Post spring around the Big XII North. Part 1-Colorado

Well, spring football is over and done so I thought I'd take a look at how it progressed and what we might have to look forward to this fall.  We'll start up with a trip to Boulder and take a look at everyone's favorite whipping boys, the Colorado Buffaloes and coach Dan Hawkins.  The Buffs finished last year at 3-9, (2-6 in conference) and probably would have to call their 34-30 win over north rival kansas the highlight of the year.  Considering the beaks went on to lose the next 6 games after that might take a bit of the luster off, but you have to find bright spots wherever you can.  About their next biggest accomplishment was scoring on Missouri for the first time in 3 years.  I'd say that this was a make or break season for coach Dan, but hell, that's what I said last year.  Considering the state of their athletic department they may well be stuck with him until his contract expires and it costs them nothing to buy him out.  Hard to believe this is the same program that regularly competed for Big XII titles and won a national championship not that long ago. 

The good news for Colorado is that they return most of last years team.  The downside of that is they really fucking sucked last year and the odds are they will just become more experienced at losing this season.  And it's not like bringing in the 12th ranked recruiting class in the conference, (66th overall) means you've landed some immediate help.  I mean seriously, I could sit and break down positions, likely improvement by receivers and quarterbacks, linemen getting bigger and stronger, new schemes, but we'd all know I was full of shit and just trying to put lipstick on a pig.  The bottom line is they stunk last year, they stunk the year before that and they may well be worse this season.   They've never been known to draw big crowds and the best reasons for attending a game in Boulder are the view of the mountains and I hear it's a good place to score weed.

So trying to keep a straight face while I type this, the future is very murky for Dan and the Boys this fall.  With a non conference schedule of Colorado State, Hawaii, Cal and Georgia plus their 8 conference games, I think that if things really break well for them they could win 3 games.  Now this assumes that their quarterback, Dan's son Cody suffers a season ending injury early in game 1 and someone comes to Boulder and the team develops a mass case of dysentery.   Without that, well they could be looking at going 0 fer this fall.  But, it isn't hopeless.  They do still have kansas on their schedule.
I don't know that any Buff fans have ever read my blog, but if you do, I feel for you.  I know it has to be tough when you start the year hoping that your football and basketball teams can somehow manage to get to 10 wins....combined, but hey, you'll always have the 5th down game, a beautiful stadium and the possibility that the Pac 10 decides to take you as a new whipping boy.  In the meantime, here's something for you to pass time with this fall as you tailgate.  No really sharp edges to hurt yourself, but try to remember to actually go into the stadium at some point.