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Football season fast approaching – Monday 3-9 news
Another week, another Monday, and more Buffs news. First, our Buff of the Week this week is CU Nordic skier Maria Grevsgaard. The senior from Norway is the defending NCAA champion in both women's Nordic events, and has a good chance to bring the title(s?) home again this year. The NCAA Championship gets underway this weekend, we'll have a preview later in the week. Both the men's and women's basketball teams play in the Big 12 Tournament [+]Quick news thoughts for the weekend
It's Friday. Thank goodness. Get me out of here before it snows so I can finally see Watchmen. But not without dropping some knowledge first... First, Irish over at The Ralphie Report muses on the Buffs' offense going into spring practice. My thought? Echoes theirs: Craft an offensive scheme, get the talent for it, and execute. Simple as that. The CU women's basketball team hosts #21 Kansas State tomorrow at Coors for the last game of the [+]Getting excited for tonight brief news 3-5-09
Oh dear. It always had to end this way after this season, didn't it? Falling short, even after coming so far and doing so well? CU lost by six after giving up a double-digit second half lead, in the last home game of the regular season. The loss nails CU to the basement - and the 12 seed - for the Big 12 Conference tournament next week. In an update, the Division 3 men's club hockey [+]3-3-09 Mid-week news and blues
Diving right into CU news, the women's basketball team lost again last night in Lincoln, Neb. to the Cornhuskers, 75-64. A 21-2 second-half run is what sunk the Buffs, who finish the regular season off Saturday at Coors against Kansas State. The men, though, take their home bow tonight against Texas A&M and it's CU senior Jermyl Jackson-Wilson's last game at home. According to the Camera's Ryan Thorbrun, Jackson-Wilson suffered more losses in a three-year stretch [+]3-2-09 News you can use – light on the Buffs, heavy on Chuck
CU's women's lacrosse club team remains undefeated after a weekend tournament. Photo by Zak Wood/Colorado Daily Welcome to March. First a follow-up on last Friday's cover story on the club women's lacrosse team - the girls won all five games they played at the tournament hosted by the University of Georgia last weekend. Considering they were playing even more top 10 and top 25 competition, that's incredibly impressive. Back here in Boulder, the men's club lacrosse [+]More on the Your Team town hall meeting series
Coach Hawkins signs the book that Jeremy Dahnke, right, won in the drawing at yesterday's Your Team town hall meeting on campus. Photo by Zak Wood/Colorado Daily As I mentioned in today's story on the Your Team meeting at the UMC yesterday, this was an event I was hoping many, many more of the devoted CU fans in the student section would have been able to come see. There's so much passion for CU sports, especially the [+]2-19 Buffs News Tidbits You Can Use
As my brain slowly melts away from F5'ing ESPN and watching the NBA trade deadline wire... Quick roundup of today's Buffs news. First off, my short story previewing the CU ski team's RMISA Regional meet this weekend in the Lake Tahoe area (Alpine team competing on the Nevada side, Nordic races on the California side). They have a great chance to bring home yet another regional title and carry the momentum on to the NCAA Championships [+]Johnson confirmed as new CU offensive line coach
Just got the press release in from CU. Denver Johnson, former head coach at Illinois State, will fill the vacant offensive line coach position with the Buffs. The 50-year-old coach had been at Illinois State the last nine seasons. “He’s very highly respected, and is a great man and a great coach,” CU head coach Dan Hawkins said in the press release. “He has experience coaching with and against Big 12 competition and has recruiting [+]