BOULDER — Still capitalizing on its success from this past football season, the University of Colorado will be one of 16 schools nationwide that ESPN will offer live reports from during its 11 hours of National Signing Day coverage next Wednesday, Feb. 1.This will be the first time since ESPN expanded its coverage of letter-of-intent day in 2006 that Colorado will be one of its featured schools. The Buffaloes are the only team that will be covered from the Mountain and Pacific Time zones, as eight of the schools are from the Southeastern Conference. Many of this year's schools have annually appeared during ESPN's coverage as joining CU in hosting the cable network will be Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Clemson, Florida State, Georgia, LSU, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Penn State, South Carolina, Texas, Texas A&M.will be reporting live from Boulder, with interviews to be conducted with CU head coachand select players, including some of Colorado's 12 early enrollees.The Buffaloes are coming off 10-4 season, which included an 8-1 record in Pac-12 Conference play and the league's South Division title. Colorado finished No. 15 in the USA Today/Coaches final poll, with the Associated Press ranking the Buffs No. 17; it marked the first time since 2002 that CU finished a season ranked in the Top 25. MacIntyre was honored with eight national coach of the year awards, in addition to the Pac-12's Coach of the Year nod, the AFCA's Comeback Coach of the Year inaugural honor, the NFF/Colorado Chapter Coach of the Year recognition and the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame's "King of the Hill" award.Colorado's recruiting class at present has been ranked anywhere from 10th (PrepStar) to 23rd (ESPN); CU's last Top 20 class was in 2008.ESPN's extensive multi-platform coverage will span all of its networks as well as ESPN.com. The 12th annual event provides the latest news and information on college team's recruiting classes as top recruits make their official commitments. The day gets underway with an ESPNU special at 6 a.m. MST before jumping to ESPN2 at 10 a.m. The final two hours (3-5 p.m.) will then wrap up on ESPNU. Coverage will include contributions from reporters at all 16 campuses, with more than 25 interviews with head coaches and 12 on-air announcements.Hosts(a Colorado graduate) andwill keep fans up to date on all the news surrounding the day, led by national recruiting analyst Tom Luginbill , recruiting analyst Craig Haubert , and college football analysts Mike Bellotti Joey Galloway and David Pollack . The crew will be joined by former LSU head coach Les Miles (also a former CU assistant in the 1980s), who will contribute to coverage throughout the day as a guest analyst, sharing his insight and experiences on the recruiting process.