Indiana – My first home game / Sports Illustrated & Chuck Fairbanks’ desk


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— September 27th – Boulder           Indiana 49, Colorado 7 — Fresh off the near comeback at Baton Rouge, there was at least some cause for hope against visiting Indiana.  After all, the Buffs had beaten the Hoosiers the previous year in Bloomington, 17-16.  In the 1979 game, Colorado had given Chuck Fairbanks his first win as the Buffs’ head coach.  On that day, an 0-3 CU squad had beaten a 3-0 Indiana team, and had done so on the road.  With that backdrop of cautious optimism, a crowd of 40,219 …

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— CU at the Game – Background for 1980 — “Fanaticism” “A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject.” – Winston Churchill — Before winding the clock all the way back to 1980, we first need to make a brief stop in September, 1985. It was then, without knowing it at the time, that I acquired what would become the symbol of my “fanaticism” for Colorado football. It remains in my dresser drawer to this day. It is my proof of purchase, if you …

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