| Volume 1, Issue 2 | November 23, 2000 |
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First things first -- last time I said that I hoped we got a good contingent of fans in New Orleans. Well some readers were polite enough to inform me that CSU was not in fact participating in the Sugar Bowl this year, but rather the Liberty Bowl, which will be played in Memphis. Thanks Darren... that saved me some headaches with the airlines to change my tickets.... It's about 395.3 miles from New Orleans to Memphis... in case you were curious...
Look at that beauty to the right, that's the AXA cup, AXA of course being the sponsor of the apparently now Tennessee-based Liberty Bowl. Easily mistaken for a fraternal order of some sort.
The Rammies have shot number two at the cup...here are some fun Liberty Bowl facts and figures. CSU becomes only the 4th team in the 42 year history of the Liberty Bowl (herewith and fore-referenced from now on as "LB"). Can you guess the other teams that did this? Well... here they are. Penn State played in the first two LB's ever, 1959 and 1960 beating Alabama and Oregon respectively. The other two teams that have earned repeat LB visits are our very own intrastate rivals! The Buffs in 1969 and 1970 (beating Alabama and losing to Tulane) and the Air Force flyboys went to an LB record 4 consecutive appearances (1989 - 1992). The Falcons are 2-2 in LB games.
CSU's first LB appearance, the 17-23 loss to Southern Miss resulted in the third highest attendance ever for the LB - 56,570. Air Force owns the top two spots: 61,497 in 1991 and 60,128 in 1989. It'd be nice to steal that mark away from the fly boys -- at the same time evening our LB record to 1-1.
located near the entrance showed this phenomenon to be occurring still. Mind you I'm
*not* thinking I can wear young boys size tee shirts by any stretch (no pun intended) --
the department is JUST THERE when you walk in... Anyway, what is up with
that? We need more young Rammie fans walking around wearing a 9-2 teams shirt rather
than a soon to be 3-8 teams. (although as I mentioned, I think support for Colorado
sports in general is a good thing, so I sort of fly in the face of my own statement
here). Anyway, just thought I'd mention it... what do you think? Is it like
this in Loveland? Elsewhere? Case in point online -- a quick check of
"the fan shop" at http://cbs.sportsline.com
shows 9
items for the Buffs and only 2 items for the Rams... I'd also to be interested to know what
out of staters, either sports savvy or newbies think of the Rammies? Do they know
that a team other than the Buffs exists? 10 years ago I bet the answer would've been
no 9 times out of 10. I wonder what it is today? Any insight from the field?
Let me know at [email protected].
11/20/00 - I still have a hard time getting the
picture of the Air Force vs Rams game out of my head with it being 30 below wind-chill,
and snow. Wow, imagine braving that for 3 or 4 hours. This game ranks as one of the best
ever that I have seen, as far as edge of seat nail biting excitement. (despite the final
result). The game seemed similar to the Notre Dame vs Air Force game...
As for CU. I sincerely hope...as a CSU alum, that CU has a strong year next year. It makes
it so much more exciting to have close games. ...and I like cheering for the Buffs
whenever they aren't playing the Rams. Good clean fun. Kind of like cheering for Green Bay
when they aren't up against the Broncos. :-)
Thanks Peter... I too root for Colorado based football. Only when the Rammies play the Buffaloes are they referred to as the "Beefaloes" and the "Flyboys" and they are the scourge of the earth. Hey, nasty or nastier nicknames for rivals could be a fun upcoming feature... send your submissions to [email protected]!
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