Countdown to Kickoff

[The Alabaster Yak]

College football officially kicks off next month. Only 31 days until CU starts Fall Camp (8/1) and only 60 days until Game Day (8/30).
We'll start with our guy Six-Zero

 

[TDforTD]

Obligatory GOAT gameday intro.

 

[BehindEnemyLines]

#'s 99 thru 61 would like to have a word with you.

 

[The Alabaster Yak]

Obligatory GOAT gameday intro.

Not a full intro, but the song they use coming back from commercial breaks makes me happy

 

[The Alabaster Yak]

#'s 99 thru 61 would like to have a word with you.

You should have started the thread 39 days earlier then smh

 

[BehindEnemyLines]

You should have started the thread 39 days earlier then smh

You shudda woke up from your nap 39 days earlier.

 

[SerenityBuff]

Not a full intro, but the song they use coming back from commercial breaks makes me happy

 

[Big Jim]

At first I thought this was another premature thread. Then I thought about it a bit and for several reasons I'm more excited about CU football this season then I have been in many years. The season countdown is not premature. GO BUFFS!

 

[Mick Ronson]

At first I thought this was another premature thread. Then I thought about it a bit and for several reasons I'm more excited about CU football this season then I have been in many years. The season countdown is not premature. GO BUFFS!

i used to teach college at CU and U of Denver in the 00's and a little more.....i was always divided about this time in summer.....i wanted vacation to go forever, but i also wanted football too......

not to be too much Buddhist.....you just take it as it comes. is is is. ha.

 

[J.R. Ewing]

 

[DeNiro]

 

[The Alabaster Yak]

Last Thursday
#57 - I got nobody

 

[The Alabaster Yak]

Last Friday - Tim Lynott Jr

 

[The Alabaster Yak]

Last Saturday - Brett Tonz (apparently no longer on the team)

 

[The Alabaster Yak]

Sunday - Sean Tufts

 

[The Alabaster Yak]

Monday - Nate Landman

 

[The Alabaster Yak]

Leo Jackson

 

[SpacemanSpiff]

No offense but I may have gone with this national champ at #52

 

[The Alabaster Yak]

No offense but I may have gone with this national champ at #52
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I was 2 years old at the time so he didn’t stick out in my mind and it was the only 52 I could find

 

[SpacemanSpiff]

I was 2 years old at the time so he didn’t stick out in my mind and it was the only 52 I could find

When in doubt, check with @FlaBuff for any numbers in the 50s or 60s!

 

[The Alabaster Yak]

When in doubt, check with @FlaBuff for any numbers in the 50s or 60s!

Might need his help tomorrow and Thursday

 

[MtnBuff]

No offense but I may have gone with this national champ at #52
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Great player who deserves recognition.

Even more notable because he was a pathfinder. He had type 1 diabetes and was one of the first to play both college and pro football with it at such a high level.

 

[Ruckus]

I request names get posted with pictures, please.

 

[SuperiorBuff]

Might need his help tomorrow and Thursday

I thought he was referring 2 decades.

 

[Johnny Tarr]

No offense but I may have gone with this national champ at #52
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I see Jay regularly, as my daughter is friends with his step-daughters - he's a great guy. Fate seems to have oddly connected me with the great centers of my earlier years, as one of my sons swims with Tom Nalen's daughter, and I see him regularly too.

 

[The Alabaster Yak]

I request names get posted with pictures, please.

Done

 

[The Alabaster Yak]

#51 - I got nobody
Maybe @FlaBuff can chime in on this one.

 

[J.R. Ewing]

#51 - I got nobody
Maybe @FlaBuff can chime in on this one.

Alex Ligon DE, #51, Barnett era guy.

 

[skibum]

#51 - I got nobody
Maybe @FlaBuff can chime in on this one.

Plati delivers on this stuff:
http://static.cubuffs.com/custompages/football/2018_Info_Guide/436-437_all_time_numbers.pdf

Every Buff fan should read the history, best players / teams / plays, etc sections of the media guide:
https://cubuffs.com/sports/2018/8/17/2018-colorado-football-media-guide.aspx

 

[MtnBuff]

#51 - I got nobody
Maybe @FlaBuff can chime in on this one.

Might be one of the least notable numbers in the years I have been following the team. Tom Ashworth maybe?

There is one notable guy at CU who wore #51. He was a multi-year starter who then went on to a long career in the NFL as a key protector for Broncos QBs, he even won a Super Bowl ring.

Answer - It was a trick question. Matt Lepsis was assigned #51 when he was a freshman at CU, he changed to #88 when he switched to TE.