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Other Games 10/7-10/9

The only game I watched was the second half of the Michigan/Nub game. Nothing quite like seeing the collective hearts in Memorial stadium being ripped out after yet another Martinez blunder. Also, how long have Martinez and JoJo been playing there? Are they 35 now? I was waiting/hoping for Frosty to cry.
 
MtnBuff said:
Our opponents do.
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Amazing day of college football. Watched the end of Texas-OU after a hike, then Iowa-Penn St and BYU-Boise with some friends at the bar at lunch then had Nebraska-Michigan and Bama-A&M on at my sisters house with extended family from Nebraska and alumni from Bama. So much fun.

It’s just a huge bummer that CU is irrelevant to any given Saturday. I have a hell of a fun time rooting against Bama or Penn St or Fuskers or just watching some flat out exciting games like OU-Texas. I am too young to remember the 80s/90s but can’t imagine what it would be like for CU to be truly relevant in a meaniningful October primetime game. It’s hard to even watch the Buffs because it’s often boring, fraught with errors, and effectively over by halftime. More enjoyable to flip to some other game with a raucous crowd and awesome atmosphere even if I don’t care about either program.

Idk. Just bummed the buffs have been this bad for this long. A packed house in Folsom as the sun sets on a mild autumn evening, Flatirons looming in the background, with a ranked CU beating a top 10 USC or Oregon in a tight game would be such an incredible experience. Hope things turnaround sometime.
 
SeanMSan said:
The only game I watched was the second half of the Michigan/Nub game. Nothing quite like seeing the collective hearts in Memorial stadium being ripped out after yet another Martinez blunder. Also, how long have Martinez and JoJo been playing there? Are they 35 now? I was waiting/hoping for Frosty to cry.
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They said something on the broadcast about Martinez missing practice last week for the birth of his grandson, but I missed the whole story.
 
SeanMSan said:
The only game I watched was the second half of the Michigan/Nub game. Nothing quite like seeing the collective hearts in Memorial stadium being ripped out after yet another Martinez blunder. Also, how long have Martinez and JoJo been playing there? Are they 35 now? I was waiting/hoping for Frosty to cry.
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He was close
 
Kuratz said:
I am too young to remember the 80s/90s but can’t imagine what it would be like for CU to be truly relevant in a meaniningful October primetime game. It’s hard to even watch the Buffs because it’s often boring, fraught with errors, and effectively over by halftime. More enjoyable to flip to some other game with a raucous crowd and awesome atmosphere even if I don’t care about either program.

Idk. Just bummed the buffs have been this bad for this long. A packed house in Folsom as the sun sets on a mild autumn evening, Flatirons looming in the background, with a ranked CU beating a top 10 USC or Oregon in a tight game would be such an incredible experience. Hope things turnaround sometime.
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I mean, I would argue you don't really need to imagine what it could be like, we saw a brief flash of it- The two games against Wazzu and Utah in 2016, which were both on FOX were meaningful prime time national TV games, and the Buffs won.

Part of the overwhelming frustration with CU football is just how great it could be.
 
HighlandsBuff said:
I mean, I would argue you don't really need to imagine what it could be like, we saw a brief flash of it- The two games against Wazzu and Utah in 2016, which were both on FOX were meaningful prime time national TV games, and the Buffs won.

Part of the overwhelming frustration with CU football is just how great it could be.
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The 2016 Wazzu and Utah games were epic. Throwback games to the late 80s/early 90s for sure. It's depressing as hell though, to only get that type of atmosphere once or twice a decade.
 
Kuratz said:
Amazing day of college football. Watched the end of Texas-OU after a hike, then Iowa-Penn St and BYU-Boise with some friends at the bar at lunch then had ****braska-Michigan and Bama-A&M on at my sisters house with extended family from ****braska and alumni from Bama. So much fun.

