Cdog923

Did it affect the playcalling?

There was really only one drive that I felt like it mattered, and that was really the only sustained drive Colorado had the entire game. Was at the game walking around and there was really only one time I, out of shape and overweight, lost my breath (walked up the steep hill from the Creek Trail just north of the stadium to the south end to meet up with some tailgaters). Walking around outside of that felt like around Omaha. Do they get benefits from training in Boulder? Sure, but I don't think it had as much effect as somewhere like Wyoming, which is another 2000 feet higher.

If anything, the defense blew their emotional wad in the first half and couldn't keep it up through the end of the game. (Though they were still solid outside of a few breakdowns).

The defense hard to carry to much of the load at any altitude