rolls past Carolina 6-0 for 2nd win over 'Canes in as many daysBOULDER — Cam’Ron Silmon-Craig needed a few moments to soak it all in. After No. 23 Colorado’s 52-0 win over Oklahoma State to close the regular season, the Buffaloes’ senior safety sat down in between the 35- and 40-yard lines on the south side of Folsom Field. His final home game at CU was over — and he just needed a minute to take in the scene one last time . “I was there giving thanks, giving thanks to God for putting me in this position,” Silmon-Craig said. “I've been able to thrive when I got a chance to make my dreams a reality. So that was the thing I was thinking about. I was just spending my last few moments inside my favorite playground on Folsom Field. Nothing like it in the world. I wouldn't rather be anywhere else." For two years, Silmon-Craig poured everything he had into the Buffs’ program. He came to CU after two years playing for Deion Sanders at Jackson State — also playing his final two years of high school football for Coach Prime at Trinity Christian in Cedar Hill, Texas. But Silmon-Craig is originally from Alabama and grew up watching the early days of Nick Saban’s Crimson Tide dynasty. He knew he was never going to accomplish something like that in his college career, but he wanted to set the stones for something like that to happen in Boulder. “I remember the 2009 Alabama team that struck the match for the run that Alabama went on,” Silmon-Craig said. “So coming in this year, I always wanted to be the standard. I wanted to come in here and set a standard for us to live for years and years on hand. So for guys like (sophomore cornerback) DJ (McKinney), when they come back next year, they know the standard.” That standard didn’t exist when Silmon-Craig first transferred to CU. The Buffs hit rock bottom during the 1-11 season in 2022 and Coach Prime turned over both the coaching staff and the roster when he took over nearly two years ago. As Sanders often says, 2023 was about restoring hope and this season, 2024, was about restoring expectations. Mission accomplished — and it’s because of the group of seniors that played their final home game on Friday. “They're the ones who changed the game for us,” Coach Prime said. “They're the ones that impacted this wonderful learning institution. They're the ones that are responsible for the recruits that you're seeing commit. They're the ones that are responsible for the way that game was played, the way it panned out. They're the ones who put us on the map.” Coach Prime was always going to participate in the Senior Day festivities and he and his sons, quarterback Shedeur and safety Shilo, got to share their moment pregame and receive plenty of applause from the Folsom Field crowd for the final time as a trio. Colorado coach Deion Sanders, center, walks onto the field alongside sons Shilo Sanders, left, and Shedeur Sanders,during pregame Senior Day festivities at Folsom Field on Friday, Nov. 29, 2024 (Stephen Swofford, Denver Gazette) But Sanders also walked to midfield with another senior, wide receiver Jimmy Horn Jr., who didn’t have his dad in attendance due to his current incarceration in Florida. Horn turned to Sanders right before he was about to have his name called and asked Sanders if we would walk with him. “You don’t have to ask me twice,” Sanders recalled telling Horn. “Just speaking pleasantries along the way, it (was) unbelievable. “Jimmy is like my kid. I love him that much. We've talked about some personal things throughout his couple of seasons (here). I want to go with him Sunday to see his father as well.” After the Buffs were done blowing out the Cowboys to cap a 9-3 regular season, Coach Prime made sure to bring up the seniors on the elevated platform in the middle of the CU locker room and acknowledge the impact they’ve had on the program and the legacy they’re leaving behind. “I don't just coach these young men, I love these young men like they’re family, and I just want them to soar, not just from the football aspect, but as young men in life,” Sanders said.DENVER — Amid renewed interest in the killing of JonBenet Ramsey triggered in part by a new Netflix documentary, police in Boulder, Colorado, refuted assertions this week that there is viable evidence and leads about the 1996 killing of the 6-year-old girl that they are not pursuing. JonBenet Ramsey, who competed in beauty pageants, was found dead in the basement of her family's home in the college town of Boulder the day after Christmas in 1996. Her body was found several hours after her mother called 911 to say her daughter was missing and a ransom note was left behind. The gravesite of JonBenet Ramsey is covered with flowers Jan. 8, 1997, at St. James Episcopal Cemetery in Marietta, Ga. JonBenet was bludgeoned and strangled. Her death was ruled a homicide, but nobody was ever prosecuted. The details of the crime and video footage of JonBenet competing in pageants propelled the case into one of the highest-profile mysteries in the United States. The police comments came as part of their annual update on the investigation, a month