It’s just a huge bummer that CU is irrelevant to any given Saturday. I have a hell of a fun time rooting against Bama or Penn St or ****ers or just watching some flat out exciting games like OU-Texas. I am too young to remember the 80s/90s but can’t imagine what it would be like for CU to be truly relevant in a meaniningful October primetime game. It’s hard to even watch the Buffs because it’s often boring, fraught with errors, and effectively over by halftime. More enjoyable to flip to some other game with a raucous crowd and awesome atmosphere even if I don’t care about either program.

Idk. Just bummed the buffs have been this bad for this long. A packed house in Folsom as the sun sets on a mild autumn evening, Flatirons looming in the background, with a ranked CU beating a top 10 USC or Oregon in a tight game would be such an incredible experience. Hope things turnaround sometime.
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1987 - 1996 was a BLAST. Even the earlier Eddie Crowder and Bill Mallory Eras were very cool. We have been living in a fetid dumpster full of rotting fish heads and soggy disposable diapers for most of the post-Barnett Era.
 
Kuratz said:
Amazing day of college football. Watched the end of Texas-OU after a hike, then Iowa-Penn St and BYU-Boise with some friends at the bar at lunch then had ****braska-Michigan and Bama-A&M on at my sisters house with extended family from ****braska and alumni from Bama. So much fun.

It’s just a huge bummer that CU is irrelevant to any given Saturday. I have a hell of a fun time rooting against Bama or Penn St or ****ers or just watching some flat out exciting games like OU-Texas. I am too young to remember the 80s/90s but can’t imagine what it would be like for CU to be truly relevant in a meaniningful October primetime game. It’s hard to even watch the Buffs because it’s often boring, fraught with errors, and effectively over by halftime. More enjoyable to flip to some other game with a raucous crowd and awesome atmosphere even if I don’t care about either program.

Idk. Just bummed the buffs have been this bad for this long. A packed house in Folsom as the sun sets on a mild autumn evening, Flatirons looming in the background, with a ranked CU beating a top 10 USC or Oregon in a tight game would be such an incredible experience. Hope things turnaround sometime.
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Until our bull****, Cal wannabe, academic elite get their heads out of their asses we are going to suck.

We can’t lower our admission standard to the level of say Penn State, even though Penn State is far ahead of CU both academically and in footballl. As is Ohio State, Florida, and a whole bunch of other state schools including….you guessed it. Michigan State.

This entire problem has less to do with the dog **** coaches we have been stuck with since the GB era and more to do with an anti football culture at CU.

BTW I was around in the late 80’s and 90’s and it was freaking awesome. We were going toe to toe with every school in the country, sending guys all over the NFL, consistently going to and winning bowl games. We used to be in the kind of games that were on yesterday. Exciting, nationally televised games with other highly ranked football teams. Imagine!

Our coaching staffs were constantly being poached or becoming head coaches themselves.

We were recruiting the best players from every area in the country. Going into Texas, the Midwest, SoCal, and even SEC country and getting 4-5 star recruits left and right. We certainly kept our best Colorado kids here. That was a given.

How exciting was it to watch former CU commit Marvin Mins almost singlehandedly beat Texas yesterday? Rashan Salaam did the same thing in 1994. I think he ran for something like 319 yards against the horns. In Austin no less (I’m too lazy to verify dates and yardage, bu I’m not too far off)

Now we sit, week in and week out, watching the dog **** Pac-12 network with its dog **** announcers and a bunch of afterthought coaches who don’t know how to do their job

The late 80’s and 90’s were so much fun! But, as my wife reminds me, it is not the 90’s anymore. (I’m not sure she is only referring to CU football but that is another issue)
 
SBP said:
Until our bull****, Cal wannabe, academic elite get their heads out of their asses we are going to suck.

We can’t lower our admission standard to the level of say Penn State, even though Penn State is far ahead of CU both academically and in footballl. As is Ohio State, Florida, and a whole bunch of other state schools including….you guessed it. Michigan State.

This entire problem has less to do with the dog **** coaches we have been stuck with since the GB era and more to do with an anti football culture at CU.

