AllBuffs | Unofficial fan site for the University of Colorado at Boulder Athletics programs
This is a sample guest message. Register a free account today to become a member! Once signed in, you'll be able to participate on this site by adding your own topics and posts, as well as connect with other members through your own private inbox!
-
Prime Time. Prime Time. Its a new era for Colorado football. Consider signing up for a club membership! For $20/year, you can get access to all the special features at Allbuffs, including club member only forums, dark mode, avatars and best of all no ads ! But seriously, please sign up so that we can pay the bills. No one earns money here, and we can use your $20 to keep this hellhole running. You can sign up for a club membership by navigating to your account in the upper right and clicking on "Account Upgrades". Make it happen!
So, was the blue out a success?
- Thread starter leftybuff
- Start date
sure. it pissed people off. I always find that entertaining.
GoBuffs08
Well-Known Member
We won the game, and IMO the players and coaches actually seemed to be fired up during the entire game, both on the field and on the sidelines.
I don't know if it was the blue, or simply because so many people were so outspoken it helped unify the team.
We'll see what happens against ISU. We tend to have a good win followed up with bad losses.
I don't know if it was the blue, or simply because so many people were so outspoken it helped unify the team.
We'll see what happens against ISU. We tend to have a good win followed up with bad losses.
phatmack
Active Member
That has GOT to be THE worst text color in existence! :lol:
Nope, red is way worse.
Gateway
Well-Known Member
I'm starting to get pissed off that everyone is pissed off....I'm pissed that the players are pissed at the blue fans instead of their crappy coaching staff.
I said I thought it could backfire and now it seems the "message" has been lost and the blue fans are being made out to be lame. (Didn't help when they rushed the field after a one point victory.
)
I said I thought it could backfire and now it seems the "message" has been lost and the blue fans are being made out to be lame. (Didn't help when they rushed the field after a one point victory.
)Deleted member 807
Guest
Mixed bag.
Cons
- The CUAD is in damage control mode, pooh-poohing the numbers of participants.
- The local press use terms like 'fizzle' and are reframing the event with player quotes that indicate the gesture was targeted at the players.
- It was divisive, breaking the Buff faithful into a majority BnG faction and a rogue CU Blues faction.
Pros
- The Buffs won! The players and coaches played with emotion.
- The Blue Out provided cover, stealing attention from Darrell Scott's departure.
- It was a benign event that didn't turn out to be a major embarassment. The Blue Out was not the embarassment or recruiting black eye that the opponents made it out to be. Winning with a breakout game by Simas, and fans rushing the field after the game was the bigger story.
- It was a catalyst for fans, players, and the CUAD to engage in a dialog about the Buff's past, present and future.
Cons
- The CUAD is in damage control mode, pooh-poohing the numbers of participants.
- The local press use terms like 'fizzle' and are reframing the event with player quotes that indicate the gesture was targeted at the players.
- It was divisive, breaking the Buff faithful into a majority BnG faction and a rogue CU Blues faction.
Pros
- The Buffs won! The players and coaches played with emotion.
- The Blue Out provided cover, stealing attention from Darrell Scott's departure.
- It was a benign event that didn't turn out to be a major embarassment. The Blue Out was not the embarassment or recruiting black eye that the opponents made it out to be. Winning with a breakout game by Simas, and fans rushing the field after the game was the bigger story.
- It was a catalyst for fans, players, and the CUAD to engage in a dialog about the Buff's past, present and future.
I'm starting to get pissed off that everyone is pissed off....I'm pissed that the players are pissed at the blue fans instead of their crappy coaching staff.
I said I thought it could backfire and now it seems the "message" has been lost and the blue fans are being made out to be lame. (Didn't help when they rushed the field after a one point victory.
grrrrr....the upsetness
upsetness is reason alone that the blueout was successful :lol:
:yeahthat:
The fact that we got upsetness out of this deal makes it all worth the effort.
You forgot to add that Nugget jersey sales were way up last week.
Plati hates message boards and equivocates message boards to the blue out thing. I wish he would, instead, embrace message boards, or, as they should be called, FAN sites. I don't think he wants to believe or concede that fan sites have any kind of influence.
Plati lying is definitely a negative
Deleted member 807
Guest
I do see a tradition being born. Whenever a CU team is in jeopardy of finishing a season with 4 or fewer wins, a smattering of CU Blue should just be expected to appear.
From a tradition standpoint, the Hawkins era has added a few new 'traditions' anyway.
- The pre-game player walk through campus
- Ending a 243 game streak dating back to McCartney where the Buffs were not shut out
- Nike uniforms with piping and armadillo skin shoulders
- Adding the Colorado flag to the helmets
CU Blue would be a fitting addition to the collection. It would be a tradition we hopefully wouldn't see very often, but have it when we need it.
