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We thought the Hawkins years were bad … the loss to Montana State, the 58-0 loss to Missouri, the 54-38 embarrassment at Toledo, the absurd collapse against Kansas.

But that was just the appetizer.

Hawkins was bad; Embree was worse.

The Jon Embree experiment was a colossal failure. It started with the “brick game” loss at Hawai’i, and only went downhill from there. Some of the scores during the Embree era read like misprints: 48-7, 52-24, 45-2, 48-14, 42-17, 45-6, 69-14, 42-14, 51-17, 50-6, 70-14, 48-0, 56-31, 38-3. It was so horrible, it didn’t seem real.

Enter Mike MacIntyre.

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Colorado Daily – USC

//posted 10.17.2014

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Production from the CU offensive line a key to Buffs’ hopes … “We have to get the running game going”

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Mid-Term Grades

//posted 10.16.2014

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P O’Neill and PK Oliver are record-setting four-year starters … some positive records (and some negative)

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CU at USC – A Preview

//posted 10.15.2014

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CU is a 19-point underdog to USC, a team which CU has never beaten … Will the 9th try be the charm? …

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Let The Games Begin

//posted 10.13.2014

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CU ranked in the top 20 in preseason magazines. The question for the Buffs at the opening of the 2014-15 season: Can CU live up to its No. 2 billing in the Pac-12? …

Colorado Daily

//posted 10.11.2014

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No bye week down time for CU coaching staff … CU D-Line: “We’re going to be a group to reckon with”

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“There are No Moral Victories”

//posted 10.6.2014

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Which was harder to take?

Last season in Corvallis, Colorado stayed with Oregon State for almost a half. By the end of the third quarter, though, it was 38-3, with the Buffs posting a pair of fourth quarter consolation touchdowns in a 44-17 final.

This season in Boulder, Colorado stayed with Oregon State throughout the entire game. Falling behind 14-0 early, the Buffs rallied to take a 21-20 lead, and were poised for a game-winning touchdown drive before failing to move the sticks in OSU territory in a 36-31 loss.

In 2013, the loss to the Beavers was not really a shock; the domination by the Beavers in the second half pretty much expected. Yes, it was painful to sit there in the rain as the Beaver fans celebrated touchdown after touchdown, but there was a numbness to it … after all, we’d been there, done that.

In 2014, the loss to the Beavers was a shock; there was no domination by the opposition. Fans left Folsom Field muttering about what woulda/coulda/shoulda been.

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Colorado Daily – Oregon St.

//posted 10.3.2014

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Christian Powell (concussion) unavailable for OSU game … Will Oliver putting misses behind him

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CU vs. Oregon State – A Preview

//posted 10.1.2014

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Key match-up: CU’s 19th-ranked passing offense taking on OSU’s 17th-ranked pass defense …

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Learning What It Takes

//posted 9.28.2014

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It won’t be long before the missed opportunities from the 59-56 double-overtime loss to Cal will begin to fade from memory. A made field goal here, a made tackle there … they are fresh wounds today, but those frustrations will soon give way to the anticipation for the next game and the game after that.

In 2017, when the Buffs and Bears meet up again after a two year hiatus (Colorado takes on Stanford in 2015 and 2016), there will be a regurgitation of all of the records set in the 2014 contest. Stories will be written and numbers laid out in neat columns as writers look to fill space in their pregame write-ups.

But, more than anything, the 59-56 outcome will be remembered as a California victory … and a Colorado loss.

The Buff Nation has become numb to losses over the past few years, but some losses hurt more than others.

And this one hurt, because it was a game Colorado should have won.

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