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Buffs #1 in Learning Life Lessons: Oklahoma State beats Colorado 30 - 17.

irish1611 — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:02:52 -0000

Losses against the #11 team, #4 team, #19 team, #15 team and a #16 team in Kansas at the time should buy you an excuse. Let's face it. The Buffs deserve some benefit of the doubt with the schedule and the injuries and the youth. Yeah, I got the company line down Coach Hawkins. Like we joked in the game thread, the Buffs are #1 in "learning about life lessons," having "fun," making Hawkins "proud" and dealing with "adversity." Those teams the Buffs lost to rank much lower, definitely out of the top 25 in "learning life lessons." We got that on all of them, especially the Big 12 South! All I know is I hope the Buffs aren't ranked #1 in "having fun" next year. It's a lonely spot, no one seems to challenge us for it. "Having fun" is watching Oklahoma vs Texas Tech or Texas vs Texas Tech. It is officially becoming hard to watch Buffs games. Hard. I watched Cherry Creek H.S. upset Grandview H.S. (no allegiances, in fact I dislike Creek) and I had "fun" watching that game. They made plays, didn't catch punts inside the 10 yard line, their WR's didn't drop five or six passes and overall, they played a style of football that was "entertaining." At least the CU players are "having fun." I wish I could say that for the fans.

Yes, the Buffs covered last night, only lost by 13 and gave the impression that they were in the game. CU had chances to close the gap inside the 10 point mark but it felt more like OSU was just toying with the Buffs and less CU getting in control? I mean RB Kendall Hunter got hurt, TE Brandon Pettigrew was in and out of the game, the Pokes did CU a favor by not throwing to one of the best WR in the nation in Dez Bryant and gave the Buffs a gimme interception inside the red zone. As soon as the Buffs get down by more than 10 points versus anyone with a pulse (that negates Iowa State), the Buffs have not shown the ability to come back.

Frustration sets in when "having fun" needs to shift to making plays. Last night their were a couple of times when one unit would do something and give the Buffs some momentum and the other unit wouldn't capitalize. For example:

The Buffs' offense is stopped on their first drive, OSU drives down the field easily but the CU defense steps up and holds Oklahoma State to three points. Momentum Buffs. The offense begins to drive past midfield, then the Buffs run a fake reverse to Patrick Williams, attempted hand off to Sumler that was fumbled by Hawkins which lost 12 yards and boom, end of drive. Momentum lost.

read about more missed opportunites after the jump...

The next drive, the Pokes drive down the field and again, hold them to a field goal. Moral victory: Buffs. CU's offense drives down the field and stalls again, this time inside the OSU 30 after the Buffs get a holding penalty to make it 3rd and 18. Whether it's execution, play calling or the defense making plays, CU's offense doesn't seem to respond well on the opposition's side of the field. The Buffs miss a field goal and again, momentum is lost. The Pokes go on to score a touchdown and it is now 13 - 0. It could have been 6 - 3. Sounds similar to the Florida State and Texas games.
Okay, its only 13 - 3 at halftime. All of us would sign up for that today. It's not an impossible hill to climb. We all agreed that if the Buffs could get a stop right out of the gate, this could be a game. CU needed to make a couple of halftime adjustments like stopping Kendall Hunter who averaged 7.0 y/c in the first half and the Buffs should be good. Shame on us for thinking about halftime adjustments. 2nd and 17, the Buffs defense seems to be in a great spot and just like that, Kendall Hunter goes all Antoine Smith on us from FSU and takes it 47 yards to the house. 20 - 3. Missed opportunity.
But the Buffs get a lucky play where a Hawkins pass bounces off Cody Crawford and into the hands of Scotty McKnight for a touchdown on fourth down. Buffs back in the game. 20 - 10. Just need a stop on defense. Folsom is ready to go nuts with a stop. Davis kicks a touch back. OSU has to go 80 yards. The Buffs defense is in a great position. Eight plays later and the Buffs unable to get Oklahoma State to a third down situation, momentum is once again lost. 27 - 10 Pokes. Buffs inexplicably continue to rush three, play zone with the other eight and make Zac Robinson look like a world beater by throwing 10 yard dump passes.The Buffs defense didn't sack or even come close to sacking Robinson the whole game. Yep, the three man rush is working!
CU LB Shaun Mohler (who had a pretty strong game all around, 12 tackles and an INT) intercepts the ball inside OSU's red zone. Buffs score 27 - 17. The defense responds and forces a punt which Josh Smith catches at the CU 7 yard line instead of trying to let it go into the end zone. CU goes three and out in the fourth quarter and that is all she wrote. To further show the Buffs offense did not make plays, they went 3 - 15 on third downs and only gained 116 yards in the second half, 304 for the game.

