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— Scouting the Nation — As the summer of 1993 wound down, (a great summer for me and my lady, thank you very much) the pre-season magazines appeared. There was little or no consensus as to which team would emerge from the upcoming season ranked No. 1 on January 1, 1994. Florida State received much of the ink, but Alabama was also getting support for a repeat of its 1992 National Championship. When the pre-season Associated Press poll came out, five different teams received first-place votes. Included with Florida State, …
READ MORE >>Tags: Bryan Stoltenberg, Chad Brown, Chad Hammond, Charles E. Johnson, Chris Hudson, Christian Fauria, Deon Figures, Derek West, Greg Biekert, Heath Irwin, Kordell Stewart, Koy Detmer, Leonard Renfro, Michael Westbrook, Mitch Berger, Ron Woolfork, Ronnie Bradford, Ted Johnson, Tony Berti
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— November 14th – at Kansas No. 13 Colorado 25, No.20 Kansas 18 — The Kansas Jayhawks returned home to Lawrence to face the Buffs after being humbled by Nebraska, 49-7. It was the Jayhawks’ first conference loss after averaging 33 points per game in accumulating four Big Eight wins. With the Buffs’ falling to the Cornhuskers by an equally lopsided score the week before, the Buffs were not in a position to take the Jayhawks lightly. An estimated crowd of 43,000, the largest crowd to witness a Colorado/Kansas game in Lawrence since …
READ MORE >>Tags: Bill McCartney, Chad Brown, Charles E. Johnson, Deon Figures, Greg Biekert, James Hill, Jon Embree, Kordell Stewart, Leonard Renfro, Marcellous Elder, Michael Westbrook, Mitch Berger, Ron Woolfork, Ronnie Bradford
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— November 7th – Boulder No. 16 Colorado 28, Oklahoma State 0 — Oklahoma State was a much improved team in 1992. Rebounding from a disastrous 0-10-1 1991 campaign, the Cowboys were a respectable 4-4 coming into Boulder, including conference wins over Missouri and Iowa State. But the Cowboys were the Buffs’ Homecoming opponent for a reason. In 1992, Oklahoma State played its role of sacrificial lamb well, succumbing to the Buffs, 28-0. Colorado posted a touchdown in each quarter, the first coming on a …
READ MORE >>Tags: Big Seven, Bill McCartney, Gary Knafelc, Homecoming, James Hill, Kordell Stewart, Lamont Warren, Lee Rouson, Leonard Renfro, Michael Westbrook, Norm Barnett, Rae Carruth
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— October 31st – at Nebraska No. 8 Nebraska 52, No.8 Colorado 7 — Happy Halloween. Nebraska had not defeated the Colorado Buffaloes since 1988. Still, Colorado, in step with the times, was not resting on past glories. The Buffs had converted to a more-open, air-it-out attack, giving up on the smash-mouth football which was the traditional path to success in the Big Eight. While Colorado was competing for national championships, Nebraska had gone four years without defeating a top ten team, and had won only two of its last …
READ MORE >>Tags: Calvin Jones, Dallas Morning News, Greg Biekert, Halloween, James Hill, Kordell Stewart, Koy Detmer, Leonard Renfro, Pac-10, Pac-12, Ted Johnson, Tom Osborne, Tommie Frazier
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— 1992 -“Air” Bill — National and Big Eight Recap – 1992 The 1992 college football season was dominated by the Miami Hurricanes. That is to say, at least Miami dominated all the way up to its National Championship showdown against Alabama in the Sugar Bowl. There, the Crimson Tide throttled Miami, 34-13, to win Alabama’s sixth national title, the first for head coach Gene Stallings. Alabama finished the season 13-0, claiming the nation’s first undisputed title since 1979. Miami’s quarterback Gino Toretta, despite having a quarterback rating of …
READ MORE >>Tags: "I-bone", Alabama, Bill McCartney, Chad Brown, Charles E. Johnson, Chris Hudson, Chris Naeole, Dalton Simmons, Darian Hagan, Deon Figures, Dwayne Davis, Erik Mitchell, Greg Biekert, Heath Irwin, James Kidd, Jeff Brunner, Jim Hansen, Kordell Stewart, Koy Detmer, Leonard Renfro, Marshall Faulk, Matt Russell, Miami, Michael Westbrook, Mitch Berger, Pat Blottiaux, Rae Carruth, Rashaan Salaam, Ron Woolfork, Ronnie Bradford, Sam Rogers, Shannon Clavelle, T.J. Cunningham, Ted Johnson, Vance Joseph