before the 28th anniversary of JonBenet's killing. Police said they released it a little earlier due to the increased attention on the case, apparently referring to the three-part Netflix series "Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenet Ramsey." In a video statement, Boulder Police Chief Steve Redfearn said the department welcomes news coverage and documentaries about the killing of JonBenet, who would have been 34 this year, as a way to generate possible new leads. He said the department is committed to solving the case but needs to be careful about what it shares about the investigation to protect a possible future prosecution. "What I can tell you though, is we have thoroughly investigated multiple people as suspects throughout the years and we continue to be open-minded about what occurred as we investigate the tips that come in to detectives," he said. The Netflix documentary focuses on the mistakes made by police and the "media circus" surrounding the case. A police officer sits in her cruiser Jan. 3, 1997, outside the home in which 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey was found murdered Dec. 26, 1996, in Boulder, Colo. Police were widely criticized for mishandling the early investigation into her death amid speculation that her family was responsible. However, a prosecutor cleared her parents, John and Patsy Ramsey, and brother Burke in 2008 based on new DNA evidence from JonBenet's clothing that pointed to the involvement of an "unexplained third party" in her slaying. The announcement by former district attorney Mary Lacy came two years after Patsy Ramsey died of cancer. Lacy called the Ramseys "victims of this crime." John Ramsey continued to speak out for the case to be solved. In 2022, he supported an online petition asking Colorado's governor to intervene in the investigation by putting an outside agency in charge of DNA testing in the case. In the Netflix documentary, he said he advocated for several items that were not prepared for DNA testing to be tested and for other items to be retested. He said the results should be put through a genealogy database. In recent years, investigators identified suspects in unsolved cases by comparing DNA profiles from crime scenes and to DNA testing results shared online by people researching their family trees. In 2021, police said in their annual update that DNA hadn't been ruled out to help solve the case, and in 2022 noted that some evidence could be "consumed" if DNA testing is done on it. Last year, police said they convened a panel of outside experts to review the investigation to give recommendations and determine if updated technologies or forensic testing might produce new leads. In the latest update, Redfearn said that review ended but police continue to work through and evaluate a "lengthy list of recommendations" from the panel. Receive the latest in local entertainment news in your inbox weekly!
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Indianapolis Colts coach Shane Steichen seemed to sense the question might arise after his club was eliminated from playoff consideration Sunday with a ghastly 45-33 loss to the host New York Giants in East Rutheford, N.J. The Giants were 2-13 and had lost a franchise-record 10 straight games entering the contest and their season-high point total Sunday more than tripled their season average of 14.3 points per game. It was the type of bad loss that leads to head coaches being asked about their job security. "I control what I can control," Steichen said of the employment situation. The Colts (7-9) were outplayed all contest by the team that entered the day with the worst record in the NFL -- and with their playoff hopes on the line. Last season, Steichen's first as Indianapolis coach, the Colts also fell short, losing to the Houston Texans in the final week of the season to miss the playoffs. "It was as disappointing as it gets," Steichen said of the setback against the Giants. "As the leader of a football team, shoot, I always say I've got to be better, we've all got to be better. That's a group effort, everyone's got to chip in and do their part, so stuff like that doesn't happen." Giants quarterback Drew Lock passed for 309 yards and tied his career high of four touchdowns while also running for a score. Meanwhile, the Colts also went with a reserve quarterback in veteran Joe Flacco and he turned the ball over three times on two interceptions and a fumble. He also passed for 330 yards. Flacco started because rookie Anthony Richardson couldn't play due to back and foot injuries. Indianapolis completes the season next weekend at home against the Jacksonville Jaguars. "I know it's a tough situation, obviously, when you're out of the playoff hunt, but again, I told (the team) we've got to be professional about it," Steichen said. "That's the biggest thing. We've got to show up and do our job still with one week left." The Colts last made the playoffs in the 2020 season. Their last playoff win was two seasons earlier. --Field Level Media
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