If your an optimist, you look at that and say the Buffs were close. Very true. If your a realist and a fan who has been watching this team the whole year, it is an ugly trend that has continued the whole year: a lack of play making. Youth and injuries are a great reason for why the Buffs aren't making plays. Learning to respond in key moments is gained by experience. Losing both the starting safeties and starting running back can have a big impact on a team. You know the rest of the rap injury list that I don't need to go over it. Preparation, adjustments and coaching is another reason the Buffs aren't making plays.

The Buffs have a week off and then play the dreaded Huskers who seem to be peaking right now, which is bad news for the Buffs, who are already at a disadvantage on the road. The Buffs will surely be double digit underdogs. Winning would be a big upset but you never know when these two get together. A couple extra weeks of practice would be beneficial if the Buffs were to win but I am anxious for next season. Start saying your prayers that the Buffs will have minimal injuries next year and that "fun" isn't the top priority of this team. I am ready for next year already. Yes, I will be amped for Nebraska but next year is time for results.

Bizzare: The Colorado Buffaloes Win Crazy Game Against the Iowa State Cyclones

irish1611 — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 02:13:11 -0000

As you can imagine, being in the stands today at Folsom Field was quite a roller coaster. In the first half, I couldn't fathom what I was seeing; the Buffs had hit rock bottom, with 8 minutes left and Iowa State up two scores, I felt the Buffs were done, with less than 10 seconds, I thought the comeback and offensive explosion was all for not. At halftime I wanted to walk over to the student section and tell the recruits who were watching "sorry for wasting their time." But I should have known better. This was reminiscent of Eastern Washington. The Buffs were supposed to win and got down early. A few quick strikes in the fourth quarter, a late defensive stand and the Buffs come out victorious. Unbelievable. I saw some things today I thought I would never see. Most of it on special teams but an Iowa State option on the one yard line. That put a smile on my face. Either way you look at it, this Buffs team is not for the faint of hearts. I am going to stay as positive as possible in this post because all wins, especially for this Buffs team, should be celebrated and Penn State lost today. Hey, at least CU isn't Tennessee! Yeah, that SEC is really tough with those bruiser programs like Tennessee, Auburn and Georgia. Don't burn me SEC fan!

I will lead off with the negative and something I will definitely touch on again later in the week. I hate calling out coaches and players but the special teams play is not acceptable and immediate action needs to occur. Yes, a coach can't control missed field goals directly or roughing the punter but you when poor play becomes a habit, it is on the coach. How many points have the Buffs left on the field this year in missed opportunities in the special teams game? It has to be in the 50's probably the 60's or 70's. Look at the laundry list today that should have cost the Buffs the game today:

-2 missed chip shot field goals in the first half
-1 blocked extra point that was a looming problem when looking at the scoreboard for most of the game
-2 consecutive roughing the punter penalties
-1 kickoff out of bounds in the fourth quarter
-2 kickoff returns to the 35 yard line +, especially the one on Iowa State's last drive that gave them a short field.

That is some sort of laundry list that has become a habit of this Buffs team. I don't know what the problem is but I have reached my breaking point as I am sure most CU fans have. High school kids do a better job than this. Special team's is about preparation and execution. Youth, injuries...all of the Hawkins excuses doesn't mean anything on special teams. It's knowing your assignment and executing. Special teams is a "want to" part of the game and the Buffs are embarrassingly bad here. Blow up the unit, recruit a kicker, freaking get Ron Prince here, let him coach the offense and special teams. That guy makes special teams a priority at least. I'm done with it. How do you let bad teams hang around? Mess up special teams. The Buffs aren't good enough not to be discipline on special teams. I'll try to be more positive from here on out.

Offensive and defensive reviews after the jump....

