August 2019 – Page 2 – CU At the Game

Week-By-Week (Realistic) Predictions – September

//posted 8.11.2019

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The Buffs opened the 2018 season with a 5-0 record and a national ranking. The Buffs open the 2019 season with a schedule similar to that of last fall … Will CU, in Year One of the Mel Tucker era, be as successful as the last Mike MacIntyre team? …

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Q & A With Mel Tucker – Part Two

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On assembling his coaching staff: “You can’t hire your friends” … On recruiting: “I tell the coaches ‘Trust your eyes … Don’t look at how many stars a kid has, don’t look at who else is recruiting them’ ” … On CU: “There’s no excuse for us not to have a very successful football program here” …

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Q & A With Mel Tucker – Part One

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Coach Tucker on what went into his decision to accept the job at CU … On “red-letter” games (but not keeping any Georgia or Alabama red in his closet) … On seeing leadership develop on the team over the course of summer conditioning ….

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Scouting the Opposition – Utah

//posted 8.3.2019

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Utah was picked by the Pac-12 media to win not only the South Division, but the Pac-12 title; the nation’s coaches picked the Utes as the No. 15 team in the nation … So why is there reason for optimism when the Buffs travel to Salt Lake City for the regular season finale? …

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Q & A With Darrin Chiaverini – Part II

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On the blending of the new coaching staff: “Coach Tucker has done a great job of bringing in not only good coaches, but good people” … On rivalry games; “You can’t over-hype games, you really can’t. You can prepare each and every day, make sure your guys know what they are doing, so they can go out there are perform” …

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