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Who are your top 3 CU football players and why?

mark hatcher: mac's fist option QB
darian: well, ya know
ben kelly: great college player. threat to go all the way every time he touched the ball

hm: chad brown; tiger bussey;and my first fave ever player...the underrated tony reed (beat OU in my first CU game at Folsom and had a 1000 yard season in the Nfl).
 
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I'll go with my favorite three from my era.
Marcus Stiggers - from my neck of the woods; I have a soft spot for guys shorter than me; great deep threat
Dan Graham - Mackey Award winner and all-around badass
Ben Kelly - I still have his #1 jersey; Folsom was electric every time he went back to return a punt, just anticipating what was about to happen
 
I want to change my list.

DH
Big Al
Ben Kelly

BK was a special special player. Also the guy I knew with two cell phones so not to get in trouble with the ladies.

Early pimp gets the perm.
 
Buffnik said:
Only 3?

It's hard to go against Hagan (never lost a Big 8 game at QB), Bieniemy (greatest RB in CU history and leader of title team) and Alfred Williams (best defensive player in the Big 8 during his era).

But, man, there have been so many.

I'd almost rather go by position for this and pick favorite guys at each spot.
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Those are my 3 as well, although it's tough to leave out guys like Chad Brown, Mike Pritchard, Greg Biekert, Ted Johnson, Joel Steed, Chris Naeole, Deion Figures, Kanavis McGhee, Dan Graham, et al.
 
Brian Cabral - the reason I am a Buff
James Garee - Great young man
Tiger Bussey - Best Buff heart I have ever seen
 
sackman said:
By the end of his career at CU, OC Oliver wasn't even on the traveling squad. Yet he represents the beginning of the resurgance of CU football in the late 80's. Anybody know what he's doing these days?
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Not sure where he is (Plati probably knows if you are really interested, he keeps us with a bunch of the former players), but his nephew (Jarrell Oliver) is playing RB at Utah.
 
sackman said:
By the end of his career at CU, OC Oliver wasn't even on the traveling squad. Yet he represents the beginning of the resurgance of CU football in the late 80's. Anybody know what he's doing these days?
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To be fair to him, if I remember correctly OC suffered an injury that had a big impact on his ability to perform.
 
MtnBuff said:
To be fair to him, if I remember correctly OC suffered an injury that had a big impact on his ability to perform.
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I think it was an ACL and at the time these were pretty devistating to the players ability to come back. He was never the same no matter what the injury was.
 
[video=youtube;_1Nkfc85kYc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1Nkfc85kYc[/video]
 
Alfred Williams - the guy was the coolest guy on campus. So mellow, so funny and totally approachable. And he was a bad ass on the field.

Bruce Jones - Went to college late (mid twenties) and was nicest guy on the team.
 
Wow. Tough one. Gonna go top 5 instead.....

Chad Brown
EB (neb rain game)
Chris Brown
Big Al
Cabral
 
Bienemy
Hagan
Salaam.

All three were absolutely dominant. The best players at their position. And a ton of fun to watch, to boot.
 
sackman said:
Bienemy
Hagan
Salaam.

All three were absolutely dominant. The best players at their position. And a ton of fun to watch, to boot.
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Hell, make it 8.... Can't leave Salaam off this list! Maybe the most fun record breaking play of all time! Was for me.....
 
Eggon said:
Hell, make it 8.... Can't leave Salaam off this list! Maybe the most fun record breaking play of all time! Was for me.....
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"Salaam down the sideline, HES GOT 2000! One man to beat." Best play call too
 
You are wrong if DH is not on your top three. This never gets old. Option football baby!

[video=youtube;fBLDasZ0m6o]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBLDasZ0m6o[/video]
 
Whizzer White: two-way player All American, Rhodes Scholar, from Colorado......Joe Romig: two-way player All American, Rhodes Scholar, from Colorado....Nate Solder, 3.4 GPA, All American from out of nowhere, Colorado, 6'8" 305 lbs, 5% body fat, becomes starting LT for HoF QB in NE in his second year in the League.

I have a bias in favor of real STUDENT-athletes from CO.
 
WizzersGhost said:
Whizzer White: two-way player All American, Rhodes Scholar, from Colorado......Joe Romig: two-way player All American, Rhodes Scholar, from Colorado....Nate Solder, 3.4 GPA, All American from out of nowhere, Colorado, 6'8" 305 lbs, 5% body fat, becomes starting LT for HoF QB in NE in his second year in the League.

I have a bias in favor of real STUDENT-athletes from CO.
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Jim Hansen was also a Rhodes Scholar (from Seattle) who played on the Natty team and went on to get a PhD in physics from Oxford. Dr. Hansen deserves mention alongside Romig and White.
 
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