Buffs to start season undefeated through first four weeks!

It was finally announced late Friday afternoon that officials had decided to postpone the CU-Fresno St. football game due to the devastating flood that has hit the Boulder area.  It was a no-brainer decision that took way too long to announce.  Fortunately, they made it in time to allow Fresno not to make the trip, as they were preparing to leave.  As officials were meeting to discuss the situation, it was virtually impossible to get in or out of Boulder, there were dozens of people missing, and the threat was not even close to being over.  There was absolutely  no reason to bring in thousands more people into a disaster zone, nor to have 70 police officers and 2 ambulances on hand when they could be doing real work where it was truly needed. Even the most loyal, diehard Buff fans, most of whom were not even directly affected by the flooding, were unanimous throughout the day that the game should be cancelled or postponed.  Thanks for making the right choice! (Although I am a little sad about missing out on a great breakfast tailgate!)

There has yet to be a re-scheduled date, and it is unlikely to happen this year, although there are a couple of options: If FSU could get UNLV to move their week 8 tilt to week 12 where both have byes, the game could be played week 8 on October 19 when the Buffs were scheduled for a bye.  However, even this seemingly simple idea is unlikely for all the logistical problems it creates.  They could tentatively schedule it for December 7, and play if Fresno St. does not make it into the MWC championship game. Or they could play it the weekend of Dec. 14, traditionally reserved for just the Army-Navy game.  Otherwise, it is likely that we will add Fresno St. to the 2015 schedule when we have Hawaii on the road (been thinking about that trip for a while) and could add 13^th game.

Buff players will be helping out where ever they are needed this weekend and family housing residents and other CU students who have been displaced are invited to the Club Level today for lunch with all the food that was ready for the game.  Six football players (as well as a few other student athletes), including Clay Norgard, were forced out of their homes by the flooding; the Athletic Department is allowed to put them up in hotels.  However, when a player asked about his non-athlete roommate, Coach MacIntyre said that they could not play for that student to go to a hotel, but that he was welcome to come to the MacIntyre home instead (I have yet to confirm this but am pretty sure it is true).

Interesting Stat:  While the Buffs were hoping to break the 35,000 mark for the second week in a row, Texas A&M drew over 50,000 for the Alabama pre-game Midnight Yell, the evening before the game.

Now, the focus in Boulder is recovering from the flood damage, while the CU coaches narrow in on Oregon St. and the program’s first ever trip to Corvallis on Sept. 28.  The Buffs will have to go three weeks without playing real competition and will probably play some type of scrimmage during that time to keep sharp. OSU meanwhile has two games in that time period so the team can watch their next opponent play twice (tonight vs. Utah 8PM Pac12 Network and next week vs. San Diego St.) in the interim. As they did the latter part of last week, the team will hold practices on the Kittredge lacrosse fields as their regular practice fields are soaked.  Practices are still technically closed, however those fields are wide open if someone were to wander by. 

We will methodically and meticulously break down the Beavers over the next two weeks.  Here is one of the main Beaver links: http://www.buildingthedam.com/

This also means that the Buffs will remain undefeated at least until almost October!

Go Buffs!