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I don't like the fact that if you beat somebody in the regular season, there is always the chance you will have to beat them again in the championship game....just my $0.02

I found it odd that huskers.com wasn't webcasting the game. They must have just added the link in the past day or so because it wasn't there when I was looking earlier this week. Anyway.....SWEET!

radio or anything????

that was really good....such a sad story.....

FWIW...I just talked to one of my friends from high school who is now on the team...he thinks that Cody will be the starter just because he is such a hard runner.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=2363644 I don't know if anyone saw this last night, but it was on of the nastiest things I've ever seen. After the play was over they showed a replay and his eyeball appeared to be hanging out of his socket. They had a clip on espn.com but they aren't showing the part with his eye hanging out. Luckily, they are saying he will be okay.

So, if I read the article correctly he had two sacks in the pro bowl...is this correct? I missed out on watching the game.

Is his probability down to zero now? Did he ever end up visiting? I see on Rivals that he has NU low but still undecided overall. He obviously looks pretty good.

I don't know much at all about Watson, but I do know that many CU fans absolutely hated the guy. If that should mean anything to Husker fans, I don't know.....

Barnett said in his press conference that he did not resign. They did not give out any names for possible coaches, but ones that I have heard are Mariucci and Pelini as some of the big names. It sounded to me like Barnett will not be coaching in the bowl game. I wonder where he will end up...maybe Missouri?

He has resigned

Article Launched: 12/07/2005 01:00:00 AM cu football CU will sack Barnett Buffs' poor finish was breaking point, says contract-talks source By Chris Dempsey and Mark Kiszla Denver Post Staff Writers Colorado football coach Gary Barnett (Getty / Brian Bahr) Boulder - Gary Barnett is on his way out as the University of Colorado's football coach. A source close to contract negotiations between Barnett and CU indicated Tuesday that Barnett will not be retained as coach of the Buffaloes. Although there is no timeline for an announcement, CU athletic director Mike Bohn, who returns to Boulder today from meetings in New York, plans to talk to Barnett soon. Barnett, whose record is 49-38 after seven seasons at CU, could not be reached for comment. A call to Barnett's lawyer, John Rodman, was not returned. Colorado's poor finish was the breaking point, the source said. A month ago, Barnett was on solid footing in his search for a contract extension. Consecutive losses to Iowa State, Nebraska and Texas by a combined score of 130-22 placed a large amount of doubt on whether an extension would still be offered. The 59-year-old Barnett acknowledged Monday that "prior to the Iowa State game, I felt like (an extension) was a done deal. Since then, the climate has changed." Colorado started 7-2 but finished the season 7-5 and will play Clemson in the Champs Sports Bowl on Dec. 27 in Orlando, Fla. Bohn, who Tuesday night would not speculate on Barnett's future, previously had expressed pleasure with the direction of the football program but was visibly upset after Colorado's 70-3 loss to Texas in Saturday's Big 12 championship game, the third-worst loss in school history. Colorado's buyout of Barnett's contract will cost approximately $1.8 million. That total includes Barnett's $1.6 million of the $2million retention bonus and a year's base salary of $185,000. Where CU will find the money to pay Barnett off still has to be worked out. From introducing his RTD (Return to Dominance) slogan to defending the football program against allegations of recruiting misconduct, Barnett can be defined by his defiance. He was named the 22nd football coach in Colorado history on Jan. 20, 1999. He promised a rigid, more disciplined program than that run by his predecessor, Rick Neuheisel. Former CU coach Bill McCartney stayed steadfastly in Barnett's corner. On Tuesday, McCartney insisted Barnett was still the right man for the job. "I've believed that for a long time," McCartney said. "And even though they've been through some real difficult times, he's still got a lot of energy, a lot of years ahead of him, and I don't think that he's lost anything. If anything, he's learned more." Barnett led the Buffs to four Big 12 North Division titles, in 2001, 2002, 2004 and 2005. He was named Big 12 coach of the year after the 2004 season. Colorado won the Big 12 title in 2001, beating Texas 39-37 in the conference title game. It was CU's first conference title since sharing the Big Eight crown in 1991. In 14 seasons as a Division I-A head coach, Barnett compiled a record of 84-83-1. Colorado was 35-24 in conference games under Barnett, his best marks being 7-1 in the 2001 and 2002 seasons. He was 2-2 in bowl games. Until this season, Barnett's biggest on-field achievements came in Colorado's performances against rival Nebraska. The Buffs were 3-4 in those contests, but Barnett cultivated a new attitude throughout that the Huskers were not a team to be feared. Colorado put a stamp -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Advertisement -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- on the "renewal" of the rivalry in a 62-36 win at Folsom Field in 2001. Games against in-state rival Colorado State had started to come around as well. Under Barnett, on-field toughness seemed to improve, yet recruiting never truly got off the ground. The Buffs' 2004 and 2005 classes were ranked among the bottom half of the Big 12. Tension never seemed to stray too far away from Barnett. When he was hired as head coach in 1999, he inherited walk-on kicker Katie Hnida, who had been promised a spot on the team by Neuheisel. Barnett would later say it was against his better judgment, but he allowed Hnida to stay before releasing her after the 2000 season. Hnida later alleged various kinds of abuse she says occurred in the program under Barnett's watch. Her allegations grabbed national headlines when she said she was improperly treated by teammates during the 1999 season and raped by a teammate in the summer of 2000. Several other women alleged sexual assault by recruits and players, but no charges were filed. Barnett stood by his program, saying he wanted to get to the bottom of her allegations but also calling Hnida an "awful kicker" in the process, terminology that, in connection with rape allegations, angered then-CU president Betsy Hoffman. Hoffman and CU chancellor Richard Byyny placed Barnett on paid administrative leave on Feb. 18, 2004, pending the findings of an investigative panel, which was formed to probe the CU football program. Parents of many of the players in the program rallied to show their support, as did former CU players. Hoffman placed the program under severe recruiting restrictions, some of which since have been relaxed. A long-awaited audit of the football program is expected to be released Monday. Barnett, as well as CU players and the coaching staff, was always adamant that he would be cleared of any wrongdoing. He was reinstated on May 27, but in the months after, Hoffman, Byyny and athletic director Dick Tharp all resigned. Staff writer Chris Dempsey can be reached at 303-820-5455 or cdempsey@denverpost.com. Staff writer Mark Kiszla can be reached at 303-820-5438 or mkiszla@denverpost.com.

