Tag: cu buffs
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Kickin’ It with Kiz: Curt Cignetti is the football coach Deion Sanders should want to be if Prime ever grows up
Put some respect on Indiana’s name in the college football playoffs. – J.C., rocks on Kiz: The Hoosiers are the Cinderella football story that CU Buffs faithful only wish they could tell. Deion Sanders and Curt Cignetti were hired less than a year apart to revitalize two of the most inept programs in major college…
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Kickin’ It with Kiz: Maybe Deion Sanders should pack his Louis Vuitton and move Buffs to the Sun Belt Conference
While I think the boost in attendance and revenue to the CU football program is great, the performance is the same as in years past. I don’t see us improving much as long as this Deion Sanders staff is coaching in Boulder. – Jeremie, adventurer Kiz: When the Buffs hired Sanders, he had CU faithful…
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Mark Kiszla: Deion Sanders can’t buy CU players’ heartfelt passion to fight when going gets tough for Buffs
BOULDER — Instead of building a band of CU brothers who fight shoulder to shoulder and never give in, Coach Prime hired a bunch of football mercenaries, treated them like children and expected it to work when adversity struck. That is how the mess of 105-24 happens. In the wake of two losses by Colorado…
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Mark Kiszla: Why Coach Prime has been good for CU but bad for college football
CU coach Deion Sanders is a Prime example of everything that’s gone wrong with college football. The game has sold its soul to the highest bidder. You want to cling to the old-school values of loyalty, patience and character building through sports? Well, bless your ever-lovin’ heart. But in this pay-for-play era, there’s only one…
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From George Washington to CU to Nuggets, a timeline of Chauncey Billups’ career
The FBI on Thursday announced the arrest of Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups for his involvement in an illegal gambling scheme. Here is a look at the decorated basketball career of the Denver native: Born: Sept. 25, 1976 (Denver) High school 1992-95: George Washington High School (Denver) College 1995-97: University of Colorado NBA Playing FBI…
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Nuggets begin season with revamped bench unit | The Starting Lineup
Turn on the game! Three must-see events this week: 1. Denver Nuggets at Golden State (8 p.m. Thursday, ESPN) – Denver’s new bench unit will face a tough opening test against Steph Curry and the Warriors on the road. Let’s hope Nikola Jokic plays about 35 minutes a game and gets the rest this season.…
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Air Force Falcons vs. CU Buffs | Full Coverage
On Saturday, Air Force Falcons football played the CU Buffs for the first time in 45 years, renewing a series that was suspended a year after a 1973 game in Boulder in which CU-Boulder students threw beer cans and eggs at the servicemen and their supporters. Follow the Gazette’s coverage of the game here.