So, you see what a true hurry up offense can do now? If you turned the game off at halftime, you didn't see it but in the fourth quarter, the Buffs were running a true hurry up offense and it gassed the Iowa State defensive linemen, allowing Hawkins to get comfortable in the pocket. It was a thing of beauty. It was how you imagined it; altitude, opposing team sucking wind and the Buffs moving the ball at will in the fourth quarter. And given the opportunity with time in the back field to throw, Hawkins looked like the quarterback we thought we had coming into the year and the quarterback that we saw flashes of last year. I have been whining for a quick pass game all year and the Buffs finally did it today with Patrick Williams, Scotty McKnight and Cody Crawford excelling at the wide receiver position. Cody delivered the ball with timing. Iowa State was continually off the wideouts 8 - 10 yards and it was pick and choose passing at its finest. The Buffs scoring drives were 9 plays 63 yards, 9 plays 84 yards, 8 plays 80 yards and 11 plays 81 yards. Those are sustained and efficient drives, all of which were in the second half. Freshman QB Tyler Hansen in the first half struggled as Iowa State was shifting their linebackers a lot, mixing up the offensive line and keeping Hansen moving around. Hansen began giving up on passing plays early and showing happy feet in the pocket. He had a few good runs but overall, he never got the timing offense going like Hawkins did. The ball was out of Hawkins hands quick and into the wide receivers hands to make plays. Darrell Scott got his start and carries to get in a rhythm. He still needs work but I love to watch him run out there. The Buffs, with those long and sustained drives, wore down an already slow and mediocre defense. Iowa State was extremely slow which was the reason they were giving the Buffs' "less than speedy receivers" a 10 yard cushion.

As for the defense, CB Jimmy Smith showed why we get so excited about his potential. The guy was inspired today and he dominated in pass coverage. Smith had 9 tackles and three breakups. He probably should have had 1 or 2 picks but that is why he plays corner. All the corner backs played pretty well regardless of the 200+ yard passing game by Iowa State. I wasn't very impressed with the CU linebackers today. The unit gave up easy yards and allowed Iowa State to out physical them at the point of contact. I was a little disappointed today in Ryan Walters. He had 16 tackles so the stat sheet will look good but he missed a ton of tackles in the hole on the first drive of the game that allowed Iowa State to get points and the last drive he whiffed on the option play that went for 27. I hold him to a high standard and the Buffs need him to make those plays that doesn't allow the offense to get big chunks of yards. The defense had its moments of fine play and then they had their moments when they couldn't get a stop when they needed it. Of course the special teams had a part in that, giving the Iowa State offense a short field. But the defense got their big stop on the goal line in what was one of the most baffling play calls I have ever seen. Iowa State ran an option on the one yard line that got stopped. Thank the man upstairs for coaches like Bill Stewart and Gene Chizik who have poor clock management and play calling. Iowa State wasted a time out with 40 seconds left after the 27 yard option run that got them down to the 14 yard line and stopped the clock on a first down. Then Iowa State kept running the ball with one time out left. Then with 4 seconds left, instead of running the ball straight at CU which they did at will or taking your 6'3" 220 lb quarterback on a sneak, the Cyclones ran a wide option with a lone wide receiver trying to seal the corner. Thanks for the win coach Chizik!

At times it was ugly. At times it looked like a well oiled machine. It's just a crazy year and a crazy team. It went from the worst half of college football I have seen this year to visions of the offense I thought we would see every week. It was a good win with all the recruits in the stadium because Folsom Field was excited and the Buff players were emotional. Yes, it was a very bad Iowa State team but coming back to win was definitely something the recruits had to enjoy watching. And for the current players, it gives them two chances to get bowl eligible and it may spark them for an upset in the next two weeks. Who knows, I wouldn't hold my breath but college football is a crazy game.

Expectations Adjusted: The Colorado Buffaloes Look Lifeless

irish1611 — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:00:13 -0000

How disappointing was yesterday's performance against the Kansas Jayhawks? Let me rephrase that; how disappointing has the 2008 season been so far? So much anticipation coming off a bowl season, a year when recruiting couldn't have been any better and the Buffs were finally going to play with coach Hawkins players. It is hard to even know where to begin to assess this game. Is there even a bright spot on this team? Can you name more than three players wearing black and gold who you feel is really playing great football right now? Only questions fill my mind today. It's gone from anger to sadness to just wanting to sit down with the coaches and ask them a couple of questions. Yes it is hard to coach with all of the injuries, the ineligibility, the coming in to training camp out of shape and the defections but these guys get paid a nice chunk of change to do the things that is not frankly getting done right now. You name it, the Buffs camp isn't doing it. Its starts and never ends with game planning, game day adjustments, player personnel decisions, play calling, schemes and, what should be an easy task of getting this team ready to play. By ready to play I mean show a pulse. Where is the excitement? This was 7 - 9 game at halftime and it just looked like the Buffs were expecting to lose. There is no leadership on this team, nobody trying to get people excited to play football...this team is going through the motions. So if I was granted my 5 minutes with coach Hawkins and the coaches I would ask these questions. I would probably get a cavalier response but at least I would feel better.

