Author of bombshell Colorado football locker room report shares sharp pivot in coverage and Buffs fans have noticed

Athlon Sports' Steve Corder shared accounts from inside Colorado football's locker room over the offseason. The stories range from gun-toting to hazing to bullying to gambling. And everything in between.

It caught Coach Prime's attention. Deion Sanders talked about repercussions and penalties. But nothing ever came of it.

Now the Buffs are 5-2 and Corder has pivoted to publishing puff pieces about Jordan Seaton where Coach Prime is now painted as a guiding light for the 5-star freshman.

How did we get here?

Accusations against Colorado football program haven't been proven false

To be clear, Colorado has not been exonerated of the accusations against the Buffs' locker room culture. No lawsuits were filed for libel, so as things stand, those things were reported and not rebuked in an official capacity.

Much of what was shared in Corder's report was common knowledge in media circles. But no one was able to get a player to tie his name to any of the stories. Corder and Athlon ran with it anyway.

That doesn't mean it wasn't true. The lack of a lawsuit from CU's brain trust actually gives validity to it. But the reporting was done hastily at best.

Colorado football winning too much for anyone to remember the accusations

The Buffs are one of college football's biggest stories. With bowl game eligibility firmly in their crosshairs, and Big 12 contention not far behind if the wins keep piling up, Colorado has rewritten the narrative.

Imagine if they weren't winning, though? These reports would be front and center and there'd be a concerted push to remove Sanders from his head coaching post.

Winning cures all. Boulder has experienced that firsthand. No longer can you claim Coach Prime's unorthodox methods don't work. Now, CU is just another Georgia: fraught with locker room issues everyone is going to ignore because of the on-field results.