BTW I was around in the late 80’s and 90’s and it was freaking awesome. We were going toe to toe with every school in the country, sending guys all over the NFL, consistently going to and winning bowl games. We used to be in the kind of games that were on yesterday. Exciting, nationally televised games with other highly ranked football teams. Imagine!

Our coaching staffs were constantly being poached or becoming head coaches themselves.

We were recruiting the best players from every area in the country. Going into Texas, the Midwest, SoCal, and even SEC country and getting 4-5 star recruits left and right. We certainly kept our best Colorado kids here. That was a given.

How exciting was it to watch former CU commit Marvin Mins almost singlehandedly beat Texas yesterday? Rashan Salaam did the same thing in 1994. I think he ran for something like 319 yards against the horns. In Austin no less (I’m too lazy to verify dates and yardage, bu I’m not too far off)

Now we sit, week in and week out, watching the dog **** Pac-12 network with its dog **** announcers and a bunch of afterthought coaches who don’t know how to do their job

The late 80’s and 90’s were so much fun! But, as my wife reminds me, it is not the 90’s anymore. (I’m not sure she is only referring to CU football but that is another issue)
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SBP said:
Until our bull****, Cal wannabe, academic elite get their heads out of their asses we are going to suck.

We can’t lower our admission standard to the level of say Penn State, even though Penn State is far ahead of CU both academically and in footballl. As is Ohio State, Florida, and a whole bunch of other state schools including….you guessed it. Michigan State.

This entire problem has less to do with the dog **** coaches we have been stuck with since the GB era and more to do with an anti football culture at CU.

BTW I was around in the late 80’s and 90’s and it was freaking awesome. We were going toe to toe with every school in the country, sending guys all over the NFL, consistently going to and winning bowl games. We used to be in the kind of games that were on yesterday. Exciting, nationally televised games with other highly ranked football teams. Imagine!

Our coaching staffs were constantly being poached or becoming head coaches themselves.

We were recruiting the best players from every area in the country. Going into Texas, the Midwest, SoCal, and even SEC country and getting 4-5 star recruits left and right. We certainly kept our best Colorado kids here. That was a given.

How exciting was it to watch former CU commit Marvin Mins almost singlehandedly beat Texas yesterday? Rashan Salaam did the same thing in 1994. I think he ran for something like 319 yards against the horns. In Austin no less (I’m too lazy to verify dates and yardage, bu I’m not too far off)

Now we sit, week in and week out, watching the dog **** Pac-12 network with its dog **** announcers and a bunch of afterthought coaches who don’t know how to do their job

The late 80’s and 90’s were so much fun! But, as my wife reminds me, it is not the 90’s anymore. (I’m not sure she is only referring to CU football but that is another issue)
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CU went from being a leader to a follower when it joined the PAC
I'm this old...coach Mac's staff was never poached while he was coach..Crowder had a part in that early on.
Had CU promoted Simmons or Barnett or DiNardo the unraveling wouldn't look the way it does today and to his foresight coach Mac saw it and expressed his sentiment in 94.
Barnett had CO sowed up because of his high school coaching days at the Air Academy HS.
I purposely left Miles out because knowing what we today we dodged a bullet.
 
Always BUFF said:
CU went from being a leader to a follower when it joined the PAC
I'm this old...coach Mac's staff was never poached while he was coach..Crowder had a part in that early on.
Had CU promoted Simmons or Barnett or DiNardo the unraveling wouldn't look the way it does today and to his foresight coach Mac saw it and expressed his sentiment in 94.
Barnett had CO sowed up because of his high school coaching days at the Air Academy HS.
I purposely left Miles out because knowing what we today we dodged a bullet.
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You’re right for sure. My point was that we had good coaches who other programs wanted.
 
SBP said:
Until our bull****, Cal wannabe, academic elite get their heads out of their asses we are going to suck.

We can’t lower our admission standard to the level of say Penn State, even though Penn State is far ahead of CU both academically and in footballl. As is Ohio State, Florida, and a whole bunch of other state schools including….you guessed it. Michigan State.

