For many, many years, I was not able to eat before a Colorado football game. I would try and nibble on snacks in order to maintain some equilibrium, but sit down for a meal? Never. I couldn’t do it – I was always too nervous. But for the 2009 Nebraska game, I ate a hot turkey sandwich before the game without a second thought, as, with the inexplicable retention of Dan Hawkins as CU’s head coach, there was nothing for CU fans to be nervous about …