Tribute to Big 12 Fanbases, Part VI: Colorado

Welcome to beautiful Colorado!



Today we drop in on the fanbase that has, at least on Big 12 message boards, probably received the unofficial title of worst fanbase in the conference. That may be due to the large number of Husker fans who have nothing better to do than get on the Internet and tell everybody how great they are and how crappy every other program is, but it is undeniably true that CU fans have had their share of black eyes.



Although I've never been to Boulder, I've been told the football stadium is a beautiful place to take in a college football game. I suppose that's probably true, but I think it would be hard to enjoy the view while marshmallows filled with coins, rocks and batteries were flying around your head. I've also heard unofficial reports (take them with a grain of salt) of bottles and balloons filled with urine flying around. All this became embarrassingly evident on national TV when the CU student section was emptied for throwing objects onto the field, leading them to be chastised by the ABC announcers.



Coarseness doesn't seem to be limited to CU fans, either. Although to my knowledge not much was actually proved, numerous reports of sex as a recruiting tool and six rape allegations led to former coach Gary Barnett's downfall. Apparently logic isn't an emphasized course of study at CU, either, as the university has provided us these gems in the last few years:

1. Gary Barnett, in his press conference addressing the rape allegations of female place kicker Katie Hnida, explained that Hnida was a "terrible" kicker, or, alternatively, "awful."

I certainly see your logical connection, Gary. She was terrible, ergo she deserved to get raped by a teammate.

2. Professor Ward Churchill also provided this well-thought-out equation: Victims of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks = Nazis

Can't argue with those brilliant statements.

Of course, maybe Barnett and Churchill were just taking a cue in idiotic statements from former CU President Betsy Hoffman. As you might have guessed by the name, former-president Hoffman is a woman. As such, I would have guessed she would find the c-word highly offensive.

Nope.

Not only does she not find it particularly offensive, she has actually heard it used as a term of endearment.

I could not make this up if I tried.

Just a hint for some of you out there, don't walk up to a woman you'd like to talk to and say "Hey c***, what's going on?" You won't get some, unless getting some for you entails a hard right cross to the face. Makes me wonder if CU should add an "NT" to its logo.

Of course, maybe we shouldn't be so shocked by such shenanigans in a city where people announce to the world they will be smoking weed in public every April 20th, and then do so essentially unopposed by the local constabulary.



Alas, I have to give CU fans some credit. They just suffered through a nightmare football season in 2006, including a loss to Division I-AA Montana State (who turned around the next week and lost to Chadron State). But at least this fan kept his sense of humor through it all...



Thus concludes my tribute to the fanbases of the Big 12 North. For a break, my next post will detail what I consider the best of the Big 12. I need that break, because after it's done we shall move on to the teams of the South, and you know what that means...Texas bashing!!!