Football

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.

Columnist Paul Danish discusses traumatic head injuries with All-American guard/linebacker and Rhodes Scholar, Joe Romig.

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.

Like Bill McCartney experienced while coaching Jon Embree, Embree began his head coaching career at Colorado with one win in his first nine games.

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.

Football numbers and statistics from the Summer 2011 issue.

Buff fun facts from the Summer 2011 issue.

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.