Entries in the ‘Awards’ Category:

Team Banquet Awards

Last weekend to the team go together to hand out their awards. I fitting conclusion to a solid season. Way to go Buffs! Hang Tough Award (overcame the most adversity): CB Terrence Wheatley Lee Willard Award (outstanding freshman): OG Kai Maiava Tyronee “Tiger” Bussey Award (perseverance over adversity, injury and/or illness): FS Ryan Walters Best [...]

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Dizon Runner Up

Apparently you have to play for a BCS team to win awards. The Butkus Award was given to James Laurinaitis of Ohio State. We all know who should have won the award. Here is what Cabral had to day about him. “He epitomizes and embodies the core values of Colorado football, and that’s work ethic, [...]

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Jordan Dizon Named BigXII Defensive Player of the Year

Way to go Island boy! Dizon is the first Buff to receive this honor. He was also (obviously) named to the All-Big XII first team. Dizon has been a rock for 4 straight years, and I really don’t know if I can express to you how amazing it is for me to see him doing [...]

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An Ode to an Old Enemy

Sonny Lubick, your talents were too great for the school you coached. Its mediocrity pulled you down until you could not escape the morass that is CSU football despite all the scheming you could do. I do not see CSU getting lucky and bringing in a coach that can lift the program higher then you [...]

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Buffs are Bowling

With the Kansas State loss to Fresno State the Buffs are guaranteed a bowl game. That’s a nice reward for a hard fought season. Best bets? The Texas Bowl in Houston, Independence Bowl in Shreveport, or the Insight.com Bowl in Phoenix. Believe you me everyone is hoping we can make it to Arizona once more [...]

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Mid Season Grades – Offense

Well, the Buffs have played six out of 12 games. In that time span, they have doubled their win total from last year, shocked the nation, and most importantly, have shown continued improvement throughout the weeks. In this series of features, we will be giving a grade to a specific area of the team. This [...]

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Three Buffs make pre-season All-Big XII Team

For the first time since 2002, three Buffs were named to the pre-season All-Big XII team as selected by media members who cover the conference. Coming as no surprise, All-American superstar Mason Crosby was selected as the conference’s top place kicker, his second straight pre-season honor. Center Mark Fenton garnered his fist pre-season selection and [...]

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