At least I thought it was probably pretty cool for you history majors to go out and party your asses off. Personally I was home, buried under a crushing class workload, sweating stress bullets about how I might never pass that Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer midterm. But I was happy for you. Really. Ahh, nostalgia.
Anyway... Thursday night once again springs magical. For this Thursday the Buffs host the (recently) top 10 West Virginia Mountaineers. The 'Eers boast a collection of speed rarely seen in these parts and a Heisman candidate quarterback named Pat White. Don't be fooled by the fact that WVU was upset by East Carolina in their last game, these guys are for real. This will be a revealing test in which we'll find out just how far our Buffs have come.It's an historical matchup as well. Behold, facts and fact-like things:
- West Virginia is the 15th all-timing winningest major college football program while CU is 16th.
- CU and WVU have never played one another.
- The modern spread offense was largely pioneered at West Virginia.
- West Virginia's state theme song is "Take Me Home, Country Roads". Colorado's is "Rocky Mountain High". Both songs are by John Denver.
- West Virginia knows no equal in field of self-promotional t-shirt excellence. Exhibits A and B:
Moving on...
It should be a great matchup and a unique college football environment. Two storied programs meeting on a school night before a national audience. A crazed home crowd clad in all black creating a high altitude, dizzying veritgo never before experienced by Eastern types. Beloved CU alum and ESPN college football God, Chris Fowler calling the game. Special. CU Thursday!
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