Frankly for me, it starts on defense...I know, what?

Coach Hawkins, what is the point of rushing three lineman and allowing a great quarterback to sit back there all day and pick and choose where he wanted to go with the ball? Frankly coach, the only way that you are going to beat teams is win the turnover battle and I don't think the no pass rush scheme is going to force any turnovers? And the whole time while you were rushing three, you once again made a team's weakness (Kansas' rushing game) turn into one of their strengths. Did you not see that Kerry Meier was hurt in the first half and try to blitz like crazy knowing he wasn't a viable option at that time? Don't you think you have to put a defensive scheme out there that will win you ball games and not just keep you in ball games? Frankly coach, you came out in the first quarter and blitzed, I have a hard time figuring out why you stopped. You allowed Todd Reesing to get comfortable back in the pocket and gain confidence. If there is any team in the country who should know what pressure does to a quarterback's play, the Buffs should, I mean look at how Cody is playing these days? Do you realize Kansas had more rushing yards against the Buffs than any other division one team this year?

continue reading the fictious Q&A session after the jump...

Coach Hawkins, is it time to scrap the offensive game plan? I know you don't like to call it the spread offense but whatever you want to call it, I call it the "Last in Every Single Statistical Category in the Big 12" offense. So are we to believe that Baylor, Iowa State and Texas A&M have more capable players on offense than the Buffs do?

Coach Hawkins, what is with all the roll out passes and Cody running backwards when he is trying to throw the ball? I realize you are trying to get Cody the ability to see and avoid some of the rush but you eliminate half of the field when you roll out your quarterback and Cody has shown his arm strength when rolling is not great. Don't you put Matt Ballenger in just so you have a quarterback that can stand in the pocket and deliver the ball to the entire field? This offensive passing game is so perimeter right now that it is pointless for any defense to cover the middle of the field.

Coach Hawkins, I know that the rumor is that Josh Smith didn't play a lot yesterday because of a shoulder sprain but I call fallacy on that assessment. Coach Hawkins, I have seen Josh Smith on the sidelines in the West Virginia game and the Texas game during the second and third quarters. What are you thinking here? I want you to put your prediction cap on and answer this...how many wins would CU have without Josh Smith right now? I will tell you; maybe one. This is far and away the most frustrating point for me because of the fact that he has shown play making ability on a team that has one...Josh Smith...and you refuse to play your play maker.

Coach Hawkins, why waste a year of eligibility on Darrell Scott? He has averaged seven carries a game. The first two games you could make a case that he wasn't in playing shape. The next four he was supposedly injured? Why give Darrell Scott any carries if he is injured? Why even waste his time putting him in for seven carries a game when he could have been red shirting, learning the game, getting stronger. I mean I believe you did Darrell Scott a disservice for not red shirting him. If he is physically not right, you are impeding his confidence and growth as an athlete.

Coach Hawkins, I danced around this in prior questions, but doesn't it feel like all of the offensive passing plays take so long to develop because you are consistently trying to force Cody into successful situations because of his physical shortcomings? What has happened to the quick passes and slant routes and Scotty McKnight and the tight ends. I feel like the Buffs are playing 5 on 11 football. Don't you feel that too?

Coach Hawkins, why does it seem like the Buffs are lacking in the halftime adjustments. I know you were quoted as saying Kansas didn't make any halftime adjustments, they just beat you with what they were doing in the first half. Once again, that is a fallacy. Kansas saw that you were rushing three guys and made the adjustments to run the ball and speed up the offense to tire out your three defensive linemen, allowing Reesing all the time he needed to sit in the pocket or run. The Buffs made a mediocre running back in Jack Sharpe look All Big 12 yesterday.

Coach Hawkins, are the Buffs headed in the right direction? Convince me that you have the coaching staff around you to get this job done. Do you have faith in the scheme and play calling of your offensive coordinator Mark Helfrich?

Coach Hawkins, do you believe that your players enjoy playing football? They sure don't act like they do.

