Few snippets I pulled from pedia..
Traditionally, the students who pack Folsom Field on fall weekends have been among the most loathsome in all of college football. Drunk and inevitably out of control, these are the fans who, in happier times, thought it fun to stuff marshmallows with batteries and hurl them at opposing players.
The police ejected 60 fans in the opening loss to Montana State and 68 more in the loss to ASU a few weeks later. Both totals were Folsom records. Funny thing is, the numbers actually indicate student enthusiasm has hit an all-time low. "If we tried to arrest every intoxicated person who was throwing things when the Buffs were winning, we would have ejected a majority of the student section," says Commander Tim McGraw of the campus police.
"Football is a powerful part of CU's ritualized drinking," says Robert Maust, of the University's Standing Committee on Substance Abuse. Students start early in the morning and don't stop. By the time they make it to the game, what happens on the field is irrelevant." "We found a student in the bushes who was turning blue," he says. He blew a .40. He survived, but it happens all the time." Already this season, more intoxicated fans have needed emergency medical attention on game day than in the past two years combined. "Students come in with a .30 blood alcohol level and think it's funny," says Chris Saunders, of the Boulder County Public Health's Addiction and Recovery Center.
"We want students to take pride in our team instead of disparaging our opponent," Bohn says. "People should feel welcome at the stadium." According to an ESPN poll, 22% of fans say they go to fewer games because of the drunken fans.
