Super Bowl Sunday

The time is drawing near. The off-season is coming to a close. College football reappears to the joy of its waiting disciples. The universe comes into alignment yet again after lo these many months. Kickoff!

Yes, friends, it's back. Football is back. The Buffs finally take the field yet again on an early fall Sunday (!) evening at Mile High Stadium. The Cow State Rams play their Super Bowl, as usual, at the beginning of the season. We've seen it year after year. The goats play their best game of the season against the Buffs. On paper it almost always should be a blow out, but in reality it is almost always a dog fight. Bring your lunch, boys, we're in for a slog.

And a night game, no less. That could mean one and only one thing - CSU riot, tear gas and Denver police finally using those shiny night sticks that went untested during the DNC. Hoo boy, when the bumpkins come to the big city mayhem ensues!

As far as the game goes, his year's contest is particularly compelling. You see the elders over at Corn & Sorghum University decided to run off a certain coach by the name of Sonny Lubick. The same Sonny Lubick who recorded more wins than any CSU coach in history, who turned the CU/CSU game into the legitimate rivalry that it is today and for whom the field at the CSU stadium is named. Strange. In his place is a first year head coach by the name of Steve Fairchild. Never heard of him.

So, frankly, I don't know what to expect. Sure, the Buffs should win by a mile. But this game never has gone as predicted and isn't likely to start now. Welcome, Steve Fairchild (if that's your real name), to the donnybrook that is the Rocky Mountain Showdown. Sunday night, we dine in Hell!

Go Buffs!