Terms
The rules for using this site
Last updated August 10, 2026
BuffStampede is published by Authentic Media LLC, a Colorado company. Using the site or The Board means agreeing to what is on this page. It is short on purpose.
The short version
- Reading is free and does not require an account.
- What you post is yours. You are responsible for it.
- Supporting the site is not buying access, because nothing is gated.
- We are not the University of Colorado, and we do not speak for it.
Your account
Accounts are for readers 16 and over. Use an email address you can actually receive mail at, keep your sign-in details to yourself, and do not hand the account to someone else. If something happens under your account, we treat it as yours.
An account is free. It exists so The Board is made of people rather than bots, not to charge you for anything.
The Board
The forum has its own guidelines, and they are the day-to-day rules. The short form: argue about football, not about each other. Harassment, threats, slurs, doxxing, spam, and posting other people's private information will get a post removed and can get an account suspended.
Recruiting coverage brings a specific responsibility. Many of the people discussed are teenagers. Talk about them the way you would if a parent were reading, because sometimes one is.
Moderation decisions are made by people, which means they are judgement calls. If you think one was wrong, say so and it will be looked at again.
What you post
You keep ownership of what you write. By posting it here you give us permission to display it on the site and the forum, and to quote from it with attribution to your handle. Nothing you post will be sold, licensed to anyone else, or used to train an AI system.
You can delete your own posts. Replies that quoted you may still show the quoted text, which is how forum software works rather than a decision we made.
Post things you have the right to post. Do not paste in someone else's article wholesale, and do not upload images you do not have permission to use. If you own something that has been posted here without permission, email us and it will come down.
Our reporting
The stories, photographs, video, and film on this site belong to Authentic Media LLC or to the people who made them. Link to them, quote a passage, and send them to whoever you like. Republishing a whole story elsewhere needs permission first, and asking is usually enough.
How the reporting is done, sourced, and corrected is described on how we work.
Supporting the site
Contributions pay for the reporting to exist. They do not buy access, and they do not unlock anything, because every story is free to read either way.
- Payments are handled by Stripe. We never see your card number.
- Recurring support can be stopped in one click in the billing portal on your account page. Once stopped, it does not charge again.
- Contributions are not refundable.
- If a charge looks wrong, email us. A mistake is a mistake and we will fix it.
We are independent of the University of Colorado
BuffStampede is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or speaking for the University of Colorado, its athletic department, the Big 12, or the NCAA. Team names and marks belong to their owners and are used to describe what is being covered.
What we are and are not responsible for
We work hard on accuracy and we correct what we get wrong. What we cannot do is promise that everything here is complete, current, or error-free, or that the site will never be down. Reporting on a moving story is provisional by nature.
Posts on The Board are written by readers, not by us, and they are not our statements. Links to other sites are not endorsements of them.
The site is provided as it is, without warranties. To the extent the law allows,Authentic Media LLC is not liable for indirect or consequential losses arising from using it, and any liability we do have is limited to what you have contributed in the previous twelve months. Some states do not allow those limits, in which case they do not apply to you.
Suspension
We can suspend or remove an account that breaks these terms or the forum guidelines. When it is a judgement call rather than something obvious, you will hear why. You can close your own account whenever you want by emailing us.
Changes to these terms
When these change, the date at the top changes. Anything that materially affects your account or your support will be posted before it takes effect, not after.
The legal bits
These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Colorado, and any dispute belongs in the state or federal courts of Colorado. If part of this page turns out to be unenforceable, the rest still stands.
Getting in touch
Email theboard@buffstampede.com. That address reaches a person, and it is the right place for anything on this page.
Authentic Media LLC
PO Box 213
Johnstown, CO 80534
United States
Related: Privacy policy and how we work.