The Nubs have their on-again off-again deal with the highly taunted...err...vaunted Black Shirt defense. Why shouldn't CU coaches have an other motivational tool too? "You don't want the blue to come out..."
From a tradition standpoint, the Hawkins era has added a few new 'traditions' anyway.
- The pre-game player walk through campus
- Ending a 243 game streak dating back to McCartney where the Buffs were not shut out
- Nike uniforms with piping and armadillo skin shoulders
- Adding the Colorado flag to the helmets
CU Blue would be a fitting addition to the collection. It would be a tradition we hopefully wouldn't see very often, but have it when we need it.
The Nubs have their on-again off-again deal with the highly taunted...err...vaunted Black Shirt defense. Why shouldn't CU coaches have an other motivational tool too? "You don't want the blue to come out..."
phatmack
Active Member
Seems obvious to me but its negative reinforcement instead of positive reinforcement... I mean, ****braska doesn't bust out Pink shirts every time their Defense gives up 30+ pts... they're rewarded for doing good not punished for doing bad. (Sorry, I'm in the throes of puppy training and their methodology is rubbing off on my personality. Heh.)
Deleted member 807
Guest
No. But coaches do take names off the back of jerseys. Remember when GB threatened to pull the CU decals off of the helmets?
I think that trophies and Bowl appearances are pretty good positive reinforcement, as is seeing a stadium attired in BnG. Let 'em earn it, and not take it for granted.
MontanaBuff
Well-Known Member
:yeahthat: It wasn't a "thing" until Dave made it into one ...
actually thats completely in line with what wearing blue was about, but hey, thats just what the stated purposes of the group said.
phatmack
Active Member
I find it interesting where the line is I guess... I thought they pulled the names off of jerseys to get rid of individuality and to motivate players to work as a team? I didn't remember the details surrounding when GB threatened to pull the CU decals off of the helmets so I looked it up... http://espn.go.com/columns/garber_greg/803848.html
I found some of the player remarks pretty telling. Yah, they won that game against A&M but still... The Black and Gold (and Silver) is our IDENTITY. It's the players' identity. It defines us as Buffs. The Black and Gold should ALWAYS be in the stands... we're Buffaloes through and through and a part of that is our colors. Taking that away as a form of motivation is almost as bad as trying to motivate by filling the stands with red, green and white, crimson and cream, or burnt orange. It's incredibly negative. IMHO.
Deleted member 807
Guest
Look at it this way. We have players and fans who attended Folsom Field in the late 70's and early 80's who are part of the Buff faithful today. They were and are true blue members of the CU family. Why treat them like the Soviet's treated their opposition and erase them from your history book? May their frustration and futility live on in infamy so that others not suffer their same misery!
Let me know what part of the fight song mentions colors.
Your maternal-like defense of the fragile psychies of this youngest generation of Buffs is misguided. The players don't want or need you coddling. They hate losing as much as the fans.
The reason CU blue hasn't been an issue before is because CU comes from a strong tradition of winning. We've not been cellar dwellers for a prolonged period of time since the 80's.
Look at the big picture.
Wearing blue is not like turning our backs on the program. It's not like selling our season tickets on stub hub to the highest paying visitors who might happen to wear Maroon or Crimson or Scarlet or Burnt Orange. It's not accusing innocent players of rape absent any trial or conviction.
3-6 is 3-6. Blue is the color of CU underachievement. Nothing more, Nothing less.
Last edited by a moderator:
Not to nitpick, but I do believe Glory, Glory Colorado does contain "Hoorah for the Silver and Gold".
Anyway, I was a student during the Fairbanks era and hope to never see blue on a Buff fan again.
As I've already said, even the perception that fans are not supporting the team is wrong.
so get angry at the fans who sold their tickets to A&M fans first.
Deleted member 807
Guest
I agree.
The Guest
Guest
Hey clown! You've been asked to explain your opinion on this several times, and yet you refuse. Instead we get snarky one-liners.
What gives?
Why is it hypocritical in your opinion?
If fans wore blue to protest what they feel is too many losses, wouldn't that make them "anti-loss"?
And if these fans are the most passionate about their anti-loss stance, wouldn't that similarly make them "pro-win"?
You following?
Soooooo, it seems that the fans who hate losses the most (and wore blue shirts to express that opinion) would be the MOST excited about the win.
Therefore, from my perspective, the blue-clad fans would be the most likely to rush the field.
So tell me why I'm wrong, please, because you obviously don't agree.
Didn't you get the memo? It's "strangely hypocritical". Whatever that means. :huh: