Parents Trap

 

First, my apologies for the delay in this week’s scribing. We were in the great state of Texas beginning our search for the new DFT World HQ the past few days. There was no time to put my foggy remembrances of our weekend in the altitude of Colorado to print. As for the weekend, Mrs.Tailgate and I swooped into Boulder, CO, for Parents Weekend for our youngest DFTer, #3. The capstone event of the weekend, of course, would be the CU Buffaloes game against the Arizona Wildcats. There would also be an NFL bonus on Sunday to be described later. 

 

Thursday night was spent on the world famous Pearl Street in Boulder for people watching and dinner. However, the cold air of the evening kept the unwashed and entertainment to a minimum. Friday evening we attended #3’s sorority red dress gala supporting heart health at the convention center in downtown Denver. With all the adulting behind us, the main event loomed on Saturday with a kickoff time of 1:30 Mountain. The legendary Sink Bar n Grill was calling our name for a morning Mary to kick things off. #3 and her posse corralled us and took us to the Theta Xi fraternity house on “The Hill'' for proper pregaming and collegiate debauchery. This included fireball shots, two-story beer funnels, shotgunning beers and more. After thoroughly immersing ourselves in Theta Xi culture, we made a brief pit stop at another frat house where I swear I saw John Belushi, who said “Sure, come on in, it don’t cost nothing.” Then off to the game it was as we made the ¾ mile walk from The Hill to the stadium.

 

Pre game action on The Hill.

We came. We saw. We conquered.

This would be the third game for me at beautiful Folsom Field on the campus of CU Boulder, but my first as a tuition-paying parent. The stadium setting is one of the most spectacular in all of college football. The Flatiron mountains rest to the west with the bleachers fading into buildings. The north end zone is carved out with unique configurations that give the stadium so much personality. The seminal event for any CU Buffalo game is to watch Ralphie the Buffalo race onto the field prior to each half. This is the first year Ralphie the IV has run. Ralphie the IV is a mere pup weighing in at under 500 pounds. To put this in perspective, the previous Ralphie weighed 1,200 pounds. Regardless, there is nothing as awe inspiring as watching man and beast in synchronization running the field together to the exuberance and cheers of 50,000+ fans. Ralphie the IV did not disappoint on this beautiful fall mountain afternoon. 

 

Beautiful Folsom Field and my handlers.

Both CU and UoA came into the game experiencing down seasons with matching 1-4 records. CU’s defense has been stellar for the most part this season, but with an offense that had not been producing, it found itself on the field way too much. UoA just appears to not have great talent to work with and has struggled in all facets of the game. On this day, we witnessed CU put all the pieces of the puzzle together with a stellar offensive and defensive effort along with special teams. Danville native and All American candidate Nate Landman would lead the defense to a shutout and assist the team in putting up 34 points against the Cats’ zero.

 

Post-game festivities included a trip back to Pearl Street for chow and posting up at a bar to watch Oklahoma behind Caleb Williams dominate a feisty TCU squad. On Sunday, I would host a work event at Empower Field in Denver with a tailgate run by Bullseye Events for the Broncos game against the Las Vegas Raiders. 

 

Statue of old Mile High stadium, Bullseye Events tailgate and the Broncos game at Empower Field.

Around the Country - As the phrase has now been coined, Purdue beat the #2 out of Iowa in the biggest upset of the weekend as the second-ranked Hawkeyes fell from playoff contention. On the Left Coast, Oregon squeaked by lowly Cal on Friday night in Eugene. In ACC action, a resurgent NC State Wolfpack team clipped the wings of the Eagles of BC in Chestnut Hill. In SEC action, Ole Miss topped Tennessee at Rocky Top. Lane Kiffin has grown into one of the more entertaining interviews in college football, win or lose. Mike Gundy and the Pokes went down to Austin and lassoed the Longhorns to stay perfect on the season. Cincinnati is the best Group of Five team period. They absolutely thrashed perennial Group of Five powerhouse UCF on Saturday. In other Group of Five news, Coastal Carolina, SDSU and UTSA still remain undefeated.

 

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The Eagle Tailgaters all back in action this fall after a long stint on the DL.Yes, those are Lobstuh tails!

The Roscoe Ross Tailgate cooking up a steer for the OU vs TCU game

Yeti sighting at the San Jose State game,

Ginger -  This guy!

 

Bieber -

The State of Washington and Washington State University have earned the Bieber hardware for their unconstitutional and draconian stance on forcing state employees to be vaccinated or axeinated from their jobs. Just so was the case with Wazu head Coach Nick Rolovich and four of his assistants who chose not to accept the forced vaccine for their own personal reasons. So the Communist Government of the People’s Republic of Washintonia fired all five of these coaches “for cause,” meaning they will not be paid the remainder of their contracts. This is beyond ridiculous and cruel but not surprising coming from the pencil-necked pariahs of public service out of Olympia, Washington, who have never held real jobs and enact lunatic government edicts for sport. So as your gift, State of Washington and the obedient and blind sheep President of Washington State University, you get a lifetime to cuddle with your new Bieber hardware.

 

Next Up - A trip to Bezerkely on Saturday as the Colorado Buffaloes come to town to take on the Cal Bears. Pregaming will commence at 11 a.m. at Raleighs on Telegraph avenue. A slight chance of a bonus game too. :)

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Happy Tailgating!