1986 and 1991 – two satisfying Big Eight wins over rival Missouri … 1996: A 105-yard interception returns sparks No. 9 CU to 35-13 win over Oklahoma State … 2001: Defense shines in 16-6 upset of No. 12 Kansas State … 2016: No post-Oregon let down as Buffs rout Oregon State, 47-6 …

A judge in Texas ignored the law and common sense in allowing Brendan Sorsby to play … The Seventh Circuit has kicked the can down the road, leaving it up to the Big 12 … Can college football count on the Big 12 to right the wrong? … Let’s find out …

Tough losses to No. 10 Arizona (1986) and Stanford (1991) offset by a huge win over Texas A&M in CU’s first-ever Big 12 game (1996) and a game for the ages, with Ahkello Witherspoon’s last-minute interception taking down Oregon (2016) …

Colorado hikers track how many 14,000-foot peaks they have climbed, but for our purposes, “Fourteener” takes on a different meaning … How does CU stack up against other Power Four schools ranked near the bottom of their conferences? …

Big Ten time … Two tough losses to Michigan (1996; 2016), and a close loss in the Horseshoe to Ohio State (1986) offset by a rout of Minnesota (1991) …

Tough close losses to Oregon (1986) and to No. 23 Baylor (1991) offset by a pair of Rocky Mountain Showdown routs of Colorado State in 1996 and 2001 (when the Rams were ranked) and a domination of Idaho State in 2016 …

We are now under 100 days to the start of the 2026 season … For fun this summer, we’ll be taking a pleasant stroll through the CU at the Game Archives, with stories from games of 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001 and 2016 … Here are Game Ones … Enjoy! …

The 1990s represented one of the best decades in program history – Stories from ’90 Nebraska and Notre Dame games, plus stories from ’94 Michigan and ’94 Iowa State … The 2010s? Not so much – Highlights from ’16 Oregon and ’16 Utah games …

Let’s take a few moments to watch some highlights of some of the best CU games of the 1980s (’86 v. Nebraska; ’89 v. Nebraska), the 2000s (’01 v. Nebraska; ’07 v. Oklahoma) and the 2020s (’23 v. TCU; ’24 v. Baylor) …