Boulder Blues

Well, it did not take too long into the month of September—11 days in fact—for the first major program to have its season begin to take on the look of a death march. After two bad losses as a favorite, to rival Colorado State and middling Toledo, Colorado is in trouble. Big trouble. Now Sunday Morning Quarterbacks does not believe in getting coaches fired and we will leave the subject of job security in Boulder to others. Their jobs were at risk even before the season began, so stating the obvious is not solving any problems.

The question is, where does the team go from here? While coach Dan Hawkins talked before the season of rankings and double digit victories, the more realistic goal for this squad remains: the Big Twelve North crown. It may seem that the Buffs have hit rock bottom. But, in reality, they are 0-0 in conference play. They have four weeks to recover and possibly turn around their season as conference play begins October 10 when they travel to, gulp, Austin for a match-up with current no. 2 in the nation Texas. Later in the year they do play Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska at home, so a turn-around is not impossible. The kids said all of the right things following the Toledo loss. It is now time to put in the work before the season truly becomes lost.

As for the state of the program, is there a witch doctor in the house? Anyone know how to remove a voodoo curse? Is Dan Brown available to write about the dark secrets that lay at the root of this team’s problems? Whatever pact with the Devil someone signed 20-odd years ago that allowed the Buffs to shoot to the top of the rankings culminating with a shared national title in 1990, only to crash and burn amid numerous scandals and dreadful performances, it is time to say enough is enough. The debt has been paid. The good people of Boulder deserve better.