Joy

Me after the Fresno game

"Without pain, how could we know joy?" goes an old saying.  

A Buff Nation now knows joy.  And after the immense, humiliating pain we've experienced over the first 3 weeks of the 2012 season, the joy of week 4 at Washington State is the sweetest joy any football fan is likely to feel.  

Party in Pullman

If Oregon or Alabama goes unbeaten this year to win the national title, will their fans feel joy as sweet as the Buff's victory over WSU?  Happiness, pride, satisfaction - yes.  But true joy - no.  For they have not suffered.  

We suffering lot know joy.  Yes, we know joy indeed!

Savor it.  And never, ever taking winning for granted again.

For though our Buffs have plenty of fight left in them, there is no victory assured throughout the course of this Pac12 slate.

Up next are the Bruins of UCLA.  Yes, the powder blue clad ones that Chuck Fairbanks briefly and miserably tried to imitate in the early '80s. 

Never forget

UCLA had a Neuheisel-ectomy in the off season and is suddenly a fearsome lot of powder blue assassins.  But for a stumble against Oregon State last week, the Bruins have been impressive, especially offensively.  Most notably, they gave the Fuskers a good shellacking a couple of weeks back - Buddha bless 'em.

Hucked 'em

So with a bit of wind in their sails, the Buffs return to the friendly confines of Folsom Field.  The WSU victory momentum plus the dizzying altitude of Boulder plus the lunatic screaming of the partisan fans could spell trouble for the gifted Bruins.

Wither beneath his emphatic pointing, Bruins!

So do come on out to dear old CU this Saturday.  Drink in the sunshine and the pageantry.  And "Never Give In"!

PS - You MUST watch this video:

Buff Video