In fairness coach Hawkins, there are a lot of players who are not able to play for whatever reason. Cody gets a lot of pressure and the running game leaves more to be desired. I realize that Cody's physical limitations dictate a lot of your play calling. But tell me coach Hawkins, how much of the excuse is injuries and how much of the excuse is coaching and putting forth a scheme that will give the players you have on the field the best chance of winning? Right now, the Buffs are a broken record on offense where it seems the game plan has not changed in the last three weeks. Every week I write, why is Josh Smith not playing? Why are we playing Darrell Scott for two plays a game? Where is the tight ends in this offense? Where is our leading receiver last year in Scotty McKnight? Why are we accepting turnover filled quarterback play? Why are we not throwing from the pocket? Why is Cody Crawford in the game? Why are we running Patrick Williams on end arounds and not Josh Smith?Are you asking these same questions of your coaching staff? Don't these things get you frustrated?

Lastly Coach Hawkins and more to the point than the last question, are the Buffs headed in the right direction? Convince me that you have the coaching staff around you to get this job done. Do you have faith in the scheme and play calling of your offensive coordinator Mark Helfrich? Are the Buffs going to win another game this year?

Ralphie Report readers...what would you ask Coach Hawkins right now? Vent with me!

The worst part about this year is that I have no reason to believe that the product on the field is going to get any better. I fear that this is the Buffs team that will show up every week and that is a very painful thing to watch. I think there is no way we win next week, no matter how bad Kansas State's defense is. How is the offense ever going to score enough points to keep up with Josh Freeman and Co. Six wins looks like a stretch now.

Be Honest With Me Brothers & Sisters: Colorado Buffaloes Embarrassed by Texas Longhorns

irish1611 — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 17:54:29 -0000

The Kool-Aid was emptied last week. This week, hope became a hard reality...and it came like a freight truck coming 100 mph down the freeway right into Folsom Field. There were so many things to be disappointed with last night, it made all Buff fans take the big pill that was prescribed for those who still maintained the FSU game was an anomaly. This post will be honest and straight forward. It will be different than other wrap ups because it is not all about X and O's anymore. Don't get me wrong, I still believe this team is headed in a positive direction, we are just so far from the talent that the Big 4 in Missouri, Texas Tech, Oklahoma and Texas put on the field. The question is will the Buffs ever have the talent to compete with Texas and Oklahoma? After sitting 20 rows right behind the Texas sideline (unfortunately with a bunch of Texas fans...thanks for selling your tickets to Texas fans CU donors), you see the eye-popping difference between the two teams. I have to tell you Buff fans, there might be one or two players on Colorado that would start/play at Texas. That is a fact. CU's defensive line would be scout players, that includes DT George Hypolite. I like our linebackers but they would be special teams players. C Daniel Sanders and injured OT Ryan Miller might play for the Longhorns but that is it. And do I have to go into our skill players? Texas backup quarterback John Chiles was bigger than our linebackers. And it isn't just bigger for Texas players, it is faster, taller, stronger, tougher and more physical. And they make plays, they are confident, they have an amazing amount of pride in their university and it shows in their performance. I can't say that for Colorado. It is a complete athlete.

It is really hard to look anywhere other than the talent on the field and blame coaching or play calling but once again I am dumbfounded. I know some of you are sick of WR/KR Josh Smith. He almost made a bad safety last night and had bad kickoff return/fumble against FSU but nothing is bad about his offensive game. Last night, Josh Smith was taken out of the game by the coaches and substituted for Cody Crawford until they went 4 WR in the fourth quarter? Smith is CU's leading statistical WR? The Buffs' coaches have voluntarily taken our best play maker off the field for a possession receiver. Unbelievable. The Buffs already have 2 possession receivers out their in Scotty McKnight and Patrick Williams. CU has no field stretch, no deep threat, nobody who can out run the defense when Smith isn't in there. What is going on...am I missing something?

Once again the opposing teams offense showed the Buffs how to do it. First, EWU showed the Buffs how to smoothly execute the spread offense. The Buffs still run it like an erratic fire drill that has no consistency and is starting to become a detriment. Then it was FSU who knew they didn't have a strong QB, just like CU, and they made a point to run the ball. Last night Texas did something beautiful that the Buffs refused to do until a 7 minutes left in the third quarter. Texas got McCoy into rhythm, throwing quick passes to get the ball out of his hands, away from the CU blitzes and into their receivers hands. Texas was moving forward on first down every single time because the ball was out of McCoy's hands early. The Buffs continue to call long developing plays, running that slow play action out of the shotgun and roll out passes that Cody doesn't have the arm strength to throw on a consistent basis. No simple out routes, no screen passes to counter the "pass rush first" Longhorn defensive line. Nothing but plays that took forever to develop. Time for CU to watch how OU runs the spread offense or is it time to scrap the spread offense? The Buffs aren't physical enough and they don't have the speed to make it work. The offense doesn't feature the running game enough (the strong part of this team) while it over features the quarterback (the weakest part of this team).

