Posts Tagged ‘Notre Dame’

Pre-season: 1994 – Adios, Southwest Conference – Colorado returns 16 starters

//posted 8.1.1994

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— Adios, Southwest Conference — Quick – Name the last eight members of the Southwest Conference. Not so easy, is it? Entering the 1994 season, the long-anticipated demise of the SWC became official. The 1994 and 1995 campaigns would be the last for the storied conference. After 80 seasons, the Southwest Conference would fold up its tents; its teams left to a new future. Arkansas, the only Southwest member outside of the state of Texas, had defected to the Southeastern Conference in 1990. Now Texas, Texas A&M, Baylor, and Texas …

Tags: Andy Mitchell, Bill McCartney, Bobby Bowden, Brian Stoltenberg, Chad Hammond, Charles E. Johnson, Chris Hudson, Chris Naeole, Christian Fauria, Dalton Simmons, Danny Weurffel, Darius Holland, Dennis Collier, Derek West, Donnell Leomiti, Dwayne Davis, Florida, Florida State, Heath Irwin, Kerry Hicks, Kordell Stewart, Lamont Warren, Matt Russell, Michael Westbrook, Mitch Berger, Neil Voskeritchian, Notre Dame, Pac-12, Rashaan Salaam, Ron Powlus, Ron Woolfork, Sam Rogers, Shannon Clavelle, Southwest Conference, Ted Johnson, The Sporting News, Tony Berti
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Orange Bowl Preview: Cheer, Cheer for Old Notre Dame?

//posted 12.1.1990

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— Cheer, cheer for old Notre Dame — Rooting for Notre Dame is hard for any Buff fan. It was the Irish who had deprived the Buffs of a storybook ending to the 1989 season. Now, in November, 1990, with Notre Dame and Colorado No. 1 and No. 2 in the nation, and Notre Dame having already accepted an invitation to play in the Orange Bowl against the Buffs, Colorado fans had to root for the Irish. Even though a Notre Dame loss to Penn State or USC would mean …

Tags: Bill McCartney, Dennis Erickson, Fifth down game, Georgia Tech, Miami, Notre Dame
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Oklahoma State – Fate, once again, intervenes

//posted 11.10.1990

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— November 10th – Boulder No. 4 Colorado 41, Oklahoma State 22 — Before November 10, 1990, the record for touchdown passes in a single game at the University of Colorado stood at three, and even that relatively low number had been reached only seven times in the 100-year history of the program. That mark was finally erased as Darian Hagan passed for four scores and a career high 237 yards in leading the Buffs to a convincing 41-22 win over Oklahoma State. A sell-out crowd of 51,873 was on hand …

Tags: Alfred Williams, Charlie Davis, Darian Hagan, Eric Bieniemy, George Hemingway, Georgia Tech, Jim Harper, Mike Pritchard, Notre Dame, Paul Rose, Sean Brown, Tim James
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No. 4 Notre Dame – Orange Bowl – “Opportunity Lost”

//posted 1.1.1990

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— Prelude to the 1990 Orange Bowl … Travel Plans — When I was an undergrad at Colorado, a number of my friends and I made a pact: If Colorado ever made it to the Orange Bowl as Big Eight Champions, we would go to the game. No matter when, no matter our circumstances, we would find a way to get there. At the time, with the Buffs posting a series of records like 1-10, 2-8-1, and 3-8, there seemed to be little substance to the pledge. A few short …

Tags: Bill McCartney, Brad Geiger, Chad Brown, Eric Bieniemy, Jeff Campbell, Ken Culbertson, Lou Holtz, Notre Dame, Orange Bowl, Sal Aunese
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Kansas State – Six weeks to History, the Buffs move up to No. 1

//posted 11.18.1989

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— November 18th – at Kansas State No. 2 Colorado 59, Kansas State 11 — Having learned their lesson against Oklahoma State, the Colorado Buffaloes did not allow Kansas State to open up strong. Instead, the Buffs dominated from beginning to end, rolling up the most points by a Colorado team in 20 years, mauling Kansas State, 59-11. J.J. Flannigan rushed for a career-high 246 yards and four touchdowns as Colorado rushed for 518 yards. The defense also contributed, holding Kansas State without a first down and only eight (eight!) yards …

Tags: Alabama, Bill McCartney, Bill Snyder, Byron "Whizzer" White, Charlie Davis, Darian Hagan, J.J. Flannigan, Ken Culbertson, Miami, Notre Dame, Orange Bowl
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Missouri – Buffs Taking Aim at No. 1

//posted 10.7.1989

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— October 7th – Boulder No. 3 Colorado 49, Missouri 3 — Missouri head coach Bob Stull spent ten years as an assistant to Washington head coach Don James before taking over for the Tigers in 1989. “It’s amazing to see they scored (45) against the Huskies out there”, said Stull the week before the Colorado/Missouri game. “They’re extremely strong this year.” It took all of 34 seconds that Saturday for Stull and his Tigers to discover just how strong. On the first play of the game, Colorado quarterback Darian Hagan …

Tags: Alfred Williams, Arthur Walker, Darian Hagan, Eric Bieniemy, Jeff Campbell, Joe Garten, M.J. Nelson, Miami, Notre Dame, Tom Rouen
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