My Football Promise

(For those of you not a fan of sports/football)

there will be no more posts about both college/pro football

until the Super Bowl or College Football Season in September.

Colorado Buffaloes: 3-9

Notre Dame Fightin' Irish: 6-6

San Francisco 49ers: 8-8

Better Luck next year!

So Much for 10 Wins Hawk! 2009

My CU Projected Record(white)/Actual Loss(red)/Actual Win(blue)

September

6 Colorado State -- W -- L 17-23
11 @Toledo (ESPN)-- W -- L 38-54
19 Wyoming (Legacy Day)-- W -- W 24-0

October

1 @West Virginia (ESPN)-- W L 24-35
10 @Texas -- L L 14-38
17 Kansas (Family Weekend)-- W W 34-30
24 @Kansas State (CU Herd Trip to Kansas)-- W L 6-20
31 Missouri (Homecoming)-- L L 17-36

November

7 Texas A&M (Veterans Day)-- W W 35-34
14 @Iowa State -- W L 10-17
19 @Oklahoma State (ESPN)-- L L 28-31
27 Nebraska (Senior Day)-- L L 21-28

**My Projected Record 8-4**
**Actual Record 3-9**

(None of the views/opinions stated below are opinions of CU, the University, or the football team)

The Colorado Buffaloes 2009 football season ended today with a 21-28 loss to our hated rival, N***aska. Hawkins and the Buffs couldn't win it for the graduating seniors or the program in much need of a victory. Just the day before, CU let everybody know that Coach Dan Hawkins would be returning to coach next year, prompting much outrage from fans, alumni, sports analysts, and current students. Including myself! I am
Very upset with how the AD, Chancellor, and Presiden are handling the situation. I do realize the cost to buyout Hawkins is upwards of $3.1 million, money that CU doesn't have for that. Nevertheless, it sends an awful message to the Big 12, the country and Buffs fans. CU does not seem interested in winning. Hawkins better fix this or I bet he is canned midpoint next season.

Personally, I think CU is letting Hawk coach next season, let his son Cody graduate from CU, and then kick Coach Hawk to the street. By this time, the buyout will have lowed substantially.

Here are a couple things both positive/negative that I noticed about our football games:

(When I say "we", I am not including myself)
1. We are the only team in the whole damn FBS that will "Boo" an injured player from the opposing team. And for this I am very embarrassed to call myself a Buffalo.
2. We "boo" the team and our coach staff whenever a timeout is called, no matter the reason it is called.
3. We chant "Fire Hawkins! Fire Hawkins!" right after the announcement that CU will keep Coach Hawk for another season.
4. We "boo" any player that does not may a play. We also say derogatory things to both players of both teams and fans of the opposing team.

----I am very embarrassed to be associated with these actions, especially #1----

(Things I love about football games)
1. This isnt intramurals brother! This is D1 football!
2. Ralphie and Chip are the two big things we cheer for
3. Our stadium is gorgeous
4. You are part of something bigger than yourself
5. You are part of a team
6. It's D1 football
7. Season tickets!
8. Also, with the school I chose to attend, I can also try out for the team...because we are THAT bad. haha.
9. There are many more, but these are enough for now.

A "very nice" Nebraska fan told me, "We have to be frisked before we go into Folsom?! Only in Boulder" -- and my response to that was a big fat grin. :D

Good Luck to Coach Hawk in 2010 and GOO BUFFS!

Colorado vs. Kansas State -- CU Herd goes to the Little Apple

This was a great trip. Colleen and I embarked on our trip to Kansas on Friday the 23rd at 7:00am from the Koenig Alumni Building at University and Broadway. We took a cab from Will Ville to the Alumni Center for about $7.00. That is a really cheap taxi ride!

 

 

In a matter of 5 minutes, the scenary went from flat snowless plains,

to tons of snow on the ground!

Welcome to Kansas! Right as we entered Kansas,

we went through a truck scale.

We made it to Aggie-Ville (their version of Pearl Street),

where we had dinner at Pizza Hut and applauded by Kansas State fans

for beating U of Kansas the previous weekend.

We crashed the Kansas State Homecoming parade by

singing our fight song and cheering for CU!

This is a picture of their band playing in the parade.

Here we are on our way to Pizza Hut. Kansas State had some

nice paper-mache creations of Ralphie.

After dinner, the 21+ crowd headed for the bars.

(Drinking is the only thing to do in Kansas apparently). Colleen and I headed for

Kansas State to check out the University and goof around. Below are some pictures.

Here is a picture of Ralphie getting a nice ride in a cart.

Supposedly Kansas State's Homecoming Theme was "The Frontier".

 

Colleen and I spent some time at the "Library". LOL.

Here is a picture of Colleen lying in an egg.

It was some sort of  modern art on the Kansas State Campus.

At 9:30pm, we boarded up the bus and headed to Junction City

to stay at our hotel, the DaysInn. This bus-ride was about 30 minutes away.