I believe it is versatility back

yes

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!! 36 yd play

< 6:20 in the game

I sooo wish I was at this game!

I think we should put Ganz in

What about putting #3 in?

uh oh zt down

YES!!!!

what is a hospitality suite?

I'd like to see somebody with a personality similar to Tom O....someone with his calmness under pressure. Someone who is a good role model for the players and fans (obviously someone who will not make gestures that can be taken as a threat ie. throat slash). I always will remember hearing how when TO walked into the room, you knew he was in the room and that he had everyone's 100% attention. With all that being said I don't know who that would be.....there aren't too many Tom Osbourne's in the world. However, the real problem I believe is with our althetic director........

I was hoping that CU won this week and then lost to ISU, and then lost again to NU (I know that's asking for a lot). Then I thought NU would win the tie breaker seeing as that we beat CU and ISU.....or would we be tied with Missouri also? I'm confused

Hey, newbie here. I've been lurking around here for quite a while, and I really enjoy this site, especially when I'm stuck behind enemy lines. I'm going to school in Colorado (don't worry, not at CU), and a friend offered to take me to the CU-Missery game under the condition that I root for CU. I've been a Husker fan since the day I was born, and I figure a CU win tomorrow will only help the Huskers...so it's okay to root for CU just for one game right? I know the chances are very slim of going to the championship let a lone winning it, but at least CU fans would be pissed off if the Huskers went. GO BGR!!!!