CU went into August preseason camp trying to settle on a starting quarterback among three primary contenders — third-year sophomore Nick Hirschman and transfers Connor Wood from University of Texas and Jordan Webb from University of Kansas.
Ideally, spring practices are supposed to resolve many issues for a college football team. But for CU, the spring produced almost as many questions as answers.
Cheering on players amid sun, rain, snow and bitter cold, twins Betty Fitzgerald Hoover and Peggy Fitzgerald Coppom may hold the record for attending the most CU sports games ever.
When he received the offer in December to become the University of Colorado Boulder’s 24th head football coach, Jon Embree was prepared. Oh, was he ever prepared.
Is CU at a competitive disadvantage in terms of its resources in comparison to schools in the future Pac-12, the conference the Buffs will join later this year?
After being named head football coach in early December, Jon Embree (Comm’89) hired an assistant coaching staff that includes other ex-CU players and/or coaches.
