By the mid-1950s, the Colorado Buffaloes football program had grown from a regional power to a contender in one of the nation’s premier conferences. Folsom Field was no longer large enough to contain the crowds that wanted to see the Buffs; especially when Nebraska and Oklahoma came to town. With both of those teams on the docket for 1956, plans…
There’s something magical about it. Its horseshoe design, built into a natural ravine, echoes the classic Greek architecture of the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens. Its sandstone exterior matches the beauty of the surrounding campus. The east side stands are built up higher than the west side; offering spectacular views of the front range and the high Rockies. There are no…
Prologue Last Friday night, more than 10,000 University of Colorado students packed the south stands at Mile High Stadium to watch their team win the Rocky Mountain Showdown for the third consecutive year. CU nearly ran out of student sports passes before the game, and students lined up around the block to get them on game day. These scenes may…...
On Saturday night a crowd of 9,473 witnessed something akin to your favorite band taking the stage again after what seemed like an eternity of inactivity.
Travel back in time to September 1st and tell your past self that the Buffs would be 10-3 and that you would be sad.
This Senior day will be the first in years where the Colorado Buffaloes shed tears of joy, not sadness, on Folsom Field.
The biggest University of Colorado football game in the last decade kicks off at 6pm on Saturday night. Where will you be when Ralphie runs?
Imagine for a moment, if you will, the world as it was on November 6, 2005, on that day, the Colorado Buffaloes were ranked No. 22 in the AP poll. No one could have predicted that it would be the last time they would appear in that poll for over a decade.