Spring Football: Colorado

I love the fact that WVU signed to play a series with Colorado. Mostly because I can make unlimited Dan Hawkins jokes for the next couple years.

IT’S DIVISION ONE FOOTBALL! IT’S THE BIG TWELVE! IT AIN’T INTRAMURALS!

It never gets old to me. Did the Buffs get a week off after spring practice this year? Did any of the Buffs go play intramurals, brotha?

On the could-be-funny-but-turns-out-to-be-rather-serious file, Colorado mascot Ralphie V (that’s a roman numeral, not the letter V ran over one of her handlers during the spring game. For the less initiated, Ralphie is not a puffy cartoon character, Ralphie is a 500-pound American bison. Luckily if she gets out of control during the WVU game, our mascot is armed.

As seemed to be a trend this season, Colorado set a record crowd for their spring game. 17,800 Buffs fans congregated at Folsom Field. The buzzword this spring for the Buffs is speed. Some teams are just now coming around to the novel concept that speed is a must to win in college football these days. Colorado will also be implementing a no-huddle offense and trying to work at a faster pace. And the Buffs will be using multiple fronts on defense to confuse opponents. It sounds like Colorado is finally leaving the Stone Age of college football.

You can also read this Q&A with offensive coordinator Mark Helfrich and a spring notebook from Buffzone.com

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