We spent the whole ride singing every type of song imaginable. A bus favorite

was the good ol' white person theme song. LOL. Don't Stop Believing by Journey.

When we got to the hotel, we got our room and hang out at the pool.

We played some pool with some Seniors. We each won once.

The next morning we woke up at 6:45am and headed to Kansas State for the game!

Gameday!  Here is an alum cookin' up some burgers and hot dogs.

There was a ton of food! and sooo good!

Here is me and Colleen at the tailgate!

It was put on by the CU Herd and Alumni Association.

We met a bunch of really cool alums and fans.

Here is the game ticket! Rough game. We lost 6-20.

And of course a Pano shot of Kansas State.

After the game, we headed back to Aggie-Ville, and later left at 8:00pm.

We got back to the Alumni Building at 3:30am. Colleen and I then caught a cab home.

Family Weekend CU vs. Kansas

My best effort of a National Geographic shot with my iPhone.

Me and Gina at the CU v. Kansas game. 

 

CU students storming the field after a huge defensive stop,

winning the game 34-30 over #17 Kansas

Thanks for coming out Dad and Gina. It was good seeing you both! <3

Aussies Love the Colorado Buffs too!

My Aussie friends: @FesityKel and her friend @MegsyT
love the Colorado Buffs. You should too.

Even if we are only good for the first half of every game we play!

CU Buffaloes vs. Wyoming Cowboys

THE BUFFALOES ARE 1-2!! THE BUFFALOES ARE 1-2!! GREAT WIN! 24-0

Lets hope this translates to success on the road against West Virgina.

Pano shot of Wyoming vs. Colorado at kickoff.

The end zone at kickoff. Disappointed in the CU fans.

There we go! At the end of the first quarter.
I guess everyone decided to get out of bed and show up!

Legacy Game: Wyoming vs. Colorado. Throwback Uniforms.
CU wore silver helmets, silver pants, and gold jerseys.

Week 1 Yahoo Fantasy Football #cgleague

Results for my match-up between the Buffs and the Hurst Rockets!

It was a heated week with the Buffs pulling away in the final game of the week. I narrowly beat out Hurst Rockets with a score of 115.14 to 110.87. Better luck next week!
AND THANK YOU VINCENT JACKSON!
My next match-up is against the very stinky Garbage Cans, being managed by @SteveGarufi. Good luck Steve, but I WILL beat you!

Click me to see the results zoomed in.

Hawkins man, Hawkins (CU vs. CSU)

September 6th. Sunday night. 5:00 PM MST. Kickoff of the Rocky Mountain Showdown. CU vs. CSU. The Hippies vs. The Hicks. In-State rivals. As you can see, on the right at the bottom of the post, the Colorado Buffaloes hold a large advantage in the rivalry. 58 wins for the Colorado Buffaloes vs. 19 wins for the Colorado State Rams. For the most part the Buffaloes have always had the better team.
But this time it was different. Right from the get-go the CSU Rams showed poise and complete dominance with every faucet of the game, mostly their passing attack. Every pass the CSU QB threw deep was either caught for a long gain/a score/or a perfect pass that the receive just drops. Every deep ball got behind out CU Secondary. It didnt look like the CU CB/SS/FS were messing up with their defensive schemes. They were just flat out, out-hustled, so it seemed.
On to our offense, We could not get anything done! We were held to 80 some yards in the first half. 61 of them rushing with the rest being through the air. By the end of the second quarter, the fans, (including myself) were calling for Cody Hawkins' head. "Hansen! Hansen! Hansen!" filled the stadium. Clearly whatever his dad's talk, Dan Hawkins, the coach said really woke him up. Or maybe it was our deafening chant that did it. I am convinced that was the reason. None the less, the Buffaloes couldn't put it together. And one of the best parts of the game...the was a streaker!! OMG, it was so funny. and disgusting all at the same time. It was at half-time. The Buffs ended up losing to their instate rivals the CSU Rams by a score of 23-17. The game got exciting at the end of the fourth when Cody Hawkins put together a respectable drive that ended with a TD. But it was wayyy too late. It basically sucked alot! I was so pissed. It was an awful game. And the WORST part is that the CSU students/fans stormed our field.. : / Tough to watch for sure. Im not feeling so good about my 8-4 prediction for the season. : / The Buffs better turn it around.

Yep!! That's me!! :D on TV at the CU vs. CSU game!
Thanks Mom and Dad for sending me the picture.

Here is the pano shot of Folsom Field! Click on this picture to see it larger.

There goes Ralphie! She runs twice every game. At the beginning at at the beginning of the 3rd quarter. This really gets the fans going! (I just got goosebumps writing this)

Folsom Field Sign outside the stadium prior to kickoff.

From our first seats.. we later moved closer to the field.

The CU band playing with the CSU band. Wasn't really diggin' it.
Sportsman ship is cool and all, but no. We weren't fans of this. haha.

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Ties (2)
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