One more game until CU’s misery ends
On the bright side, the University of Colorado football team will play only one more game with its current crop of quarterbacks. No personal offense intended to any of these young men, all of whom are...
View ArticleCU stumbles to first winless season at home in 92 years
BOULDER — The best thing you can say about Colorado’s 2012 football season is it’s over. It ended on a beautiful autumn afternoon in which Jon Embree’s second Buffaloes team fought to the final minute...
View ArticleTime for a little leadership at CU
Considering how many smart people they employ, it is surprisingly difficult for universities to come up with strong institutional leaders. Nowhere is this more obvious than at the University of...
View ArticleMy Heisman ballot, for all the good it will do
Can we just admit right now that the Heisman Trophy does not, in fact, reward the most outstanding player in college football, or do we have to wait until Saturday? The Heisman Trophy rewards the most...
View ArticleWho is this Connor Wood and what did he do with the other one?
In exuberance on the field afterward, first-year Colorado head coach Mike MacIntyre hugged everyone in sight. In fact, he hugged running back Christian Powell with 27 seconds still on the clock, after...
View ArticleMeet the No. 1 receiver in the country
BOULDER — Midway through the fourth quarter Saturday night at Folsom Field, in a tie game, University of Colorado wide receiver Paul Richardson caught the football across the middle and waited for the...
View ArticleA memorable college football play, according to Twitter
I’m not exactly in Twitter’s target demographic, but I’m on there just the same. Call it an occupational hazard. By following a bunch of athletes and sports media types — plus William Shatner, of...
View ArticleTangled up in Ducks
BOULDER — When Mark Helfrich left Dan Hawkins’ football staff at the University of Colorado following the 2008 season to join Chip Kelly’s staff at the University of Oregon, there was speculation he...
View ArticleCU hands its offense over to 18-year-olds
BOULDER — It’s not something you see every day, a major college football program starting true freshmen at quarterback and tailback. In fact, at the University of Colorado, the number of times it...
View ArticleMike MacIntyre avoids a meltdown as CU loses again
BOULDER — Until Saturday night, we’d never seen Mike MacIntyre like this. He hasn’t been here that long, so we were bound to see the less sociable side at some point, but when he rushed into the CU...
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