Archive for December, 2005:
filed in Big XII on Dec.16, 2005
Dan Hawkins was named the new head coach of the Colorado Buffaloes football team on Friday. He is a welcome addition to the football program. We’ll post details on his contract and carreer in the coming weeks. In the mean time tell us what you think of Coach Hawkins. One thing that I like so [...]
filed in Features on Dec.12, 2005
The state audit on the Colorado Buffaloes spending procedures was released this morning. You can read the entire audit here. The audit questions spending in key areas such as bowl game expenditures and record keeping at summer football camps. The audit provides 15 reccomendations for the University. 9 of these remedies will be in place [...]
filed in Coaching on Dec.09, 2005
Mike Hankwitz was named the interim head coach for the Colorado Buffaloes. He will coach the Buffs in the Champs Sports Bowl. This is not his first experience with interim coaching. He was interim head coach at Arizona a few years back. Many thought Brian Cabral would get the call again as he did during [...]
filed in Coaching, Features on Dec.08, 2005
The University will hold a press conference at 6:30 this evening to announce the dismissal of Coach Gary Barnett as head coach of the Colorado Buffaloes football team. It has not been announced who will lead the team at the Champs Sports Bowl. UPDATE:Atlhetic Director Mike Bohn has decided to change coaches at the University [...]
filed in Coaching on Dec.07, 2005
The Denver Post has printed an article claiming to have inside information from a source close to the CU/Barnett contract negotiations that has said CU will dump Barnett at the conclusion of this season. No official announcement has been made nor is there one planned at this time. Barnett claims he has heard nothing about [...]
filed in Post-game on Dec.04, 2005
Following the Buffs impressive performance against Texas, there are many questions floating around. Will the Buffs rebound in a bowl game and find their offence (or defense)? The Buffs have been dominated 130 – 22 in the last three games. Will Coach Barnett be offered a contract extension? Will there be new coaches / coordinators [...]
filed in Pre-game on Dec.02, 2005
Colorado heads into its fourth Big XII Championship in five years. It does so because they went 5-3 in the Big XII North. And now it is time for rematch with Texas in Houston. Historically it is hard to beat the same team twice in one season. Texas couldn’t do it in 2001 and now [...]