This entire problem has less to do with the dog **** coaches we have been stuck with since the GB era and more to do with an anti football culture at CU.

BTW I was around in the late 80’s and 90’s and it was freaking awesome. We were going toe to toe with every school in the country, sending guys all over the NFL, consistently going to and winning bowl games. We used to be in the kind of games that were on yesterday. Exciting, nationally televised games with other highly ranked football teams. Imagine!

Our coaching staffs were constantly being poached or becoming head coaches themselves.

We were recruiting the best players from every area in the country. Going into Texas, the Midwest, SoCal, and even SEC country and getting 4-5 star recruits left and right. We certainly kept our best Colorado kids here. That was a given.

How exciting was it to watch former CU commit Marvin Mins almost singlehandedly beat Texas yesterday? Rashan Salaam did the same thing in 1994. I think he ran for something like 319 yards against the horns. In Austin no less (I’m too lazy to verify dates and yardage, bu I’m not too far off)

Now we sit, week in and week out, watching the dog **** Pac-12 network with its dog **** announcers and a bunch of afterthought coaches who don’t know how to do their job

The late 80’s and 90’s were so much fun! But, as my wife reminds me, it is not the 90’s anymore. (I’m not sure she is only referring to CU football but that is another issue)
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I talked to a couple more B1G/Big10-ites today and they perceive CU as a much better add to the B1G than Maryland was or other future possibilities at this point. B1G or bust for CU. We need money, and we need a winning conference with a new culture. But yeah, the CU admins are on crack and can't prioritize football.
I have family in Iowa. I might start rooting for and supporting them. I ain't looking back at CU anymore. CU sux a$$. Where's the signature page of the resignation letter? I'm sending mine in.
 
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SBP said:
Rashan Salaam did the same thing in 1994. I think he ran for something like 319 yards against the horns. In Austin no less (I’m too lazy to verify dates and yardage, bu I’m not too far off)
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Yes, this is was awesome! But the way you have it, there’s no context. This game was a NON conference game AT #16 Texas…the week after beating #4 Michigan AT Michigan (miricale)…which was the week after beating Rose Bowl Champion #10 Wisconsin 55-17.
Even more context for Salaam, it was 94 degrees in Austin with a heat index over 100. Being a Cali kid that went to CU, I didn’t understand heat indexes. I played football in 100 degrees in CA. It was hot but I was like, “what’s the big deal? Why do the announcers keep showing the thermometer?” Now I live in Texas. Now I get it. Also, the scenes with Salaam with that IV between series was crazy.
 
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CUAviator said:
Yes, this is was awesome! But the way you have it, there’s no context. This game was a NON conference game AT #16 Texas…the week after beating #4 Michigan AT Michigan (miricale)…which was the week after beating Rose Bowl Champion #10 Wisconsin 55-17.
Even more context for Salaam, it was 94 degrees in Austin with a heat index over 100. Being a Cali kid that went to CU, I didn’t understand heat indexes. I played football in 100 degrees in CA. It was hot but I was like, “what’s the big deal? Why do the announcers keep showing the thermometer?” Now I live in Texas. Now I get it. Also, the scenes with Salaam with that IV between series was crazy.
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I certainly did not do the context justice. I’m still too pissed.

That was incredible! Imagine kicking the **** out of Wisconsin. I remember watching that game in a bar and having my buddy say “this is a good ole fashioned mid town ass whooping.”

That is what makes watching this bull**** so hard. We know that it is possible.
 
SBP said:
I certainly did not do the context justice. I’m still too pissed.

That was incredible! Imagine kicking the **** out of Wisconsin. I remember watching that game in a bar and having my buddy say “this is a good ole fashioned mid town ass whooping.”

That is what makes watching this bull**** so hard. We know that it is possible.
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I was living in Milwaukee at the time. I watched the game in my Buff gear quietly sitting in the back of a bar. It was fantastic
 
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