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— Colorado v. Alabama – 1991 Blockbuster Bowl — The 1991 season was a mixed bag for Colorado and its fans. An 8-2-1 regular season record, along with a share of a third consecutive Big Eight title, were certainly nothing to be ashamed of. Still, after posting an 11-1 record in 1989 and an 11-1-1 record in 1990, an eight win season seemed like a letdown to many in the Buff Nation. Still, there were some memorable games in 1991, including a big 34-17 win over Oklahoma in Norman (when the Buffs …
READ MORE >>Tags: "Air Bill", "I-bone", Barry Helton, Bill McCartney, Blockbuster Bowl, Byron "Whizzer" White, Charles E. Johnson, Darian Hagan, David Palmer, Eric Hamilton, Greg Biekert, Greg Thomas, James Hill, Jay Barker, Jay Leeuwenburg, Jim Harper, Joel Steed, Jon Embree, Ken Johnson, Leonard Renfro, Michael Westbrook, Mitch Berger, Ronnie Woolfork, Scott Phillips, Ted Johnson
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— November 23rd – at Iowa State No. 15 Colorado 17, Iowa State 14 — Running back Lamont Warren capped the most successful freshman rushing season in Colorado history with a 168-yard performance against Iowa State in a 17-14 Colorado win. Warren sprinted 74 yards for one score and carried the load on a ten-play, 80-yard drive as Colorado took the lead for good in the third quarter. Lamont Warren finished the 1991 season with 830 rushing yards, a Colorado freshman record. The game conditions in Ames, Iowa, were horrendous, marking the third …
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— October 26th – at Kansas State No. 16 Colorado 10, Kansas State 0 — The 1991 Kansas State team was different from the Wildcat teams which Big Eight teams had grown accustomed to playing. Third year coach Bill Snyder was building a program in Manhattan. The joke of the conference throughout much of the ‘1980’s (and, in all honesty, for a number of decades), Snyder had taken a woeful team over in 1989, going 1-10 in first campaign. The second team improved to 5-6, and in 1991 the Wildcats were …
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— National and Big Eight recap – 1991 — For the second consecutive year – after occurring only twice in the past twenty – the college football season ended with a split national championship. The Miami Hurricanes went 12-0 in 1991 to win the Associated Press title, it’s fourth championship in nine years. Miami was forced to share the limelight, however, with the Washington Huskies, who also went 12-0. Washington was awarded the national championship by the Coaches’ poll, later re-named the CNN/USA Today poll. Both teams went 11-0 in …
READ MORE >>Tags: Bill McCartney, Casey Weldon, Chad Brown, Charles Johnson, Chuck Snowden, Darian Hagan, Dennis Collier, Deon Figures, Desmond Howard, Don James, Erik Mitchell, Greg Biekert, Greg Thomas, Jay Leeuwenburg, Joel Steed, Kent Kahl, Leonard Renfro, Marcellous Elder, Mark Henry, Rico Smith, Vance Joseph
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— Pigskin Classic — The 1990 season saw the birth of the preseason game known as the “Pigskin Classic”. Played in Anaheim, California, home to the Freedom Bowl and Mickey Mouse, the organizers of the game (officially the “Disneyland Pigskin Classic”) did not want to disappoint their audience, and went out to secure a game bound to attract national attention. In securing two teams which had completed the previous season with 11-1 records, they did just that. The 1989 rise of the Colorado Buffaloes was well documented. Not receiving as much …
READ MORE >>Tags: Ariel Solomon, Darian Hagan, Dave McCloughan, Dick Anderson, Garry Howe, George Hemingway, Greg Thomas, John Stearns, Jon Boman, Leonard Renfro, Michael Simmons, Mike Pritchard, Rico Smith, Russell Heasley, Tim James, Walter Stanley
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