Now for the impending quarterback controversy. A couple of weeks ago, I think one our members was calling for Matt Ballenger and I dismissed it. I am here to say I was wrong. I am wrong not on the basis that Ballenger looked decent against a second team Texas team and not because I think Ballenger can do much better than Hawkins. I was wrong because it cannot get much worse. I have been a big supporter of Cody Hawkins but he is not going to get it done. Great kid, great perspective, good football...not physically big enough to do it in the Big 12. Cody went 13 - 33 and 118 yards with one TD and one fumble. Too many balls batted down, too many easy throws missed, too much of an altered game plan to get it done. Too many mistakes and turnovers like the fumble last night where he just dropped the ball on the broken play for fumble that led to 7. It's hard to say that because I like the kid but this team needs a jump start and Cody just isn't going to take this team to where they need to go.

Among other thoughts...was K Aric Goodman wearing some sort of copper/gold colored shoes last night? That is embarrassing especially when you miss 3 field goals. Make those, the game is probably 14 - 9 heading into half time and who knows at that point. Add a kicker to the need list. And whoever game him the nickname "Money" needs to rethink that immediately to more like "Practice Player." Nothing drives me up the wall more than kicking problems. That being said, the play calling on the series before being forced to kick the field goal was confusing. The Buffs threw the ball 7 of the 9 times? Two were forced by a holding call but still the Buffs tried to get cute again with subpar talent. Do we need to start questioning Coach Hawkins game day coaching now? It is probably unfair right now due to the talent disparity between Texas and Colorado? If anything, the play calling is not strong right now. The CU offense is anemic. I thought the defense came out with a good game plan, blitzing a lot and at least trying to attack Texas early. Shaun Mohler was active, Brad Jones got to McCoy early and the Buffs forced a couple of meaningful turnovers. There was actually some movement up front. The first touchdown was a great play by McCoy who really impressed me with his zip on the ball and his complete control of the offense. Nothing the CU defense could really do about that one. The offense continues to put the defense in horrible spots.

Now looking at Texas. Good team...I don't think a great team. I still think this defense can be beaten and the offensive line was not extremely impressive to me. The Buffs were able to get some pressure and Colt McCoy won't have that much running room against a faster defense like OU. I believe the OU vs Texas game is not within 14 points. Yes, if Texas fans read this, you can beat me up now but the OU team is scary good.

Now to the fans. I am ashamed to be a CU fan this morning not because of the play on the field but because of the students. I realize we have students who read this report and we thank you. But hopefully you weren't one of the people/idiots throwing shirts on the field, right in front of recruits, all night long. And then you leave in the 3rd quarter. I am in my mid 20's so don't call me an old fart. I don't see Texas or OU (the class of the Big 12) throwing items on the field on a regular basis like Boulder fans do. The fans not in the student section don't stand up. Luckily or unluckily on other fronts, there were a lot of Texas fans in my section so the complaining fans who yelled at them to sit down in the first quarter where forced to finally stand up as they refused.

I don't like to judge an entire group based on a couple of fans but I had the most annoying Texas fans around me that at one point I got up told this lady that she should stop saying "Colt McCoy was better than Mark Sanchez from USC so Colt should win the Heisman" because she was embarrassing Texas fans. A couple of them then asked the others around them whether this game counted or not in the season standings or do the games start counting only when Texas plays OU. All of the Texas fans were good for in my section was putting their horns up and singing that fight song. The best part is how Texas fans have "OU sucks" worked into their songs. Should be more like "OU owns us." I think Texas fans successfully turned 50,000 CU fans into Oklahoma fans next week. Yeah, bitter CU fan here, say what you want but I wasn't very impressed with the supposed great football IQ of Texas fans? Texas fans shouldn't be impressed with CU fans either so I guess it cancels itself out.

Either way, Texas worked the Buffaloes this weekend. A darn good football team beat an athletically challenged Buffaloes team. The Buffs better get something to click quick or this could be a 5 win season before we know it. Buffs can take nothing positive from this one. The coaching staff needs to shake it up to get a fire under this team. Thanks to Burnt Orange Nation for the Q&A session this week. Buffs take on Kansas this week...could be another long day. At least we don't have to watch it in person.