Posts Tagged ‘Dick Tharp’

Preseason – Buffs look for fourth title in five years

//posted 8.15.2005

— Preseason – 2005 — Despite winning the Big 12 North Division title three of the previous four years, and despite having 17 starters returning, the Colorado Buffaloes entered the 2005 season in search of national recognition. The titles of the past and the promise of the future were offset by a lack of overall success. After all, it was argued, the Buffs finished only 8-5 overall in 2004, had played in a lackluster division, and had backed into the 2004 title with a 4-4 conference record when Iowa State failed …

Tags: Abraham Wright, Akarika Dawn, Alex Ligon, Blake Mackey, Brian Daniels, Brian Iwuh, Byron Ellis, Clint O'Neal, Dick Tharp, Dusty Sprague, Edwin Harrison, Elizabeth Hoffman, Evan Judge, Gary Barnett, Gerett Burl, Hugh Charles, J.J. Billingsley, James Garee, Joe Klopfenstein, Joel Klatt, John Torp, Jordon Dizon, Lawrence Vickers, Lorenzo Sims, Mark Fenton, Mason Crosby, Mike Bohn, Mike Hankwitz, Quinn Sypniewski, Sonny Lubick, Stephone Robinson, Terry Washington, Thaddaeus Washington, Tom Hubbard, Tyler Polumbus, Vaka Manupuma, Vance Washington
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Preseason – Chronology of a “Sex Scandal” – Roster Issues; Schedule

//posted 7.5.2004

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— Preseason: 2004 – Barnett suspended – A chronology of the recruiting scandal — Preseason – 2004 The setting for Preseason, 2004, for the Colorado Buffaloes had its origins over two years earlier. On December 7, 2001, Colorado football players and recruits attended an off-campus party. At least one woman indicated she was raped at the event, though no sexual assault charges were ever filed. Four players did have their scholarships revoked for providing alcohol to minors at the party. It was this recruiting visit which initiated a firestorm of …

Tags: Abraham Wright, Akarika Dawn, Blake Mackey, Bobby Purify, Brian Cabral, Brian Iwuh, Dick Tharp, Dusty Sprague, Elizabeth Hoffman, Evan Judge, Gary Barnett, Jeremy Bloom, Joel Klatt, John Torp, Katie Hnida, Lisa Simpson, Mason Crosby, Matt McChesney, Mike Duren, Mike Hankwitz, recruiting scandal, Ron Monteilh, sex scandal, Thaddaeus Washington
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Gary Barnett Hired – Buffs to “Return to Dominance”

//posted 1.20.1999

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— National and Big 12 Recap – 1999 — With an undefeated campaign in 1999, the Florida State Seminoles claimed the title of “Team of the 90’s”. The Seminoles rang in the 2000’s with a 46-29 win over previously unbeaten Virginia Tech in the Sugar Bowl. With the win, the Seminoles, led by quarterback Chris Weinke and receiver Peter Warrick, not only gave head coach Bobby Bowden his first-ever undefeated season, but claimed their second national title of the decade. Florida State never finished lower than fourth in any final poll …

Tags: Ben Kelly, Bobby Bowden, Brian Cabral, Chris Weinke, Dick Tharp, Florida State, Gary Barnett, Gary Kubiak, John Wristen, Jon Embree, Rick Neuheisel, Tom Cable, Vince Okruch
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Dr. Tom retires / Buffs forfeit the 1997 season

//posted 12.1.1997

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— Dr. Tom — In everyone’s life, there are “remember where you were when” days. For better or worse, you always seem to remember where you were when you heard President Kennedy was shot, when man first walked on the moon, or when the Challenger disaster first crossed the television screen. For Colorado college football fans – okay, maybe only the Colorado college football fans I know – we can always remember two dates. The first, November 19, 1994, was when Coach Bill McCartney announced, immediately after CU running back …

Tags: Darren Fisk, Dick Tharp, Richard Tharp, Tom Osborne
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