Volume XII, Issue XI

File this one under, "Guillotine"

Game:                          Colorado vs. Iowa State
Kick-off:                      10:40 AM PST
Record:                        3-6 (0-5 Big 12)
Current Ranking:          Not Ranked

Colorado is garbage. Last weekend's game was a complete nightmare. Cannot dwell on it any further.

Moving on.

The Colorado Buffaloes (3-6, 0-5 Big 12) return home for the first of their final two home games of the season, hosting the Iowa State Cyclones (5-5, 3-3 Big 12) in a 10:40 AM PST kickoff at Folsom Field.

The game will be televised by Fox College Sports Central.

Misery Loves Company: the Buffs are looking to get into the win column in league play; CU is one of nine schools winless in conference action among them Tennessee, Wyoming, Minnesota, Indiana and Washington State.

Prior to last Saturday’s 52-45 loss at Kansas, Colorado had been 109-0 in its history when scoring 43 or more points; the Buffs are also 104-9-1 since the start of the 1989 season when scoring 30 or more points. Ironically the 45 points scored last weekend were a season-high for Colorado, which last eclipsed the 40-point mark since a 65-51 win in the 2007 regular season finale.

On Nov. 9, head coach Dan Hawkins was relieved of his duties (read: shit-canned) and replaced by associate head coach Brian Cabral on an interim basis for the remainder of the season.

Let’s look back at Hawkins tenure and compare them to his three previous predecessors, shall we?

Previous 3 CU Head Coaches

1. Bill McCartney – 1 National Championship. ‘Nuff said.
2. Rick Neuheisel – 3 out of 4 winning seasons. Two 10 win seasons, one 8 win season. (One losing season). 3 bowl wins (out of three tries).  Two AP top 10 finishes. (#5 1995, #8 1996).
3. Gary Barnett – 5 Big 12 North wins, 1 Big 12 North Championship. #2 ranking in the nation in 2001 entering Fiesta Bowl.

Here is what Dan Hawkins has done:

• Hired on December 16, 2005
• Lost first game 10-19 to FCS Montana State (first ever loss to a subdivision school in CU history)
• Opened up inaugural year 0-6 before finally notching first win against Texas Tech at home.
• Ended CU scoring streak, the nation’s longest at the time, against Missouri 0-58 in 2008
• Got blanked by Missouri a second time this year 2010
• 19-39 overall record over 5 years
• No winning seasons
• No bowl wins. (Only one bowl trip. Lost to Alabama 30-24)
• Current school record away game losing streak: 17 and counting. CU hasn’t won an away game since beating Texas Tech in Lubbock, 31-26 in 2007.
• Current school record conference game losing streak: 8 and counting. CU hasn’t beaten a Big 12 team since Texas A&M at home last year.
• Colorado is 8-22 in its last 30 games including a 4-17 record in Big 12 conference play
• Epic collapse against Kansas, the only team worse that Colorado in the Big 12 in 2010 at the time, providing them with their greatest comeback win in school history.

Goodbye Coach Hawk. No Hawk love for you. Don’t let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.

GO BUFFS!