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How did we get here?* How did the once proud University of Colorado football program fall to the point that a mid-level FCS program can completely out-play the Buffs in Folsom Field?* It's a simple question to ask. *The complete answer is much less simple.* As in many things, it is far too nebulous and complex to succinctly describe in less than a book.
What I can pinpoint, emphatically, is the first moment the train began jumping the tracks. *There is one game, above all others, that I keep recalling as the beginning of the end. *Before kickoff, CU was still a national power. *While not perfect, the program was still capable of competing with the best in the land. *After its 60 minutes, it lay broken and vulnerable.
No, not 70-3.* The real answer is CU's 30-16 loss at Iowa State on November 12th, 2005. *And I was there.
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How did we get here?* How did the once proud University of Colorado football program fall to the point that a mid-level FCS program can completely out-play the Buffs in Folsom Field?* It's a simple question to ask. *The complete answer is much less simple.* As in many things, it is far too nebulous and complex to succinctly describe in less than a book.
What I can pinpoint, emphatically, is the first moment the train began jumping the tracks. *There is one game, above all others, that I keep recalling as the beginning of the end. *Before kickoff, CU was still a national power. *While not perfect, the program was still capable of competing with the best in the land. *After its 60 minutes, it lay broken and vulnerable.
No, not 70-3.* The real answer is CU's 30-16 loss at Iowa State on November 12th, 2005. *And I was there.
Let me take you back seven years to the scene of the crime...
Read more »
Originally posted by The Rumblings of a Deranged Buffalo
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What I can pinpoint, emphatically, is the first moment the train began jumping the tracks. *There is one game, above all others, that I keep recalling as the beginning of the end. *Before kickoff, CU was still a national power. *While not perfect, the program was still capable of competing with the best in the land. *After its 60 minutes, it lay broken and vulnerable.
No, not 70-3.* The real answer is CU's 30-16 loss at Iowa State on November 12th, 2005. *And I was there.
Let me take you back seven years to the scene of the crime...
Read more »
How did we get here?* How did the once proud University of Colorado football program fall to the point that a mid-level FCS program can completely out-play the Buffs in Folsom Field?* It's a simple question to ask. *The complete answer is much less simple.* As in many things, it is far too nebulous and complex to succinctly describe in less than a book.
What I can pinpoint, emphatically, is the first moment the train began jumping the tracks. *There is one game, above all others, that I keep recalling as the beginning of the end. *Before kickoff, CU was still a national power. *While not perfect, the program was still capable of competing with the best in the land. *After its 60 minutes, it lay broken and vulnerable.
No, not 70-3.* The real answer is CU's 30-16 loss at Iowa State on November 12th, 2005. *And I was there.
Let me take you back seven years to the scene of the crime...
Read more »
Originally posted by The Rumblings of a Deranged Buffalo
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